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Exhibit 4.9

QWEST CORPORATION

7.50% Notes due 2051

 

Eighth Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of September 21, 2011

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

     EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of September 21, 2011 (this “Supplemental Indenture”)
by and between QWEST CORPORATION, a Colorado corporation (formerly known as U S WEST
Communications, Inc.) (the “Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee under the
Indenture (as defined below) with respect to the Notes (as defined below) (the “Trustee”), as
amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture (as defined below), the Second
Supplemental Indenture (as defined below), the Third Supplemental Indenture (as defined below), the
Fourth Supplemental Indenture (as defined below), the Fifth Supplemental Indenture (as defined
below), the Sixth Supplemental Indenture (as defined below) and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture
(as defined below). The Trustee, and each other trustee appointed as such with respect to the
Securities (as defined below) of any series issued under the Indenture, shall be the “Trustee” (as
defined in the Indenture, as supplemented hereby) for all purposes under the Indenture with respect
to the applicable series of Securities but, for the avoidance of doubt, not with respect to any
series of Securities for which such Trustee has not been appointed trustee under the terms of the
Indenture or any supplement thereto.

     Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Notes:

     WHEREAS, the Company and Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association (as successor in
interest to Bank One Trust Company, National Association), are parties to that certain Indenture
dated as of October 15, 1999 (the “Base Indenture”, and as amended and supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture,
the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”)
providing for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities (“Securities”) to be issued
in one or more series.

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to the First Supplemental Indenture (the
“First Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of August 19, 2004, providing for the amendment and
supplement of the terms of the Base Indenture and the issuance by the Company of a series of
Securities designated as its 7.875% Notes due 2011, in an aggregate principal amount of
$575,000,000, none of which are currently outstanding.

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to the Second Supplemental Indenture (the
“Second Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of November 23, 2004, providing for the issuance by the
Company of additional notes of its series of Securities designated as its 7.875% Notes due 2011, in
an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, none of which are currently outstanding.

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to the Third Supplemental Indenture (the
“Third Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of June 17, 2005, providing for the issuance by the
Company of a series of Securities designated as its 7.625% Notes due 2015, in an aggregate
principal amount of $400,000,000, all of which are currently outstanding, and a series of
Securities designated as its Floating Rate Notes due 2013, in an aggregate principal amount of
$750,000,000, all of which are currently outstanding.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to the Fourth Supplemental Indenture (the
“Fourth Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of August 8, 2006, providing for the issuance by the
Company of a series of Securities designated as its 7.5% Notes due 2014, in an aggregate principal
amount of $600,000,000, all of which are currently outstanding.

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to the Fifth Supplemental Indenture (the
“Fifth Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of May 16, 2007, providing for the issuance by the Company
of a series of Securities designated as its 6.5% Notes due 2017, in an aggregate principal amount
of $500,000,000, all of which are currently outstanding.

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture (the
“Sixth Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of April 13, 2009, providing for the issuance by the
Company of a series of Securities designated as its 8 3/8% Notes due 2016, in an aggregate
principal amount of $810,500,000, all of which are currently outstanding.

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to the Seventh Supplemental Indenture (the
“Seventh Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of June 8, 2011, providing for the issuance by the
Company of a series of Securities designated as its 7.375% Notes due 2051, in an aggregate
principal amount of $661,250,000, all of which are currently outstanding.

     WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture in order to establish and provide for the issuance by the Company of a
series of Securities designated as its 7.50% Notes due 2051 (the “Notes”), in an initial aggregate
principal amount of $500,000,000 (plus such additional principal amount of Notes, not exceeding
$75,000,000, if the over-allotment option of the underwriters of the Notes is exercised in whole or
in part). The Notes shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

     WHEREAS, Section 9.01(8) of the Base Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be
entered into by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holders to establish the
form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by Section 2.02 of the Base
Indenture.

     WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Indenture for the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture have been complied with.

     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, and a valid supplement to the Indenture have
been done.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes
by the Holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, that the Indenture is supplemented, to the extent
expressed herein, as follows:

 

 

ARTICLE 1

THE NOTES

Section 1.01 Designation of Notes

        .

     The changes, modifications and supplements to the Indenture effected by this Supplemental
Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes, which shall
not be limited in aggregate principal amount, and shall not apply to any other Securities that have
been or may be issued under the Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such
other Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements. Pursuant to
this Supplemental Indenture, there is hereby created and designated a series of Securities under
the Indenture entitled “7.50% Notes due 2051.” The Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit A
hereto. Subject to the terms in the Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the
Company may, at its option, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional notes
from time to time that will constitute a single series of Securities under the Indenture together
with the previously outstanding Notes.

Section 1.02 Other Terms of the Notes.

     Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Article 1, the terms of the Notes shall be
as set forth in the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A hereto and as provided in the
Indenture.

     The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess
thereof. The Notes shall be payable and may be presented for payment, purchase, registration of
transfer and exchange, without service charge, at the office of the Company maintained for such
purpose in New York, New York, which shall initially be the office or agency of the Trustee.

Section 1.03 Definitions.

     (a) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Indenture. To the extent terms defined herein differ from the Indenture, the
terms defined herein will govern.

     (b) For all purposes of the Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Supplemental Indenture have the meanings
assigned to them in this Supplemental Indenture, and include the plural, as well as the singular.

 

 

ARTICLE 2

ADDITIONAL TERMS

Section 2.01 Form and Dating

     (a) The Notes issued shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto,
deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or a
successor thereto registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other
applicable statute or regulation (the “Depository”), duly executed by the Company and authenticated
by the Trustee as hereinafter provided and shall bear any legends required by applicable law (the
“Global Notes”).

     (b) The aggregate principal amount of each of the Global Notes may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made by the Trustee on Schedule I to the Global Notes and on
the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depository.

Section 2.02 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes

     (a) The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the
nominee of such Depository, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and
(iii) bear the legends required by the Depository as set forth in Exhibit A.

     (b) Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Participants”) shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository, or the
Trustee as its custodian, or under any such Global Note, and the Depository may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the
Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to
any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as
between the Depository and Participants, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

     (c) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Participants and Persons that may hold interests through Participants, to take any action
which a Holder of any Note is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

     (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Indenture, a Global Note may only be
transferred in whole, and not in part, and may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or
another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor
Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository. Definitive Notes shall be transferred to all
beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in Global Notes, upon the written
request of such beneficial owners or upon the Company’s written instructions to the Trustee, if (i)
the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to act as Depository for any
Global Note and a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, (ii) the
Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered or in good standing under the Securities

 

 

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor
Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days or (iii) if an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing. In addition, definitive Notes shall be transferred to all
beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in Global Notes if the Company, in its
sole discretion, determines not to require that all of the Notes be represented by a Global Note.
In connection with the transfer of a Global Note as an entirety pursuant to this Section 2.02(d),
such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation and (i) the
Company shall execute and (ii) the Trustee shall, upon written instructions from the Company,
authenticate and deliver to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in exchange for its
beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes of
authorized denominations.

     (e) The Trustee shall have no responsibility for the actions or omissions of the Depository or
the accuracy of the books and records of the Depository.

ARTICLE 3

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.01 Amendment and Supplement.

     This Supplemental Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided for in the
Indenture.

Section 3.02 Indenture.

     In the event of any conflict between this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, the
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall prevail.

Section 3.03 Governing Law.

     The laws of the State of New York shall govern this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes
created hereby.

Section 3.04 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

     This Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt
agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be
used to interpret this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 3.05 Successors and Assigns.

     All covenants and agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall
bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall
bind its successors and assigns.

 

 

Section 3.06 Duplicate Originals.

     This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one instrument.

Section 3.07 Severability.

     In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the
Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Eighth
Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

SIGNATURES

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Eighth Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	QWEST CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Signature page to Eighth Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

Exhibit A

     THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. THIS
NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR
ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE 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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	No.                     

	 	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
	CUSIP No. 74913G303

	 	$                     

Qwest Corporation 7.50% Note due 2051

     QWEST CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Colorado (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to, being herein called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co.,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of _________________ MILLION DOLLARS ($_________) (or such
other amount as shall be listed on Schedule I attached hereto) on September 15, 2051 (the “Maturity
Date”), unless previously redeemed on any redemption date, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds of such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts and to pay interest thereon
quarterly on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15,
2011 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), and on the Maturity Date at the rate per annum specified
in the title of this Note, from September 21, 2011 (or from the most recent Interest Payment Date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for) until payment of said principal sum has been
made or duly provided for. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall default in the
payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date, then this Note shall bear interest from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no
interest has been paid on this Note or duly provided for, from September 21, 2011. The interest so
payable on any Interest Payment Date, as long as the Notes are represented by a global security,
subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to herein, will be paid to the
person in whose name this Note shall be registered at the close of business on the Business Day (as
defined below) prior to such Interest Payment Date. If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date is a Legal Holiday (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) in New York, New York, the
required payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday as if it was
made on the date such payment was due and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, to such next
succeeding day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly interest
period will be computed on the basis of the number of days elapsed in a 90-day quarter of three
30-day months. “Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

     This Note is one of the duly authorized series of Securities of the Company, designated as the
Company’s “7.50% Notes due 2051” (the “Notes”), initially limited to the aggregate principal amount
of $__________, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October
15, 1999 between the Company and Bank of New York Trust Company National Association, as trustee
(as successor in interest to Bank One Trust Company National Association), as supplemented by the
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 19, 2004 by and between the Company and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of
November 23, 2004 between the Company and the Trustee, the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of
June 17, 2005 between the Company and the Trustee, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
August 8, 2006 between the

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Company and the Trustee, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 16, 2007 between the
Company and the Trustee, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 13, 2009 between the
Company and the Trustee, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 8, 2011 between the
Company and the Trustee and the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 21, 2011
between the Company and the Trustee, as such may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time (as so amended, modified or supplemented, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights,
limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and
the Holders (the words “Holders” or “Holder” meaning the registered holders or registered holder of
the Notes).

     The Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time
on and after September 15, 2016, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

     If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all of the Notes
(or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Trustee or paying
agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions specified in the Indenture are
satisfied, then on and after such redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (or
such portion thereof) called for redemption.

     Notice of any redemption will be mailed not less than 15 nor more than 60 calendar days before
the redemption date to the Holder hereof at its registered address. Unless the Company defaults in
payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease on the
principal amount of this Note.

     In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal hereof may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable in the manner, with the effect
and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

     Subject to certain specified exceptions, the Indenture contains provisions permitting (i) the
Company and the Trustee, with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of each series affected by a supplemental indenture (with each series
voting as a class), to enter into a supplemental indenture to add any provisions to or to change or
eliminate any provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or to modify, in certain
specified instances without the consent of Holders, the rights of the Holders of each such series,
and (ii) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series
affected by such waiver (with each series voting as a class), by notice to the Trustee to waive
compliance by the Company with any provision of the Indenture, any supplemental indenture or the
Securities of any such series.

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

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     No director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under this Note or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by
accepting this Note, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of this Note.

     The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note.

     Ownership of this Note shall be proved by the register for the Notes kept by the Registrar.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company may treat the person in whose name a Note is
registered as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes.

     The indebtedness evidenced by this Note is senior and unsecured and will rank in right of
payment on parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.

     Terms used herein without definition that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

     Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use
CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to
the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of
redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

     Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee under the
Indenture referred to herein by the manual or facsimile signature of one of its authorized
officers, or on behalf of the Trustee by the manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer
of the Trustee’s authenticating agent, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed, manually or by
facsimile, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.

     Date: [      ]

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	QWEST CORPORATION	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	(SEAL)
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

     This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein, issued under the Indenture described
herein.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

Please insert social security number or other identifying number of assignee:

 

Please print or type name and address (including zip code) of assignee:

 

 

 

 

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
_________________ attorney to transfer said Note of Qwest Corporation on the books of Qwest
Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated: ________________________________________________________

     NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the
face of this Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

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SCHEDULE I

CHANGES TO PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY GLOBAL NOTE

          The initial principal amount of Securities evidenced by this Global Note is $________.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Principal Amount of	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Securities by which	 	 	 	 
	 	 	this Global Note is to	 	 	 	 
	 	 	be Reduced or	 	Remaining Principal	 	 
	 	 	Increased, and Reason	 	Amount of Securities	 	 
	 	 	for Reduction or	 	Represented by this	 	 
	Date	 	Increase	 	Global Note	 	Notation Made by
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 3

Dated as of September 20, 2011

Between

KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY,

As Issuer

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

As Trustee

Creating 5.30% Senior Notes Due 2041

 

 

 

          THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 3 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of September 20,
2011, between KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a Missouri corporation (“Company”), and THE BANK
OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association (formerly The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A.), as Trustee (“Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated
as of May 1, 2007 (the “Original Indenture” and, as previously and hereby supplemented, the
“Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of the Company’s
Notes;

          WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the
establishment of a series of Notes to be designated as the “5.30% Notes due 2041” (the “2041
Notes”), the form and substance of the 2041 Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof
to be set forth as provided in the Original Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture;

          WHEREAS, Section 2.05(c) of the Original Indenture provides that various matters with respect
to any series of Notes issued under the Indenture may be established in an indenture supplemental
to the Indenture;

          WHEREAS, Section 13.01(a)(3) of the Original Indenture provides that the Company and the
Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of
Notes of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 of the Original Indenture or to establish or
reflect any terms of any Note of any series determined pursuant to Section 2.05; and

          WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed
and delivered, a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms and for the
purposes herein expressed, have been done and performed; and the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture have been in all respects duly authorized.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and in further consideration of the sum of
One Dollar in lawful money of the United States of America paid to the Company by the Trustee at or
before the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, and of other good and valuable consideration, it is agreed by and between the Company
and the Trustee as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

Relation to Indenture; Additional Definitions

          Section 1.01. Relation to Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an
integral part of the Original Indenture.

 

 

          Section 1.02. Additional Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture, capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings specified
below or in the Original Indenture, as the case may be.

          “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 2041 Notes 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 the 2041 Notes.

          “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average
of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the
highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent
obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations, or (3) if only one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such
quotation.

          “Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date
hereof is located at 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration; telecopy: (312) 827-8542.

          “Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.

          “Note Registrar” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., hereby
appointed as an agency of the Company in accordance with Section 6.02 of the Original
Indenture.

          “Original Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of the Recitals
hereof.

          “Quotation Agent” means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

          “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of Barclays Capital Inc. and RBS Securities
Inc. or their affiliates, and their respective successors, unless either of them ceases to
be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States of America (“Primary
Treasury Dealer”), in which case the Company will substitute therefore another Primary
Treasury Dealer, (2) a Primary Treasury Dealer selected by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and
(3) two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.

          “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, 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

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Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the third business day preceding such redemption date.

          “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual 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.

          “2041 Notes” has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of the Recitals hereof.

          All references herein to Articles, Sections or Exhibits, unless otherwise specified, refer to
the corresponding Articles, Sections or Exhibits of this Supplemental Indenture. The terms
“herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental
Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

The Series of Notes

          Section 2.01. Title of the Notes. The 2041 Notes shall be designated as the “5.30%
Notes due 2041.”

          Section 2.02. Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount. The Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver 2041 Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate
principal amount of $400,000,000, upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery
thereof and satisfaction of Sections 2.01(a) and 2.05(c) of the Original Indenture. Such
order shall specify the amount of the 2041 Notes to be authenticated, the date on which
the original issue of 2041 Notes is to be authenticated and the name or names of the
initial Holder or Holders. The aggregate principal amount of 2041 Notes that may
initially be outstanding shall not exceed $400,000,000; provided, however, that the
authorized aggregate principal amount of the 2041 Notes may be increased above such amount
without the consent of the Holders of any then outstanding 2041 Notes by a Board
Resolution authorizing such increase.

          Section 2.03. Stated Maturity. The Stated Maturity of the 2041 Notes shall be
October 1, 2041 (the “Maturity Date”).

          Section 2.04. Interest and Interest Rate.

          (a) The 2041 Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.30% per annum, from and including
their Original Issue Date of September 20, 2011, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to
which interest has been paid to, but excluding, the Maturity Date. Such interest shall be payable
semiannually in arrears, on the Interest Payment Dates of April 1 and October 1 in each year,
commencing April 1, 2012. Interest accrued on the 2041 Notes from the last Interest Payment Date
before the Maturity Date shall be payable on the Maturity Date.

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          (b) The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the 2041 Notes (or one or more predecessor
securities) are registered on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date, being the
close of business on the immediately preceding March 15 and September 15, as the case may be,
whether or not such day is a Business Day.

          Section 2.05. Place of Payment. Principal and interest payments on the 2041 Notes
will be made by the Company to The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) while it is the
Depositary for the 2041 Notes, or if DTC shall cease to be the Depositary for the 2041
Notes, to the Trustee at its offices, as paying agent.

          Section 2.06. Place of Registration or Exchange; Notices and Demands With Respect to
the 2041 Notes. The place where the Holders of the 2041 Notes may present the 2041 Notes
for registration of transfer or exchange and may make notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the 2041 Notes shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

          Section 2.07. Global Notes.

          (a) 2041 Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more permanent
Global Notes in definitive, full registered, book-entry form, without interest coupons. The Global
Note shall be deposited on its issuance date with, or on behalf of, the Depositary.

          (b) DTC shall initially serve as Depositary with respect to the Global Note. Such Global Note
shall bear the legend set forth in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A.

          Section 2.08. Form of Securities. The Global Note shall be substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit A.

          Section 2.09. Note Registrar. The Trustee shall initially serve as the Note
Registrar for the 2041 Notes.

          Section 2.10. Sinking Fund Obligations. The Company shall have no obligation to
redeem or purchase any 2041 Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous requirement or
upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof.

ARTICLE THREE

Optional Redemption of the 2041 Notes

          Section 3.01. Redemption Price. Prior to April 1, 2041, the Company shall have the
right to redeem the 2041 Notes, at its option, at any time in whole, or from time to time
in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

          (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2041 Notes to be redeemed; and

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          (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest on the 2041 Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of
interest accrued as of the date of redemption), discounted to the date of redemption on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
Treasury Rate, plus 30 basis points;

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the
redemption date.

          On or after April 1, 2041, the Company shall have the right to redeem the 2041 Notes, at its
option, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of the 2041 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the
principal amount being redeemed to the redemption date.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on the 2041 Notes that are due and
payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on our prior to a redemption date shall be payable on
such Interest Payment Date to the Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Record Date.

ARTICLE FOUR

Miscellaneous Provisions

          Section 4.01. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in
all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.

          Section 4.02. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

          Section 4.03. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH 2041 NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

          Section 4.04. If any provision in this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included herein by any
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

          Section 4.05. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or the 2041 Notes
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

          Section 4.06. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their

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correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the proper authorization or
due execution hereof or of the 2041 Notes by the Company or as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the 2041 Notes. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of the 2041 Notes or the proceeds of
the 2041 Notes.

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

 	 
	 	By  	/s/ James C. Shay
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James C. Shay 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President—Finance and

Strategic Development and Chief 
Financial
Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	[CORPORATE SEAL]

ATTEST:

 	 
	By  	/s/ Jaileah X. Huddleston
 	 
	 	Name:  	Jaileah X. Huddleston 	 
	 	Title:  	Assistant Secretary

and Corporate Counsel

— Securities and Finance 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST 
COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By  	/s/ Linda Garcia
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Linda Garcia 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 

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	STATE OF MISSOURI

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	ss.
	COUNTY OF JACKSON

	 	 	)	 	 	 

          On the 20th day of September, 2011, before me personally came James C. Shay, to me
known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Senior Vice President—Finance
and Strategic Development and Chief Financial Officer of KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, one of
the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate
seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the 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.

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                              /s/ Annette G. Carter
 	 
	 	Notary Public 	 
	 	 	 

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	STATE OF MISSOURI

	 	 	)	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	ss.
	COUNTY OF JACKSON

	 	 	)	 	 	 

     On the 20th day of September, 2011, before me personally came Jaileah X.
Huddleston, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she is Assistant
Secretary and Corporate Counsel — Securities and Finance of KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, one
of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that she knows the
corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the 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.

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                              /s/ Annette G. Carter
 	 
	 	Notary Public 	 
	 	 	 
	 

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Exhibit A

[FORM OF NOTE]

[Certificated Note]

For as long as this Global Note is deposited with or on behalf of The Depository Trust Company it
shall bear the following legend. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to Kansas City
Power & Light 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.

KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

5.30% Notes due 2041

			
	 	 	 
	Interest Rate: 5.30% per annum
	 	Principal Sum $400,000,000
	Maturity Date: October 1, 2041
	 	CUSIP No. 485134 BM1
	Registered Holder:                                                            	 	 

          KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a Missouri corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”,
which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to the registered Holder named above or registered assigns,
on the maturity date stated above, the principal sum stated above and to pay interest thereon from
September 20, 2011, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been duly
paid or provided for, initially on April 1, 2012, and thereafter semi-annually on April 1 and
October 1 of each year, at the interest rate stated above, until the date on which payment of such
principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The interest so payable on any Interest Payment
Date will be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on
the March 15 or September 15, as the case may be (whether or not such day is a Business Day),
immediately preceding that Interest Payment Date, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture.

          The principal and interest payments on this Note will be made by the Company to the registered
Holder named above. All such payments shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment is legally tender for payment of public and private debts.

          This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company (herein called the
“Notes”), issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2007, as supplemented by Supplemental
Indenture No. 3, dated as of September 20, 2011 (herein called the “Indenture,” which term shall
have the meaning assigned to it in such instruments), between the Company and

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The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A.), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture). Reference is made to the Indenture and any supplemental indenture
thereto for the provisions relating, among other things, to the respective rights of the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and the terms on which the Notes are authenticated and
delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in
aggregate principal amount to $400,000,000; provided, however, that the authorized aggregate
principal amount of the Notes may be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution authorizing
such increase.

          Prior to April 1, 2041, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes of this series,
at its option, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to
the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present
values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed
(not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption),
discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points; plus, in each case, accrued and
unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to the redemption date.

          On or after April 1, 2041, the Company shall have the right to redeem the 2041 Notes, at its
option, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of the 2041 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the
principal amount being redeemed to the redemption date.

          For purposes of determining the redemption price:

          “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes 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 the Notes.

          “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of
four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and
lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than
four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (3) if only
one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.

          “Quotation Agent” means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

          “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of Barclays Capital Inc. and RBS Securities Inc. or
their affiliates, and their respective successors, unless either of them ceases to be a primary
U.S. government securities dealer in the United States of America (“Primary Treasury Dealer”), in
which case the Company will substitute therefore another Primary

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Treasury Dealer, (2) a Primary Treasury Dealer selected by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and (3)
two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.

          “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, 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 Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

          “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the
semi-annual 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.

          The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness of
this Note and (ii) the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and this Note with respect to
certain covenants and related Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.

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

          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 with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
securities at the time outstanding of all series to be affected, considered as one class. The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the securities of any series at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all securities of
such series, to waive certain past defaults or Events of Default under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued in
exchange, substitution or upon the registration or transfer hereof, irrespective of whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

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

          This Note is issuable as a registered Note only, in the minimum denomination of $2,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000.

          As provided in the Indenture, this Note is transferable by the registered Holder hereof in
person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing on the books of the Company at the

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office or
agency to be maintained by the Company for that purpose. Upon any registration of
transfer, a new registered Note or Notes, of authorized denomination or denominations, and in
the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefore.

          The Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Authenticating Agent may deem and treat the
registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be
overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal and premium, if
any, and interest on this Note as herein provided and for all other purposes, and neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Authenticating Agent shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.

          No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on
this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect
of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator or against any
past, present or future stockholder, officer or member of the Board of Directors, as such, of the
Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, state or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part
of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.

          This Note shall be governed by and deemed to be a contract made under, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of law principles
thereof.

          All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not defined herein shall
have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

          This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the face hereof is manually signed by
the Trustee.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed by the manual or
facsimile signatures of the Senior Vice President—Finance and Strategic Development and Chief
Financial Officer and the Vice President—Investor Relations and Treasurer of the Company, and a
facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed or reproduced hereon.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	

KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

 	 
	 	By  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

(SEAL)

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By  	

 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Dated:          
           
                    

ATTEST:

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated

herein issued under the Indenture described herein.

 	 
	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

Dated:                                         

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