Document:

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Exhibit 4.2

Execution Version

 

 

First Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of March 12, 2009

Supplement to the Senior Note Indenture

Dated as of March 12, 2009

 

PG&E CORPORATION

Issuer

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE
I     DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II     ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 5.75% SENIOR NOTES
	 	 	3	 
	SECTION 201     Establishment and Designation of the 5.75% Senior Notes
	 	 	3	 
	SECTION 202     Form of the 5.75% Senior Notes
	 	 	3	 
	SECTION 203     Minimum Denomination
	 	 	3	 
	SECTION 204     Principal Amount of the 5.75% Senior Notes
	 	 	3	 
	SECTION 205     Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 5.75% Senior Notes
	 	 	3	 
	SECTION 206     No Sinking Fund
	 	 	3	 
	SECTION 207     Time for Payment
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 208     Paying Agent and Security Registrar
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 209     Global Securities; Appointment of Depositary for Global Securities
	 	 	4	 
	SECTION 210     Other Terms of the 5.75% Senior Notes
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	ARTICLE III     OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY COMPANY
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	SECTION 301     Optional Redemption
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	SECTION 302     Calculation of Redemption Price
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 303     Notice of Redemption
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	ARTICLE IV     MISCELLANEOUS
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	SECTION 401     Application of First Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 402     Effective Date of First Supplemental Indenture
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 403     Counterparts
	 	 	5	 
	SECTION 404     Notices
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	EXHIBIT A
	 	 	 	 

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     FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 12, 2009 (this “First Supplemental
Indenture”), by and between PG&E CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of California (the “Company” or the “Issuer”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee under the Base Indenture (as hereinafter
defined) (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     A. The Company and the Trustee are parties to that certain Senior Note Indenture, dated as of
March 12, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”) providing for the issuance by the Company of an unlimited
number of series of Senior Notes (as defined in the Base Indenture) from time to time.

     B. Under the Base Indenture, the Company is authorized to establish one or more series of
Senior Notes at any time in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Base Indenture,
and the terms of such series of Senior Notes may be described by a supplemental indenture executed
by the Company and the Trustee.

     C. The execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture has been authorized by a
Board Resolution (as defined in the Base Indenture).

     D. Concurrent with the execution hereof, the Company has caused its counsel to deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (as defined in the Base Indenture) pursuant to Section 102 of the
Base Indenture.

     E. The Company has done all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree, for the benefit of each other and for the
equal and proportionate benefit of Holders of the 5.75% Senior Notes (as defined below) with
respect to all provisions herein applicable to such series of notes, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meaning set forth in the Base Indenture. The following additional terms are hereby established for
purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and shall have the meanings set forth in this First
Supplemental Indenture only for purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture:

     “5.75% Senior Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 201 hereto.

     “Adjusted 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.

 

 

     “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 5.75% Senior Notes
that would be used, 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 5.75% Senior Notes.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations so
received.

     “Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. Government Securities dealer in the United
States.

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

     “Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 301 hereto.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and their respective successors, unless any of them
ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, in which case the Company shall substitute another Primary
Treasury Dealer; and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer 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 Company, 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 Company by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. For purposes of this definition
only, “Business Day” means any day that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City
are authorized or required by law or regulation to close.

     “Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to each of the 5.75% Senior Notes that the
Company is redeeming pursuant to Section 301 hereto, the remaining scheduled payments of principal
and interest that would be due after the applicable Redemption Date if such 5.75% Senior Notes were
not redeemed. However, if the Redemption Date is not a scheduled Interest Payment Date with
respect to such 5.75% Senior Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on
such 5.75% Senior Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such 5.75% Senior
Notes to the Redemption Date.

     “U.S. Government Securities” means securities which are (a) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment on which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation of the United States of America, and which in the case of (a) and (b) are not callable
or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government

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Security or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government
Security held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided
that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian
in respect of the U.S. Government Security evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

     The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this
First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.

ARTICLE II

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 5.75% SENIOR NOTES 

     SECTION 201 Establishment and Designation of the 5.75% Senior Notes.

     Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 301 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby
establishes a series of Senior Notes designated as the “5.75% Senior Notes due April 1, 2014” (the
“5.75% Senior Notes”). The 5.75% Senior Notes may be reopened, from time to time, for issuances of
additional Senior Notes of such series, and any additional Senior Notes issued and comprising 5.75%
Senior Notes shall have identical terms as the 5.75% Senior Notes, except that the issue price,
issue date and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date may differ.

     SECTION 202 Form of the 5.75% Senior Notes.

     The 5.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

     SECTION 203 Minimum Denomination.

     The 5.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof.

     SECTION 204 Principal Amount of the 5.75% Senior Notes.

     The 5.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of
$350,000,000.

     SECTION 205 Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 5.75% Senior Notes.

     The 5.75% Senior Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.75% per annum and shall have a
Stated Maturity of April 1, 2014 (the “Maturity Date”).

     SECTION 206 No Sinking Fund.

     No sinking fund is provided for the 5.75% Senior Notes.

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     SECTION 207 Time for Payment.

     The Company shall make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the 5.75%
Senior Notes by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
the Maturity Date, as applicable.

     SECTION 208 Paying Agent and Security Registrar.

     The Trustee is hereby appointed as initial Paying Agent and initial Security Registrar for the
5.75% Senior Notes. The 5.75% Senior Notes shall be payable at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.

     SECTION 209 Global Securities; Appointment of Depositary for Global Securities.

     The 5.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Securities
as provided in Section 203 of the Base Indenture and deposited with, or on behalf of, the
Depositary, or with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee.

     The 5.75% Senior Notes shall initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee
of DTC.

     None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Security Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of Depositary records relating to, or payments made on
account of, beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any Depositary records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for transfers
of beneficial interests in the Senior Notes or any transactions between the Depositary and
beneficial owners.

     SECTION 210 Other Terms of the 5.75% Senior Notes.

     The other terms of the 5.75% Senior Notes shall be as expressly set forth herein and in
Exhibit A.

ARTICLE III

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY COMPANY

     SECTION 301 Optional Redemption.

     Optional Redemption of 5.75% Senior Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions of the
Base Indenture, the 5.75% Senior Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company in whole or in
part at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

          (a) 100% of the principal amount of the 5.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed; or

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          (b) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the Remaining
Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the 5.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed (not
including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the
Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the
Redemption Date (the “Redemption Price”). The Redemption Price shall be calculated assuming a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     SECTION 302 Calculation of Redemption Price. The Company shall calculate the
Redemption Price for any redemption of Senior Notes pursuant to Section 301 and notify the Trustee
of such Redemption Price before it sends the amount of the Redemption Price to the Trustee or any
Paying Agent.

     SECTION 303 Notice of Redemption. Notice of any redemption pursuant to Section 301
shall be given in the manner and at the time set forth in Section 1104 of the Base Indenture;
provided, however, that such notice need not state the dollar amount of the Redemption Price if
such dollar amount has not been determined pursuant to Section 301 hereof as of the date such
notice is being given to the Holders of the 5.75% Senior Notes being redeemed.

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

     SECTION 401 Application of First Supplemental Indenture.

     Except as provided herein, each and every term and condition contained in this First
Supplemental Indenture that modifies, amends or supplements the terms and conditions of the
Indenture shall apply only to 5.75% Senior Notes established hereby and not to any other series of
Senior Notes established under the Indenture. Except as specifically amended and supplemented by,
or to the extent inconsistent with, this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall remain
in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

     SECTION 402 Effective Date of First Supplemental Indenture.

     This First Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by
each of the parties hereto.

     SECTION 403 Counterparts.

     This First Supplemental Indenture 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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     SECTION 404 Notices.

     All notices sent to the Trustee in accordance with the Base Indenture shall also be sent to:

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

25 DeForest Avenue

Mail Stop: SUM01-0105

Summit, New Jersey 07901

Attn.: Trust & Securities Services

Fax: 732-578-4635

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year
first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PG&E CORPORATION,

as Issuer

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Christopher P. Johns	 
	 	 	Name:  	Christopher P. Johns 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan	 
	 	 	Name:  	Annie Jaghatspanyan	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
/s/ Wanda Camacho	 
	 	 	Name:  	Wanda Camacho	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President	 
	 

Signature page to First Supplemental Indenture

 

 

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF 5.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE APRIL 1, 2014

     THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A SENIOR NOTE AND A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS
AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SENIOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SENIOR NOTE
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

     UNLESS THIS SENIOR NOTE 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 SENIOR NOTE 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.

     THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF TERMS IS SUBJECT TO THE INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF:

	 	 	 	 	 
	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT :

	 	ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
	 	INTEREST RATE: 5.75% per annum
	$350,000,000
	 	March 12, 2009	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	MATURITY DATE:

	 	INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
	 	THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A:
	 

	 	 	 	þ   Global Book-Entry Senior Note
	April 1, 2014

	 	April 1 and October 1,
commencing October 1,
2009
	 	o   Certificated Senior Note

REGISTERED OWNER: Cede & Co., as

nominee of The Depository Trust Company

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PG&E CORPORATION

5.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE APRIL 1, 2014

(Fixed Rate)

			
	 	 	 
	No. R-1
	 	Principal Amount: $350,000,000
	CUSIP No: 69331C AE8	 	 

     PG&E CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
California (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, or registered assigns,
the Principal Amount stated above on the Maturity Date stated above, and to pay interest thereon
from and including the Original Issue Date stated above or, in the case of a 5.75% Senior Note Due
April 1, 2014 issued upon the registration of transfer or exchange, from and including the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in
arrears on the Interest Payment Dates set forth above and on the Maturity Date stated above,
commencing October 1, 2009 at the rate of 5.75% per annum 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 5.75% Senior Note Due April 1, 2014 (this “Senior Note,” and together with all other 5.75%
Senior Notes Due April 1, 2014 (the “5.75% Senior Notes”) (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the 15th day preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest payable at the
Maturity Date or on a Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. 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 Senior
Note (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 the 5.75% Senior Notes 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 the Indenture and any securities exchange, if any, on which the 5.75% Senior Notes
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully
provided in said Indenture.

     Payments of interest on this Senior Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the
respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for this Senior Note shall be computed and
paid on the basis of the 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from March 12, 2009
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.
In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Senior Note (other than the
Maturity Date) is not a Business Day then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made
on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect
of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date the

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payment was originally payable. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business
Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after maturity.

     Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 5.75% Senior Notes shall be made
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. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the 5.75% Senior Notes represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Holder of such Global Security, provided that, in the case of
payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying
Agent. If any of the 5.75% Senior Notes are no longer represented by a Global Security, (i)
payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Maturity Date or earlier redemption
of such Senior Notes shall be made at the office of the Paying Agent upon surrender of such Senior
Notes to the Paying Agent, and (ii) payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the
Company, subject to such surrender where applicable, (A) by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (B) by wire
transfer to registered Holders of at least $10,000,000 in principal amount of the 5.75% Senior
Notes at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as such
Holders may designate in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for
payment.

     REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS 5.75% SENIOR NOTE SET FORTH ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET
FORTH AT THIS PLACE.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this 5.75% Senior 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.

     Dated: March 12, 2009

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PG&E CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

     This Senior Note is one of the Senior Notes of the series designated as the 5.75% Senior Notes
due April 1, 2014 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

     Dated: March 12, 2009

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, As Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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Reverse of Senior Note

     This 5.75% Senior Note Due April 1, 2014 is one of a duly authorized issue of Senior Notes of
the Company, issued and issuable in one or more series under a Senior Note Indenture, dated as of
March 12, 2009 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as
of March 12, 2009 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”, and with all additional indentures
supplemental thereto, and any constituent instruments establishing the terms of particular Senior
Notes, being herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, 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 description of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
Senior Notes thereunder and of the terms and conditions upon which Senior Notes are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. The acceptance of this Senior Note shall be deemed to constitute the
consent and agreement by the Holder hereof to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture.

     Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the 5.75% Senior Notes are redeemable at
the option of the Company (“Optional Redemption”), in whole or in part, prior to Maturity, at a
Redemption Price equal to the greater of:

          (a) 100% of the principal amount of the 5.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed; or

          (b) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the
Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the 5.75% Senior Notes to be
redeemed (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption
Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury
Rate, plus 50 basis points,

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the
Redemption Date.

     Interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be
payable to Holders of such 5.75% Senior Notes, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at
the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided
in the Indenture.

     In the case of an Optional Redemption, notice of redemption will be in writing and mailed
first-class postage-prepaid not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date to each Holder of the 5.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed at the Holder’s registered address;
provided, however, that such notice need not state the dollar amount of the Redemption Price if
such dollar amount has not been determined as of the date such notice is being given to the Holders
of the 5.75% Senior Notes being redeemed. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all
the 5.75% Senior Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited
with the Paying Agent or the Trustee on or prior to the Redemption Date, from and after such
Redemption Date such 5.75% Senior Notes or portions thereof shall cease to bear interest. The
5.75% Senior Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 in principal amount may be redeemed in part
but only in integral multiples of $1,000.

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     In the event of redemption of this Senior Note in part only, a new 5.75% Senior Note or 5.75%
Senior Notes of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Senior
Note or any portion of the principal amount hereof will be deemed to have been paid for all
purposes of the Indenture and to be no longer Outstanding thereunder, and the Company’s entire
indebtedness in respect thereof will be satisfied and discharged, if there has been irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in trust, money in an
amount which will be sufficient and/or Eligible Obligations, the principal of and interest on which
when due, without regard to any reinvestment thereof, will provide moneys which, together with
money, if any, deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, will be sufficient to
pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Senior Note when due.

     If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding 5.75% Senior Notes, considered as one
class, may declare the principal amount of all 5.75% Senior Notes then Outstanding to be due and
payable immediately by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders);
provided, however, that with respect to certain Events of Default relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency and similar events, the principal amount of all 5.75% Senior Notes then Outstanding
shall be due and payable immediately without further action by the Trustee or the Holders.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the
Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions
to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding
Senior Notes of each series affected by such supplemental indenture. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Senior
Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all 5.75% Senior Notes, to waive certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note
and of any Senior Note 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 Senior Note.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Senior Note
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 5.75% Senior Notes, the Holders of at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of the 5.75%
Senior Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the 5.75% Senior Notes at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such written request, and shall have failed to institute any such

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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 Senior Note 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 Senior 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 any premium and interest on this Senior Note 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 Senior Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Senior
Note 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 Senior Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee or
the Security Registrar, as the case may be, duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new 5.75% Senior Notes of like
tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees.

     The 5.75% Senior Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the 5.75% Senior Notes are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Senior Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

     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.

     The Company shall not be required to execute or to provide for the registration of the
transfer of or the exchange of (A) any 5.75% Senior Note during a period of 15 days immediately
preceding the date notice is to be given identifying the serial numbers of the 5.75% Senior Notes
called for redemption, or (B) any 5.75% Senior Note selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any 5.75% Senior Note being redeemed in part.

     Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note 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 Senior
Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Senior Note is
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

     This Senior Note shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws
of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereunder, except
to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.

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     As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest with respect to this Senior Note, or any part thereof, or for any
claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or of the indebtedness represented hereby, or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against any incorporator,
shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or
successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law
or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and
understood that the Indenture and all the 5.75% Senior Notes are solely corporate obligations and
that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as
part of the consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of this Senior Note.

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

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

     To assign this Senior Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Senior
Note to

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                        
to transfer this Senior Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.

 

Date:                     

Your signature:                                         

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Senior

Note)

Tax Identification No.:                                         

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor

institution” meeting the requirements of the Security

Registrar, which requirements include membership or

participation in the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion

Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program”

as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition

to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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Exhibit 10.18

Summary Sheet for Director Compensation and Executive Cash

Compensation and Performance Criteria Under Executive

Officers Variable Pay Plan

March 3, 2009

Director Compensation

The Company pays its Chairman of the Board an annual retainer of $70,000, and we pay or reimburse
him for the cost of his office space that has a rental value of approximately $13,000 per year. The
Company pays each of its other non-employee directors an annual retainer of $30,000. The chair of
the Audit Committee receives an additional annual fee of $20,000. The chairs of each of the
Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receive an additional
annual fee of $15,000. Non-chair members of these committees receive an additional $5,000 annual
fee for each committee on which they serve. All director fees are payable in advance in equal
quarterly installments, and beginning in April 2009, will be paid via shares of our common stock
based on the closing market price on the regularly scheduled quarterly payment date.

In line with the Company’s operating strategy, and as with all salaried employees, including senior
management, the Company’s Directors accepted a 5% reduction in quarterly fees beginning the second
quarter of 2009.

In addition to annual fees, each non-employee director is entitled to receive, at or following each
Company annual meeting, , a grant of stock of the Company valued at $25,000.

In addition to the annual fees and stock grants, it the Company’s policy to reimburse directors for
their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their service on the Board and its
committees.

The Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer is not separately compensated outside of his
employment agreement for service as a director.

Executive Cash Compensation

The following table sets forth the 2009 base salary of each of the Company’s executive officers:     

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	2009 Base
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Salary
	Anupam Narayan
	 	 	 	 	 	$	360,000	 
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	George H. Schweitzer
	 	 	 	 	 	$	210,000	 
	Senior Vice President, Hotel Operations
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Thomas L. McKeirnan
	 	 	 	 	 	$	209,000	 
	Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Anthony F. Dombrowik
	 	 	 	 	 	$	175,000	 
	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

In line with the Company’s operating strategy, and as with all salaried employees, senior
management, including the executive officers listed above, accepted a 5% reduction in pay in
January 2009.

 

 

2009 Performance Criteria Under Executive Officers Variable Pay Plan

On March 3, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors established 2009
performance goals for the Company’s named executive officers under the Company’s Executive Officers
Variable Pay Plan, effective January 1, 2005. Measured as a percentage of their 2009 base
salaries, the target and maximum variable pay available to these officers for achievement of these
goals in 2009 is as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Variable Pay as Percentage
	 	 	of 2009 Base Salary
	 	 	Target	 	Maximum
	Anupam Narayan
	 	 	60	%	 	 	200	%
	George H. Schweitzer
	 	 	30	%	 	 	100	%
	Thomas L. McKeirnan
	 	 	30	%	 	 	100	%
	Anthony F. Dombrowik
	 	 	30	%	 	 	100	%

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