Document:

Exhibit 10.48

 

Draft dated
November 16, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Middlesex Water Company

 

 

 

$40,000,000

 

 

First
Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bonds, Series 2020A,

due November 18, 2050

 

 

 

______________

 

Bond Purchase Agreement

 

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Dated
as of November 18, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

     

    

Table of Contents

	SectionHeading	Page
	Section 1.   Authorization of Series 2020A Bonds	1
	Section 2.   Sale and Purchase of Series 2020A Bonds	2
	Section 3.   Closing	2
	Section 4.   Conditions to Closing	2
	Section 4.1.     Representations and Warranties	2
	Section 4.2.     Performance; No Default	2
	Section 4.3.     Compliance Certificates	3
	Section 4.4.     Opinions of Counsel	3
	Section 4.5.     Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc	3
	Section 4.6.     Sale of Other Series 2020A Bonds	3
	Section 4.7.     Payment of Special Counsel Fees	4
	Section 4.8.     Private Placement Number	4
	Section 4.9.     Changes in Corporate Structure	4
	Section 4.10.   Funding Instructions	4
	Section 4.11.   Mortgage Indenture Conditions	4
	Section 4.12.   Execution and Delivery and Filing and Recording of the Fifty-Fourth Supplement	4
	Section 4.13.   Proceedings and Documents	4
	Section 5.   Representations and Warranties of the Company	5
	Section 5.1.     Organization; Power and Authority	5
	Section 5.2.     Authorization, Etc	5
	Section 5.3.     Disclosure	5
	Section 5.4.     Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates	5
	Section 5.5.     Financial Statements; Material Liabilities	6
	Section 5.6.     Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc	6
	Section 5.7.     Governmental Authorizations, Etc	7
	Section 5.8.     Litigation; Observance of Statutes and Orders	7
	Section 5.9.     Taxes	7
	Section 5.10.   Title to Property; Leases	7
	Section 5.11.   Licenses, Permits, Etc	8
	Section 5.12.   Compliance with Employee Benefit Plans	8
	Section 5.13.   Private Offering by the Company	9

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	Section 5.14.   Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations	9
	Section 5.15.   Existing Indebtedness	9
	Section 5.16.   Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc	10
	Section 5.17.   Status under Certain Statutes	11
	Section 5.18.   Environmental Matters	11
	Section 5.19.   Lien of the Mortgage Indenture	11
	Section 5.20.   Series 2020A Bonds Pari Passu	12
	Section 5.21.   No Mortgage Indenture Default	12
	Section 6.   Representations of the Purchasers	12
	Section 6.1.     Purchase for Investment	12
	Section 6.2.     Source of Funds	12
	Section 7.   Information as to Company	14
	Section 7.1.     Financial and Business Information	14
	Section 7.2.     Officer’s Certificate	16
	Section 7.3.     Visitation	17
	Section 7.4.     Electronic Delivery	17
	Section 8.   Payment and Prepayment of the Series 2020A Bonds	18
	Section 8.1.     Maturity	18
	Section 8.2.     Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount	18
	Section 8.3.     Required Prepayments upon Certain Events	19
	Section 8.4.     Allocation of Partial Prepayments	19
	Section 8.5.     Maturity; Surrender, Etc.	19
	Section 8.6.     Purchase of Series 2020A Bonds	20
	Section 8.7.     Make-Whole Amount	20
	Section 8.8.     Payments Due on Non-Business Days	22
	Section 9.   Affirmative Covenants.	22
	Section 9.1.     Compliance with Laws	22
	Section 9.2.     Insurance	22
	Section 9.3.     Maintenance of Properties	23
	Section 9.4.     Payment of Taxes	23
	Section 9.5.     Corporate Existence, Etc	23
	Section 9.6.     Books and Records	23
	Section 9.7.     Compliance with Other Covenants and Conditions	24
	Section 9.8.     Series 2020A Bond to Rank Pari Passu	24
	Section 9.9.     Rating Requirement	24
	Section 10.   Negative Covenants.	24
	Section 10.1.   Transactions with Affiliates	24
	Section 10.2.   Merger, Consolidation, Etc	24
	Section 10.3.   Line of Business	25

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	Section 10.4.   Economic Sanctions, Etc	25
	Section 11.   Events of Default	25
	Section 12.   Remedies on Default, Etc	28
	Section 12.1.   Acceleration	28
	Section 12.2.   Other Remedies	29
	Section 12.3.   Rescission	29
	Section 12.4.   No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc	29
	Section 13.   Registration;  Transfer and Exchange; Replacement of 
                            Series 2020A Bonds	29
	Section 14.   Payments on Series 2020A Bonds	30
	Section 14.1.   Place of Payment	30
	Section 14.2.   Payment by Wire Transfer	30
	Section 14.3.   FATCA Information	30
	Section 15.   Expenses, Etc	31
	Section 15.1.   Transaction Expenses	31
	Section 15.2.   Certain Taxes	31
	Section 15.3.   Survival	32
	Section 16.   Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement	32
	Section 17.   Amendment and Waiver	32
	Section 17.1.   Requirements	32
	Section 17.2.   Solicitation of Holders of Series 2020A Bonds	33
	Section 17.3.   Binding Effect, Etc	33
	Section 17.4.   Series 2020A Bonds Held by Company, Etc	34
	Section 18.   Notices	34
	Section 19.   Reproduction of Documents	34
	Section 20.   Confidential Information	35
	Section 21.   Substitution of Purchaser	36
	Section 22.   Miscellaneous	36

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	Section 22.1.   Successors and Assigns	36
	Section 22.2.   Accounting Terms	36
	Section 22.3.   Severability	37
	Section 22.4.   Construction, Etc	37
	Section 22.5.   Counterparts; Electronic Contracting	37
	Section 22.6.   Governing Law	38
	Section 22.7.   Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial	38
	Section 22.8.   Transaction References	39
	Signature	40

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	Schedule A	—	Defined Terms
	Schedule 1	—	Form of Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture
	Schedule 4.4(a)	—	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Company
	Schedule 4.4(b)	—	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchasers
	Schedule 5.3	—	Disclosure Materials
	Schedule 5.4	—	Subsidiaries of the Company and
    Ownership of Subsidiary Stock
	Schedule 5.5	—	Financial Statements
	Schedule 5.15	—	Existing Indebtedness
	Purchaser
 Schedule	—	Information Relating to Purchasers

 

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Exhibit 10.48 

Middlesex
Water Company

485C Route 1 South

Iselin, New Jersey 08830

 

First
Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bonds, Series 2020A,

due November 18, 2050

 

Dated as of

November 18, 2020

 

 

To each
of the Purchasers listed in

the
Purchaser Schedule hereto:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Middlesex
Water Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey (the “Company”),
agrees with each of the Purchasers as follows:

Section 1.Authorization
of Series 2020A Bonds.

The Company will
authorize the issue and sale of $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.90% First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bonds,
Series 2020A, due November 18, 2050 (the “Series 2020A Bonds”). The Series 2020A Bonds shall be substantially
in the form set out in Exhibit A to the Fifty-Fourth Supplement (as hereinafter defined). The Series 2020A Bonds will be issued
under and secured by that certain Indenture of Mortgage dated April 1, 1927 (the “Original Mortgage Indenture”),
from the Company, as grantor, to U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, the successor
to First Union National Bank, the successor to Meridian Bank, the successor to United Counties Trust Company, in turn the successor
to Union County Trust Company), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as heretofore supplemented, including as supplemented
by the Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2020 (such Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture being referred
to herein as the “Fifty-Fourth Supplement”) which will be substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 1.
The Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, including by the Fifty-Fourth Supplement, and as further supplemented or amended
according to its terms, is hereinafter referred to as the “Mortgage Indenture.” The Series 2020A Bonds constitute
bonds under the Mortgage Indenture and are secured thereunder on parity with other bonds issued and outstanding under the Mortgage
Indenture. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule A and, for purposes of this Agreement, the rules of construction
set forth in Section 24.4 shall govern. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Mortgage
Indenture.

    

     

    

Section 2.Sale
and Purchase of Series 2020A Bonds.

Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company,
at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Series 2020A Bonds in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s
name in the Purchaser Schedule at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. The Purchasers’ obligations
hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or
non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder.

Section 3.Closing.

The sale and purchase
of the Series 2020A Bonds to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Schiff Hardin LLP, 1185 Avenue of the
Americas, Suite 3000, New York, New York 10036, at 11:00 a.m., New York time, at a closing (the “Closing”) on
November 18, 2020 or on such other Business Day thereafter as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers. At the Closing,
the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Series 2020A Bonds to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Series
2020A Bond (or such greater number of Series 2020A Bonds in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated
the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by such
Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer
to the account of the Company set forth in the funding instructions delivered pursuant to Section 4.10. If at the Closing the Company
shall fail to tender such Series 2020A Bonds to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions
specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its
election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have
by reason of such failure by the Company to tender such Series 2020A Bonds or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 not
having been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction.

Section 4.Conditions
to Closing.

Each Purchaser’s
obligation to purchase and pay for the Series 2020A Bonds to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment
to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions:

Section 4.1.Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be correct when made and at the Closing.

Section 4.2.Performance;
No Default. The Company and the Trustee shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in each
Transaction Document required to be performed or complied with by such Person prior to or at the Closing. Before and after giving
effect to the issue and sale of the Series 2020A Bonds (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section
5.14), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

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Section 4.3.Compliance Certificates.

(a)          Officer’s
Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing,
certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.

(b)          Secretary’s
Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated
the date of the Closing, certifying as to (1) the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds and the Fifty-Fourth Supplement and (2) the Company’s
organizational documents as then in effect.

(c)          Certification
of the Mortgage Indenture. Each Purchaser shall have received a copy of the Mortgage Indenture (including all amendments and
supplements thereto), certified by the Company as of the date of the Closing, exclusive of property exhibits, recording information
and the like.

Section 4.4.Opinions
of Counsel. Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the date
of the Closing (a) from Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, counsel for the Company, covering the matters set forth in Schedule 4.4(a)
and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably
request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers) and (b) from Schiff Hardin
LLP, the Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule
4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may reasonably request.

Section 4.5.Purchase
Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc. On the date of the Closing, such Purchaser’s purchase of Series 2020A Bonds shall (a) be
permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as section 1405(a)(8)
of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of
the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant
to any applicable law or regulation. If requested by such Purchaser not later than 10 days prior to the date of the Closing, such
Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably
specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.

Section 4.6.Authentication
and Sale of Other Series 2020A Bonds. The Series 2020A Bonds to be purchased by each Purchaser shall have been duly authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and contemporaneously with the Closing, the Company shall sell to each other Purchaser and each other
Purchaser shall purchase the Series 2020A Bonds to be purchased by it at the Closing as specified in the Purchaser Schedule.

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Section 4.7.Payment
of Special Counsel Fees. Without limiting Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before the Closing the fees,
charges and disbursements of the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.4(b) to the extent reflected in a statement
of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing.

Section 4.8.Private
Placement Number. A Private Placement Number issued by CUSIP Global Services (in cooperation with the SVO) shall have been
obtained for the Series 2020A Bonds.

Section 4.9.Changes
in Corporate Structure. The Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or been a party to any merger
or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the
date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.

Section 4.10.Funding
Instructions. At least three Business Days prior to the date of the Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions
signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Company directing the manner of the payment of the purchase price of the Series
2020A Bonds and setting forth (a) the name and address of the transferee bank, (b) such transferee bank’s ABA number,
(c) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Series 2020A Bonds is to be deposited and (d) the name
and telephone number of a Responsible Officer of the Company responsible for (1) verifying receipt of the funds and (2) the information
set forth in the instructions.

Section 4.11.Mortgage
Indenture Conditions. All conditions precedent set forth in the Mortgage Indenture with respect to the execution, delivery
and authentication of the Series 2020A Bonds shall have been satisfied, and
the Purchaser shall have received copies of all certificates and opinions required to be delivered to the Trustee under the Mortgage
Indenture with respect to the issuance and authentication of the Series 2020A Bonds.

Section 4.12.Execution and
Delivery and Filing and Recording of the Fifty-Fourth Supplement. The Fifty-Fourth Supplement shall have been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, and the Company shall have filed, or delivered for recordation, the Fifty-Fourth
Supplement (and financing statements in respect thereof shall have been filed, if necessary) in such manner and in such places
as is required by law (and no other instruments are required to be filed) to establish, preserve, perfect and protect the direct
security interest and Lien upon the mortgaged property created by the Mortgage Indenture and the Company shall have delivered to
such Purchaser or its special counsel satisfactory evidence of such filings and recordings.

Section 4.13.Proceedings
and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Mortgage Indenture and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and
its special counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified
or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such special counsel may reasonably request.

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Section 5.Representations
and Warranties of the Company.

The Company represents
and warrants to each Purchaser that:

Section 5.1.Organization;
Power and Authority. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of New Jersey, the only state in which the Company is required to qualify to do business. The Company has the corporate power
and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts
and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Series 2020A Bonds (and had the corporate power and authority
to execute and deliver the Mortgage Indenture, including the Fifty-Fourth Supplement, at the time of execution and delivery thereof)
and to perform the provisions of the Transaction Documents.

Section 5.2.Authorization,
Etc. The Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents, and the Transaction Documents (other than the Series 2020A Bonds) constitute, and when the 2020A Bonds are executed,
issued and delivered by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee and paid for by the Purchasers, each Series 2020A Bond will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by
(1) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law).

Section 5.3.Disclosure.
The Transaction Documents, the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 and the documents, certificates or other writings delivered
to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company prior to August 21, 2020 in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
and identified in Schedule 5.3 (the Transaction Documents and such documents, certificates or other writings and such financial
statements delivered to each Purchaser being referred to, collectively, as the “Disclosure Documents”), taken
as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents,
since December 31, 2019, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business or properties of the Company
or any Subsidiary except changes that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

Section 5.4.Organization
and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates.

(a)          Schedule 5.4
contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists of (1) the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary,
the name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar
equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary, (2) the Company’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries,
and (3) the Company’s directors and senior officers.

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(b)          All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned
by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company or
another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien that is prohibited by this Agreement or the Mortgage Indenture.

(c)          Each
Subsidiary is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and, where applicable,
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties
it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.

(d)          No
Subsidiary is subject to any legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than the agreements listed on Schedule
5.4 and customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends
out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding
shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.

Section 5.5.Financial
Statements; Material Liabilities. The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of the Company
and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5. All of such financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and
notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
respective dates specified in such Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective
periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except
as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments). The
Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed in the Disclosure Documents.

Section 5.6.Compliance
with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents (including
the prior execution and delivery of the Mortgage Indenture and the Fifty-Fourth Supplement) will not (1) contravene, result
in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien (other than the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture)
in respect of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit
agreement, lease, corporate charter, regulations or by-laws, shareholders agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound
or affected, (2) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment,
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Company or any Subsidiary or (3) violate
any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary.

Section 5.7.Governmental
Authorizations, Etc. Except for the filing of the Fifty-Fourth Supplement in the appropriate filing office in Middlesex County,
New Jersey and Union County, New Jersey (which filings will be made at Closing), no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration,
filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by
the Company of this Agreement, the Fifty-Fourth Supplement or the Series 2020A Bonds.

Section 5.8.Litigation;
Observance of Statutes and Orders.

(a)          There
are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting
the Company or any Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind
or before or by any Governmental Authority that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

(b)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is (1) in violation of any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, any arbitrator of any
kind or any Governmental Authority or (2) in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental
Authority (including Environmental Laws, the USA PATRIOT Act or any of the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section
5.16), which violation would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.9.Taxes. The
Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid
all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments payable by them, to the extent such taxes
and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (a) the
amount of which, individually or in the aggregate, is not Material or (b) the amount, applicability or validity of which is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the
case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of U.S. federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate. The U.S. federal
income tax liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been finally determined (whether by reason of completed audits
or the statute of limitations having run) for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

Section 5.10.Title to
Property; Leases. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective Material properties,
including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have
been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after such date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course
of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this

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Agreement or the Mortgage Indenture, except for those defects
in title that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All Material leases are valid and subsisting
and are in full force and effect in all material respects.

Section 5.11.Licenses,
Permits, Etc. The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights,
proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material,
without known conflict with the rights of others, except for those conflicts that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.12.Compliance
with Employee Benefit Plans.

(a)          The
Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such
instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV
of ERISA (except for ongoing funding purposes) or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit
plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that would, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate,
or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case
pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to section 430(k) of the Code or to any such penalty or excise tax provisions under the Code
or federal law or section 4068 of ERISA or by the granting of a security interest in connection with the amendment of a Plan, other
than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material.

(b)          The
present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the
end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes
in such Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan
allocable to such benefit liabilities.

(c)          The
Company and its ERISA Affiliates do not contribute to, and have never contributed to, a Multiemployer Plan.

(d)          The
expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year
in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-60, without regard to liabilities
attributable to continuation coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not Material.

(e)          The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Series 2020A Bonds hereunder will not involve any transaction
that is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed

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pursuant to
section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representation by the Company to each Purchaser in the first sentence of this Section
5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of such Purchaser’s representation in Section 6.2 as to the
sources of the funds to be used to pay the purchase price of the Series 2020A Bonds to be purchased by such Purchaser.

(f)          The
Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any Non-U.S. Plans.

Section 5.13.Private Offering
by the Company. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Series 2020A Bonds or any similar Securities
for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy the Series 2020A Bonds or any similar Securities from, or otherwise approached or negotiated
in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers, each of which has been offered the Series 2020A Bonds at a private
sale for investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject
the issuance or sale of the Series 2020A Bonds to the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration
requirements of any Securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

Section 5.14.Use of
Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Series 2020A Bonds hereunder to repay
current short-term loan balances as they mature within 90 days following the Closing. No part of the proceeds from the sale of
the Series 2020A Bonds hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within
the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying
or carrying or trading in any Securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said
Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does
not constitute any of the value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any
present intention that margin stock will constitute any of the value of such assets. As used in this Section, the terms “margin
stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation
U.

Section 5.15.Existing Indebtedness.

(a)          Except
as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of November 13, 2020 (including descriptions of the obligors and obligees, principal amounts outstanding, any collateral
therefor and any Guaranty thereof), since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking
funds, installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness
of the Company or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary
the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds $1,000,000 that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both,
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become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its
regularly scheduled dates of payment.

(b)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness
of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including its charter or any other organizational
document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company, except
as disclosed in Schedule 5.15.

Section 5.16.Foreign Assets
Control Regulations, Etc.

(a)          Neither
the Company nor any Controlled Entity (1) is a Blocked Person, (2) has been notified that its name appears or may in the future
appear on a State Sanctions List or (3) is a target of sanctions that have been imposed by the United Nations or the European Union.

(b)          Neither
the Company nor any Controlled Entity (1) has violated, been found in violation of, or been charged or convicted under, any applicable
U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws or (2) to the Company’s knowledge, is under
investigation by any Governmental Authority for possible violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws
or Anti-Corruption Laws.

(c)          No
part of the proceeds from the sale of the Series 2020A Bonds hereunder:

(1)          constitutes
or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used by the Company or any Controlled Entity,
directly or indirectly, (i) in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person, (ii)
for any purpose that would cause any Purchaser to be in violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or (iii) otherwise in violation
of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws;

(2)          will
be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of, or cause any Purchaser to be in violation of, any applicable Anti-Money Laundering
Laws; or

(3)          will
be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of making any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official
or commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in each case which would
be in violation of, or cause any Purchaser to be in violation of, any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

(d)          The
Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with
applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all

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applicable U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws.

Section 5.17.Status
under Certain Statutes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of
1940, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, or the Federal Power Act.

Section 5.18.Environmental
Matters.

(a)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any claim or has received any notice of any claim and no proceeding has been instituted
asserting any claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties or other assets now
or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental
Laws, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of
Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly
owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as could not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated
by any of them in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that
could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)          All
buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable
Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.19.Lien of the
Mortgage Indenture. The provisions of the Mortgage Indenture (including the Fifty-Fourth Supplement) are effective to create
in favor of the Trustee, for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Series 2020A Bonds and the holders of the other bonds issued and outstanding under the
Mortgage Indenture, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on, and security interest in and to, all right, title and interest of the
Company in the mortgaged property. The Mortgage Indenture (including the Fifty-Fourth Supplement) has been duly recorded or filed
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preserve the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture (including
the Fifty-Fourth Supplement) as a valid, perfected and continuing first priority Lien (subject to Permissible Encumbrances) on,
and security interest in and to, all right, title and interest of the Company in the mortgaged property and all taxes and recording
or filing fees required to be paid in connection with the execution, recording or filing of the Mortgage Indenture (including the
Fifty-Fourth Supplement) have been duly paid.

Section 5.20.Series
2020A Bonds Pari Passu. The Company’s obligations under the Series 2020A Bonds rank pari passu in right of payment, without
preference or priority, with the other bonds issued and outstanding under the Mortgage Indenture.

Section 5.21.No Mortgage
Indenture Default. No “event of default” under the Mortgage Indenture exists or will exist immediately after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the applications of the proceeds
from the issue and sale of the Series 2020A Bonds.

Section 6.Representations
of the Purchasers.

Section 6.1.Purchase for
Investment. Each Purchaser severally represents that (a) it is purchasing the Series 2020A Bonds for its own account or for
one or more separate accounts maintained by such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with
a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or their property shall at all
times be within such Purchaser’s or their control, and (b) it is (1) a Qualified Institutional Buyer or (2) an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Each Purchaser understands
that the Series 2020A Bonds have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to
the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither
such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Company is not required to register the Series 2020A Bonds.

Section 6.2.Source of Funds.
Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source
of funds (a “Source”) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Series 2020A Bonds to be
purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:

(a)          the Source is an “insurance
company general account” (as the term is defined in the United States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction
Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement
for life insurance companies approved by the NAIC (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account contract(s)
held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account
contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined
in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities
of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement
filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile; or

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(b)          the Source is a separate
account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts
payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to
any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance
of the separate account; or

(c)          the Source is either
(1) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 or (2) a bank collective investment fund, within
the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (c),
no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than
10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or

(d)          the Source constitutes
assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”))
managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part VI of the QPAM
Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are managed by the QPAM in such investment fund, when combined with the
assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning
of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, represent
more than 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied,
neither the QPAM nor a Person controlling or controlled by the QPAM maintains an ownership interest in the Company that would cause
the QPAM and the Company to be “related” within the meaning of Part VI(h) of the QPAM Exemption and (1) the identity
of such QPAM and (2) the names of any employee benefit plans whose assets in the investment fund, when combined with the assets
of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part
VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization, represent 10% or more of the assets of such investment fund, have been disclosed
to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (d); or

(e)          the Source constitutes
assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Part IV(h) of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”)) managed
by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV(a) of the INHAM Exemption), the
conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a Person controlling or controlled
by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Part IV(d)(3) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 10% or more interest
in the Company and (1) the identity of such INHAM and (2) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the
Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or

(f)          the Source is a governmental
plan; or

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(g)          the Source is one or
more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which
has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (g); or

(h)          the Source does not
include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

As used in this Section 6.2, the
terms “employee benefit plan,” “governmental plan,” and “separate account” shall
have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA.

Section 7.Information
as to Company.

Section 7.1.Financial and
Business Information. The Company shall deliver to each holder of a Series 2020A Bond that is an Institutional Investor, which
delivery may be made in accordance with Section 7.4:

(a)          Quarterly Statements
— within 60 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company
is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company
(other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of

(1)          a consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and

(2)          consolidated statements
of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and
third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance
with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting,
in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows,
subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments;

(b)          Annual Statements
— within 105 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company
is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of

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(1)          a consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and

(2)          consolidated statements
of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,

setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied
by an opinion thereon (without a “going concern” or similar qualification or exception and without any qualification
or exception as to the scope of the audit on which such opinion is based) of independent public accountants of recognized national
standing or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and
cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such
financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable
basis for such opinion in the circumstances;

(c)          SEC and Other Reports
— promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (1) each financial statement, report, notice, proxy statement or similar
document sent by the Company or any Subsidiary (1) to its principal lending banks as a whole (excluding information sent to such
banks in the ordinary course of administration of a bank facility, such as information relating to pricing and borrowing availability)
or (2) to its public Securities holders generally, and (2) each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without
exhibits except as expressly requested by such holder), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by the Company or
any Subsidiary with the SEC;

(d)          Notice of Default
or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within five days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence
of any Default or Event of Default or “event of default” under and as defined in the Mortgage Indenture, a written
notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto;

(e)          Employee Benefits
Matters — promptly, and in any event within 10 days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of the following,
a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take
with respect thereto:

(1)          with respect to any Plan,
any reportable event, as defined in section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has
not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date of this Agreement;

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(2)          the taking by the PBGC
of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of
a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan;

(3)          any event, transaction
or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or
IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any
Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such
penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(4)          receipt of notice of
the imposition of a Material financial penalty (which for this purpose shall mean any tax, penalty or other liability, whether
by way of indemnity or otherwise) with respect to one or more Non-U.S. Plans;

(f)          Supplemental Indentures
– promptly, and in any event within 10 days after the execution and delivery thereof, a copy of any supplemental indenture
to the Mortgage Indenture that the Company from time to time may hereafter execute and deliver which amends the Indenture in any
material respect, provided that the Company shall not be required to deliver a copy of any supplemental indenture that is
executed and delivered solely to (1) evidence a new series of bonds or (2) subject additional property to the Lien of the Mortgage
Indenture); and

(g)          Requested Information
— with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition,
assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including actual copies of the Company’s Form 10-Q
and Form 10-K) or relating to the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder, under the Series 2020A
Notes or under any other Transaction Document as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of a Series 2020A
Bond.

Section 7.2.Officer’s
Certificate. Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of a Series 2020A Bond pursuant to Section 7.1(a)
or Section 7.1(b), shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer the delivery of which may be made in accordance
with Section 7.4:

(a)          Covenant Compliance
— if the Mortgage Indenture included one or more financial covenants during the quarterly or annual period covered by the
financial statements then being furnished, setting forth the information from such financial statements that is required in order
to establish whether the Company was in compliance with each such financial covenant during such quarterly or annual period (including
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respect to each such provision that involves mathematical calculations, the information from such financial statements that
is required to perform such calculations) and detailed calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the
case may be, permissible under the terms of such financial covenant, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then
in existence. In the event that the Company or any Subsidiary has made an election to measure any financial liability using fair
value (which election is being disregarded for purposes of determining compliance with any such financial covenant or this Agreement
pursuant to Section 22.2) as to the period covered by any such financial statement, such Senior Financial Officer’s certificate
as to such period shall include a reconciliation from GAAP with respect to such election; and

(b)          Event of Default
— certifying that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and of the Mortgage Indenture and
has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its
Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of
the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes
a Default or an Event of Default or an “event of default” under and as defined in the Mortgage Indenture or, if any
such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall
have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 7.3.Visitation.
The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of a Series 2020A Bond that is an Institutional Investor:

(a)          No Default —
if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon not less than five Business Days’ prior
notice to the Company, to visit the principal executive office of the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of
the Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not
be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of the Company and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested in writing; and

(b)          Default —
if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Company to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties
of the Company or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make
copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and
independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances
and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be requested.

Section 7.4.Electronic Delivery.
Financial statements, opinions of independent certified public accountants, other information and Officer’s Certificates
that are required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Sections 7.1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) and Section 7.2

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shall
be deemed to have been delivered if the Company satisfies any of the following requirements with respect thereto:

(a)          such financial statements
satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or (b) and related Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section
7.2 and any other information required under Section 7.1(c), (d), (e) or (f) are delivered to each holder of a Series 2020A Bond
by e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in such holder’s Purchaser Schedule or as communicated from time to time in a separate
writing delivered to the Company;

(b)          the Company shall have
timely filed such Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b), as the case may be,
with the SEC on EDGAR and shall have made such form and the related Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements of
Section 7.2 available on its home page on the internet, which is located at http://www.middlesexwater.com as of the date of this
Agreement;

(c)          such financial statements
satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) and related Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements
of Section 7.2 and any other information required under Section 7.1(c), (d), (e) or (f) are timely posted by or on behalf of the
Company on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Series 2020A Bonds has free access; or

(d)          the Company shall have
timely filed any of the items referred to in Section 7.1(c), (d), (e) or (f) with the SEC on EDGAR and shall have made such items
available on its home page on the internet or on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Series 2020A
Bonds has free access;

provided however, that in no
case shall access to such financial statements, other information and Officer’s Certificates be conditioned upon any waiver
or other agreement or consent (other than confidentiality provisions consistent with Section 20 of this Agreement); provided
further, that in the case of any of clauses (b), (c) or (d), the Company shall have given each holder of a Series 2020A Bond
concurrent written notice, which may be by e-mail or in accordance with Section 18, of such posting or filing in connection with
each delivery.

Section 8.Payment
and Prepayment of the Series 2020A Bonds.

Section 8.1.Maturity.
As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of each Series 2020A Bond shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date
thereof.

Section 8.2.Optional
Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount. The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all,
or from time to time any part of, the Series 2020A Bonds, in an amount not less than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Series 2020A Bonds then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, and the Make-Whole
Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. The Company will give each holder of Series 2020A
Bonds written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than 10 days

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and not more than 60 days prior
to the date fixed for such prepayment unless the Company and the Required Holders agree to another time period pursuant to Section
17. Each such notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2020A
Bonds to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Series 2020A Bond held by such holder to be prepaid (determined
in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being
prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection
with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such
computation. Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Series 2020A Bonds a certificate
of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date.

Section 8.3.Required
Prepayments upon Certain Events. If (a) all or substantially all of the mortgaged property shall have been damaged or destroyed
to such extent that the Series 2020A Bonds shall be required
to be redeemed pursuant to subsection B of Section 4 of Article VIII of the Second Supplement, or (b) title to, or the use of,
all or substantially all of the mortgaged property shall have been taken under the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or
shall be purchased, by, any governmental body or by any person, firm or corporation acting under governmental authority and the
same shall require the Series 2020A Bonds to be redeemed pursuant to subsection B of Section 4 of Article VIII of the Second Supplement,
then the Company shall, by notice as provided below, prepay all of the Series 2020A Bonds then outstanding at 100% of the principal
amount thereof, and the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. The Company
will give each holder of Series 2020A Bonds written notice of any required prepayment under this Section 8.3 within 90 days
following the event resulting in such prepayment. Such notice shall specify the date of prepayment (which shall be a Business Day
not less than 50 days nor more than 90 days after the date of such notice), the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2020A
Bonds to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Series 2020A Bond held by such holder to be prepaid, and the interest
to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate
of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the
date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation. Two Business Days prior to
such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Series 2020A Bonds a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying
the calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date.

Section 8.4.Allocation of
Partial Prepayments. In the case of each partial prepayment of the Series 2020A Bonds pursuant to Section 8.2, the principal
amount of the Series 2020A Bonds to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Series 2020A Bonds at the time outstanding in
proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment.

Section 8.5.Maturity;
Surrender, Etc. In the case of each prepayment of Series 2020A Bonds pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount
of each Series 2020A Bond to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment,

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together
with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount, if any. From and after such date,
unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount,
if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Series 2020A Bond paid or prepaid in full shall
be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Series 2020A Bond shall be issued in lieu of any
prepaid principal amount of any Series 2020A Bond.

Section 8.6.Purchase of Series
2020A Bonds. The Company will not, and will not permit any Affiliate to, purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly
or indirectly, any of the outstanding Series 2020A Bonds except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Series 2020A Bonds in accordance with this
Agreement and the Series 2020A Bonds or (b) pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company or an Affiliate pro rata
to the holders of all Series 2020A Bonds at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any such offer shall provide
each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain
open for at least 15 Business Days. If the holders of more than 25% of the principal amount of the Series 2020A Bonds then outstanding
accept such offer, the Company shall promptly notify the remaining holders of such fact and the expiration date for the acceptance
by holders of Series 2020A Bonds of such offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary to give each such remaining holder
at least 15 Business Days from its receipt of such notice to accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Series 2020A
Bonds acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Series 2020A Bonds pursuant to this Agreement
and no Series 2020A Bonds may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Series 2020A Bonds.

Section 8.7.Make-Whole
Amount.

The term “Make-Whole
Amount” means, with respect to any Series 2020A Bond, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value
of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Series 2020A Bond over the amount of such Called
Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole
Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Called
Principal” means, with respect to any Series 2020A Bond, the principal of such Series 2020A Bond that is to be prepaid
pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 8.3 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1,
as the context requires.

“Discounted
Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Series 2020A Bond, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining
Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with
respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same
periodic basis as that on which interest on the Series 2020A Bonds is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to
such Called Principal.

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“Reinvestment
Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Series 2020A Bond, the sum of (a) 0.50% plus (b) the
yield to maturity implied by the “Ask Yield(s)” reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business
Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or
such other display as may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively traded on-the-run
U.S. Treasury securities (“Reported”) having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal
as of such Settlement Date. If there are no such U.S. Treasury securities Reported having a maturity equal to
such Remaining Average Life, then such implied yield to maturity will be determined by (1) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations
to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (2) interpolating linearly between the “Ask
Yields” Reported for the applicable most recently issued actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury securities with the maturities
(i) closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (ii) closest to and less than such Remaining Average
Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable
Series 2020A Bond.

If such yields are
not Reported or the yields Reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), then “Reinvestment
Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Series 2020A Bond, the sum of (x) 0.50% plus (y) the
yield to maturity implied by the U.S. Treasury constant maturity yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have
been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal
Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for the U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term
equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. If there is no such U.S. Treasury constant
maturity having a term equal to such Remaining Average Life, such implied yield to maturity will be determined by interpolating
linearly between (A) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and greater than such Remaining Average
Life and (B) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and less than such Remaining Average
Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable
Series 2020A Bond.

“Remaining
Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) such Called
Principal into (b) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (1) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled
Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (2) the number of years, computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised
of twelve 30-day months and calculated to two decimal places, that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such
Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

“Remaining
Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Series 2020A Bond, all payments of such Called
Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment
of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date
on which interest payments are due to be made under the Series 2020A Bonds, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest
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interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date
pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 8.3 or Section 12.1.

“Settlement
Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Series 2020A Bond, the date on which such Called Principal is
to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or Section 8.3 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant
to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

Section 8.8.Payments Due
on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Series 2020A Bonds to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) except
as set forth in clause (b), any payment of interest on any Series 2020A Bond that is due on a date that is not a Business Day shall
be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable
on such next succeeding Business Day; and (b) any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount on any Series 2020A Bond (including
principal due on the Maturity Date of such Series 2020A Bond) that is due on a date that is not a Business Day shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next
succeeding Business Day.

Section 9.Affirmative
Covenants.

The Company covenants
that so long as any of the Series 2020A Bonds are outstanding:

Section 9.1.Compliance
with Laws. Without limiting Section 10.4, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all
laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject (including ERISA, Environmental Laws, the
USA PATRIOT Act and the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16) and will obtain and maintain in effect
all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective
properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance
with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates,
permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.2.Insurance.

(a)          The Company will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their
respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts
(including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary
in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated.

(b)          In addition to the
foregoing, until payment in full of the Series 2020A Bonds, the Company will at a minimum, maintain general comprehensive liability

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insurance against claims for bodily injury, death or property damage occurring on, in or about the mortgaged property (such coverage
to include provisions waiving subrogation) in amounts not less than $1,000,000 with respect to bodily injury to any one person, $3,000,000 with
respect to bodily injury to two or more persons in any one accident and, $1,000,000 with respect to property damage resulting from
any one occurrence.

(c)          In addition to the
provisions of Section 9.2(a) and Section 9.2(b), the Company shall also comply with all insurance requirements set forth in the
Mortgage Indenture.

Section 9.3.Maintenance of
Properties. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and
kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section 9.3 shall
not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such
discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or is permitted under the Mortgage Indenture.

Section 9.4.Payment of Taxes.
The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and
to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges
or levies payable by any of them, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, provided
that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge or levy if (a) the amount, applicability
or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings,
and the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company
or such Subsidiary or (b) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges and levies would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.5.Corporate
Existence, Etc. The Company will at all times preserve and keep its corporate existence in full force and effect. The Company
will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged
into the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the
good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate
existence, right or franchise would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.6.Books and
Records. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity
with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Company
or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. The
Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately
reflect all transactions and dispositions of assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries

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have devised a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that their respective books, records, and accounts accurately reflect all
transactions and dispositions of assets and the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, continue to maintain
such system.

Section 9.7.Compliance
with Other Covenant and Conditions. The Company will comply with all covenants, terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage
Indenture (including each supplemental indenture).

Section 9.8.Series 2020A
Bond to Rank Pari Passu. The Company will cause all Series 2020A Bonds and all other obligations of the Company under this
Agreement to at all times rank in right of payment pari passu will all other Indebtedness and obligations of the Company secured
by the Mortgage Indenture. 

Section 9.9.Rating Requirement.
The Company will at all times maintain a credit rating from an NRSRO on at least one series of its first mortgage bonds issued
and outstanding under the Mortgage Indenture, which series of first mortgage bonds shall be secured equally and ratably with the
Series 2020A Bonds but not have the benefit of any credit enhancement (herein, the “Rated Bonds”). If at any
time the Company does not have any Rated Bonds outstanding, then the Company shall get within six months from the date that it
does not have any Rated Bonds outstanding a credit rating of the Series 2020A Bonds from an NRSRO and shall at all times maintain
a credit rating on the Series 2020A Bonds for so long as any Series 2020A Bonds are outstanding.

Section 10.Negative
Covenants.

The Company covenants
that so long as any of the Series 2020A Bonds are outstanding:

Section 10.1.Transactions
with Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into directly or indirectly any Material
transaction or Material group of related transactions (including the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind
or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company or another Subsidiary), except pursuant to the reasonable
requirements of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to
the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.

Section 10.2.Merger,
Consolidation, Etc. The Company will not consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person unless:

(a)          the successor formed
by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company as an entirety, as the case may be, shall be (1) a solvent corporation or limited liability company
with a net worth immediately following such transaction or each transaction in a series of transactions equal to or greater than
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such series of transactions, (2) organized
and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (including the District of Columbia), and, (3) if the Company
is not such corporation or limited liability company, such corporation or limited liability company shall have (i) executed and
delivered to each holder of any Series 2020A Bonds its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant
and condition of this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds and each other Transaction Document and (ii) caused to be delivered to
each holder of any Series 2020A Bonds an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable
in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof; and

(b)          immediately before
and immediately after giving effect to such transaction or each transaction in any such series of transactions, no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

No such conveyance, transfer or lease
of substantially all of the assets of the Company shall have the effect of releasing the Company or any successor corporation or
limited liability company that shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in this Section 10.2, from its
liability under this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds or any other Transaction
Document.

Anything in this
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, except to the extent prohibited by Section 9.5 or the Mortgage Indenture, the Company
may create and/or dissolve or otherwise terminate the existence of Subsidiaries and Affiliates without notice to or consent of
any holder of a Series 2020A Bond.

Section 10.3.Line of
Business. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business if, as a result, the general
nature of the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would be substantially
changed from the general nature of the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the
date of this Agreement.

Section 10.4.Economic
Sanctions, Etc. The Company will not, and will not permit any Controlled Entity to (a) become (including by virtue of
being owned or controlled by a Blocked Person), own or control a Blocked Person or (b) directly or indirectly have any investment
in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Series
2020A Bonds) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (1) would cause any holder or any affiliate of such holder
to be in violation of, or subject to sanctions under, any law or regulation applicable to such holder, or (2) is prohibited by
or subject to sanctions under any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws.

Section 11.Events
of Default.

An “Event
of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing:

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(a)          the Company defaults
in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Series 2020A Bond when the same becomes due and payable, whether
at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or

(b)          the Company defaults
in the payment of any interest on any Series 2020A Bond for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable;
or

(c)          the Company defaults
in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 7.1(d) or Section 10; or

(d)          the Company defaults
in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in Sections 11(a), (b) and
(c)) and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (1) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge
of such default and (2) the Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Series 2020A Bond (any such
written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to refer specifically to this Section 11(d)); or

(e)          any representation
or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or by any officer of the Company in this Agreement or any writing furnished
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date
as of which made; or

(f)          the occurrence of an
“event of default” under the Mortgage Indenture other than an event of default resulting from a default in the payment
of any installment of the principal or interest on the Series 2020A Bonds on the date when due, and the acceleration of the Series
2020A Bonds as a result of such “event of default”;

(g)          (1) the Company or
any Significant Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium
or make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $25,000,000
(or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (2) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Indebtedness
in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) or
of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default
or condition, such Indebtedness has become or has been declared due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly
scheduled dates of payment; or

(h)          the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary (1) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due,
(2) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement
or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (3) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (4) consents to the

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appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial
part of its property, (5) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (6) takes corporate action for the purpose
of any of the foregoing; or

(i)          a court or other Governmental
Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries,
a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part
of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition
in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the
dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed
against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or

(j)          one or more final judgments
or orders for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment),
including any such final order enforcing a binding arbitration decision, are rendered against one or more of the Company and its
Significant Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending
appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or

(k)          if (1) any Plan
shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such
standards or extension of any amortization
period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (2) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been
or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC (unless a Plan is fully funded on a termination basis) or the PBGC shall have
instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have
notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (3) there is any “amount
of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under one or more Plans, determined
in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, (4) the aggregate present value of accrued benefit liabilities under all funded Non-U.S.
Plans exceeds the aggregate current value of the assets of such Non-U.S. Plans allocable to such liabilities, (5) the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA
(other than ongoing funding obligations) or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans,
(6) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, (7) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes
or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the
liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder, (8) the Company or any Subsidiary fails to administer or maintain a Non-U.S.
Plan in compliance with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations or court orders or any Non-U.S.
Plan is involuntarily terminated or wound up, or (9) the Company or any Subsidiary becomes subject to the imposition of a financial

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penalty (which for this purpose shall mean any tax, penalty or other liability, whether by way of indemnity or otherwise) with
respect to one or more Non-U.S. Plans; and any such event or events described in clauses (1) through (9) above, either individually
or together with any other such event or events, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this
Section 11(k), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan” shall
have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA; or

(l)          any Transaction Document
shall cease to be in full force and effect, the Company or any Person acting on behalf of the Company shall contest in any manner
the validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Transaction Document, or the obligations of the Company under any Transaction
Document are not or cease to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with the terms of the Company.

Section 12.Remedies
on Default, Etc.

Section 12.1.Acceleration.
(a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in Section 11(h) or (i) (other than an Event of Default described
in clause (1) of Section 11(h) or described in clause (6) of Section 11(h) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses
clause (1) of Section 11(h)) has occurred, all
the Series 2020A Bonds then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable.

(b)          If any other Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Required Holders may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company,
declare all the Series 2020A Bonds then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.

(c)          If any Event of Default described
in Section 11(a) or (b) has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Series 2020A Bonds at the time outstanding
affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the
Series 2020A Bonds held by it or them to be immediately due and payable.

Upon any Series
2020A Bonds becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Series 2020A Bonds
will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Series 2020A Bonds, plus (x) all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon (including interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate) and (y) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of
such principal amount, shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or
further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Series
2020A Bond has the right to maintain its investment in the Series 2020A Bonds free from repayment by the Company (except as herein
specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Series
2020A Bonds are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation
of such right under such circumstances.

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Section 12.2.Other Remedies.
If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Series 2020A Bonds have become
or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Series 2020A Bond at the time outstanding
may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder hereunder or under any other Transaction Document by an action at
law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein, in
any Series 2020A Bond or in any other Transaction Document, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof
or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise; provided that the exercise
of rights and remedies in respect of the mortgaged property shall be made only in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Indenture.

Section 12.3.Rescission.
At any time after any Series 2020A Bonds have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1(b) or (c), the Required Holders,
by written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company has paid
all overdue interest on the Series 2020A Bonds, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Series 2020A Bonds that
are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on
such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect
of the Series 2020A Bonds, at the Default Rate, (b) neither the Company nor any other Person shall have paid any amounts which
have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts
that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and
(d) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Series 2020A Bonds.
No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.

Section
12.4.No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc. No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of
any Series 2020A Bond in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s
rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement, any Series 2020A Bond or any other Transaction
Document upon the holder of any Series 2020A Bond shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or
therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Company
under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Series 2020A Bond on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient
to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements. 

	Section 13.	Registration;
                                         Transfer and Exchange; Replacement of Series 2020A Bonds.

The Company shall
cause the Trustee to keep a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Series 2020A Bonds in accordance with
the Fifty-Fourth Supplement. Registration of transfer or exchange of any Series 2020A Bond and replacement of any Series

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2020A
Bond that has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated shall be done in accordance with the Mortgage Indenture.

Section 14.Payments
on Series 2020A Bonds.

Section 14.1.Place
of Payment. Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable
on the Series 2020A Bonds shall be made in New York, New York at the principal office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in such jurisdiction.
The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Series 2020A Bond, change the place of payment of the Series 2020A Bonds
so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office
of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction.

Section 14.2.Payment by Wire
Transfer. So long as any Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Series 2020A Bond, and notwithstanding anything
contained in Section 14.1 or in such Series 2020A Bond to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such
Series 2020A Bond for principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, interest and all other amounts becoming due hereunder by the method
and at the address specified for such purpose below such Purchaser’s name in the Purchaser Schedule, or by such other method
or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without
the presentation or surrender of such Series 2020A Bond or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request
of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Series 2020A Bond, such
Purchaser shall surrender such Series 2020A Bond for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at
its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior
to any sale or other disposition of any Series 2020A Bond held by a Purchaser or its nominee, such Purchaser will, at its election,
either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender
such Series 2020A Bond to the Company in exchange for a new Series 2020A Bond or Series 2020A Bonds pursuant to Section 13.2. The
Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of
any Series 2020A Bond purchased by a Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Series
2020A Bond as the Purchasers have made in this Section 14.2.

Section 14.3.FATCA Information.
By acceptance of any Series 2020A Bond, the holder of such Series 2020A Bond agrees that such holder will with reasonable promptness
duly complete and deliver to the Company, or to such other Person as may be reasonably requested by the Company, from time to time
(a) in the case of any such holder that is a United States Person, such holder’s United States tax identification number
or other Forms reasonably requested by the Company necessary to establish such holder’s status as a United States Person
under FATCA and as may otherwise be necessary for the Company to comply with its obligations under FATCA and (b) in the case of
any such holder that is not a United States Person, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by
section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation as may be necessary for the Company to comply with its
obligations under FATCA and to determine that such holder has complied with such

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holder’s obligations under FATCA or to determine
the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from any such payment made to such holder. Nothing in this Section 14.3 shall require
any holder to provide information that is confidential or proprietary to such holder unless the Company is required to obtain such
information under FATCA and, in such event, the Company shall treat any such information it receives as confidential.

Section 15.Expenses,
Etc.

Section 15.1.Transaction
Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company will pay all costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required by the Required Holders, local or
other counsel) incurred by the Purchasers and each other holder of a Series 2020A Bond in connection with such transactions and
in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds or any other
Transaction Document (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including: (a) the costs and expenses
incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement, the Series
2020A Bonds or any other Transaction Document or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative
demand issued in connection with this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds or any other Transaction Document, or by reason of being
a holder of any Series 2020A Bond, (b) the costs and expenses, including financial advisors’ fees, incurred in connection
with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the Series 2020A Bonds and by the other Transaction Documents and (c) the costs and expenses incurred
in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information with the SVO provided,
that such costs and expenses under this clause (c) shall not exceed $3,500. If
required by the NAIC, the Company shall obtain and maintain at its own cost and expense a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).

The
Company will pay, and will save each Purchaser and each other holder of a Series 2020A Bond harmless from, (i) all claims in respect
of any fees, costs or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those, if any, retained by a Purchaser or other holder
in connection with its purchase of the Series 2020A Bonds), (ii) any and all wire transfer fees that any bank or other financial
institution deducts from any payment under such Series 2020A Bond to such holder or otherwise charges to a holder of a Series 2020A
Bond with respect to a payment under such Series 2020A Bond and (iii)
any judgment, liability, claim, order, decree, fine, penalty, cost, fee, expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses) or obligation resulting from the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the use of the proceeds
of the Series 2020A Bonds by the Company; provided that the Company shall have no obligation under this clause (iii) to any Purchaser
or any holder to the extent the relevant judgment, liability, claim, order, decree, fine, penalty, cost, fee, expense or obligation
is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of such Purchaser or such holder.

Section 15.2.Certain Taxes.
The Company agrees to pay all stamp, documentary or similar taxes or fees which may be payable in respect of the execution and
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enforcement of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the execution and delivery (but not the transfer)
or the enforcement of any of the Series 2020A Bonds in the United States or any other jurisdiction where the Company has assets or of any
amendment of, or waiver or consent under or with respect to, this Agreement, any of the Series 2020A Bonds or any other Transaction
Document, and to pay any value added tax due and payable in respect of reimbursement of costs and expenses by the Company pursuant
to this Section 15, and will save each holder of a Series 2020A Bond to the extent permitted by applicable law harmless against
any loss or liability resulting from nonpayment or delay in payment of any such tax or fee required to be paid by the Company hereunder.

Section 15.3.Survival.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Series 2020A Bond, the enforcement,
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds or any other Transaction Document, and the termination
of this Agreement or the Mortgage Indenture.

Section 16.Survival
of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement.

All representations
and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds and the Fifty-Fourth
Supplement, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser of any Series 2020A Bond or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment
of any Series 2020A Bond, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Series 2020A Bond, regardless of any investigation
made at any time by or on behalf of such Purchaser or any other holder of a Series 2020A Bond. All statements contained in any
certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed representations
and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds and
the other Transaction Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between each Purchaser and the Company and supersede
all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

Section 17.Amendment
and Waiver.

Section 17.1.Requirements.
This Agreement and the Series 2020A Bonds may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Series 2020A Bonds may
be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders, except
that:

(a)          no amendment or waiver of
any of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Purchaser
unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing; and

(b)          no amendment or waiver may,
without the written consent of each Purchaser and the holder of each Series 2020A Bond at the time outstanding, (1) subject to
Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the
rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of (i) interest on the Series 2020A Bonds or (ii) the Make-Whole Amount,
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of the principal amount of the Series 2020A Bonds the holders of which are required to consent to any
amendment or waiver, or (3) amend any of Sections 8 (except as set forth in the second sentence of Section 8.2 and Section 17.1(c)),
11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20.

Section 17.2.Solicitation
of Holders of Series 2020A Bonds.

(a)          Solicitation.
 The Company will provide each holder of a Series 2020A Bond with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the
date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment,
waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or of the Series 2020A Bonds or of any other Transaction Document.
The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to this Section
17 or any other Transaction Document to each holder of a Series 2020A Bond promptly following the date on which it is executed
and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Series 2020A Bonds.

(b)          Payment.
 The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional
interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any holder of a Series 2020A Bond as consideration
for or as an inducement to the entering into by such holder of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof
or any Series 2020A Bond unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other credit support
concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of a Series 2020A Bond even if such holder did not consent to
such waiver or amendment.

(c)          Consent
in Contemplation of Transfer. Any consent given pursuant to this Section 17 by a holder of a Series 2020A Bond that has transferred
or has agreed to transfer its Series 2020A Bond to (1) the Company, (2) any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate or (3) any other
Person in connection with, or in anticipation of, such other Person acquiring, making a tender offer for or merging with the Company
and/or any of its Affiliates, in each case in connection with such consent, shall be void and of no force or effect except solely
as to such holder, and any amendments effected or waivers granted or to be effected or granted that would not have been or would
not be so effected or granted but for such consent (and the consents of all other holders of Series 2020A Bonds that were acquired
under the same or similar conditions) shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder.

Section 17.3.Binding Effect,
Etc. Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Series 2020A
Bonds and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Series 2020A Bond and upon the Company without regard to whether
such Series 2020A Bond has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect
any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent
thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and any holder of a Series 2020A Bond and no delay

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in exercising any rights hereunder
or under any Series 2020A Bond shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Series 2020A Bond.

Section 17.4.Series
2020A Bonds Held by Company, Etc.  Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage
of the aggregate principal amount of Series 2020A Bonds then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent
to be given under this Agreement or the Series 2020A Bonds, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the
Series 2020A Bonds to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of
Series 2020A Bonds then outstanding, Series 2020A Bonds directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall
be deemed not to be outstanding.

Section 18.Notices.

Except to the extent
otherwise provided in Section 7.4, all notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy
if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by an internationally recognized overnight delivery service
(charges prepaid), (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by an internationally
recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:

(1)          if to any Purchaser
or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the address specified for such communications in the Purchaser Schedule, or at
such other address as such Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing,

(2)          if to any other holder
of any Series 2020A Bond, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or

(3)          if to the Company,
to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of Jay Kooper, Secretary, or at such other address
as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Series 2020A Bond in writing.

Notices under this Section 18 will be
deemed given only when actually received.

Section 19.Reproduction
of Documents.

This Agreement and
all documents relating hereto, including (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents
received by any Purchaser at the Closing (except the Series 2020A Bonds themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates
and other information previously or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic,
photostatic, electronic, digital, or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced.
The Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in
evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether
or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further

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reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit the Company or any
other holder of Series 2020A Bonds from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original,
or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.

Section 20.Confidential
Information.

For the purposes
of this Section 20, “Confidential Information” means information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf
of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that
is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser
as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that
(a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly
known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any Person acting on such Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes
known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial statements
delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available. Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality
of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential
information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser, provided that such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information
to (1) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably
relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Series 2020A Bonds), (2) its auditors, financial advisors and
other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with this Section
20, (3) any other holder of any Series 2020A Bond, (4) any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell such Series
2020A Bond or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such
Confidential Information to be bound by this Section 20), (5) any Person from which it offers to purchase any Security of the Company
(if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential
Information to be bound by this Section 20), (6) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser,
(7) the NAIC or the SVO or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access
to information about such Purchaser’s investment portfolio, or (8) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure
may be necessary or appropriate (i) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser,
(ii) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (iii) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party
or (iv) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery
and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser’s
Series 2020A Bonds, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Each holder of a Series 2020A Bond, by its acceptance of
a Series 2020A Bond, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though
it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Series
2020A Bond of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other

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than
a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying
this Section 20.

In the event that
as a condition to receiving access to information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions
contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, any Purchaser or holder of a Series 2020A Bond is required to agree to
a confidentiality undertaking (whether through IntraLinks, another secure website, a secure virtual workspace or otherwise) which
is different from this Section 20, this Section 20 shall not be amended thereby and, as between such Purchaser or such holder and
the Company, this Section 20 shall supersede any such other confidentiality undertaking.

Section 21.Substitution
of Purchaser.

Each Purchaser shall
have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates or another Purchaser or any one of such other Purchaser’s Affiliates
(a “Substitute Purchaser”) as the purchaser of the Series 2020A Bonds that it has agreed to purchase hereunder,
by written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser and such Substitute Purchaser, shall contain
such Substitute Purchaser’s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Substitute Purchaser
of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to
such Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall be deemed to refer to such Substitute Purchaser in lieu
of such original Purchaser. In the event that such Substitute Purchaser is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Substitute
Purchaser thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser all of the Series 2020A Bonds then held by such Substitute Purchaser,
upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Substitute Purchaser as a “Purchaser”
in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Substitute Purchaser,
but shall refer to such original Purchaser, and such original Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an original holder of
the Series 2020A Bonds under this Agreement.

Section 22.Miscellaneous.

Section 22.1.Successors
and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto
bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including any subsequent holder of a Series 2020A Bond)
whether so expressed or not, except that, subject to Section 10.2, the Company may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder or under the Series 2020A Bonds without the prior written consent of each holder. Nothing in this
Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 22.2.Accounting
Terms. All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively
given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (a) all computations made pursuant
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statements shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP. For purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement (including Section 9, Section 10 and the definition of “Indebtedness”),
any election by the Company to measure any financial liability using fair value (as permitted by Financial Accounting Standards
Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 825-10-25 – Fair Value Option, International Accounting Standard
39 – Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and
such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made.

Section 22.3.Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition
or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 22.4.Construction,
Etc. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent
of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision)
be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person,
or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly
by such Person.

Defined terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including”
shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition
of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument
or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein) and, for purposes of the Series 2020A Bonds, shall also include any such notes issued
in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13, (b) subject to Section 22.1, any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof”
and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not
to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Sections
of, and Schedules to, this Agreement, and (e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified,
refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

Section 22.5.Counterparts;
Electronic Contracting. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original
but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed
by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto. The parties agree to electronic contracting and signatures
with respect to this Agreement, and all other documents delivered hereunder (other than the Series 2020A Bonds). Delivery of an
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or a signed copy of, this Agreement and all other documents delivered hereunder (other than the Series
2020A Bonds) by facsimile, email or other electronic transmission shall be fully binding on the parties to the same extent as the
delivery of the signed originals and shall be admissible into evidence for all purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any
Purchaser shall request manually signed counterpart signatures to any document delivered hereunder, the Company hereby agrees to
use its reasonable endeavors to provide such manually signed signature pages as soon as reasonably practicable

Section 22.6.Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed
by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the
application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

Section 22.7.Jurisdiction
and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. 

(a)          The
Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Series 2020A Bonds. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, the Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is
not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in
any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

(b)          The
Company agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that a final judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the
nature referred to in Section 22.7(a) brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it subject to rights of appeal,
as the case may be, and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State of New York (or any other courts
to the jurisdiction of which it or any of its assets is or may be subject) by a suit upon such judgment.

(c)          The
Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Series 2020A Bonds in any suit, action or proceeding
of the nature referred to in Section 22.7(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered, certified priority or express mail (or
any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt or delivery confirmation requested, to it at its address
specified in Section 18 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section.
The Company agrees that such service upon receipt (1) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it
in any such suit, action or proceeding and (2) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held
to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced
by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

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(d)          Nothing
in this Section 22.7 shall affect the right of any holder of a Series 2020A Bond to serve process in any manner permitted
by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Series 2020A Bonds may have to bring proceedings against the Company
in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any
other jurisdiction.

(e)          The
parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect to this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds or
any other document executed in connection herewith or therewith.

Section 22.8.Transaction
References. The Company agrees that each of NYL Investors LLC, the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates may (a)
refer to the identity of the Company and the Series 2020A Bonds on its internet site or in marketing materials, press releases,
published “tombstone” announcements or any other print or
electronic medium and (b) display the Company’s corporate logo in conjunction with any such reference.

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If you are in agreement
with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on a counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon
this Agreement shall become a binding agreement between you and the Company.

 

Very truly yours,

 

Middlesex
Water Company

 

By /s/ A. Bruce O’Connor                                

       Its
Senior Vice President, Treasurer

           and
Chief Financial Officer

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This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

New
York Life Insurance Company

 

 

By /s/ Christopher H. Carey                          

       Name: Christopher H. Carey

       Title:    Vice President

 

 

New
York Life Insurance and Annuity

        Corporation

       By: NYL Investors LLC, its Investment

        Manager

 

By /s/ Christopher H. Carey                          

       Name: Christopher H. Carey

       Title:    Managing Director

 

 

New
York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account (BOLI30C)

By: NYL Investors LLC, its Investment
Manager

 

 

By /s/ Christopher H. Carey                          

       Name: Christopher H. Carey

       Title:    Managing Director

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New
York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account (BOLI3)

 

By: NYL Investors LLC, its Investment
Manager

 

 

By /s/ Christopher H. Carey                          

       Name: Christopher H. Carey

       Title:    Managing Director

 

 

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Defined Terms

As used herein,
the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:

“Affiliate”
means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person. Unless the context otherwise
clearly requires, any reference to an “Affiliate” is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company.

“Agreement”
means this Bond Purchase Agreement, including all Schedules attached to this Agreement.

“Anti-Corruption
Laws” means any law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. jurisdiction regarding bribery or any other corrupt activity,
including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010.

“Anti-Money
Laundering Laws” means any law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. jurisdiction regarding money laundering, drug
trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes, including the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act) and the USA PATRIOT Act.

“Blocked
Person” means (a) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published
by OFAC, (b) a Person, entity, organization, country or regime that is blocked or a target of sanctions that have been imposed
under U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or (c) a Person that is an agent, department or instrumentality of, or is otherwise beneficially
owned by, controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any Person, entity, organization, country or regime described
in clause (a) or (b).

“Business
Day” means (a) for the purposes of Section 8.6 only, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial
banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed, and (b) for the purposes of any other provision of this Agreement,
any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to
be closed.

“Capital
Lease” means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition
of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.

“Closing”
is defined in Section 3.

“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.

Schedule
A

(to Bond Purchase Agreement)

     

     

    

“Company”
is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Confidential
Information” is defined in Section 20.

“Control”
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “Controlled”
and “Controlling” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Controlled
Entity” means (a) any of the Subsidiaries of the Company and any of their or the Company’s respective Controlled
Affiliates and (b) if the Company has a parent company, such parent company and its Controlled Affiliates.

“Default”
means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both,
become an Event of Default.

“Default
Rate” means that rate of interest per annum that is the greater of (a) 4.90% or (b) 2.00% over the rate of
interest publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in New York, New York as its “base” or “prime”
rate.

“Disclosure
Documents” is defined in Section 5.3.

“EDGAR”
means the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System or any successor SEC electronic filing system for
such purposes.

“Environmental
Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution
and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to Hazardous
Materials.

“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time
in effect.

“ERISA
Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with
the Company under section 414 of the Code.

“Event
of Default” is defined in Section 11.

“FATCA”
means (a) sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is
substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), together with any current or future regulations or official
interpretations thereof, (b) any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement
between the United States of America and any other jurisdiction, which
(in either case) facilitates the implementation of the foregoing clause (a), and (c) any agreements entered into pursuant to section
1471(b)(1) of the Code.

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“Fifty-Fourth
Supplement” is defined in Section 1.

“Form 10-K”
is defined in Section 7.1(b).

“Form 10-Q”
is defined in Section 7.1(a).

“GAAP”
means (a) generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America and (b) for purposes
of Section 9.6, with respect to any Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles (including International Financial Reporting
Standards, as applicable) as in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary.

“Governmental
Authority” means

(a)          the government of

(1)          the United States of
America or any state or other political subdivision thereof, or

(2)          any other jurisdiction
in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties
of the Company or any Subsidiary, or

(b)          any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.

“Governmental
Official” means any governmental official or employee, employee of any government-owned or government-controlled entity,
political party, any official of a political party, candidate for political office, official of any public international organization
or anyone else acting in an official capacity.

“Guaranty”
means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments
for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation
of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent
or otherwise, by such Person:

(a)          to purchase such indebtedness
or obligation or any property constituting security therefor;

(b)          to advance or supply
funds (1) for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation, or (2) to maintain any working capital or other
balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for
the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation;

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(c)          to lease properties
or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the
ability of any other Person to make payment of the indebtedness or obligation; or

(d)          otherwise to assure
the owner of such indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof.

In any computation of the indebtedness
or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty
shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor.

“Hazardous
Materials” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might pose a hazard to health
and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage,
handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or shall be
restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law, including asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated
biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances.

“holder”
means, with respect to any Series 2020A Bond, the Person in whose name such Series 2020A Bond is registered in the register maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to the Fifty-Fourth Supplement.

“INHAM
Exemption” is defined in Section 6.2(e).

“Indebtedness”
with respect to any Person means, at any time, without duplication,

(a)          its liabilities for
borrowed money and its redemption obligations in respect of mandatorily redeemable Preferred Stock;

(b)          its liabilities for
the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business
but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to
any such property);

(c)          (1) all liabilities
appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Capital Leases and (2) all liabilities which would appear
on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Synthetic Leases assuming such Synthetic Leases were accounted for as
Capital Leases;

(d)          all liabilities for
borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise
become liable for such liabilities);

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(e)          all its liabilities
in respect of letters of credit or instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted for its account by banks and other
financial institutions (whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money);

(f)          the aggregate Swap
Termination Value of all Swap Contracts of such Person; and

(g)          any Guaranty of such
Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (f) hereof.

Indebtedness of any Person shall include
all obligations of such Person of the character described in clauses (a) through (g) to the extent such Person remains legally
liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.

“Institutional
Investor” means (a) any Purchaser of a Series 2020A Bond, (b) any holder of a Series 2020A Bond holding (together
with one or more of its affiliates) more than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2020A Bonds then outstanding,
(c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment
company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal
form, and (d) any Related Fund of any holder of any Series 2020A Bond.

“Lien”
means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance, or any interest
or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person (including in the case of stock, stockholder
agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements).

“Make-Whole
Amount” is defined in Section 8.7.

“Material”
means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets
or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under
this Agreement, the Series 2020A Bonds and the other Transaction Documents or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement,
the Series 2020A Bonds or any other Transaction Document.

“Maturity
Date” means November 16, 2050.

“Mortgage
Indenture” is defined in Section 1.

“Multiemployer
Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

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“NAIC”
means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

“Non-U.S.
Plan” means any plan, fund or other similar program that (a) is established or maintained outside the United States of
America by the Company or any Subsidiary primarily for the benefit of employees of the Company or one or more Subsidiaries residing
outside the United States of America, which plan, fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral
of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and (b) is not subject to ERISA
or the Code.

“NRSRO”
means any Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization so designated by the SEC whose status has been confirmed by the
SVO.

“OFAC”
means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

“OFAC Sanctions
Program” means any economic or trade sanction that OFAC is responsible for administering and enforcing. A list of OFAC
Sanctions Programs may be found at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx.

“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other officer of the Company whose responsibilities
extend to the subject matter of such certificate.

“Original
Mortgage Indenture” is defined in Section 1.

“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

“Person”
means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, business
entity or Governmental Authority.

“Plan”
means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA that is or, within
the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years,
have been made or required to be made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate may have any liability.

“Preferred
Stock” means any class of capital stock of a Person that is preferred over any other class of capital stock (or similar
equity interests) of such Person as to the payment of dividends or the payment of any amount upon liquidation or dissolution of
such Person.

“property”
or “properties” means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind, tangible
or intangible, choate or inchoate.

“PTE”
is defined in Section 6.2(a).

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“Purchaser”
or “Purchasers” means each of the purchasers that has executed and delivered this Agreement to the Company and
such Purchaser’s successors and assigns (so long as any such assignment complies with section 4 of the Fifty-Fourth Supplement),
provided, however, that any Purchaser of a Series 2020A Bond that ceases to be the registered holder or a beneficial owner
(through a nominee) of such Series 2020A Bond as the result of a transfer thereof pursuant to section 4 of the Fifty-Fourth Supplement
shall cease to be included within the meaning of “Purchaser” of such Series 2020A Bond for the purposes of this Agreement
upon such transfer.

“Purchaser
Schedule” means the Purchaser Schedule to this Agreement listing the Purchasers of the Series 2020A Bonds and including
their notice and payment information.

“Qualified
Institutional Buyer” means any Person who is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of such
term as set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act.

“QPAM Exemption”
is defined in Section 6.2(d).

“Related
Fund” means, with respect to any holder of any Series 2020A Bond, any fund or entity that (a) invests in Securities
or bank loans, and (b) is advised or managed by such holder, the same investment advisor as such holder or by an affiliate
of such holder or such investment advisor.

“Required
Holders” means at any time on or after the Closing, the holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Series 2020A
Bonds at the time outstanding (exclusive of Series 2020A Bonds then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates).

“Responsible
Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration
of the relevant portion of this Agreement.

“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America.

“Second
Supplement” means Second Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1939 between the Company and the Trustee.

“Securities”
or “Security” shall have the meaning specified in section 2(1) of the Securities Act.

“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

“Senior
Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of the Company.

“Series
2020A Bonds” is defined in Section 1.

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“Significant
Subsidiary” means at any time any Subsidiary that would at such time constitute a “significant subsidiary”
(as such term is defined in Regulation S-X of the SEC as in effect on the date of the Closing) of the Company.

“Source”
is defined in Section 6.2.

“State
Sanctions List” means a list that is adopted by any state Governmental Authority within the United States of America
pertaining to Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is a target of
economic sanctions imposed under U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws.

“Subsidiary”
means, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and
one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the
absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such second Person,
and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such first Person
or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture
can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries).
Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a reference to a Subsidiary of the
Company.

“Substitute
Purchaser” is defined in Section 21.

“SVO”
means the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC.

“Swap Contract”
means (a) any and all interest rate swap transactions, basis swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions,
forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options,
bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions,
currency options, spot contracts or any other similar transactions or any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into
any of the foregoing), and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the
terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published
by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement.

“Swap Termination
Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed
out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to
the date referenced in clause (a), the amounts(s) determined as the mark-to-market values(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined
based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts.

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“Synthetic
Lease” means, at any time, any lease (including leases that may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property
(a) that is accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP and (b) in respect of which the lessee retains or obtains
ownership of the property so leased for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such Person is
the lessor.

“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Mortgage (including the Fifty-Fourth Supplement) and the Series 2020A Bonds.

“Trustee”
is defined on Section 1.

“United
States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America.

“United
States Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“USA PATRIOT
Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time
to time in effect.

“U.S. Economic
Sanctions Laws” means those laws, executive orders, enabling legislation or regulations administered and enforced by
the United States pursuant to which economic sanctions have been imposed on any Person, entity, organization, country or regime,
including the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Iran Sanctions Act, the Sudan Accountability
and Divestment Act and any other OFAC Sanctions Program.

“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary all of the equity interests (except directors’ qualifying shares)
and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Company and the Company’s other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
at such time.

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Form of Fifty-Fourth Supplemental
Indenture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[See Attached]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MORTGAGE

 

FIFTY-FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY

 

TO

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Trustee

 

Dated as of November 1, 2020

 

 

 

Record and Return to:

Joshua S. Pasker, Esq.

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

1500 Market Street, 38th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19102

215-972-7783

 

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THIS FIFTY-FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of the first
day of November, 2020, between MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
Jersey, having its principal office in the Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey (herein called “Water Company”), and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, the successor to First Union National Bank,
the successor to Meridian Bank, the successor to United Counties Trust Company, in turn the successor to the Union County Trust
Company), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, having a New Jersey corporate trust office
in the Township of Edison, New Jersey, as Trustee under the Indenture of Mortgage hereinafter mentioned (herein called the “Trustee”):

WHEREAS, on April 1, 1927, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee an Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Mortgage”) to secure its First and Refunding Mortgage Gold
Bonds, Series A, 5-1/2%, which bonds have since been redeemed by Water Company, and which Mortgage provides that bonds of other
series may be issued under and pursuant to an indenture supplemental thereto; and

WHEREAS, on May 14, 1935, Water Company executed and delivered to
the Trustee a Supplemental Indenture to secure its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Series B, 4-1/2%, which Supplemental
Indenture, prior to the execution and delivery hereof, was satisfied and discharged of record, no bonds having been issued thereunder;
and

WHEREAS, as of October 1, 1939, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Second Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Second Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First and Refunding Mortgage 3-3/4% Bonds, Series C (herein called the “Series C Bonds”), which bonds
were paid at maturity by Water Company, and otherwise modifying, amending and supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of April 1, 1946, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Third Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Third Supplemental Indenture”) to secure
its First and Refunding Mortgage 3% Bonds, Series D (herein called the “Series D Bonds”), which bonds were paid at
maturity by Water Company, and otherwise modifying, amending and supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of April 1, 1949, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Fourth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”) to secure
its First Mortgage 3-1/2% Bonds, Series E (herein called the “Series E Bonds”), which bonds were paid at maturity
by Water Company, and otherwise modifying, amending and supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of February 1, 1955, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Fifth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 3-5/8% Bonds, Series F (herein called the “Series F Bonds”), which bonds were paid
at maturity by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of December 1, 1959, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Sixth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 5-3/4% Bonds, Series G (herein called the “Series G Bonds”), which bonds have since
been redeemed by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of January 15, 1963, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Seventh Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Seventh Supplemental

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Indenture”) to
secure its First Mortgage 4-1/2% Bonds, Series H (herein called the “Series H Bonds”), which bonds were paid at
maturity by Water Company and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of July 1, 1964, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee, an Eighth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”) to
secure its First Mortgage 4 3/4% Bonds, Series I (herein called the “Series I Bonds”), which bonds have since been
redeemed by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of June 1, 1965, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Ninth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Ninth Supplemental Indenture”) to secure
its First Mortgage 4-3/4% Bonds, Series J (herein called the “Series J Bonds”), which bonds have since been redeemed
by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of February 1, 1968, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Tenth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 6-3/4% Bonds, Series K (herein called the “Series K Bonds”), and otherwise supplementing
the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of December 1, 1968, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Eleventh Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 6-7/8% Bonds, Series L (herein called the “Series L Bonds”), which bonds have since
been redeemed by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of December 1, 1970, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Twelfth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twelfth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 10% Bonds, Series M (herein called the “Series M Bonds”), which bonds have since been
redeemed by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of December 1, 1972, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 8-1/8% Bonds, Series N (herein called the “Series N Bonds”), which bonds have since
been redeemed by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of April 1, 1979, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 7% Bonds, Series 0 (herein called the “Series 0 Bonds”), which bonds have since been redeemed
by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of April 1, 1983, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 10-1/2% Bonds, Series P (herein called the “Series P Bonds”), which bonds have since
been redeemed by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of August 1, 1988, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 8% Bonds, Series
Q (herein called the “Series Q

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Bonds”), which bonds have since been redeemed by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing
the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of June 15, 1991, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 7.25% Bonds, Series R (herein called the “Series R Bonds”), which bonds have since been
redeemed by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of March 1, 1993, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Supplementary Indenture of Mortgage to the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Supplementary
Indenture to the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 2 7/8%, Series P-1 (herein called the
“Series P-1 Bonds”), which bonds have since been redeemed by Water Company, and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage.

WHEREAS, as of September 1, 1993, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee an Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 5.20% Bonds, Series S (herein called the “Series S Bonds”), and otherwise supplementing
the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of September 1, 1993, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 5.25% Bonds, Series T (herein called the “Series T Bonds”), and otherwise supplementing
the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of January 1, 1994, Water Company executed and
delivered to Trustee a Twentieth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twentieth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 6.4% Bonds, Series U (herein called the “Series U Bonds”), and otherwise supplementing
the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of January 1, 1994, Water Company executed and
delivered to Trustee a Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twenty-First Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 5.25% Bonds, Series V (herein called the “Series V Bonds”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of March 1, 1998, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 5.35% Bonds, Series W (herein called the “Series W Bonds”), and otherwise supplementing
the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 1998, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series X (herein called the “Series X Bond”), and otherwise supplementing the
Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 1998, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series Y (herein called the “Series Y Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 1999, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond,
Series Z (herein called the “Series Z Bond”), and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

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WHEREAS, as of October 15, 1999, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond. Series AA (herein called the “Series AA Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 2001, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series BB (herein called the “Series BB Bond”), and otherwise supplementing the
Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 2001, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series CC (herein called the “Series CC Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of January 15, 2002, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 5.10% Bonds, Series DD (herein called the “Series DD Bond”), and otherwise supplementing
the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 2004, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture”) to
secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series EE (herein called the “Series EE Bond”), and otherwise supplementing the
Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 2004, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series FF (herein called the “Series FF Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 2006, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Thirty-Second Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirty-Second Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its Non-Negotiable First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series GG (herein called the “Series GG Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 2006, Water Company executed and delivered
to Trustee a Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its Non-Negotiable First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series I-11-1 (herein called the “Series
I-IH Bond”), and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 2007, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Thirty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirty-Fourth Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series II (herein called the “Series II Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of October 15, 2007, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series JJ (herein called the “Series JJ Bond”), and
otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of November 1, 2008, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Thirty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirty-Sixth Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series KK (herein called the “Series KK Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

 

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WHEREAS, as of November 1, 2008, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Thirty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirty-Seventh
Supplemental Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series LL (herein called the “Series
LL Bond”), and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of December 1, 2010, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Thirty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirty-Eighth Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series MM (herein called the “Series MM Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of December 1, 2010, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Thirty-Ninth Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series NN (herein called the “Series NN Bond”),
and otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of May 1, 2012, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Fortieth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Fortieth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series 00 (herein called the “Series 00 Bond”), and otherwise supplementing the
Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of May 1, 2012, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Forty-First Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Forty-First Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series PP (herein called the “Series PP Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of November 1, 2012, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Forty-Second Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 5% Bond, Series QQ (herein called the “Series QQ Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage;

WHEREAS, as of November 1, 2012, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Forty-Third Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Forty-Third Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 3.80% Bond, Series RR (herein called the “Series RR Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of November 1, 2012, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Forty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Forty-Fourth Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 4.25% Bond, Series SS (herein called the “Series SS Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of May 1, 2013, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Forty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Forty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 0 % Bond, Series TT (herein called the “Series TT Bond”), and otherwise supplementing
the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of May 1, 2013, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Forty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Forty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series UU (herein called the “Series UU Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of May 1, 2014, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Forty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Forty-Seventh Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series VV (herein called the “Series VV Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of May 1, 2014, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Forty-Eighth

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Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series WW (herein called the “Series WW Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of November 1, 2017, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Forty-Ninth Supplemental
Indenture”) to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series XX (herein called the “Series XX Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of November 1, 2017, Water Company executed and
delivered to the Trustee a Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series YY (herein called the “Series YY Bond”), and otherwise
supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of May 1, 2018, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Fifty-First Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Fifty-First Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage 0% Bond, Series 2018A (herein called the “Series 2018A Bond”), and otherwise supplementing
the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of May 1, 2018, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Fifty-Second Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Fifty-Second Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series 2018B (herein called the “Series 2018B Bond”), and
otherwise supplementing the Mortgage; and

WHEREAS, as of August 1, 2019, Water Company executed and delivered
to the Trustee a Fifty-Third Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the “Fifty-Third Supplemental Indenture”)
to secure its First Mortgage Fixed Multi-Rate Bond, Series 2019A (herein called the “Series 2019A Bond”); and

WHEREAS, the Mortgage, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental
Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental
Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the Tenth Supplemental
Indenture, the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, the
Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventeenth
Supplemental Indenture, the Supplementary Indenture to the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture,
the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Second
Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Fifth
Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Eighth
Supplemental Indenture, the Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, the Thirty-First
Supplemental Indenture, the Thirty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture, the Thirty-Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, the Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Thirty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Thirty-Seventh
Supplemental Indenture, the Thirty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the Fortieth
Supplemental Indenture, the Forty-First Supplemental Indenture, the Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture, the Forty-Third
Supplemental Indenture, the Forty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Forty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Forty-Sixth
Supplemental Indenture, the Forty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the Forty-Ninth
Supplemental Indenture, the Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifty-First

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Supplemental Indenture, the Fifty-Second Supplemental
Indenture and the Fifty-Third Supplemental Indenture, shall hereinafter be called the “Mortgage as Supplemented”;
and

WHEREAS, Water Company deems it necessary to borrow money and to
issue its bonds therefor, to be secured by the Mortgage as Supplemented and by this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, Water Company desires to authorize and create a series
of bonds under which one or more bonds shall be issued, limited to an aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000 designated Series
2020A and to be known as its “First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bonds, Series 2020A” (herein called the “Series
2020A Bonds”), it being the intention of the parties that the Series 2020A Bonds shall, together with all other Bonds issued
under the Mortgage and all indentures supplemental thereto, be entitled to priority over all other obligations of the Water Company
and shall be secured by a prior first lien on all the mortgaged property, subject only to the prior liens specifically permitted
under the Mortgage or under any indenture supplemental thereto; and

WHEREAS, Water Company desires that the Series 2020A Bonds shall
be issued to fund payment of the principal of $40,000,000, the aggregate amount initially owing to New York Life Insurance Company,
New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation Institutionally Owned Life Insurance
Separate Account (BOLI 3) and New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account
(BOLI 30C) (collectively, the “Purchasers”) pursuant to the Bond Purchase Agreement to be dated as of November 18,
2020 (“Bond Purchase Agreement”) by and between the Purchasers and Water Company, or such lesser amount as shall be
determined in accordance with the Bond Purchase Agreement, plus any other amounts (including the Make-Whole Amount, if any)
due and owing under the Bond Purchase Agreement at the time and in the amounts as provided therein, which principal amount is to
be applied for the cleaning and lining of certain water mains and the spot replacement of water mains, hydrants, service lines
and valves utilized by Water Company for the furnishing of water in the South Amboy, New Jersey service area; and

WHEREAS, the Purchasers require as a condition of making the loans
documented by the Bond Purchase Agreement, that a single Series 2020A Bond be issued to each Purchaser, that all such Series 2020A Bonds evidence the payment obligations
of Water Company under or pursuant to the Bond Purchase Agreement, that payments under each Series 2020A Bond be made to the holder
thereof, that the Series 2020A Bonds be subject to assignment or transfer in accordance with the terms of the Bond Purchase Agreement,
that all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Bond Purchase Agreement be expressly incorporated by reference into the
Series 2020A Bonds, that the obligations of Water Company under the Series 2020A Bonds shall be absolute and unconditional, without
any defense or right of set-off, counterclaim or recoupment by reason of default by any holder of a Series 2020A Bond under
the Bond Purchase Agreement or under any other agreement between Water Company and such holder or out of any indebtedness or liability
at any time owing to Water Company or for any other reason, that the Series 2020A Bonds be subject to optional prepayment under
the terms and conditions and in the amounts provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement, and that the Series 2020A Bonds may be subject
to acceleration under the terms and conditions and in the amounts, provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Water Company represents that all acts and proceedings
required by law and by the Charter and By-Laws of Water Company, and by the Mortgage as Supplemented (to the extent applicable)
necessary to make the Series 2020A Bonds, when executed by Water Company,

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authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and duly
issued, the valid, binding and legal obligations of Water Company and to constitute this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture
a valid and binding supplement to the Mortgage as Supplemented in accordance with its and their terms, for the security of all
bonds issued and which may hereafter be issued pursuant to the Mortgage and all indentures supplemental thereto, have been done
and performed; and the execution and delivery of this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture have been in all respects duly authorized;

NOW THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that for and in consideration
of the premises, and of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00), lawful money of the United States of America, by each of the parties paid
to the other, at or before the delivery hereof, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby
acknowledged, Water Company has executed and delivered this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and has granted, bargained,
sold, aliened, enfeoffed, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm,
unto to the Trustee, its successors and assigns forever, all real property of Water Company, together with all appurtenances and
contracts, rights, privileges, permits and franchises used or useful in connection with the business of the Water Company as a
water company or as a water utility or used directly for the purpose of supplying water, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed,
conveyed and confirmed unto the Trustee by the Mortgage as Supplemented (including without limitation all such property acquired
by Water Company since November 1, 2020, and all such property which Water Company may hereafter acquire), subject, however, to
Permissible Encumbrances, and excepting all Property heretofore released from the lien of the Mortgage as Supplemented, and excepting
all property of Water Company which is not used or useful in connection with its business as a water company or as a water utility
as well as all personal property (both tangible and intangible) as to which a security interest may not be perfected by a filing
under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New Jersey;

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the above granted property,
unto the Trustee, its successors and assigns forever, IN TRUST, nevertheless, for the equal and proportionate use, benefit, security
and protection of those who from time to time shall hold any bonds which have been or may be issued under the Mortgage or any indenture
supplemental thereto, without any discrimination, preference or priority of any one bond over any other by reason of priority in
the time of issue, sale or negotiation thereof or otherwise, except as otherwise in the Mortgage or in any indenture supplemental
thereto provided; and in trust for enforcing the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds, according to the tenor,
purport and effect of the bonds and of the Mortgage and all indentures supplemental thereto and for enforcing the terms, provisions,
covenants and stipulations therein and in the bonds set forth; and upon the trust, uses and purposes and subject to the covenants,
agreements and conditions set forth and declared in the Mortgage as modified, amended and supplemented by all indentures supplemental
thereto;

AND the parties do hereby covenant and agree that the Mortgage as
Supplemented be and hereby is supplemented as hereinafter provided, and that the above granted property is to be held and applied
subject to the covenants, conditions, uses and trusts set forth in the Mortgage as Supplemented and this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental
Indenture; and Water Company for itself and its successors does hereby covenant and agree to and with the Trustee, and its successors
in said trust, for the equal benefit of all present and future holders and registered owners of the bonds issued under the Mortgage
and all indentures supplemental thereto, as follows:

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Article
I

First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond. Series 2020A

Section
1.         
Water Company hereby creates a series of bonds to be issued under and secured by the Mortgage as Supplemented by
this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and to be designated as, and to be distinguished from the bonds of all other series
by the title, “First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bonds, Series 2020A.” The Series 2020A Bonds shall be issued
only as registered bonds without coupons in the aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000; shall originally be dated as of November
18, 2020; and shall be issued in non-negotiable form to the purchasers thereof. The Series 2020A Bonds shall bear interest
from the date of issuance of the Series 2020A Bonds at the rate of 2.90% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year
composed of twelve 30-day months until the obligations of Water Company with respect to the payment of principal shall be discharged,
shall be payable as set forth below, shall state that, subject to certain limitations, the Mortgage and all indentures supplemental
thereto may be modified, amended or supplemented as provided in the Mortgage as heretofore supplemented; shall mature on November
18, 2050 and shall be earlier redeemable (i) under the terms and conditions and in the amounts provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement
at the option of Water Company with, to the extent required by the Order of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“BPU”)
dated May 5, 2020 (Docket No. WF 20020188), and/or required by then applicable law and regulations, the prior approval of the BPU,
or (ii) as, when and to the extent mandated pursuant to subsection B of Section 4 of Article VIII of the Second Supplemental Indenture;
and shall be subject to, entitled to the benefit of, and expressly incorporate
by reference, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Bond Purchase Agreement.

The Series 2020A Bonds shall evidence the obligation to pay the
aggregate principal amount owing to the holders of the Series 2020A Bonds under or pursuant to the Bond Purchase Agreement which
shall initially be $40,000,000 or such lesser amount as determined in accordance with the Bond Purchase Agreement, at the times
and in the amounts determined as provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement, plus any other amounts (including the Make-Whole
Amount, if any) due and owing under the Bond Purchase Agreement at the times and in the amounts as provided therein. The Series
2020A Bonds are subject to assignment or transfer in accordance with the terms of the Bond Purchase Agreement. The Series 2020A
Bonds are subject to acceleration under the terms and conditions, and in the amounts, provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement.
Payments under the Series 2020A Bonds shall, except as otherwise provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement, be made directly to the
holders thereof.

In addition to any other default provided for under the Mortgage
as Supplemented, it shall be a default under this Supplemental Indenture if payment of any of the principal or of the interest
on the Series 2020A Bonds is not made when the same shall become due and payable (giving effect to any applicable grace period
in the Bond Purchase Agreement) in installments, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise.

Section
2.         
Payment of the purchase price of the Series 2020A Bonds shall be made to Water Company upon receipt by the applicable
Purchaser of instructions from Water Company executed and delivered in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Bond Purchase
Agreement and satisfaction of the other condition precedent set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement.

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Section
3.         
The Series 2020A Bonds and the certificates of authentication of the Trustee to be executed thereon shall be substantially
in the form prescribed for registered bonds without coupons in the Second Supplemental Indenture (except that there may be deleted
therefrom all references to the issuance of coupon bonds in exchange therefor); shall be in the form attached to this Fifty-Fourth
Supplemental Indenture as Exhibit A; and shall contain appropriate references to this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture in
addition to the Mortgage as Supplemented and appropriate changes with respect to the aggregate principal amount, interest rate,
redemption dates and provisions, and maturity date of the Series 2020A Bonds, and with appropriate reference to the provision of
the Fourth Supplemental Indenture that, subject to certain limitations, the Mortgage and all indentures supplemental thereto may
be modified, amended or supplemented only as provided in the Mortgage and except that the Series 2020A Bonds shall not contain
any references to a sinking fund.

Section
4.         
The Water Company hereby directs the Trustee to maintain a register for the registration and registration of transfers
of Series 2020A Bonds. The name and address of each holder of one or more Series 2020A Bonds, each transfer thereof and the name
and address of each transferee of one or more Series 2020A Bonds shall be registered in such register. If any holder of one or
more Series 2020A Bonds is a nominee, then (1) the name and address of
the beneficial owner of such Series 2020A Bond or Series 2020A Bonds shall also be registered in such register as an owner and
holder thereof and (2) at any such beneficial owner’s option, either such beneficial owner or its nominee may execute any
amendment, waiver or consent pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture or the Bond Purchase Agreement. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer, the person or entity in whose name any Series 2020A Bond shall be registered shall be deemed and treated
as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be affected by any notice
or knowledge to the contrary. The Trustee shall give to any holder of a Series 2020A Bond that is an Institutional Investor (as
defined in the Bond Purchase Agreement), promptly following request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses
of all registered holders of Series 2020A Bonds.

Upon surrender of any Series
2020A Bond to the Trustee at 333 Thornall St., Edison, NJ 08837, to the attention of the Corporate Trust Department (or such other
address as the Trustee shall have specified to the Water Company and the holder of each Series 2020A Bond in writing), for registration
of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
duly executed by the registered holder of such Series 2020A Bond or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and
accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of each transferee of such Series 2020A Bond or part
thereof), within 10 business days thereafter, the Water Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, at
the Water Company’s expense and order (except as provided below), one or more new Series 2020A Bonds (as requested by the
holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered
Series 2020A Bond. Each such new Series 2020A Bond shall be payable to such person as such holder may request and shall be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A attached to this Supplemental Indenture. Each such new Series 2020A Bond shall be dated and bear interest
from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Series 2020A Bond or dated the date of the surrendered
Series

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2020A Bond if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Series 2020A Bonds. Series 2020A Bonds shall not be
transferred in denominations of less than $100,000; provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder
of its entire holding of Series 2020A Bonds, one Series 2020A Bond may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any transferee,
by its acceptance of a Series 2020A Bond registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the
representations set forth in the first sentence of Section 6.1 and in Section 6.2 of the Bond Purchase Agreement.

 

Upon receipt by the Trustee
at 333 Thornall St., Edison, NJ 08837, to the attention of the Corporate Trust Department (or such other address as the Trustee
shall have specified to the Water Company and the holder of each Series 2020A Bond in writing) of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Series 2020A Bond (which evidence shall be, in
the case of an Institutional Investor (as defined in the Bond Purchase Agreement), notice from such Institutional Investor of such
ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Series 2020A Bond, provides written evidence to the Trustee that it is,
or is a nominee for, a Purchaser or another holder of a Series 2020A Bond with a minimum net worth of at least $50,000,000 or a
“qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of such term as set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, such person’s or entity’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory),
or in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof, within 10 business days thereafter the Trustee at the expense
and upon the order of the Water Company shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Series 2020A Bond, dated and bearing
interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Series 2020A Bond or
dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Series 2020A Bond if no interest shall have been paid thereon. All
Series 2020A Bonds issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Series 2020A Bonds shall be the valid obligations of
the Water Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same security and benefits under the Mortgage Indenture as the
Series 2020A Bonds surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Section
5.         
Sections 4(A)(iii) and (iv) of Article VIII of the Second Supplemental Indenture shall not be available to Water
Company with respect to the Series 2020A Bonds. Water Company shall issue its written order under Section 4(a)(i) or (ii), as the
case may be, reasonably promptly after receipt by the Trustee of proceeds of sale, eminent domain or insurance (not otherwise to
be paid directly to Water Company under the Mortgage as supplemented by the Supplemental Indentures including this Fifty-Fourth
Supplemental Indenture).

 

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Article
II

Miscellaneous

Section
1.         
The provisions of the Mortgage as Supplemented, as modified and extended by this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture,
are hereby reaffirmed. Except insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions hereof, the provisions of the Mortgage as Supplemented,
with respect to the Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G, Series H, Series I, Series J, Series K, Series L, Series
M, Series N, Series 0, Series P, Series Q, Series R, Series P-1, Series S, Series T, Series U, Series V, Series W, Series X,
Series Y, Series Z, Series AA, Series BB, Series CC, Series DD, Series EE, Series FF, Series GG, Series HH, Series II, Series JJ,
Series KK, Series LL, Series MM, Series NN, Series 00, Series P1, Series QQ, Series RR, Series SS, Series TT, Series UU, Series
VV Bonds, Series WW Bonds, Series XX Bonds, Series YY Bonds, Series 2018A Bond, Series 2018B Bond and Series 2019A Bond shall apply
to the Series 2020A Bonds to the same extent as if they were set forth herein in full. Unless there is something in the subject
or context repugnant to such construction, each reference in the Mortgage as Supplemented to the Mortgage as Supplemented shall
be construed as also referring to this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture. The Mortgage and all indentures supplemental thereto
may be modified, amended or supplemented by Water Company with prior notice by Water Company to but without the consent of any
of the bondholders to accomplish any more of the following:

(1)         
 to correct any defect or inconsistent provision in the Mortgage or any indenture supplemental thereto, if such action
is not adverse to the interests of the bondholders;

(2)         
to cure any ambiguity, supply any omission, or cure or correct any defect in any description of the Mortgaged Property,
if such action is not adverse to the interests of the bondholders;

(3)         
to insert such provisions clarifying matters or questions arising under the Mortgage or any indenture supplemental
thereto as are necessary or desirable, are not contrary to or inconsistent with the Mortgage or any indenture supplemental thereto
as in effect and are not adverse to the interests of the bondholders; or

(4)         
to restate the Mortgage as supplemented by the Supplemental Indentures as a single integrated document which may
add headings, an index and other provisions aiding the convenience of use.

The terms and provisions of the Series 2020A Bonds
shall not be amended by, and the Series 2020A Bonds shall not be entitled to the benefit of, any covenant, term or condition contained
in any subsequent supplemental indenture (except to the extent such covenant, term or condition constitutes an amendment to the
Mortgage) without the express written concurrence of the Water Company.

Section
2.         
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity and sufficiency
of this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the due execution hereof by Water Company or for the recitals contained herein,
all of which recitals are made by Water Company solely.

Section
3.         
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts hereby declared
and provided and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Mortgage as Supplemented and this
Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

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Section
4.         
This Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture has been executed simultaneously in several counterparts and all of
said counterparts executed and delivered, each as an original, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Section
5.         
Although this Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, for convenience and for the purpose of reference, is dated
as of November 1, 2020, the actual date of execution by Water Company and the Trustee is as shown by their respective acknowledgments
hereto annexed, and the actual date of delivery hereof by Water Company and the Trustee is the date of the closing of the sale
of the Series 2020A Bonds by Water Company.

Section
6.         
In any case where the payment of principal of the Series 2020A Bonds or the date fixed for redemption of any Series
2020A Bond shall be a date that is not a Business Day (as defined in the
Bond Purchase Agreement), then payment of interest or principal or redemption price need not be made on such date but shall be
made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on
such next succeeding Business Day.

THE MORTGAGOR HEREBY DECLARES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS RECEIVED,
WITHOUT CHARGE, A TRUE COPY OF THIS MORTGAGE.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF said MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY has caused these
presents to be signed by its Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto
affixed, and duly attested by its Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; and in testimony of its acceptance of the trusts
created, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION has caused these presents to be signed by its thereto duly authorized officer or corporate
trust officer and duly attested by its thereto duly authorized officer or corporate trust officer, as of the day and year first
above written.

	ATTEST:	MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY
	
         

         

        /s/ Jay L. Kooper                                  

        Jay L. Kooper

        Vice President, General Counsel

        And Secretary
	
         

         

        By:/s/ A. Bruce O’Connor                                  

        A. Bruce O’Connor

        Senior Vice President, Treasurer and

        Chief Financial Officer

	 	 
	 	 
	ATTEST:	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
	
         

         

        /s/ Stephanie Roche                               

        Authorized Officer
	
         

         

        By:/s/ Paul O’Brien                                                

        Authorized Officer

 

 

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STATE OF NEW JERSEY:

: ss:

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX:

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this   16  
day of   November   , 2020, before me, the subscriber, personally appeared Jay L. Kooper, who, being by me duly sworn
according to law, on his oath deposes and says and makes proof to my satisfaction that he is the Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Middlesex Water Company, one of the corporations named in and which executed the foregoing
Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture; that he is the attesting witness to said Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture;
that he well knows the seal of said corporation and that the seal thereto affixed is the proper common or corporate seal of
Middlesex Water Company; that A. Bruce O'Connor is Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of said
corporation; that this deponent saw the said A. Bruce O'Connor as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer sign said Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and affix said seal thereto and heard him declare that he signed,
sealed and delivered the same as the voluntary act and deed of the said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein
expressed, he being duly authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors of the said corporation.

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.

 

 

/s/ Selena Montero                                  

Notary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY:

  : ss:

COUNTY OF     Middlesex     :

 

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BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this day of November 16, 2020 ,
before me, the subscriber, personally appeared Stephanie Roche  who, being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath
deposes and says and makes proof to my satisfaction that he is an Authorized Officer of U.S. Bank National Association, one of
the corporations named in and which executed the foregoing Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture; that he is the attesting witness
to said Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture; that Paul O’Brien  is an Authorized Officer of said corporation;
that this deponent saw the Paul O’Brien  , as Authorized Officer sign said Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture,
and heard him declare that he signed and delivered the same as the voluntary act and deed of the said corporation, for the uses
and purposes therein expressed, he being duly authorized by said corporation.

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.

 

 

/s/ Annette M. Marsula                                  

Notary

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF SERIES 2020A BOND

MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY

	NO. R-1 $________	 	 	$________

NON-NEGOTIABLE

FIRST MORTGAGE SCHEDULED INTEREST
RATE BOND,

SERIES 2020A, DUE NOVEMBER 18, 2050

MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of New Jersey (hereinafter called “Water Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to [____________], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [_____________________] DOLLARS (or so much thereof as shall not
have been prepaid) on November 18, 2050 (the “Maturity Date”), with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30 day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 2.90% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually,
on the eighteenth day of May and November in each year, commencing with the May 18th next succeeding the date hereof, and on the
Maturity Date, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, (x) on any
overdue payment of interest and (y) during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment
of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the greater of (i) 4.90% or (ii) 2.00% over the rate
of interest publicly announced by U.S. Bank National Association from time to time in New York, New York as its “base”
or “prime” rate, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand),
as determined by Water Company (and not the Trustee).

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount
with respect to this Bond are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of U.S. Bank National
Association in New York, New York or at such other place as Water Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder
of this Bond as provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement referred to below.

This Bond is the one of the Bonds of a duly authorized issue of
non-negotiable bonds of Water Company known as its First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series 2020A (hereinafter called
the “Series 2020A Bond”), in an aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000 issued and secured (together with all other
bonds of Water Company (hereinafter called “Bonds”) under and by an Indenture of Mortgage dated April 1, 1927
(hereinafter called the “Mortgage”), a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 1939 (hereinafter
called the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 1, 1946 (hereinafter
called the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), a Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 1, 1949 (hereinafter
called the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), a Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 1. 1955 (hereinafter
called the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”), a Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1959 (hereinafter
called the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), a Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 15, 1963 (hereinafter
called the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”), an Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 1, 1964 (hereinafter
called the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”), a Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 1965 (hereinafter called the “Ninth Supplemental Indenture”),
a Tenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 1, 1968

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(hereinafter called the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture”),
an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1968 (hereinafter called the “Eleventh Supplemental Indenture”),
a Twelfth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1970 (hereinafter called the “Twelfth Supplemental Indenture”),
a Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1972 (hereinafter called the “Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture”),
a Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 1, 1979 (hereinafter called the “Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture”),
a Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 1, 1983 (hereinafter called the “Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture”),
a Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 1, 1988 (hereinafter called the “Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture”),
a Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 15, 1991 (hereinafter called the “Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture”),
a Supplementary Indenture to the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the “Supplementary
Indenture”), an Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the “Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture”), a Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the
“Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture”), a Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 1994 (hereinafter
called the “Twentieth Supplemental Indenture”), a Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1,
1994 (hereinafter called the “Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture”), a Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture
dated as of March 1, 1998 (hereinafter called the “Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture”), a Twenty-Third
Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 1998 (hereinafter called the “Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture”),
a Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 1998 (hereinafter called the “Twenty-Fourth Supplemental
Indenture”), a Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 1999 (hereinafter called the “Twenty-Fifth
Supplemental Indenture”), a Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 1999 (hereinafter called the
“Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), a Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 2001
(hereinafter called the “Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture”), a Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated
as of October 15, 2001 (hereinafter called the “Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture”), a Twenty-Ninth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of January 15, 2002 (hereinafter called the “Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture”), a Thirtieth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 2004 (hereinafter called the “Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture”), a
Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 2004 (hereinafter called the “Thirty-First Supplemental
Indenture”), a Thirty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 2006 (hereinafter called the “Thirty-Second
Supplemental Indenture”), a Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 2006 (hereinafter called the
“Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture”), a Thirty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 2007
(hereinafter called the “Thirty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), a Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated
as of October 15, 2007 (hereinafter called the “Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture”), a Thirty-Sixth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of November I, 2008 (hereinafter called the “Thirty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, a Thirty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2008 (hereinafter
called the “Thirty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture”), a Thirty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1,
2010 (hereinafter called the “Thirty- Eighth Supplemental Indenture”), a Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture
dated as of December 1, 2010 (hereinafter called the “Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture”), a Fortieth Supplemental

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Indenture dated as of May 1, 2012 (hereinafter called the “Fortieth Supplemental Indenture”),a Forty-First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2012 (hereinafter called the “Forty-First Supplemental Indenture”),
a Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2012 (hereinafter called the “Forty-Second Supplemental
Indenture”), a Forty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2012 (hereinafter called the “Forty-Third
Supplemental Indenture”), a Forty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2012 (hereinafter called
the “Forty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), a Forty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture (hereinafter called the “Forty-Fifth
Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of May I, 2013, a Forty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2013 (hereinafter
called the “Forty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), a Forty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1,
2014 (hereinafter called the “Forty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture”), a Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture
dated as of May 1, 2014, a Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2017 (hereinafter called the
“Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture), a Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2017 (hereinafter
called the “Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture), a Fifty-First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2018 (hereinafter
called the “Fifty-First Supplemental Indenture”), a Fifty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1,
2018 (hereinafter called the “Fifty-Second Supplemental Indenture”), a Fifty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated
as of August 1, 2019 (hereinafter called the “Fifty-Third Supplemental Indenture”) and a Fifty-Fourth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of November 1, 2020 (hereinafter called the “Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture”) all executed
by Water Company to U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, the successor to First
Union National Bank, the successor to Meridian Bank, the successor to United Counties Trust Company, in turn the successor to the
Union County Trust Company, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), which Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture,
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, Fifth Supplemental Indenture, Sixth Supplemental Indenture, Seventh Supplemental Indenture, Eighth
Supplemental Indenture, Ninth Supplemental Indenture, Tenth Supplemental Indenture, Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, Twelfth Supplemental
Indenture, Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, Sixteenth Supplemental
Indenture, Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, Supplementary Indenture, Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, Nineteenth Supplemental
Indenture, Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture, Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture,
Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, Twenty-Sixth
Supplemental Indenture, Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, Twenty-Ninth Supplemental
Indenture, Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture, Thirty-Second Supplemental Indenture,
Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture, Thirty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, Thirty-Sixth
Supplemental Indenture, Thirty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, Thirty-Eighth Supplemental
Indenture, Thirty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, Fortieth Supplemental Indenture, Forty-First Supplemental Indenture, Forty-Second
Supplemental Indenture, Forty-Third Supplemental Indenture, Forty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, Forty-Fifth Supplemental
Indenture, Forty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, Forty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture, Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture,
Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture, Fifty-First Supplemental Indenture, Fifty-Second
Supplemental Indenture, Fifty-Third Supplemental Indenture and Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture are referred to herein
sometimes as the “Supplemental Indentures”, to which Mortgage

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and Supplemental Indentures reference is hereby made
for a description of the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the terms and conditions upon which
the Bonds are issued and are to be secured and the rights of registered owners thereof and of the Trustee in respect of such security.
As provided in the Mortgage and Supplemental Indentures, and subject to the conditions therein imposed, additional bonds of other
series, with the same or different maturity dates, bearing the same or different rates of interest and varying in other respects,
may be issued. This Series 2020A Bond is one of the Series 2020A Bond described in the Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture
and designated therein as First Mortgage Scheduled Interest Rate Bond, Series 2020A.

As provided in the Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, this
Series 2020A Bond is subject to redemption (i) under the terms and conditions and in the amounts provided in Bond Purchase Agreement
at the option of Water Company with, to the extent required by the Order of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“BPU”)
dated May 5, 2020 (Docket No. WF 20020188) and/or required by then applicable law and regulations, the prior approval of the BPU,
(ii) as, when and to the extent mandated pursuant to subsection B of Section 4 of Article VIII of the Second Supplemental Indenture;
and shall be subject to, entitled to the benefit of, and expressly incorporate by reference, all of the terms, conditions and provisions
of the Bond Purchase Agreement.

This Series 2020A Bonds shall evidence the obligation to pay the
aggregate principal amount owing to the holder hereof under or pursuant to the Bond Purchase Agreement which shall initially be
$[_________] or such lesser amount as determined in accordance with the Bond Purchase Agreement, at the times and in the amounts
determined as provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement, plus any other amounts (including the Make-Whole Amount, if any) due
and owing under the Bond Purchase Agreement at the times and in the amounts as provided therein. The obligations of Water Company
to make payments under this Series 2020A Bond are absolute and unconditional, without any defense or right of set-off, counterclaim
or recoupment by reason of any default by the holder hereof under the Bond Purchase Agreement or under any other agreement between
Water Company and the holder hereof or out of any indebtedness or liability at any time owing to Water Company by the holder hereof
or for any other reason. This Series 2020A Bond is subject to assignment or transfer in accordance with the terms of the Bond Purchase
Agreement. This Series 2020A Bond is subject to acceleration under the terms and conditions, and in the amounts, provided in the
Bond Purchase Agreement. Payments under this Series 2020A Bond shall be made directly to the holder hereof.

If this Series 2020A Bond is called for redemption and payment is
duly provided therefor, as specified in the Mortgage, the Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture and in the Bond Purchase Agreement, interest shall cease to accrue hereon from and
after the date fixed for redemption.

If an event of default, as defined in the Mortgage or Supplemental
Indentures or in the Bond Purchase Agreement, shall occur, this Series 2020A Bond may become or be declared due and payable, in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Mortgage, the Supplemental Indentures and the Bond Purchase Agreement.

As provided in the Mortgage as modified, amended and supplemented
by the Supplemental Indentures, and subject to the limitations therein contained, the Mortgage and all indentures supplemental
thereto may be modified, amended or supplemented with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than 51% in aggregate principal
amount of all series of Bonds outstanding at any time; provided, however, that no such modification shall reduce
the principal amount of a Bond or the premium, if any, payable on a redemption thereof, extend the maturity thereof,

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reduce the
rate or extend time for payment of interest thereon, give a Bond any preference over another Bond, create or permit a lien on the
property subject to the Mortgage (other than a Permitted Encumbrance as defined in the Eighth Supplemental Indenture) prior to
or on a parity with the Mortgage, or reduce the percentage of the holders required for any action authorized to be taken by the
holders of Bonds under the Mortgage, without the consent of the holders of all Bonds affected by such modification; provided,
further, that no modification shall impose additional duties or responsibilities on the Trustee without the consent of the
Trustee.

The Mortgage may be modified, amended or supplemented by Water Company
without the consent of the holders of the Bonds for one or more of the following purposes: (1) to correct any defect or inconsistent
provision in the Mortgage or any indenture supplemental thereto, if such action is not adverse to the interests of the holders
of the Bonds; (2) to cure any ambiguity, supply any omission or cure or correct any defect in any description of the Mortgage Property,
if such action is not adverse to the interests of the holders of the Bonds; (3) to insert such provisions clarifying matters or
questions arising under the mortgage indenture as are necessary or desirable, are not contrary to or inconsistent with the Mortgage
as in effect and are not adverse to the interests of the holders of the Bonds or (4) to restate the Mortgage as supplemented by
the Supplemental Indentures as a single integrated document which may add headings, an index and other provisions aiding the convenience
of use. The Company shall provide prior notice of such change to each holder of the Bonds.

This Series 2020A Bond shall not be transferred except (i) as provided
or required under and pursuant to the Bond Purchase Agreement, (ii) to effect an exchange in connection with a bankruptcy, reorganization.
insolvency, or similar proceeding involving Water Company and (iii) to effect an exchange in connection with prepayment by redemption
or otherwise of this Series 2020A Bond.

This Series 2020A Bond may be transferred at the principal corporate
trust office of the Trustee by surrendering this Series 2020A Bond for cancellation, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form designated by the holder and reasonably acceptable to Water Company and the Trustee, duly executed by the registered owner
hereof in person or by attorney duly authorized in writing, and upon payment of any taxes or other governmental charges incident
to such transfer, and upon any such transfer new registered Bond or Bonds of the same series and of the same aggregate principal
amount in authorized denominations, will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor.

This Series 2020A Bond, upon surrender hereof to the Trustee, accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer as aforesaid, may be exchanged for another registered Bond of the same series and of the same
principal amount; to the extent permitted by the Bond Purchase Agreement and upon payment of any charges and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the Mortgage and Supplemental Indentures and the Bond Purchase Agreement.

The person in whose name this Series 2020A Bond shall be registered
shall be deemed the owner hereof for all purposes, and payment of or on account of the principal hereof and any interest hereon
shall be made only to or upon the order in writing of the registered owner hereof, and all such payments shall be valid and effectual
to satisfy and discharge the liability upon this Series 2020A Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or
any interest on this Series 2020A Bond or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof or of the Mortgage or of any
indenture supplemental thereto against any incorporator, or against any stockholder, director or officer, as such, past, present
or future, of Water Company or of any predecessor or successor

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corporation, either directly or through Water Company or any such
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or equity, or by the enforcement
of any assessment or penalty, or otherwise howsoever, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration
for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released by every holder or registered owner hereof as more fully provided in the Mortgage
and Supplemental Indentures; it being expressly agreed and understood that the Mortgage and Supplemental Indentures and all Bonds
thereby secured are solely corporate obligations.

The terms and provisions of the Series 2020A Bond shall not be amended
by, and the Series 2020A Bond shall not be entitled to the benefit of, any covenant, term or condition contained in any subsequent
supplemental indenture (except to the extent such covenant, term or condition constitutes an amendment to the Mortgage) without
the express written concurrence of Water Company.

This Series 2020A Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Mortgage or any indenture supplemental thereto, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until U.S. Bank National
Association, as the Trustee under the Mortgage and Supplemental Indentures, or its successor thereunder, shall have signed the
form of certificate endorsed hereon.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Middlesex Water Company has caused this Bond
to be signed in its name by its Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer and its corporate seal to be hereto
affixed by its Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.

Dated:

	ATTEST:	 	MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY
	 	 	 
	[EXEMPLAR ONLY]	 	By: [EXEMPLAR ONLY]

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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This Bond is the bond described in the within mentioned Mortgage
and Fifty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By: [EXEMPLAR ONLY]

This Bond has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and may be offered or sold only in compliance with the provisions of said Act.

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Schedule 1

(to Bond Purchase Agreement)

    

     

    

Form of Opinion of Special Counsel

For The Company

 

We have acted as special
counsel to Middlesex Water Company, a New Jersey corporation (the “Borrower”), in connection with the Bond Purchase
Agreement dated as of November 18, 2020 (the “Agreement”) by and between the Borrower and the Purchasers named
therein and the authorization, issuance, sale, execution and delivery by the Borrower of its $40,000,000 First Mortgage Scheduled
Interest Rate Bonds, Series 2020A (the “2020A Bonds”) to the Purchasers. All capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.

 

In so acting, we have examined
the Constitution and laws of the State of New Jersey, including, without limitation, the “New Jersey Business Corporation
Act”, P.L. 1968, c. 263, as amended (N.J.S.A. 14A:1-1 et seq.), the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the
Borrower, and the various resolutions of the Borrower identified herein. We also have examined originals, or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following:

 

the 2020A Bonds;

the Agreement;

the Mortgage Indenture;
and

the Order of the
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities dated March 5, 2020, Docket No. WF 20020188, and

the Resolution (as
defined herein).

We also have examined and
relied as to factual matters upon originals, or copies certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction, of such other
records, documents, certificates and other instruments, and have made such investigation of law as in our judgment we have deemed
necessary or appropriate, to enable us to render the opinions expressed below.

 

We are of the opinion that:

1.          The
Borrower is a corporation duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey and
has the corporate power and authority to conduct its business as currently conducted and currently proposed to be conducted, to
execute and deliver the Agreement, the Fifty-Fourth Supplement and the 2020A Bonds being issued on the date hereof and to perform
the provisions thereof.

2.          On
February 19, 2020, the Borrower adopted a resolution (the “Resolution”): (i) authorizing the execution and delivery
by the Borrower of the Agreement and the Fifty-Fourth Supplement and the issuance, sale, execution, and delivery by the Borrower
of the 2020A Bonds to the Purchasers, (ii) authorizing the Borrower to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Agreement,
the Fifty-Fourth Supplement and the 2020A Bonds, and (iii) authorizing the

Schedule
4.4(a)

(to
Bond Purchase Agreement)

    

     

    

execution and delivery of all other
certificates, agreements, documents and instruments in connection with the execution and delivery of the 2020A Bonds. The Resolution
was duly and lawfully adopted and authorized in accordance with applicable law, including, without limitation, the New Jersey Business
Corporation Act, and the By-laws of the Borrower, and the Resolution constitutes all of the actions necessary to be taken by the
Borrower to authorize its actions contemplated by clauses (i) through (iii) above.

3.          The
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement
of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms.

4.          The
Fifty-Fourth Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
agreement of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms.

5.          The
2020A Bonds being issued on the date hereof have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and, when authenticated
by the Trustee, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance
with their terms.

6.          The
Mortgage Indenture constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance
with its terms.

7.          All
approvals, consents or authorizations of, or registrations of or filings with, any Governmental Authority required to date on the
part of the Borrower in connection with the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement and the Fifty-Fourth
Supplement, the authorization, issuance, sale, execution, delivery and performance of the 2020A Bonds or the performance of the
Mortgage Indenture have been obtained or made.

8.          The
Fifty-Fourth Supplement is in appropriate form for recording in the recording offices listed on Schedule A attached hereto. The
Mortgage Indenture (excluding the Fifty-Fourth Supplement) creates, and when the Fifty-Fourth Supplement is filed in the recording
offices listed on Schedule A, it will create, a valid and perfected lien on or security interest in all right, title and interest
of the Borrower in (a) the real property described in the Fifty-Fourth Supplement, and (b) to the extent that a security interest
in such personal property and fixtures may be created under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New Jersey, the
personal property and fixtures described in the Fifty-Fourth Supplement.

9.          It
is not necessary in connection with the offering, sale and delivery of the 2020A Bonds being delivered on the date hereof, under
the circumstances contemplated by the Agreement, to register such 2020A Bonds under the Securities Act or to qualify an indenture
in respect of such 2020A Bonds under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

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10.          The
Borrower is not an “investment company” or, to our knowledge, a Person directly or indirectly controlled by or acting
on behalf of an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

11.          None
of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement (including the use of the proceeds from the sale of the 2020A Bonds being delivered
on the date hereof) will violate or result in a violation of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the United States
Federal Reserve System, 12 CFR, Part 220, Part 221 and Part 224, respectively.

12.          The
authorization, execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Agreement and the Fifty-Fourth Supplement, the authorization, issuance,
sale, execution, and delivery of the 2020A Bonds by the Borrower to the Purchasers and the observation and performance by the Borrower
of its duties, covenants, obligations and agreements under the foregoing documents and under the Mortgage Indenture, including,
without limitation, the repayment of the 2020A Bonds and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the foregoing documents,
do not and will not (i), result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance, other than the lien created under
the Mortgage Indenture, upon any properties or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) result in any breach of any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any outstanding debt or lease obligation, trust agreement, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other instrument described on Schedule 5.15 to the Agreement, or (iii) result in any
violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Borrower, the Resolution, or any laws, injunctions,
judgments, decrees, rules, regulations or existing orders of any Governmental Authority known to us to which the Borrower or its
properties or operations is subject.

 

This opinion is limited
by, subject to and based on the following:

 

		(i)	Each document submitted to us for review is accurate and complete; each such document submitted
to us as an original is authentic; each such document submitted to us as a copy conforms to the original document.

		(ii)	Parties who are natural persons, and natural persons acting on a party's behalf, have the requisite
legal capacity.

		(iii)	Each of the parties to the documents signed by the Borrower (the “Borrower Documents”)
other than the Borrower (“Other Parties”) has satisfied all legal requirements necessary to make the Borrower Documents
to which it is a party enforceable against it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we have assumed that each Other
Party: (a) has legal existence; (b) has taken all corporate or other action necessary to complete the transactions contemplated
by the Borrower Documents; (c) has duly authorized, executed and delivered each Borrower Document to which it is a party; (d) has
the power to enter into the Borrower Documents to which it is a party; (e) has satisfied the legal requirements that are applicable
to it, to the extent necessary to make the

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Borrower Documents to which it
is a party enforceable against it, and has complied with all legal requirements pertaining to its status as such status relates
to its rights to enforce the Borrower Documents against the Borrower.

		(iv)	The Other Parties will (a) act in good faith in the exercise of any rights or enforcement of any
remedies under the Borrower Documents; and (b) comply with all requirements of applicable procedural and substantive law in exercising
any rights or enforcing any remedies under the Borrower Documents.

		(v)	The Borrower Documents accurately reflect the complete understanding of the parties with respect
to the transactions contemplated thereby and the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder.

		(vi)	There are no agreements or understandings among the parties, written or oral, and there is no usage
of trade or course of prior dealing among the parties that would, in either case, define, supplement, modify, amend or qualify
the terms of the Borrower Documents.

		(vii)	There has not been any mutual mistake of fact or misunderstanding, fraud, duress or undue influence.

		(viii)	We express no opinion with respect to any of the following: (a) title to any real property, personal
property or fixtures; (b) the creation, perfection, or priority of any liens, encumbrances or security interests in real property,
personal property or fixtures; or (c) the accuracy or sufficiency of the descriptions of any real property, personal property or
fixtures.

		(ix)	The Other Parties and any agent acting for the Other Parties have acted in good faith and without
notice of any defense against the enforcement of any rights created by, or adverse claim to any property or security interest transferred
or created as part of the Borrower Documents.

We have no actual knowledge
that the foregoing assumptions are false. We have no actual knowledge of facts that, under the circumstances, would make our reliance
upon the foregoing assumptions unreasonable.

 

(a)          This opinion is limited in all respects to the laws of the State of New Jersey and applicable federal law.

(b)          Except as expressly set forth herein, we have made no independent investigation as to the accuracy or completeness of any
representation, warranty, data or other information, written or oral, made or furnished in connection with the Borrower Documents
or otherwise, and we have assumed that neither the Borrower Documents, nor any other

    4.4(a)-4 

     

    

information furnished to us contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading.

(c)          In rendering this opinion we have assumed that funds will be advanced to the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Borrower
Documents.

(d)          The qualification of any opinion or statement herein by the use of the words "to our knowledge" or "known
to us" means that during the course of our representation as described in this opinion letter, no information has come to
the attention of the attorneys in this firm involved in the transactions described herein which would give such attorneys current
actual knowledge of the existence of the facts so qualified. Except as set forth herein, we have not undertaken any investigation
to determine the existence of such facts, but have relied on representations and warranties in the Borrower Documents and on information
provided to us by the Borrower in connection with our preparation of this opinion letter, and no inference as to our knowledge
thereof shall be drawn from the fact of our representation of any party or otherwise.

(e)          We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provisions of the Borrower Documents providing for (i) the waiver
of a trial by jury, waiver of venue or forum selection, or waiver of damage claims; (ii) a right of setoff against or a waiver
or release by the Borrower; (iii) the indemnification or exculpation of any person (A) in violation of public policy, (B) to the
extent precluded by federal or state securities laws, or (C) purporting to indemnify or exculpate such person from the consequences
of its own negligence, willful misconduct or strict liability; (iv) any party's consent to jurisdiction; (v) self-help remedies;
(vi) confession of judgment provisions; (vii) waivers and releases of the benefit of procedural or substantive rights or defenses;
(viii) waivers and releases of errors, defects and imperfections in proceedings; (ix) waivers and releases of obligations of good
faith, fair dealing, diligence, and reasonableness; (x) provisions that entitle any party, as a matter of right, to the appointment
of a receiver after the occurrence of a default; (xi) provisions imposing increased interest rates or late payment charges upon
delinquency in payment or the occurrence of a default; (xii) provisions requiring that all waivers under and/or modifications of
the Borrower Documents be in writing; or (xiii) provisions for the concurrent or cumulative exercise of remedies which would have
the effect of compensating the Other Parties for an amount in excess of their actual loss.

(f)          We also bring to your attention that the enforceability of the Borrower Documents may be limited to the extent that remedies
are sought for a breach that a court concludes is immaterial or does not adversely affect the party seeking to enforce its rights
thereunder. The enforceability of the Borrower Documents may also be limited by unconscionable or inequitable conduct on the part
of the Other Parties, defenses arising from the Other Parties’ failure to act in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Borrower Documents, defenses arising as a consequence of the passage of time, or defenses arising as a result of the Other
Parties’ failure to act reasonably or in good faith.

(g)          We have made no examination of and express no opinion with respect to (i) title to or rights in or descriptions of the properties
contemplated as security by the Borrower Documents; (ii)  the filing or recording of the Borrower Documents or any financing
statements or other instruments relating thereto; (iii) except as expressly set forth herein, the creation

    4.4(a)-5 

     

    

perfection, or enforcement of any liens
or security interest in any collateral; or (iv) the priority of any liens or security interest in any collateral.

(h)          We express no opinion with respect to (a) permits, consents, authorizations or approvals relating to the construction, development,
use or occupancy of the Property; (b) compliance of the Borrower with any law, order, rule or regulation relating to the construction,
development, use or occupancy of the Property; or (c) compliance of the Property with applicable laws, including, without limitation,
laws relating to subdivision, zoning, building, or environmental matters. We have assumed that the Property constitutes a separately
subdivided parcel.

(i)          Except as expressly set forth herein, we express no opinion with respect to compliance with, or the applicability of, any
state or federal securities laws, rules or regulations to the transactions contemplated by the Borrower Documents.

This opinion is given as
of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to advise you of changes that may hereafter be brought to our attention. This opinion
letter is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinions may be inferred or implied beyond the matters expressly
stated herein. This opinion may be relied upon by each of the Purchasers and any subsequent holder of the 2020A Bonds. This opinion
may be provided to any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

 

 

    4.4(a)-6 

     

    

Form of Opinion of Special Counsel

For The Purchasers

The closing opinion
of Schiff Hardin LLP, special counsel to the Purchasers, called for by Section 4.4(b) of the Agreement, shall be dated the date
of the Closing and addressed to the Purchasers, shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Purchasers and shall be to the
effect that:

1.          The
Company is a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey.

2.          The
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms.

3.          The
issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes being delivered on the date of the Closing under the circumstances contemplated by the
Agreement do not, under existing law, require the registration of such Notes under the Securities Act or the qualification of an
indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

The opinion of Schiff
Hardin LLP shall also state that the opinion of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, counsel for the Company, is satisfactory in
scope and form to Schiff Hardin LLP and that, in their opinion, the Purchasers are justified in relying thereon.

In rendering the
opinion set forth in paragraph 1 above, Schiff Hardin LLP may rely solely upon an examination of the good standing of the Company
from the Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey. The opinion of Schiff Hardin LLP is limited to the laws of the State of
New York and the federal laws of the United States.

With respect to
matters of fact upon which such opinion is based, Schiff Hardin LLP may rely on appropriate certificates of public officials and
officers of the Company and upon representations of the Company and the Purchasers delivered in connection with the issuance and
sale of the Notes.

 

Schedule
4.4(b)

(to
Bond Purchase Agreement)

 

    

     

    

Disclosure Materials

 

Documents Delivered
Prior to August 21, 2020

New Jersey Board of
Public Utilities, I/M/O application of Middlesex Water Company for Authority to Issue and Sell up to $100.0 million of Principal
Amount Debt Securities, Docket No. WF20020188, Order (Issued May 5, 2020).

Middlesex Water Company
List of Top 10 Largest Commercial and Industrial Customers (by 2019 Revenues)

 

Schedule
5.3

(to
Bond Purchase Agreement)

    

     

    

Subsidiaries of the Company
and

Ownership of Subsidiary Stock

 

(i)       Subsidiaries:

 

	Name	Jurisdiction	% of Shares
	
        Tidewater Utilities, Inc.

         

        Tidewater Environmental Systems, Inc.

         

        White Marsh Environmental Systems, Inc.

         

        Pinelands Water Company

         

        Pinelands Wastewater Company

         

        Utility Service Affiliates, Inc.

         

        Utility Service Affiliates (Perth Amboy), Inc.

         

        Twin Lakes Utilities,

        Inc.

         

        Southern Shores Water Company, LLC
	
        Delaware

         

        

        Delaware

         

         

         Delaware

         

         

        New Jersey

         

        

        New Jersey

        

         

        New Jersey

          

        New Jersey

         

         

         Pennsylvania

         

         

        Maryland/Delaware

         

        
	
        100

         

         100

         

         

        100

         

         

        100

         

        100

         

         100

         

        

        100

         

         

        100

         

         

        100

         

 

 

 

Schedule
5.4

(to
Bond Purchase Agreement)

    

     

    

(ii)       Affiliates:

 

N/A/ (See Section (i) for Subsidiaries).

 

(iii)       Company’s Directors
and Senior Officers:

 

Directors

Dennis W. Doll (Chairman)

James F. Cosgrove, Jr.

Kim C. Hanemann

Steven M. Klein

Amy B. Mansue

Ann L. Noble

Walter G. Reinhard

 

 

Senior Officers

Dennis W. Doll (President and Chief Executive Officer)

A. Bruce O’Connor (Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer)

Jay L. Kooper (Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary)

G. Christian Andreasen, Jr. (Vice President, Enterprise Engineering)

Robert K. Fullagar (Vice President, Operations)

Lorrie B. Ginegaw (Vice President, Human Resources)

Bernadette M. Sohler (Vice President, Corporate Affairs)

Georgia M. Simpson (Vice President, Information Technology)

 

 

 

    5.4-2

     

    

Financial Statements

 

 

Middlesex Water Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form 10-K – For the Fiscal Year Ended December
31, 2017

 

Form 10-K – For the Fiscal Year Ended December
31, 2018

 

Form 10-K – For the Fiscal Year Ended December
31, 2019

 

Form 10-Q – For the Quarterly Period Ended March
31, 2020

 

Form 10-Q – For the Quarterly Period Ended June
30 2020

 

Form 10-Q – For the Quarterly Period Ended September
30, 2020

 

 

Schedule
5.5

(to
Bond Purchase Agreement)

    

     

    

Schedule
5.15

Existing Indebtedness
of the Company as of November 13, 2020

 

	Item	Obligor	Creditor	CUSIP	Description of Indebtedness	Interest

Rate	Collateral	Final Maturity	Outstanding

Principal

Amount
	1	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3) N/A	0.00%, Series BB	0.00%	(5) FMB	08101/21	$	119,138
	2	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	4.00% to 5.00%, Series CC	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/21	$	163,756
	3	(l) MWC	(7)
    NJDEP	(3) N/A	0.00%, Series EE	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/23	$	1,036,365
	4	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	3.00% to 5.50%, Series FF	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/24	$	1,870,000
	5	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3) N/A	0.00%, Series GG	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/26	$	541,647
	6	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	4 00% to 5.00%, Series HH	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/26	$	620,000
	7	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3)
    N/A	0.00%, Series II	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/27	$	338,049
	8	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3)
    N/A	3.40% to 5.00%, Series JJ	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/27	$	500,000
	9	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3)
    N/A	0.00%, Series KK	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/28	$	718,862
	10	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3)
    N/A	5.00% to 5.50%, Series LL	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/28	$	846,000
	11	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3) N/A	0.00%, Series MM	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/30	$	936,626
	12	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	3.00% to 4.375%, Series NN	(4) Various	(5)
    FMB	08/01/30	$	1,105,000
	13	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3) N/A	0.00%, Series 00	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/31	$	1,655,593
	14	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	2.00% to 5.00%, Series PP	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/31	$	600,000
	15	(l) MWC	(6) NJEDA	645780FH5	5.00%, Series QQ	5.00%	(5) FMB	10/01/23	$	9,915,000
	16	(l) MWC	(6) NJEDA	645780FF9	3.80%, Series RR	3.80%	(5) FMB	10/01/38	$	22,500,000
	17	(l) MWC	(6) NJEDA	645780FG7	4.25%, Series SS	4.25%	(5) FMB	10/01/47	$	23,000,000
	18	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3) N/A	0.00%, Series TT	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/32	$	1,806,102
	19	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	3 00% to 3.25%, Series UU	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/32	$	705,000
	20	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3) N/A	0.00%, Series VV	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/33	$	1,860,931
	21	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	3.00% to 5.00%, Series WW	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/33	$	715,000
	22	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3) N/A	0.00%, Series XX	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/47	$	10,247,113
	23	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	3.00% to 5.00%, Series YY	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/47	$	3,710,000
	24	(l) MWC	(7) NJDEP	(3) N/A	0.00%, Series 2018A	0.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/47	$	6,246,274
	25	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	3.00%-5.00%, Series 2018B	(4) Various	(5) FMB	08/01/47	$	2,210,557
	26	(l) MWC	(6) NJEDA	645780FK8	4.00% Series 2019A	4.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/59	$	32,500,000
	27	(l) MWC	(6) NJEDA	645780FJ1	5. 00% Series 2019B	5.00%	(5) FMB	08/01/59	$	21,200,000
	28	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	Construction Note CFP-19-1	0.00%	None (8)	12/31/21	$	41,879,557
	29	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	Construction Note CFP-1	0.00%	None (8)	12/31/20	$	8,656,747
	30	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	0.00%, SRF Bond	0.00%	None	08/01/21	$	10,740
	31	(l) MWC	(2) NJIB	(3) N/A	4.00% to 5.00%, SRI Bond	(4) Various	None	08/01/21	$	3,638
	32	(l) MWC	PNC Bank, N.A.	(3) N/A	Line of Credit	1.04725%	None	11/19/20	$	3,000,000
	33	(l) MWC	PNC Bank, N.A.	(3) N/A	Line of Credit	1.04338%	None	11/23/20	$	4,000,000
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

SCHEDULE
5.15

(to Bond Purchase Agreement)

    

     

    

	Item	Obligor	Creditor	CUSIP	Description of Indebtedness	Interest

Rate	Collateral	Final Maturity	Outstanding

Principal

Amount
	34	(l)
    MWC	PNC Bank,
    N.A	(3) N/A	Line of Credit	1.04925%	None	11/27/20	$	4,000,000
	35	(l)
    MWC	PNC
    Bank,
    N.A	(3) N/A	Line of Credit	1.09063%	None	12/01/20	$	1,000,000
	36	(l)
    MWC	Bank of America	(3) N/A	Line of Credit	1.55%	None	11/18/20	$	9,000,000
	37	(l)
    MWC	Bank of America	(3) N/A	Line of Credit	1.55%	None	11/18/20	$	4,000,000
	38	(l)
    MWC	Bank of America	(3) N/A	Line of Credit	1.55%	None	11/18/20	$	3,000,000
	39	(l)
    MWC	Bank of America	(3) N/A	Line of Credit	1.55%	None	11/18/20	$	7,000,000
	 	 	 	 	Total Indebtedness as of November 13, 2020      	$	233,217,695

(1) -
MWC is defined as Middlesex Water
Company.

(2) -
NJIB is defined as New Jersey Infrastructure Bank (f/k/a
the New Jersey Environmental
Infrastructure Trust (a/k/a the
NJEIT)).

(3) - NIA is defined
as Not Applicable.

(4)
- There
are Various
interest rates since there
are multiple scheduled
maturity dates
of portions
of the loan before
the final maturity
date.

(5) -
FMB is defined as
First Mortgage Bonds issued by Middlesex Water Company.

(6) - NJEDA is defined
as the New Jersey
Economic Development Authority.

(7) - NJDEP
is defined as the New
Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (State of New Jersey)

(8) -
Settlement
of the Construction
Loan Note will be
accomplished by MWC
issuing FMBs
to the NJIB for 25%
of the
Construction Loan
Note balance and to
the NJDEP for 75%
of the Construction
Loan Note
balance. Final
maturity the
FMBs is expected to be
a maximum
of thirty years
from the date of the
Construction
Loan Note settlement.

 

5.15-2

    

     

    

INFORMATION
RELATING TO PURCHASERS

 

	NAME
    AND ADDRESS
    OF PURCHASER	PRINCIPAL
    AMOUNT
    OF

    SERIES
    2020A BONDS
    TO BE

    PURCHASED
	 	 
	
        NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

        (Tax I.D. No. 13-5582869)
	$30,800,000
	 	 

 

	(1) 	All payments by wire or intrabank transfer of immediately available funds to:
	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank
	 	New York, New York 10019
	 	ABA No. 021-000-021
	 	Swift Code: CHASUS33
	 	Credit: New York Life Insurance Company
	 	General Account No. 008-9-00687
	 	 	 
	 	with sufficient information (including issuer, PPN number, interest rate, maturity and
	 	whether payment is of principal, premium, or interest) to identify the source and
	 	application of such funds.
	 	 	 
	 	All notices of payments, written confirmations of such wire transfers and any audit
	 	confirmation:
	 	 	 
	 	New York Life Insurance Company
	 	c/o NYL Investors LLC
	 	51 Madison Avenue
	 	2nd Floor, Room 208
	 	New York, New York 10010-1603
	 	Attention:	Investment Services
	 	 	Private Group
	 	 	2nd Floor
	 	 	Fax#: 908-840-3385
	 	 	 
	 	with a copy sent electronically to:
	 	 	 
	 	FIIGLibrary@nylim.com
	 	TraditionalPVtOps@nylim.com
	 	 	 
	 	Any changes in the foregoing payment instructions shall be confirmed by e-mail
	 	to NYLIMWireConfirmation@nylim.com prior to becoming effective.
	 	 	 
	(2) 	All other communications:
	 	New York Life Insurance Company
	 	c/o NYL Investors LLC
	 	51 Madison Avenue
	 	2nd Floor, Room 208
	 	New York, New
    York 10010
	 	Attention:	Private Capital Investors
	 	 	2nd Floor
	 	 	Fax #: 908-840-3385
	 	 	 
	 	with a copy sent electronically to:
	 	 	 
	 	FIIGLibrary@nylim.com
	 	TraditionalPVtOps@nylim.com
	 	 	 
	 	and with a copy of any notices regarding defaults or Events of Default under the
	 	operative documents to:
	 	 	 
	 	Attention:	Office of General Counsel
	 	 	Investment Section, Room 1016
	 	 	Fax #: 212-576-8340
	 	 	 
	(3) 	Note(s) to be registered in the name of: New York Life Insurance Company

 

PURCHASER
SCHEDULE

(to Bond Purchase Agreement)

    

     

    

	(4) 	Physical
    address for notes delivery.
	 	 
	 	Fed EX delivery address:
	 	JPMorgan
	 	4 Metro Tech Center
	 	Physical Receive - 3rd floor
	 	Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001
	 	Tele: (718) 242 0263
	 	Ref: New York Life Insurance Company G51405
	 	 
	 	Physical delivery via messenger:
	 	JPMorgan
	 	4 Metro Tech Center
	 	Physical Receive - Window 5
	 	Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001
	 	(718) 242-0263
	 	(Willoughby Street side of the building)
	 	Ref: New York Life Insurance Company G51405

 

	 	With
    a copy to: Dean L. Morini (Dean_Morini@nylim.com)
	 	 
	(5)
    	Also,
    with respect to any notices delivered electronically under clause 2 hereof, please also send a copy to: chris_carey@nylinvestors.com
    and kimberly_stepancic@nylinvestors.com.

    PS-2

     

    

	NAME
    AND ADDRESS
    OF PURCHASER	PRINCIPAL
    AMOUNT
    OF

    SERIES
    2020A BONDS
    TO BE

    PURCHASED
	 	 
	NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CORPORATION	$7,200,000
	(Tax I.D. No. 13-3044743)	 

 

	(1) 	All payments by wire or intrabank transfer of immediately available funds to:
	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank
	 	New York, New York
	 	ABA No. 021-000-021
	 	Swift Code: CHASUS33
	 	Credit: New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
	 	General Account No. 323-8-47382
	 	 	 
	 	with sufficient information (including issuer, PPN number, interest rate, maturity and
	 	whether payment is of principal, premium, or interest) to identify the source and
	 	application of such funds,
	 	 	 
	 	All notices of payments, written confirmations of such wire transfers and any audit
	 	confirmation:
	 	 	 
	 	New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
	 	c/o NYL Investors LLC
	 	51 Madison Avenue
	 	2nd Floor, Room 208
	 	New York, New York 10010-1603
	 	Attention:	Investment Services
	 	 	Private Group
	 	 	2nd Floor
	 	 	Fax #: 908-840-3385
	 	 	 
	 	with a copy sent electronically to:
	 	 	 
	 	FIIGLibrary@nylim.com
	 	TraditionalPVtOps@nylim.com
	 	 	 
	 	Any changes in the foregoing payment instructions shall be confirmed by e-mail
	 	to NYLIMWireConfirmation@nylim.com prior to becoming effective.
	 	 	 
	(2) 	All other communications:
	 	 	 
	 	New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
	 	c/o NYL Investors LLC
	 	51 Madison Avenue
	 	2nd Floor, Room 208
	 	New York, New York 10010-1603
	 	Attention:	Private Capital Investors
	 	 	2nd Floor
	 	 	Fax#: 908-840-3385
	 	 	 
	 	with a copy sent electronically to:
	 	 	 
	 	FIIGLibrary@nylim.com
	 	TraditionalPVtOps@nylim.com
	 	 	 
	 	and with a copy of any notices regarding defaults or Events of Default under the
	 	operative documents to:
	 	 	 
	 	Attention:	Office of General Counsel
	 	 	Investment Section, Room 1016
	 	 	Fax #: 212-576-8340
	 	 	 
	(3) 	Note(s) to be registered in the name of: New York Life Insurance and Annuity
	 	Corporation

 

    PS-3

     

    

	(4) 	Physical address for notes delivery.
	 	 
	 	Fed EX delivery address:
	 	JPMorgan
	 	4 Metro Tech Center
	 	Physical Receive - 3rd floor
	 	Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001
	 	Tele: (718) 242 0263
	 	Ref: New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation G51410
	 	 
	 	Physical delivery via messenger:
	 	JPMorgan
	 	4 Metro Tech Center
	 	Physical Receive - Window 5
	 	Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001
	 	(718) 242-0263
	 	(Willoughby Street side of the building)
	 	Ref: New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation G51410

 

	 	With a copy to: Dean L. Morini
    (Dean_Morini@nylim.com)
	 	 
	(5) 	Also, with respect to any notices delivered electronically
    under clause 2 hereof, please also
	 	send a copy to: chris_carey@nylinvestors.com
    and kimberly_stepancic@nylinvestors.com.

    PS-4

     

    

	NAME
    AND ADDRESS
    OF PURCHASER	PRINCIPAL
    AMOUNT
    OF 

    SERIES
    2020A BONDS
    TO BE

    PURCHASED
	 	 
	NEW
    YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CORPORATION	$1,600,000
	INSTITUTIONALLY
    OWNED LIFE INSURANCE SEPARATE ACCOUNT (BOLI 30C)	 
	(Tax
    I.D.
    No.
    13-3044743)	 

 

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	 	funds, with advice of such payments to:
	 	 	 
	 	All notices of payments, written confirmations of such wire transfers and any audit confirmation:
	 	 	 
	 	New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
	 	Institutionally owned Life Insurance Separate Account
	 	c/o NYL Investors LLC
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	 	2nd Floor Room 208
	 	New York, New York 10010-1603
	 	Attention:	Investment Services
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	 	 	Fax # 908-840-3385
	 	 	 
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	 	Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account
	 	c/o NYL Investors LLC
	 	51 Madison Avenue
	 	2nd Floor Room 208
	 	New York, New York 10010-1603
	 	Attention:	Private Capital Investors
	 	 	2nd Floor
	 	 	Fax # 908-840-3385
	 	 	 
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    PS-5

     

    

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	 	Physical Receive - 3rd floor
	 	Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001
	 	Tele: (718) 242 0263
	 	Ref NYLIAC BOLi 30C Yield G11003
	 	 
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    PS-6

     

    

	NAME
    AND ADDRESS
    OF PURCHASER	PRINCIPAL
    AMOUNT
    OF

    SERIES
    2020A BONDS
    TO BE

    PURCHASED
	 	 
	NEW
    YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CORPORATION	$400,000
	INSTITUTIONALLY
    OWNED LIFE INSURANCE SEPARATE ACCOUNT (BOLI 3)	 
	(Tax
    I.D.
    No. 13-3044743)	 

 

	(1) 	All payments by wire or intrabank transfer of immediately available funds to:
	 	 	 
	 	JPMorgan Chase Bank
	 	New York, New York
	 	ABA No. 021-000-021
	 	Swift Code: CHASUS33
	 	Credit: NYLIAC SEPARATE BOLI 3 BROAD FIXED
	 	General Account No. 323-8-39002
	 	 	 
	 	with sufficient information (including issuer, PPN number, interest rate, maturity and whether
	 	payment is of principal, premium, or interest) to identify the source and application of such funds,
	 	 	 
	 	All notices of payments, written confirmations of such wire transfers and any audit confirmation:
	 	 	 
	 	New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
	 	Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account
	 	c/o NYL Investors LLC
	 	51 Madison Avenue
	 	2nd Floor, Room 208
	 	New York, New York 10010-1603
	 	Attention:	Investment Services
	 	 	Private Group
	 	 	2nd Floor
	 	 	Fax#: 908-840-3385
	 	 	 
	 	with a copy sent electronically to:
	 	 	 
	 	FIIGLibrary@nylim.com
	 	TraditionalPVtOps@nylim.com
	 	 	 
	 	Any changes in the foregoing payment instructions shall be confirmed by e-mail to
	 	NYLIMWireConfirmation@nylim.com prior to becoming effective.
	 	 	 
	(2) 	All other communications:
	 	 	 
	 	New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
	 	Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account
	 	c/o NYL Investors LLC
	 	51 Madison Avenue
	 	2nd Floor, Room 208
	 	New York, New York 10010-1603
	 	Attention:	Private Capital Investors
	 	 	2nd Floor
	 	 	Fax#: 908-840-3385
	 	 	 
	 	with a copy sent electronically to:
	 	 	 
	 	FIIGLibrary@nylim.com
	 	TraditionalPVtOps@nylim.com
	 	 	 
	 	and with a copy of any notices regarding defaults or Events of Default under the operative
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	 	Attention:	Office of General Counsel
	 	 	Investment Section, Room 1016
	 	 	Fax #: 212-576-8340
	 	 	 
	(3) 	Note(s) to be registered in the name of: New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation
	 	Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account (BOLI 3)

 

    PS-7

     

    

	(4) 	Physical address for notes delivery.
	 	 
	 	Fed EX delivery address:
	 	JPMorgan
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	 	Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001
	 	Tele: (718) 242 0263
	 	Ref NYLIAC BOLl31 G53671
	 	 
	 	Physical delivery via messenger:
	 	JPMorgan
	 	4 Metro Tech Center
	 	Physical Receive - Window 5
	 	Brooklyn, NY 11245-0001
	 	(718) 242-0263
	 	(Willoughby Street side of the building)
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    PS-8Exhibit
4.8

 

DESCRIPTION
OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES

 

General

 

As
of February 17, 2021, MTBC, Inc. (the “Company”) has two classes of securities registered under Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”): (i) our common stock, par value $0.001 per share;
and (ii) our 11% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A Preferred
Stock”).

 

The
following description summarizes the most important terms of our common stock and Series A Preferred Stock. This summary does
not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation,
certificate of designations of the Series A Preferred Stock, and amended and restated bylaws, copies of which have been incorporated
by reference as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit 4.8 is a part. For a complete description of
our capital stock, you should refer to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, certificate of designations of the
Series A Preferred Stock, and amended and restated bylaws, and to the applicable provisions of Delaware law.

 

Our
authorized capital stock consists of 29,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 7,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, $0.001 par value per share, of which 6,750,000 have been designated Series A Preferred Stock. The outstanding shares of
our common stock and Series A Preferred Stock are fully paid and nonassessable.

 

Common
Stock

 

Listing

 

Our
common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MTBC.”

 

Dividend
Rights

 

Subject
to preferences that may apply to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of our common stock will be
entitled to receive dividends out of funds legally available if our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to issue
dividends and then only at the times and in the amounts that our board of directors may determine.

 

Voting
Rights

 

Holders
of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters properly submitted to a vote of stockholders on
which holders of common stock are entitled to vote. We have not provided for cumulative voting for the election of directors in
our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. The directors will be elected by a plurality of the outstanding shares
entitled to vote on the election of directors. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation establishes a classified
board of directors that is divided into two classes, with staggered two year terms, as set forth in more detail under the subsection
titled “Classified Board” below.

 

No
Preemptive or Similar Rights

 

Our
common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights, and is not subject to conversion, redemption or sinking fund provisions.

 

Right
to Receive Liquidation Distributions

 

If
we become subject to a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders
would be distributable ratably among the holders of our common stock and any participating preferred stock outstanding at that
time, subject to prior satisfaction of all outstanding debt and liabilities and the preferential rights of and the payment of
liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding shares of preferred stock.

 

    	 	 	 

    	 

    

 

Preferred
Stock

 

Our
board of directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law, to issue preferred stock in one or more series,
to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences
and rights of the shares of each series and any of its qualifications, limitations or restrictions, in each case without further
vote or action by our stockholders. Our board of directors can also increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares
of the class) or decrease (but not below the number of shares then outstanding) the number of shares of any series of preferred
stock, without any further vote or action by our stockholders. Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred
stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common
stock or other series of preferred stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible
financings, acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing
a change in our control of our company and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the voting and other
rights of the holders of our common stock.

 

Series
A Preferred Stock

 

Listing

 

Our
Series A Preferred Stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MTBCP.”

 

No
Maturity, Sinking Fund or Mandatory Redemption

 

The
Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and will not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption. Shares of
the Series A Preferred Stock will remain outstanding indefinitely unless we decide to redeem or otherwise repurchase them. Since
November 4, 2020, we have the right to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock. A description of these redemption rights is described
in the section entitled “Redemption” below. We are not required to set aside funds to redeem the Series A Preferred
Stock.

 

Ranking

 

The
Series A Preferred Stock will rank, with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon our
liquidation, dissolution or winding up:

 

	 	(1)	senior
    to all classes or series of our common stock and to all other equity securities issued by us other than equity securities
    referred to in clauses (2) and (3) below;
	 	 	 
	 	(2)	on
    a parity with all equity securities issued by us with terms specifically providing that those equity securities rank on a
    parity with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets
    upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up;
	 	 	 
	 	(3)	junior
    to all equity securities issued by us with terms specifically providing that those equity securities rank senior to the Series
    A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon our liquidation,
    dissolution or winding up (please see the section entitled “Voting Rights” below); and
	 	 	 
	 	(4)	effectively
    junior to all of our existing and future indebtedness (including indebtedness convertible to our common stock or preferred
    stock) and to any indebtedness and other liabilities of (as well as any preferred equity interests held by others in) our
    existing subsidiaries.

 

    	 	 	 

    	 

    

 

Dividends

 

Holders
of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by our board of directors, out of
funds of the Company legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative cash dividends at the rate of 11% of the $25.00
per share liquidation preference per annum (equivalent to $2.75 per annum per share). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock
shall be payable monthly on the 15th day of each month; provided that if any dividend payment date is not a business day, as defined
in the certificate of designations, then the dividend that would otherwise have been payable on that dividend payment date may
be paid on the next succeeding business day and no interest, additional dividends or other sums will accrue on the amount so payable
for the period from and after that dividend payment date to that next succeeding business day. Any dividend payable on the Series
A Preferred Stock, including dividends payable for any partial dividend period, will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends will be payable to holders of record as they appear in our stock records for the
Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on the applicable record date, which shall be the last day of the calendar month,
whether or not a business day, immediately preceding the month in which the applicable dividend payment date falls. As a result,
holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not be entitled to receive dividends on a dividend payment date if such shares
were not issued and outstanding on the applicable dividend record date.

 

No
dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be authorized by our board of directors or paid or set apart for payment
by us at any time when the terms and provisions of any agreement of ours, including any agreement relating to our indebtedness,
prohibit the authorization, payment or setting apart for payment thereof or provide that the authorization, payment or setting
apart for payment thereof would constitute a breach of the agreement or a default under the agreement, or if the authorization,
payment or setting apart for payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law.

 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will accrue whether or not we have earnings, whether or not there are
funds legally available for the payment of those dividends and whether or not those dividends are declared by our board of directors.
No interest, or sum in lieu of interest, will be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred
Stock that may be in arrears, and holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any dividends in excess of full
cumulative dividends described above. Any dividend payment made on the Series A Preferred Stock shall first be credited against
the earliest accumulated but unpaid dividend due with respect to those shares.

 

Unless
full cumulative dividends on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared
and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been or contemporaneously is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods,
no dividends (other than in shares of common stock or in shares of any series of preferred stock that we may issue ranking junior
to the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment upon shares of our common stock or preferred stock that we may
issue ranking junior to, or on a parity with, the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends or the distribution
of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Nor shall any other distribution be declared or made upon shares of our
common stock or preferred stock that we may issue ranking junior to, or on a parity with, the Series A Preferred Stock as to the
payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Also, any shares of our common
stock or preferred stock that we may issue ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment
of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up shall not be redeemed, purchased or otherwise
acquired for any consideration (or any moneys paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares)
by us (except by conversion into or exchange for our other capital stock that we may issue ranking junior to the Series A Preferred
Stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up).

 

When
dividends are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Series A Preferred Stock
and the shares of any other series of preferred stock that we may issue ranking on a parity as to the payment of dividends with
the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon the Series A Preferred Stock and any other series of preferred stock
that we may issue ranking on a parity as to the payment of dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata
so that the amount of dividends declared per share of Series A Preferred Stock and such other series of preferred stock that we
may issue shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the Series A Preferred Stock
and such other series of preferred stock that we may issue (which shall not include any accrual in respect of unpaid dividends
for prior dividend periods if such preferred stock does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other. No interest, or sum
of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series A Preferred Stock
that may be in arrears.

 

    	 	 	 

    	 

    

 

Liquidation
Preference

 

In
the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets we have legally available for distribution to our shareholders, subject to
the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of our capital stock we may issue ranking senior to the Series A
Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, a liquidation preference
of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to any accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the date of payment,
before any distribution of assets is made to holders of our common stock or any other class or series of our capital stock we
may issue that ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights.

 

In
the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, our available assets are insufficient
to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding
amounts payable on all shares of other classes or series of our capital stock that we may issue ranking on a parity with the Series
A Preferred Stock in the distribution of assets, then the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all other such classes or
series of capital stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions
to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled.

 

Holders
of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to written notice of any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up no fewer than
30 days and no more than 60 days prior to the payment date. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions
to which they are entitled, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets.
The consolidation or merger of us with or into any other corporation, trust or entity or of any other entity with or into us,
or the sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of our property or business, shall not be deemed a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of us.

 

Redemption

 

Optional
Redemption. Since November 4, 2020, we may, at our option, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ written notice,
redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of
$25.00 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption.

 

Redemption
Procedures. In the event we elect to redeem Series A Preferred Stock, the notice of redemption will be mailed to each holder
of record of Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption at such holder’s address as it appears on our stock transfer
records, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, and will state the following:

 

	 	●	the
    redemption date;
	 	 	 
	 	●	the
    number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed;
	 	 	 
	 	●	the
    redemption price;
	 	 	 
	 	●	the
    place or places where certificates (if any) for the Series A Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption
    price; and
	 	 	 
	 	●	that
    dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on the redemption date.

 

If
less than all of the Series A Preferred Stock held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also
specify the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder to be redeemed. No failure to give such notice or
any defect thereto or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any shares of
Series A Preferred Stock except as to the holder to whom notice was defective or not given.

 

    	 	 	 

    	 

    

 

Holders
of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall surrender the Series A Preferred Stock at the place designated in the notice
of redemption and shall be entitled to the redemption price and any accumulated and unpaid dividends payable upon the redemption
following the surrender. If notice of redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock has been given and if we have irrevocably
set aside the funds necessary for redemption in trust for the benefit of the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock
so called for redemption, then from and after the redemption date (unless default shall be made by us in providing for the payment
of the redemption price plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any), dividends will cease to accrue on those shares of Series
A Preferred Stock, those shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders
of those shares will terminate, except the right to receive the redemption price plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any,
payable upon redemption. If any redemption date is not a business day, then the redemption price and accumulated and unpaid dividends,
if any, payable upon redemption may be paid on the next business day and no interest, additional dividends or other sums will
accrue on the amount payable for the period from and after that redemption date to that next business day. If less than all of
the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is to be redeemed, the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be selected pro
rata (as nearly as may be practicable without creating fractional shares) or by any other equitable method we determine.

 

In
connection with any redemption of Series A Preferred Stock, we shall pay, in cash, any accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but
not including, the redemption date, unless a redemption date falls after a dividend record date and prior to the corresponding
dividend payment date, in which case each holder of Series A Preferred Stock at the close of business on such dividend record
date shall be entitled to the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding dividend payment date notwithstanding the redemption
of such shares before such dividend payment date. Except as provided above, we will make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends,
whether or not in arrears, on shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed.

 

Unless
full cumulative dividends on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared
and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been or contemporaneously is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods,
no shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are simultaneously
redeemed and we shall not purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (except
by exchanging it for our capital stock ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and distribution
of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or
acquisition by us of shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders
of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Subject
to applicable law, we may purchase shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the open market, by tender or by private agreement. Any
shares of Series A Preferred Stock that we acquire may be retired and reclassified as authorized but unissued shares of preferred
stock, without designation as to class or series, and may thereafter be reissued as any class or series of preferred stock.

 

Voting
Rights

 

Holders
of the Series A Preferred Stock do not have any voting rights, except as set forth below or as otherwise required by law.

 

On
each matter on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, each share of Series A Preferred Stock will be
entitled to one vote. In instances described below where holders of Series A Preferred Stock vote with holders of any other class
or series of our preferred stock as a single class on any matter, the Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of each such other
class or series will have one vote for each $25.00 of liquidation preference (excluding accumulated dividends) represented by
their respective shares.

 

    	 	 	 

    	 

    

 

Whenever
dividends on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears for eighteen or more monthly dividend periods, whether or not
consecutive, the number of directors constituting our board of directors will be automatically increased by two (if not already
increased by two by reason of the election of directors by the holders of any other class or series of our preferred stock we
may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and with which the Series A Preferred Stock is
entitled to vote as a class with respect to the election of those two directors) and the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (voting
separately as a class with all other classes or series of preferred stock we may issue upon which like voting rights have been
conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of those
two directors) will be entitled to vote for the election of those two additional directors (the “preferred stock directors”)
at a special meeting called by us at the request of the holders of record of at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Series
A Preferred Stock or by the holders of any other class or series of preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred
and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of those two preferred
stock directors (unless the request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting
of shareholders, in which case, such vote will be held at the earlier of the next annual or special meeting of shareholders),
and at each subsequent annual meeting until all dividends accumulated on the Series A Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods
and the then current dividend period have been fully paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for
payment. In that case, the right of holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to elect any directors will cease and, unless there
are other classes or series of our preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, any
preferred stock directors elected by holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall immediately resign and the number of directors
constituting the board of directors shall be reduced accordingly. In no event shall the holders of Series A Preferred Stock be
entitled under these voting rights to elect a preferred stock director that would cause us to fail to satisfy a requirement relating
to director independence of any national securities exchange or quotation system on which any class or series of our capital stock
is listed or quoted. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the total number of preferred stock directors elected by holders
of the Series A Preferred Stock (voting separately as a class with all other classes or series of preferred stock we may issue
upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Series
A Preferred Stock in the election of such directors) under these voting rights exceed two.

 

If
a special meeting is not called by us within 30 days after request from the holders of Series A Preferred Stock as described above,
then the holders of record of at least 25% of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock may designate a holder to call the meeting
at our expense.

 

If,
at any time when the voting rights conferred upon the Series A Preferred Stock are exercisable, any vacancy in the office of a
preferred stock director shall occur, then such vacancy may be filled only by a written consent of the remaining preferred stock
director, or if none remains in office, by vote of the holders of record of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and any other
classes or series of preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled
to vote as a class with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of the preferred stock directors. Any preferred stock director
elected or appointed may be removed only by the affirmative vote of holders of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and any
other classes or series of preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which classes
or series of preferred stock are entitled to vote as a class with the Series A Preferred Stock in the election of the preferred
stock directors, such removal to be effected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders
of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and any such other classes or series of preferred stock, and may not be removed by
the holders of the common stock.

 

So
long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, we will not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the
holders of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding at
the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting together as a class with all other series of
parity preferred stock that we may issue upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable), (a) authorize
or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of capital stock ranking senior to the Series A
Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up
or reclassify any of our authorized capital stock into such shares, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible
into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares; or (b) amend, alter, repeal or replace our amended and restated certificate
of incorporation, including by way of a merger, consolidation or otherwise in which we may or may not be the surviving entity,
so as to materially and adversely affect and deprive holders of Series A Preferred Stock of any right, preference, privilege or
voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock (each, an “Event”). An increase in the amount of the authorized preferred
stock, including the Series A Preferred Stock, or the creation or issuance of any additional Series A Preferred Stock or other
series of preferred stock that we may issue, or any increase in the amount of authorized shares of such series, in each case ranking
on a parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed an Event and will not require us to obtain two-thirds of the
votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all such other similarly affected series, outstanding
at the time (voting together as a class).

 

    	 	 	 

    	 

    

 

The
foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise
be required shall be effected, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed or called for redemption
upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption.

 

Except
as expressly stated in the certificate of designations or as may be required by applicable law, the Series A Preferred Stock do
not have any relative, participating, optional or other special voting rights or powers and the consent of the holders thereof
shall not be required for the taking of any corporate action.

 

Information
Rights

 

During
any period in which we are not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are
outstanding, we will use our best efforts to (i) transmit by mail (or other permissible means under the Exchange Act) to all holders
of Series A Preferred Stock, as their names and addresses appear on our record books and without cost to such holders, copies
of the Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q that we would have been required to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if we were subject thereto (other
than any exhibits that would have been required) and (ii) promptly, upon request, supply copies of such reports to any holders
or prospective holder of Series A Preferred Stock. We will use our best effort to mail (or otherwise provide) the information
to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock within 15 days after the respective dates by which a periodic report on Form 10-K
or Form 10-Q, as the case may be, in respect of such information would have been required to be filed with the SEC, if we were
subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in each case, based on the dates on which we would be required to file such
periodic reports if we were a “non-accelerated filer” within the meaning of the Exchange Act.

 

No
Conversion Rights

 

The
Series A Preferred Stock is not convertible into our common stock or any other security.

 

No
Preemptive Rights

 

No
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will, as holders of Series A Preferred Stock, have any preemptive rights to purchase or
subscribe for our common stock or any other security.

 

Exclusive
Jurisdiction

 

Our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative
forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive
forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of us; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary
duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employees or agents to us or our stockholders; (iii) any action asserting
a claim against us arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, certificate
of designations of the Series A Preferred Stock, or amended and restated bylaws; (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce
or determine the validity of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, certificate of designations of the Series
A Preferred Stock, or our amended and restated bylaws; or (v) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal
affairs doctrine, in each such case, subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties
named as defendants therein. This exclusive forum provision will not apply to any causes of action arising under the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act. Although our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains the choice of forum provision
described above, it is possible that a court could rule that such a provision is inapplicable for a particular claim or action
or that such provision is unenforceable.

 

    	 	 	 

    	 

    

 

Anti-Takeover
Provisions

 

The
provisions of Delaware law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws may have
the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another person from acquiring control of our company. These provisions, which
are summarized below, may have the effect of discouraging takeover bids. They are also designed, in part, to encourage persons
seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate first with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection
of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a
proposal to acquire us because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

Delaware
Law

 

We
are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL. In general, Section 203 prohibits
a public Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder”
for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

	 	●	prior
    to the date the interested stockholder obtained such status, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the
    business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
	 	 	 
	 	●	upon
    consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the stockholder owned
    at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes
    of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those
    shares owned (i) by persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants
    do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or
    exchange offer; or
	 	 	 
	 	●	on
    or subsequent to such date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized
    at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock
    which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

A
“business combination” includes mergers, asset sales or other transactions resulting in a financial benefit to an
interested stockholder. An “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns,
or within three years of the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an “interested stockholder,”
did own, 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock. These provisions may have the effect of delaying, deferring
or preventing a change in our control.

 

Our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws include a number of provisions that could
deter hostile takeovers or delay or prevent changes in control of our management team, including the following:

 

	 	●	Classified
    Board. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that our Board is
    classified into two classes of directors with staggered two year terms. A third party may be discouraged from making a tender
    offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us as it is more difficult and time consuming for stockholders to replace
    a majority of the directors on a classified board of directors.
	 	 	 
	 	●	Advance
    Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations. Our amended and restated bylaws provide for advance
    notice procedures for stockholders seeking to bring business before our annual meeting of stockholders or to nominate candidates
    for election as directors at our annual meeting of stockholders. Our amended and restated bylaws also specify certain requirements
    regarding the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. These provisions might preclude our stockholders from bringing
    matters before our annual meeting of stockholders or from making nominations for directors at our annual meeting of stockholders
    if the proper procedures are not followed. We expect that these provisions may also discourage or deter a potential acquirer
    from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to
    obtain control of our company.

 

    	 	 	 

    	 

    

 

	 	●	No
    Cumulative Voting. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that stockholders are not entitled to the right to cumulate
    votes in the election of directors unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our amended
    and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting. The directors
    shall be elected by a plurality of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the election of directors.
	 	 	 
	 	●	Directors
    Removed Only for Cause. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that stockholders may remove directors
    only for cause and with the affirmative vote of 50.1% of the outstanding shares entitled to cast their vote for the election
    of directors.
	 	 	 
	 	●	Issuance
    of Undesignated Preferred Stock. Our board of directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders,
    to issue up to 7,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with rights and preferences, including voting rights, designated
    from time to time by our board of directors. Our Series A Preferred Stock has been and is being issued under this authority.
    The existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock would enable our board of directors to render more difficult
    or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or other means.

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