Document:

Exhibit 4(a) Company Order and Officers' Certificate

    
      

    

    EXHIBIT
      4(a)

    November
      16, 2005

    

    

    Company
      Order and Officers’ Certificate

    5.30%
      Senior Notes, Series J, due 2010

    

    

    Deutsche
      Bank Trust Company Americas

    60
      Wall
      Street 

    New
      York,
      NY 10005

    

    Ladies
      and Gentlemen:

    

    Pursuant
      to Article Two of the Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1997 (as it may be
      amended or supplemented, the “Indenture”), from Ohio Power Company (the
“Company”) to Deutsche
      Bank Trust Company Americas,
      as
      trustee (the “Trustee”), and the Board Resolutions dated June 23, 2005, a copy
      of which certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
      is
      being delivered herewith under Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and unless
      otherwise provided in a subsequent Company Order pursuant to Section 2.04 of
      the
      Indenture,

    

    
      	
              1.

            	
              The
                Company’s 5.30% Senior Notes, Series J, due 2010 (the “Notes”) are hereby
                established. The Notes shall be in substantially the form attached
                hereto
                as Exhibit 1.

            
	 	 	 
	
              2.

            	
              The
                terms and characteristics of the Notes shall be as follows (the numbered
                clauses set forth below corresponding to the numbered subsections
                of
                Section 2.01 of the Indenture, with terms used and not defined herein
                having the meanings specified in the Indenture):

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (i)

            	
              the
                aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and
                delivered under the Indenture shall be limited to $200,000,000, except
                as
                contemplated in Section 2.01 of the Indenture;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (ii)

            	
              the
                date on which the principal of the Notes shall be payable shall be
                November 1, 2010;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (iii)

            	
              interest
                shall accrue from the date of authentication of the Notes; the Interest
                Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable shall be May
                1 and
                November 1, and the Regular Record Date for the determination of
                holders
                to whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Date shall
                be
                April 15 and October 15, respectively; provided that the first Interest
                Payment Date shall be May 1, 2006 and interest payable on the Stated
                Maturity Date or any Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person
                to whom
                principal shall be paid;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (iv)

            	
              the
                interest rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 5.30%
                per
                annum;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (v)

            	
              the
                Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole
                at any
                time or in part from time to time, upon not less than thirty but
                not more
                than sixty days’ previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of
                the Notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100%
                of the
                principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of
                the
                present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
                interest on the Notes being redeemed (excluding the portion of any
                such
                interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes
                of
                determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual
                basis
                (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
                Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points, plus, in each
                case,
                accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.

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

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	
              “Comparable
                Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
                Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
                the
                remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of
                selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
                pricing
                new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
                the
                remaining term of the Notes.

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	
              “Independent
                Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed
                by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
                Trustee.

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	
              “Reference
                Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New
                York City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
                Trustee

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

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (vi)

            	
              (a)
                the Notes shall be issued in the form of a Global Note; (b) the Depositary
                for such Global Note shall be The Depository Trust Company; and (c)
                the
                procedures with respect to transfer and exchange of Global Notes
                shall be
                as set forth in the form of Note attached hereto;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (vii)

            	
              the
                title of the Notes shall be “5.30% Senior Notes, Series J, due
                2010”;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (viii)

            	
              the
                form of the Notes shall be as set forth in Paragraph 1,
                above;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (ix)

            	
              not
                applicable;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (x)

            	
              the
                Notes may be subject to a Periodic Offering;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (xi)

            	
              not
                applicable;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (xii)

            	
              not
                applicable;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (xiii)

            	
              not
                applicable;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (xiv)

            	
              the
                Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
                multiple thereof;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (xv)

            	
              not
                applicable;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (xvi)

            	
              the
                Notes shall not be issued as Discount Securities;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (xvii)

            	
              not
                applicable;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (xviii)

            	
              not
                applicable; and 

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (xix)

            	
              Limitations
                on Liens:

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	
              So
                long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will not create
                or
                suffer to be created or to exist any additional mortgage, pledge,
                security
                interest, or other lien (collectively “Liens”) on any of the Company’s
                utility properties or tangible assets now owned or hereafter acquired
                to
                secure any indebtedness for borrowed money (“Secured Debt”), without
                providing that such Notes will be similarly secured. This restriction
                does
                not apply to the Company’s subsidiaries, nor will it prevent any of them
                from creating or permitting to exist Liens on their property or assets
                to
                secure any Secured Debt. In addition, this restriction does not prevent
                the creation or existence of:

            
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
              o

            	
              Liens
                on property existing at the time of acquisition or construction of
                such
                property (or created within one year after completion of such acquisition
                or construction), whether by purchase, merger, construction or otherwise,
                or to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price
                or
                construction cost thereof, including the extension of any Liens to
                repairs, renewals, replacements substitutions, betterments, additions,
                extensions and improvements then or thereafter made on the property
                subject thereto;

            
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
              o

            	
              Financing
                of the Company’s accounts receivable for electric
                service;

            
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
              o

            	
              Any
                extensions, renewals or replacements (or successive extensions, renewals
                or replacements), in whole or in part, of liens permitted by the
                foregoing
                clauses; and

            
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
              o

            	
              The
                pledge of any bonds or other securities at any time issued under
                any of
                the Secured Debt permitted by the above clauses.

            
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
              In
                addition to the permitted issuances above, Secured Debt not otherwise
                so
                permitted may be issued in an amount that does not exceed 15% of
                Net
                Tangible Assets as defined below. 

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	
              “Net
                Tangible Assets” means the total of all assets (including revaluations
                thereof as a result of commercial appraisals, price level restatement
                or
                otherwise) appearing on the Company’s balance sheet, net of applicable
                reserves and deductions, but excluding goodwill, trade names, trademarks,
                patents, unamortized debt discount and all other like intangible
                assets
                (which term shall not be construed to include such revaluations),
                less the
                aggregate of the Company’s current liabilities appearing on such balance
                sheet. For purposes of this definition, the Company's balance sheet
                does
                not include assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries.

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              This
                restriction also will not apply to or prevent the creation or existence
                of
                leases made, or existing on property acquired, in the ordinary course
                of
                business.

            
	 	 	 
	
              3.

            	
              You
                are hereby requested to authenticate $200,000,000 aggregate principal
                amount of 5.30% Senior Notes, Series J, due 2010, executed by the
                Company
                and delivered to you concurrently with this Company Order and Officers’
                Certificate, in the manner provided by the Indenture.

            
	 	 	 
	
              4.

            	
              You
                are hereby requested to hold the Notes as custodian for DTC in accordance
                with the Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations dated July 9, 2003,
                from
                the Company to DTC.

            
	 	 	 
	
              5.

            	
              Concurrently
                with this Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel
                under Sections 2.04 and 13.06 of the Indenture is being delivered
                to
                you.

            
	 	 
	
              6.

            	
              The
                undersigned Stephan T. Haynes and Thomas G. Berkemeyer, the Assistant
                Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of the Company do
                hereby
                certify that:

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (i)

            	
              we
                have read the relevant portions of the Indenture, including without
                limitation the conditions precedent provided for therein relating
                to the
                action proposed to be taken by the Trustee as requested in this Company
                Order and Officers’ Certificate, and the definitions in the Indenture
                relating thereto;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (ii)

            	
              we
                have read the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Opinion of
                Counsel
                referred to above;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (iii)

            	
              we
                have conferred with other officers of the Company, have examined
                such
                records of the Company and have made such other investigation as
                we deemed
                relevant for purposes of this certificate;

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (iv)

            	
              in
                our opinion, we have made such examination or investigation as is
                necessary to enable us to express an informed opinion as to whether
                or not
                such conditions have been complied with; and

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              (v)

            	
              on
                the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that all conditions
                precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the action proposed
                to
                be taken by the Trustee as requested herein have been complied
                with.

            

    

    

    Kindly
      acknowledge receipt of this Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, including
      the documents listed herein, and confirm the arrangements set forth herein
      by
      signing and returning the copy of this document attached hereto.

    

    Very
      truly yours,

    

    OHIO
      POWER COMPANY

    

    

    By:  /s/
      Stephan T.
      Haynes

        Assistant
      Treasurer

    

    

    And  
      /s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer 

        Assistant
      Secretary

    

    

    Acknowledged
      by Trustee:

    

    DEUTSCHE
      BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

    

    

    By: 
      /s/ Susan Johnson

    Authorized
      Signatory

    

    
      
        

      

    

    Exhibit
      1

    

    Unless
      this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository
      Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent
      for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to be
      issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
      requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and
      any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
      FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
      registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. Except as
      otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be
      transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository
      or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor
      Depository.

    

    No.
      R1

    

    OHIO
      POWER COMPANY

    5.30%
      Senior Notes, Series J, due 2010

    

    
      	
              CUSIP:
                677415 CK 5 

            	
              Original
                Issue Date: November 16, 2005

            
	 	 
	
              Stated
                Maturity: November 1, 2010

            	
              Interest
                Rate:  5.30%

            
	 	 
	
              Principal
                Amount: $200,000,000

            	 
	 	 
	
              Redeemable:

            	
              Yes

            	
              X

            	
              No

            	 
	
              In
                Whole:

            	
              Yes

            	
              X

            	
              No

            	 
	
              In
                Part:

            	
              Yes

            	
              X

            	
              No

            	 

    

    

    

    OHIO
      POWER COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
      the
      State of Ohio (herein referred to as the "Company", which term includes any
      successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
      received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the
      Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified above, and
      to
      pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue Date specified
      above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an
      "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
      semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 in each year, commencing on
      May
      1, 2006, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the Principal
      Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be computed
      on
      the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

    

    The
      interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
      Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be
      paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
      Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular
      Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the
      April
      15 or October 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be,
      immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date, provided that interest payable
      on the Stated Maturity or any redemption date shall be paid to the Person to
      whom principal is paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
      provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
      Record Date and shall be paid as provided in said Indenture.

    

    If
      any
      Interest Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business
      Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made
      on
      the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts
      for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or
      Stated Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made
      on such date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this
      Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
      that
      purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any
      coin
      or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is
      legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that
      payment of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or
      any
      redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
      the
      registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security
      Register.

    

    This
      Note
      is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes
      referred to as the "Notes"), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be
      issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
      September 1, 1997 duly executed and delivered between the Company and Deutsche
      Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly Bankers Trust Company), a corporation
      organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee
      (herein referred to as the "Trustee") (such Indenture, as originally executed
      and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended being hereinafter
      referred to as the "Indenture"), to which Indenture and all indentures
      supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made for a
      description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
      immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes.
      By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may vary
      as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in
      the
      Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on the
      face hereof.

    

    This
      Note
      may be redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in part
      from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days'
      prior
      notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Notes at a redemption
      price
      equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being
      redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
      payments of principal and interest on the Note being redeemed (excluding the
      portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted
      (for
      purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual
      basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
      Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points, plus, in each case,
      accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.

    

    "Treasury
      Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal
      to
      the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
      assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage
      of
      its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
      date.

    

    "Comparable
      Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an
      Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
      term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
      accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
      debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
      Notes.

    

    "Comparable
      Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average
      of
      the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
      excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
      or
      (2) if we obtain fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
      the
      average of all such quotations.

    

    "Independent
      Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by
      the
      Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

    

    "Reference
      Treasury Dealer" means a primary U. S. government securities dealer in New
      York
      City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
      Trustee.

    

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

    

    The
      Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer
      of
      any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
      the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the
      outstanding Notes of the same series and ending at the close of business on
      the
      day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any Notes
      of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note is
      exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited
      circumstances set forth in the Indenture.

    

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

    

    In
      case
      an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be
      continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such
      declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and
      subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

    

    

    The
      Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
      indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions
      set forth therein.

    

    As
      described in the Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, so long as this Note
      is outstanding, the Company is subject to a limitation on Liens as described
      therein.

    

    The
      Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with
      the
      consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
      of the Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in
      the
      Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any
      provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
      of
      the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner
      the
      rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental
      indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series, or
      reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time
      of
      payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption
      thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that
      would
      be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
      pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note then
      outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the
      holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
      or
      reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive
      any
      default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note
      then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section
      6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal amount
      of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due
      and
      payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note then
      outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions
      permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
      of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders
      of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of
      any
      of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
      Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default
      in
      the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the
      Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of
      this Note (unless revoked as pro-vided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive
      and
      binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note
      and
      of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by
      registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
      notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

    

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

    

    As
      provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
      this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Security
      Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of
      transfer at the office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the
      Company accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
      satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered
      Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
      one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
      principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or
      transferees. No service charge will be made for any such trans-fer, but the
      Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
      governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

    

    Prior
      to
      due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the
      Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the
      registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
      Note
      shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon
      made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
      payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and
      interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
      the
      Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by
      any
      notice to the contrary.

    

    No
      recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on
      this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or
      based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder,
      officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of
      any
      predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution,
      statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty
      or
      otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of
      the
      consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and
      released.

    

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

    

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

    

    This
      Note
      shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred
      to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of
      Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the
      Trustee.

    

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be
      executed.

    

    
      	 	
              OHIO
                POWER COMPANY

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	 
	 	 	
              Treasurer

            
	
              Attest:

            	 	 
	 	 	 
	
              By:

            	 	 
	
              Assistant
                Secretary

            	 	 

    

     

    
 

    
      
        
          

        

      

    

    

    CERTIFICATE
      OF AUTHENTICATION

    

    This
      is
      one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and
      referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.

    

    Dated:
      November 16, 2005

    

    DEUTSCHE
      BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

    

    

    By:___________________________

    Authorized
      Signatory

     

    
      
        
          

        

      

    

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

    

    

    

    (PLEASE
      INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

    IDENTIFYING
      NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)

    

    _______________________________________

    

    ________________________________________________________________

    

    ________________________________________________________________

    (PLEASE
      PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF

    ________________________________________________________________

    ASSIGNEE)
      the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby

    ________________________________________________________________

    irrevocably
      constituting and appointing such person attorney to 

    ________________________________________________________________

    transfer
      such Note on the books of the Issuer, with full

    ________________________________________________________________

    power
      of
      substitution in the premises.

    

    

    

    Dated:________________________  _________________________

    

    

    

    NOTICE: The
      signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
      the
      face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement
      or any change whatever and NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
      financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agents
      Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program ("SEMP")
      or
      the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program
      ("MSP").Exibit 10.1

    
      Exhibit
        10.1

      November
        14, 2005

       

      The
        Steak
        N Shake Company

      500
        Century Building

      36
        South
        Pennsylvania Street

      Indianapolis,
        Indiana 46204

      Attention:
        Chief Financial Officer

      

      

      Re: Amendment
        to Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement 

      

      Ladies
        and Gentlemen:

      

      Reference
        is made to that certain Amended and Restated Note Purchase and Private Shelf
        Agreement dated as of September 20, 2002 (as amended prior to the date hereof,
        the "Note Agreement") among The Steak N Shake Company, an Indiana corporation
        (the "Company"), Prudential Investment Management, Inc., The Prudential
        Insurance Company of America and each Prudential Affiliate which may become
        a
        party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof (collectively, "Prudential"),
        pursuant to which the Company issued and sold and Prudential purchased the
        Company’s senior fixed rate notes from time to time. Capitalized terms used
        herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
        to such
        terms in the Note Agreement.

      

      Pursuant
        to the request of the Company and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
        11C of the Note Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

       

       

      SECTION
        1.
        Amendment.
        From
        and after the date this letter becomes effective in accordance with its terms,
        the Agreement is amended as follows:

      

      1.1 Paragraph
        2B(2) of the Agreement is amended to delete in its entirety clause (i) thereof
        and to substitute therefor the following: "(i) September 30, 2008 (or if
        such
        date is not a Business Day, the Business Day next preceding such date)
        and".

      

      1.2 The
        Company and Prudential expressly agree and acknowledge that as of the date
        hereof the Available Facility Amount is $75,000,000. NOTWITHSTANDING
        THE FOREGOING, THIS AMENDMENT AND THE AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN ENTERED INTO ON
        THE
        EXPRESS UNDERSTANDING THAT NEITHER PRUDENTIAL NOR ANY PRUDENTIAL AFFILIATE
        (AS
        SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT AFTER GIVING EFFECT TO THIS
        LETTER) SHALL
        BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE OR ACCEPT OFFERS TO PURCHASE SHELF NOTES, OR TO QUOTE
        RATES, SPREADS OR OTHER TERMS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIC PURCHASES OF SHELF
        NOTES,
        AND THE FACILITY SHALL IN NO WAY BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY PRUDENTIAL
        OR
        ANY PRUDENTIAL AFFILIATE.

      

      1.3 Paragraph
        6 of the Agreement is amended by inserting the following new paragraph 6C(10)
        immediately after paragraph 6C(9):

      

      "6C(10).
        Terrorism Sanction Regulations. The
        Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary, to (i) become a Person
        described or designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
        Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the
        Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii) engage in any dealings or transactions with
        any
        such Person."

      

      1.4 Paragraph
        6C(5) of the Agreement is amended by replacing the reference to "6C(6)" with
        a
        reference to "6C(7)" and by replacing the reference to "6C(4)" with a reference
        to "6C(5)". 

      

      1.5 Paragraph
        6C(7) of the Agreement is amended by replacing the references to "6C(4)"
        with
        references to "6C(5)".

      

      1.6 Paragraph
        8 of the Agreement is amended by inserting the following new paragraph 8Q
        immediately after paragraph 8P: 

      

      "8Q. Foreign
        Assets Control Regulations, Etc.
        (i) (a)
        Neither the
        sale of
        the Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use of the proceeds thereof will
        violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign
        assets
        control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle
        B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order
        relating thereto. 

      

      (ii) Neither
        the Company nor any Subsidiary (a) is a Person described or designated in
        the
        Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of
        Foreign
        Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (b) engages
        in any
        dealings or transactions with any such Person. The Company and its Subsidiaries
        are in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot Act.

      

      (iii) No
        part
        of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly
        or
        indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political
        party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or
        anyone
        else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct
        business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States
        Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, assuming in all cases
        that
        such Act applies to the Company."

      

      1.7 Paragraphs
        10A and 10B of the Agreement are amended by adding, or amending and restating,
        as applicable, the following definitions:

      

      "Anti-Terrorism
        Order"
        shall
        mean Executive Order No. 13,224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking Property
        and
        Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support
        Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg. 49, 079 (2001), as amended.

      

      "Designated
        Spread"shall
        mean 0.50%.

      

      "Prudential
        Affiliate"
        shall
        mean (i) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled
        by, or
        under direct or indirect common control with Prudential and (ii) any managed
        account, investment fund or other vehicle for which Prudential or any Prudential
        Affiliate described in clause (i) acts as investment advisor or portfolio
        manager. A
        Person
        shall be deemed to control a corporation if such Person possesses, directly
        or
        indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
        and
        policies of such corporation, whether through the ownership of voting
        securities, by contract or otherwise.

      

      "USA
        Patriot Act"
        shall
        mean 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, as amended from time to time, and the rules and
        regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

      

      1.8 The
        Information Schedule attached to the Agreement is amended and restated to
        read
        in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit
        A
        hereto.

       

      SECTION
        2.
        Representation
        and Warranty.
        The
        Company hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default
        exists under the Agreement as of the date hereof.

      

      SECTION
        3.
        Conditions
        Precedent.
        This
        letter shall be deemed effective as of September 28, 2005 upon the return
        to
        Prudential on or before November 28, 2005 of a counterpart hereof duly executed
        by the Company and the undersigned holders of the Notes. Upon execution hereof
        by the Company, this letter should be returned to: Prudential Capital Group,
        Two
        Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600, Chicago, Illinois 60601, Attention: Scott B.
        Barnett.

      

      SECTION
        4.
        Reference
        to and Effect on Agreement.
        Upon
        the effectiveness of this letter, each reference to the Agreement and the
        Notes
        in any other document, instrument or agreement shall mean and be a reference
        to
        the Agreement and the Notes as modified by this letter. Except as specifically
        set forth in Section 1 hereof, each of the Agreement and the Notes shall
        remain
        in full force and effect and each is hereby ratified and confirmed in all
        respects.

      

      SECTION
        5.
        Governing
        Law.
        THIS
        LETTER SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS
        OF THE
        PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (EXCLUDING
        ANY
        CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS LETTER TO BE CONSTRUED
        OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, OR THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES TO BE GOVERNED
        BY,
        THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION).\

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
          
          

          
            

          

        

        
          
          

        

      

      SECTION
        6. Counterparts;
        Section Titles.
        This
        letter may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
        hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
        shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
        constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart
        of a signature page to this letter by facsimile or other electronic transmission
        shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
        letter. The section titles contained in this letter are and shall be without
        substance, meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of
        the
        agreement between the parties hereto.

      
        

          Very
            truly yours,

          

          PRUDENTIAL
            INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.

          

          By: /s/ 
            Prudential Investment Management     

          Name:    

          Title:    
            Vice President  

          

          THE
            PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY

          OF
            AMERICA

          

          By:
            /s/ Prudential Insurance Company of America       

          Name:    

          Title:   
            Vice President   

          

          Agreed
            and Accepted:

          

          THE
            STEAK N SHAKE COMPANY

          

          

          

          By:
            /s/   Jeffrey A. Blade       

          Name:   
            Jeffrey A. Blade    

          Title:     
            Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
            Officer

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