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EXHIBIT 4.13

 

  

 

	 

 

 

 

          [CONFORMED COPY]

 

 

 

Central Vermont Public Service Corporation

 

Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture

 

Dated as of June 15, 2011

 

Amending and Supplementing the

Central Vermont Public Service Corporation Indenture of Mortgage 

Dated as of October 1, 1929

 

 

 

 

	 

 

 

 

Recording Information

 

_____________________________________ Town Clerk’s Office — Received this Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture for record on the _____ day of June, 2011, at ________ O’clock, _. M., and filed the bound copy as Book ___________ in accordance with T 24 VSA, Section 1155, and cross-indexed in the Land Records in Book _________ at Page ______.

	
  

	
Attest:                                                                                                                                  

	
  

	
Town Clerk

  

  

  

 

This Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture is dated as of June 15, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the “Supplemental Indenture”) and entered into by and between Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Vermont, having offices at 77 Grove Street, Rutland, Vermont 05701 (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (successor to Old Colony Trust Company as trustee and other successor trustees), having an office at 225 Asylum St., Hartford, CT  06103, as Trustee (hereinafter generally referred to as the “Trustee”), with reference to the following Recitals:

 

Recitals

 

Whereas, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to Old Colony Trust Company, as Trustee its Indenture of Mortgage dated as of October 1, 1929 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Original Indenture”) and has executed and delivered to said trustee and various successors, as the case may be, forty-seven indentures supplemental thereto (the Original Indenture, as heretofore amended and supplemented by such forty-seven indentures thereto, and as further supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “Indenture” and capitalized terms used herein not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture); and

 

Whereas, pursuant to the Indenture, all the properties of the Company, whether owned at the time of the execution thereof or thereafter acquired, with certain exceptions and reservations therein fully set forth, were granted, assigned, transferred, mortgaged and pledged to the Trustee, in trust upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, to secure bonds of the Company issued and to be issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and for other purposes more particularly set forth therein; and

 

Whereas, Section 2.06 of the Indenture provides that the Company may issue a series of additional bonds and shall execute and deliver a supplemental indenture for such series and thereafter bonds of such series may be issued from time to time subject to the conditions and provisions of the Indenture; and 

 

Whereas, the Company proposes to issue under the Indenture $40,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage 5.89% Bonds, Series WW, due June 15, 2041 (herein referred to as the “Bonds”),which series (subject to the restrictions and provisions contained in the Indenture) is limited to such aggregate principal amount; and

 

Whereas, this Supplemental Indenture has been duly and legally authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company in a Board Resolution, and the use of terms and provisions contained herein is in accordance with the Indenture; and

 

Whereas, the Bonds have been duly authorized by a Board Resolution (a certified copy of which is on file with the Trustee) designating and authorizing the Bonds which are to be redeemable as set forth herein and in the respective form of such Bonds; and

 

  

  

  

 

Whereas, the Bonds and the Trustee’s authentication certificate thereon are to be substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibit A hereto; and

 

Whereas, the Company has determined that all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, in the form and terms hereof, a valid, binding and legal agreement in accordance with its terms and the purposes herein expressed, have been performed and fulfilled, and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized; and

 

Now, therefore, in confirmation of and supplementing the Indenture and pursuant to, in compliance with and in execution of, the powers and obligations conferred, imposed and reserved therein and every other power, authority and obligation appertaining thereto, in consideration of the premises, and of the acceptance and purchase of the Bonds by the holders thereof, and of the sum of One Dollar duly paid by the Trustee to the Company and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, the Company has given, granted, bargained, sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, mortgaged, warranted, conveyed and confirmed and by these presents does give, grant, bargain, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, mortgage, warrant, convey and confirm unto the Trustee, as herein provided, and its successor or successors in the trust hereby created, the following described property, rights, titles and interests of the Company and grants a security interest therein as permitted by applicable law: all and singular the plants, rights, accounts, permits, franchises, privileges, easements and property, real, personal and mixed, now owned by the Company or which may hereafter be acquired by it, together with the rents, issues and profits thereof, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all real property specifically described in Schedule I to the Indenture and in Schedule A hereto, excepting, however, and there are hereby expressly reserved from the lien and effect of the Indenture, all Excepted Property (as defined in the Indenture), provided, however, that if an Event of Default as defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture shall happen and be continuing and if thereafter the Trustee or a receiver or trustee shall enter upon and take possession of the Mortgaged Property, as defined in the Indenture, such Trustee or receiver or trustee may, to the extent not prohibited by law, take possession of any and all of the Excepted Property then on hand and use and administer and consume the same to continue the operations of the Mortgaged Property in all respects as if such Excepted Property were part of the Mortgaged Property, accounting therefor, if required by law, to such persons, if any, as may be lawfully entitled to such an accounting.

 

Subject, however, to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in Section 1.02 of the Indenture).

 

To have and to hold, all said property hereby conveyed, assigned, pledged or mortgaged, or intended to be conveyed, assigned, pledged or mortgaged, together with the rents, issues and profits thereof, as well as all such after-acquired property, unto the Trustee, its successor or successors in trust and its assigns forever.

 

But in trust, nevertheless, for the equal and proportionate benefit and security of the holders of all Bonds now or hereafter issued hereunder, pursuant to the provisions hereof, and for the enforcement of the payment of said Bonds when payable and the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of the Indenture, without any preference,

 

 

  

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distinction or priority as to lien or otherwise of any Bond or Bonds over others by reason of the difference in time of the actual issue, sale or negotiation thereof or for any other reason whatsoever, except as herein otherwise expressly provided; but so that each and every Bond  now or hereafter issued hereunder shall have the same lien, and so that the interest and principal of every such Bond shall, subject to the terms hereof, be equally and proportionately secured hereby, as if it had been made, executed, delivered, sold and negotiated simultaneously with the execution and delivery hereof.

 

And it is Hereby Covenanted, Declared and Agreed, upon the trusts and for the purposes aforesaid, as set forth in the following covenants, agreements, conditions and provisions:

 

Article One

Terms of the Bonds

 

Section 1. All Bonds shall be dated the date of issue, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.08 of Article Two of the Indenture.  The Bonds shall be in denominations which are multiples of $1,000.  The Bonds shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) at the rate of 5.89 percent (5.89%) per annum payable semi-annually at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the City of Hartford, Connecticut (or, if there be a successor to said Trustee, at its designated corporate trust office) or directly to the registered Bondholders pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Indenture on the fifteenth day of June and December of each year, commencing on December 15, 2011, shall mature June 15, 2041, and shall be redeemable as hereinafter provided, provided, however, that the Bonds shall bear interest on any overdue principal, premium, if any, and on any overdue interest (to the extent permitted by law) at a rate of 7.89% per annum.  The Bonds and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.  

 

Section 2. The Bonds shall be redeemable at the option of the Company in whole, or in part, at any time, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding in the case of a partial redemption, upon the notice and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture, at 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed and interest thereon to the redemption date plus a premium equal to the Make-Whole Amount, which shall be determined two Business Days prior to the date of such redemption and certified in writing to the Trustee.

 

The term “Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any 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 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 Bond, the principal of such Bond that is to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Indenture.

 

  

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“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any 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 Bonds is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

 

“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Bond, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields 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 having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series 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 U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date.  

 

In the case of each determination under clause (i)  of the preceding paragraph, such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the  actively traded on the run U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the actively traded on the run U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life.  In the case of each determination under clause (ii) of the preceding paragraph, such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the U.S. Treasury security having a constant maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the U.S. Treasury security having a constant maturity closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life.  In each case, the Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Bond.

 

“Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

 

  

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“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any 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 terms of the Bonds, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 2 of the Supplemental Indenture or Section 6.01 of the Indenture, as the context requires.

 

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Bond, the date on which such Called Principal is to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 2 has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Indenture, as the context requires.

 

In the event the Company shall exercise any right to make a redemption of the Bonds under this Section 2, it shall give written notice thereof to the Trustee and holders of the Bonds being called for redemption as provided in Section 12.03 of the Indenture.  In the case of a redemption under this Section 2, at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption the Company will furnish written notice to the Trustee and each holder of the Bonds being called for redemption by telecopy or other same-day communication, of the estimated Make-Whole Amount, if any, applicable to such redemption and the calculations, in reasonable detail, used to determine the amount of such Make-Whole Amount and two Business Days prior to the Settlement Date for such redemption, the Company will furnish written notice in the foregoing manner to the Trustee and each holder of the Bonds being called for redemption of the Make-Whole Amount, if any, applicable to such redemption which is payable on the Settlement Date with respect to the related Called Principal, and the calculations used to determine such Make-Whole Amount.

 

Section 3. Anything in the Indenture or the Bonds to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal, or premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds that is due on a date other than 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.

 

Section 4. Pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Indenture, so long as the original registered holders or any subsequent registered holder of the Bonds is an Institutional Holder, all payments of interest on the Bonds held by such holder and all payments on account of principal or premium, if any, shall be made directly to such holder or its nominee at such address as may from time to time be furnished by such holder in writing without surrender or presentation of the Bonds held by such holder to the Trustee (except in the case of payment or redemption of any of the Bonds in whole) and with respect to each such original holder or subsequent holder such payments shall be made in accordance with the provisions of any written agreement between such original holder or subsequent holder and the Company which shall have been communicated and consented to by the Trustee.

 

  

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Section 5. All of the Bonds shall be secured by the Indenture and shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions thereof, as specifically set forth therein.  Except to the extent hereby amended, the Indenture is in all respects hereby ratified, confirmed and approved by the Company.

 

Article Two

Covenants of the Company

 

The Company hereby covenants and agrees for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds and their successors in interest that, so long as any Bonds remain Outstanding:

 

Section 1. Definitions.  For purposes of this Article Two, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

“Current Guarantors” means Catamount Resources Corporation, a Vermont corporation, and C.V. Realty, Inc., a Vermont corporation.

 

“Primary Credit Facility” means the $40,000,000 revolving credit facility under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 3, 2008, between the Company and KeyBank National Association, as such facility or agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, renewed, extended, otherwise modified (including without limitation increases or decreases in the principal amount thereof), refinanced, or replaced from time to time; it being understood that in the event that any such refinancing or replacement consists of multiple facilities or agreements, all such facilities or agreements shall constitute the Primary Credit Facility.

 

“Required Holders” means the holders of not less than 51% in aggregate principal amount of all the Bonds at the time Outstanding.

 

Section 2. Accounting Treatment.  Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture, for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Indenture, any election by the Company to measure an item of Debt using fair value (as permitted by  Financial Accounting Standards Board ASC 825 or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made instead using the par value of such Debt.

 

  

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Section 3.Guaranties by Subsidiaries.  

 

(a)The Company will not cause or permit any existing or newly acquired or formed Subsidiary of the Company to become obligated as a guarantor under the Primary Credit Facility (other than the Current Guarantors as guarantors under the Primary Credit Facility) unless, prior thereto or concurrently therewith (or, if such Subsidiary becomes so obligated prior to the issuance of the Bonds, concurrently with the issuance of the Bonds), and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, such Subsidiary becomes a guarantor in respect of the Bonds and delivers to each of the holders of the Bonds the following items:

 

(1)a guaranty of the Bonds executed by such Subsidiary, which guaranty shall be substantially similar in all material respects to the guaranty of such Subsidiary of the Primary Credit Facility, with appropriate modifications to reflect such Subsidiary’s guaranty of the Bonds;

 

(2)such documents and evidence with respect to such Subsidiary as the Required Holders may reasonably request in order to establish the existence and good standing of such Subsidiary and the authorization of the transactions contemplated by such guaranty;

 

(3)an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders which shall include, without limitation, opinions to the effect, subject to customary assumptions, qualifications, and exceptions, that (x) such guaranty has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by such Subsidiary, (y) such guaranty constitutes the legal, valid, and binding contract and agreement of such Subsidiary, enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles), and (z) the execution, delivery, and performance by such Subsidiary of such guaranty do not (A) violate any law, rule, or regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or (B) (1) require the creation or imposition of any lien not permitted by Section 5.11 of the Indenture or (2) conflict with or result in any breach of any of the provisions of or constitute a default under (I) the provisions of the charter, bylaws, certificate of formation, operating agreement, or other constitutive documents of such Subsidiary or (II) any material agreement or other instrument to which such Subsidiary is a party or by which such Subsidiary may be bound; and

 

(4)such other certificates, resolutions, opinions, documents, and instruments as may be necessary to give effect to the undertaking of such Subsidiary becoming a guarantor.

 

  

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(b)In the event that:

 

 (1) (x) the Company or such Subsidiary is required to obtain the approval of the Vermont Public Service Board (the “VPSB”) in order for such Subsidiary to become a guarantor in respect of the Bonds (the “Bond Guaranty Approval”), (y) the Company or such Subsidiary is required to obtain the approval of the VPSB in order for such Subsidiary to become obligated as a guarantor  under the Primary Credit Facility (the “Primary Credit Facility Approval”), and (z) the Company or such Subsidiary shall have used its best efforts to obtain, but shall have been unsuccessful in obtaining, the Bond Guaranty Approval at the same time that it shall have obtained the Primary Credit Facility Approval; or

 

(2) (x) the Company or such Subsidiary is required to obtain the Bond Guaranty Approval and  (y) either (A) the Company or such Subsidiary received the Primary Credit Facility Approval prior to February 1, 2011 or (B) neither the Company nor such Subsidiary is required to obtain the Primary Credit Facility Approval;

 

then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(a), the Company shall not be in default under this Section 3 if it shall cause or permit such Subsidiary to become obligated as a guarantor  under the Primary Credit Facility without such Subsidiary becoming a guarantor in respect of the Bonds and delivering the items described in clauses (1) through (4) of Section 3(a), but only so long as (A) unless and until the VPSB has issued an order denying the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s request for the Bond Guaranty Approval, the Company or such Subsidiary shall use its best efforts to obtain the Bond Guaranty Approval as soon as possible after such Subsidiary shall have become obligated as a guarantor under the Primary Credit Facility and (B) if and when the Company or such Subsidiary shall obtain the Bond Guaranty Approval, such Subsidiary shall become a guarantor in respect of the Bonds and deliver the items described in clauses (1) through (4) of Section 3(a) not later than ten  Business Days thereafter.

 

(c)If at any time, (i) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Primary Credit Facility, any Subsidiary of the Company is discharged and released as guarantor  under the Primary Credit Facility (other than the Current Guarantors as guarantors under the Primary Credit Facility) and (ii) the Company shall have delivered to each holder of Bonds an Officer’s Certificate certifying that (x) the condition specified in clauses (i) above has been satisfied and (y) immediately preceding the release of such Subsidiary from its obligations under its guaranty in respect of the Bonds and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default  existed or will exist, then, upon receipt by the holders of Bonds of such Officer’s Certificate, such Subsidiary will be discharged and released, automatically and without the need for any further action, from its obligations under its guaranty in respect of the Bonds; provided that, if in connection with any discharge and release of a Subsidiary as guarantor  under the Primary Credit Facility any fee or other consideration (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any repayment of the principal or interest or payment of any pre-existing prepayment or similar repayment fee under the Primary Credit Facility in connection with such discharge and release) is paid or given to any holder of Debt under the Primary Credit Facility in connection with such discharge and release, each holder of a Bond shall receive equivalent consideration on a pro rata basis (determined, in respect of revolving credit facilities, based upon the commitment in effect thereunder rather than amounts outstanding thereunder) in connection with the release and

 

  

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discharge of such Subsidiary as guarantor in respect of the Bonds.  Without limiting the foregoing, for purposes of further assurance, each of the holders of the Bonds agrees to provide to the Company and such Subsidiary, if reasonably requested by the Company or such Subsidiary and at the Company’s expense, written evidence of such discharge and release signed by such holder.

 

Article Three

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Section 1. The Trustee shall be entitled to, may exercise and shall be protected by, where and to the full extent that the same are applicable, all the rights, powers, privileges, immunities and exemptions provided in the Indenture as if the provisions concerning the same were incorporated herein at length.  The Trustee under the Indenture shall ex officio be Trustee hereunder.  The recitals and statements in this Supplemental Indenture and in the Bonds shall be taken as statements by the Company alone, and shall not be considered as made by or as imposing any obligation or liability upon the Trustee, nor shall the Trustee be held responsible for the legality or validity of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Bonds, and the Trustee makes no covenants or representations, and shall not be responsible, as to and for the effect, authorization, execution, delivery or recording of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 2. This Supplemental Indenture shall become void if and when the Original Indenture as heretofore supplemented and amended shall be void.

 

Section 3. The Indenture as supplemented hereby is ratified and confirmed.

 

Section 4. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

[Signatures on Following Pages]

  

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In Witness Whereof, said Central Vermont Public Service Corporation has caused this instrument to be signed, and its corporate seal attested by its Assistant Corporate Secretary to be hereunto affixed, by Pamela J. Keefe, its Senior Vice President in that behalf duly authorized, and said U.S. Bank National Association has caused this instrument to be executed in its corporate name by its Officer all as of the day and year first above written.

	
  

	
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation

 

	
  

	
By                      /s/Pamela J. Keefe         

	
  

	
                         Pamela J. Keefe

	
  

	
                   Its Senior Vice President

Attest:

 

/s/Mary C. Marzec 

Mary C. Marzec

Assistant Corporate Secretary

Signed, sealed and delivered on

behalf of Central Vermont Public

Service Corporation in the presence of:

(Corporate Seal)

 

/s/Kathleen Watts

Kathleen Watts    

 

/s/Paula Valente

Paula Valente

 

  

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U.S. Bank National Association, 

	
  

	
     as Trustee

 

	
  

	
By              /s/Kathy L. Mitchell                      

	
  

	
                      Kathy L. Mitchell

	
  

	
                      Its Vice President

Signed and delivered on

behalf of U.S. Bank National 

Association in the presence of:

 

/s/Mark A. Forgetta

Mark A. Forgetta

 

/s/Crystal Deperry

Crystal Deperry

  

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	State of Vermont	 )	 
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County of Rutland 

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On this 9th day of June, A.D. 2011, before me, a Notary Public in and for said State, duly commissioned and acting as such, personally came Pamela J. Keefe, Senior Vice President of said Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, to me personally known and known to me to be one of the persons named in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who being duly sworn by me deposed and said: that she resides in Brandon, Vermont; that she is Senior Vice President of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, the Corporation described in and which executed the foregoing instrument as party of the first part; that she knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said Corporation, and that she signed her name thereto by like order, and she acknowledged and declared that she executed the foregoing instrument and caused the seal of said Central Vermont Public Service Corporation to be affixed thereto as its Senior Vice President by authority of the Board of Directors of said Corporation, and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed, and the free act and deed of said Corporation.

 

Witness my hand and official seal the day and year aforesaid.

 

	
  

	
              /s/Melissa Stevens

	
  

	
              Melissa Stevens, Notary Public

	
  

	
My commission expires February 10, 2015 

(Notarial Seal)

  

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	State of Connecticut	 )	 
	 	 )    SS.	 
	

County of Hartford 

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On this 9th day of June A.D. 2011, before me, a Notary Public in and for said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and acting as such, personally came Kathy L. Mitchell, Vice President of U.S. Bank National Association, to me known and known to me to be one of the persons named in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and who being duly sworn by me deposed and said: that she resides in West Hartford, Connecticut; that she is a Vice President of U.S. Bank National Association, the corporation described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that she signed her name thereto by authority of said Bank, and she acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed, and the free act and deed of said Bank.  And Kathy L. Mitchell, a Vice President of said U.S. Bank National Association, further acknowledged that she accepted the trust hereinbefore created for, and on behalf of, said U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee, upon the terms therein named.

 

Witness my hand and official seal the day and year aforesaid.

	
  

	
             /s/Susan P. McNally

	
  

	
             Susan P. McNally, Notary Public

	
  

	
My commission expires March 31, 2013

(Notarial Seal)

  

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(Form of Series WW Bonds)

 

Central Vermont Public Service Corporation

 

First Mortgage 5.89% Bond, Series WW, due June 15, 2041

 

 

	No. RWW-_______	 	$____________
	PPN  155771 N*5	 	June 15, 2011

 

Central Vermont Public Service Corporation, a Vermont corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _________________ or registered assigns, the sum of _________________________________ DOLLARS on the 15th day of June, 2041, and to pay to the registered holder interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) on said sum from the date hereof until the same shall be paid, at the rate of 5.89% per annum, payable semi-annually on the 15th day of June and December in each year, commencing on December 15, 2011 until the payment of the said principal of this Bond becomes due and payable.  This Bond shall bear interest on any overdue principal, premium, if any, and on any overdue interest to the extent permitted by law, at a rate of 7.89%.  The principal of, premium, if any, and the interest on this Bond shall be payable at the corporate trust office of U.S. Bank National Association in the City of Hartford, Connecticut, or its successor in trust under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, at its designated corporate trust office, in coin or currency of the United States of America which, at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts; provided, that the principal, premium and interest on this Bond may be paid by written agreement between the Company and with the Bondholder by check mailed or wire transfer to the Bondholder, as specified in such agreement.

 

This Bond is one of a series of Bonds designated “First Mortgage 5.89% Bonds, Series WW (the “Series WW Bonds”).  The Bonds are part of an issue of bonds of the Company authorized, without limit as to aggregate amount issued or outstanding except as provided in the Indenture hereinafter mentioned, issued and to be issued under and pursuant to and all equally and ratably secured by an Indenture dated as of October 1, 1929 (said Indenture, as amended and supplemented by certain supplemental indentures later executed including the Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 2011 (the “Supplemental Indenture”) pursuant to which the Bonds are being issued, being herein referred to as the “Indenture”) duly executed and delivered by the Company to U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to Old Colony Trust Company as trustee and other successor trustees) (the “Trustee”), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security and the rights of the holders of the Bonds and of the Trustee in respect of such security.  By the terms of the Indenture, the Bonds to be secured thereby are issuable in series which may vary as to date, amount, date of maturity, rate of interest, and in other respects as provided in the Indenture.

 

  

  

  

 

This Bond shall be redeemable at the option of the Company in whole, or in part, at any time, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding in the case of a partial redemption, upon the notice and in the manner provided in Article Twelve of the Indenture, at 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed and interest thereon to the redemption date plus a premium equal to the Make-Whole Amount (defined below), which shall be determined two Business Days prior to the date of such redemption and certified in writing to the Trustee.

 

The term “Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any 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 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 Bond, the principal of such Bond that is to be redeemed pursuant to Section 2 of the Supplemental Indenture or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Indenture.

 

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any 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 Bonds is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

 

“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Bond, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields 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 having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series 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 U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date.  

 

In the case of each determination under clause (i)  of the preceding paragraph, such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the  actively traded on the run U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and 

 

  

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(2) the actively traded on the run U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life.  In the case of each determination under clause (ii) of the preceding paragraph, such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the U.S. Treasury security having a constant maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the U.S. Treasury security having a constant maturity closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life.  In each case, the Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Bond.

 

“Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) 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 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 terms of the Bonds, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 2 of the Supplemental Indenture or Section 6.01 of the Indenture, as the context requires.

 

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Bond, the date on which such Called Principal is to be redeemed pursuant to Section 2 of the Supplemental Indenture has became or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Indenture, as the context requires.

 

In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur, the principal of this Bond may become or be declared due and payable prior to maturity as provided in the Indenture.  No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest of this Bond, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof or of the Indenture, to or against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company, either directly or through the Company, under any constitution or statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty, or otherwise, all such liability of incorporators, stockholders, directors and officers being waived and released by the holder hereof by the acceptance of this Bond and being likewise waived and released by the terms of the Indenture.

 

This Bond is transferable by the registered holder hereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, upon  

  

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any such transfer a new registered Bond or Bonds of the same series and maturity date and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor.  This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose unless and until it shall have been authenticated by the execution by the Trustee or its successor in trust under the Indenture of the certificate endorsed hereon.  

 

 

  

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In Witness Whereof, Central Vermont Public Service Corporation has caused this Bond to be executed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of its President or one of its Vice-Presidents, and its corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof) to be hereto affixed and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, this 15th day of June, 2011.

	
  

	
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation

	
  

	
By____________________________________

Attest:

	
                                                                                    

	
 

 

 

(Form of Trustee’s Certificate)

 

Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

 

This Bond is one of the Series WW Bonds described in the within mentioned Indenture.

	
  

	
U.S. Bank National Association,

	
  

	
       Trustee

	
  

	
By____________________________________

	
  

	
Authorized Officer

  

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Description of Real Property

All land and premises, rights, privileges and easements conveyed or purported to have been conveyed to the Company in and by the following described deeds and the records thereof are hereby incorporated herein by reference:

All property of every kind whatsoever, including land and premises, rights, privileges, easements, transmission lines, substations and distribution lines, in the following towns:

 

 

In New London County, State of Connecticut:

 

Waterford

 

In Hartford County, State of Connecticut:

 

Berlin

 

In Cumberland County, State of Maine:

 

Yarmouth

 

In Sullivan County, State of New Hampshire:

 

	
Charlestown

	
Cornish

	
Claremont

 

In Cheshire County, State of New Hampshire:

 

	
Chesterfield

	
Hinsdale

 

In Grafton County, State of New Hampshire:

 

	
Bath

	
Haverhill

	
Piermont

 

In Washington County, State of New York:

 

	
Granville 

	
Hampton

 

In Rensselaer County, State of New York:

 

Hoosick

 

Schedule A 

(to Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture)

  

  

  

 

 In Addison County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Addison

	
Leicester

	
Ripton

	
Bridport

	
Lincoln

	
Salisbury

	
Bristol

	
Middlebury

	
Shoreham

	
Cornwall

	
Monkton

	
Starksboro

	
Ferrisburg

	
New Haven

	
Vergennes

	
Goshen

	
Orwell

	
Weybridge

	
Granville

	
Panton

	
Whiting

	
Hancock

	  	  

 

In Bennington County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Arlington

	
Manchester

	
Searsburg

	
Bennington

	
Peru

	
Shaftsbury

	
Dorset

	
Pownal

	
Sunderland

	
Glastenbury

	
Rupert

	
Winhall

	
Landgrove

	
Readsboro

	
Woodford

	  	
Sandgate

	  

 

In Caledonia County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Barnet

	
Lyndon

	
Walden

	
Danville

	
Ryegate

	
Waterford

	
Kirby

	
St. Johnsbury

	
Wheelock

 

In Chittenden County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Buels Gore

	
Essex

	
Milton

	
Burlington

	
Huntington

	
Underhill

	
Colchester

	
Jericho

	
Westford

 

In Essex County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Concord

	
Guildhall

	
Victory

	
Granby

	
Lunenburg

	  

 

In Franklin County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Bakersfield

	
Fletcher

	
Richford

	
Berkshire

	
Franklin

	
Sheldon

	
Enosburg

	
Georgia

	
St. Albans City

	
Fairfax

	
Highgate

	
St. Albans Town

	
Fairfield

	
Montgomery

	
Swanton

 

Schedule A 

(to Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture)

  

  

  

 

In Lamoille County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Belvidere

	
Eden

	
Johnson

	
Cambridge

	
Hyde Park

	  

 

In Orange County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Bradford

	
Fairlee

	
Thetford

	
Braintree

	
Newbury

	
Tunbridge

	
Brookfield

	
Randolph

	
Vershire

	
Chelsea

	
Strafford

	
West Fairlee

 

In Orleans County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Lowell 

	
Irasburg

	  

 

In Rutland County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Benson

	
Middletown Springs

	
Sherburne

	
Brandon

	
Mt. Holly

	
Shrewsbury

	
Castleton

	
Mt. Tabor

	
Sudbury

	
Chittenden

	
Pawlet

	
Tinmouth

	
Clarendon

	
Pittsfield

	
Wallingford

	
Danby

	
Pittsford

	
Wells

	
Fair Haven

	
Poultney

	
West Haven

	
Hubbardton

	
Proctor

	
West Rutland

	
Ira

	
Rutland City

	  
	
Mendon

	
Rutland Town

	  

 

In Washington County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Northfield 

	
Roxbury

	  

 

In Windham County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Athens

	
Jamaica

	
Wardsboro

	
Brattleboro

	
Londonderry

	
Westminster

	
Brookline

	
Marlboro

	
Whitingham

	
Dover

	
Newfane

	
Wilmington

	
Dummerston

	
Rockingham

	
Windham

	
Grafton

	
Stratton

	  
	
Guilford

	
Townshend

	  
	
Halifax

	
Vernon

	  

 

Schedule A 

(to Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture)

  

  

  

 

In Windsor County, State of Vermont:

 

	
Andover

	
Hartland

	
Sharon

	
Baltimore

	
Ludlow

	
Springfield

	
Barnard

	
Norwich

	
Stockbridge

	
Bethel

	
Plymouth

	
Weathersfield

	
Bridgewater

	
Pomfret

	
Weston

	
Cavendish

	
Reading

	
West Windsor

	
Chester

	
Rochester

	
Windsor

	
Hartford

	
Royalton

	
Woodstock

Schedule A 

(to Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture)exh101.htm

Exhibit 10.1

THE HERSHEY COMPANY

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARDS

UNDER THE

EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

1.           The Optionee, by accepting the option to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Options") awarded to him/her on _______________ (the “Award Date”), accepts and agrees to these terms and conditions and the terms and conditions of the Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), which Plan is incorporated herein by reference.

2.           The Options shall not be exercisable until vested.  The Options shall be exercisable during the period _______________ through _______________ (the “Exercise Period”), subject to the vesting schedule described in the next sentence and the provisions regarding termination set forth in paragraphs 3 and 5 below and in the Plan.  Of the total Options awarded to the Optionee on the Award Date (“Total Award”), twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Award will become vested on the first anniversary of the Award Date; an additional twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Award will become vested on the second anniversary of the Award Date; an additional twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Award will become vested on the third anniversary of the Award Date; and an additional and final twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Award will become vested on the fourth anniversary of the Award Date.  During the Exercise Period, vested Options may be exercised in whole or in part and on one or more than one occasion.  The purchase price of any shares as to which the Options shall be exercised shall be paid in full at the time of such exercise.

3.           In the event Optionee's employment with the Company is terminated for any reason other than the occurrence of an event described in paragraph 5 below, or a “Change in Control” as described in this paragraph 3, the Options shall terminate immediately upon termination of Optionee’s employment and may not be exercised after such termination of employment unless: (i) Optionee is eligible to receive severance benefits pursuant to a Company-sponsored severance benefits plan or an employment or severance or similar agreement to which Optionee is a party upon termination of employment, in which case vesting, exercise, and payment of the Options will be in accordance with the terms of such Company-sponsored severance benefits plan or such agreement; or (ii) Optionee is an employee of the Company in a country other than the United States and has certain rights in the vesting, exercise and payment of Options upon termination of employment under the laws of the country in which Optionee is employed, in which case vesting, exercise and payment of the Options will be in accordance with the terms of a severance agreement entered into between the Company and Optionee that complies with the laws of the country in which Optionee is employed.

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In the event of a Change in Control (as that term is defined in the Plan), to the extent the Options are assumed or replaced, or remain outstanding, such that the award as assumed, replaced or continued is a Replacement Award (as that term is defined in the Plan), the occurrence of the Change in Control shall not affect the vesting or exercisability of the Options which shall constitute a Replaced Award as defined in the Plan. However, if within two (2) years following the Change in Control, Optionee’s employment is terminated by the Company for any reason other than for Cause (as that term is defined in the Plan), by the Optionee for Good Reason (as that term is defined in the Plan), or due to Optionee's death or total disability, the Replacement Award shall become fully vested and exercisable upon such termination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Committee (as that term is defined in paragraph 7 below) determines that the Options are not replaced in connection with a Change in Control with awards meeting the requirements for Replacement Awards, the Options shall become fully vested and exercisable upon the occurrence of the Change in Control, notwithstanding the vesting schedule set forth in paragraph 2 above.

4.           If Optionee retires (as that term is defined in paragraph 5 below) after the Award Date and during the calendar year in which the Award Date occurs, the Total Award will be reduced on a pro-rata basis to reflect Optionee’s period of employment during the calendar year in which the Award Date occurs (the “Adjusted Award”).  The Adjusted Award shall equal the Total Award multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which equals the number of calendar months during such year preceding the month during which Optionee’s retirement date occurs and the denominator of which equals 12; provided, however, that any fractional share resulting from such calculation shall be eliminated by rounding the Adjusted Award down to the nearest whole number.

The foregoing provisions of this paragraph 4 notwithstanding, if a Change in Control occurs following the Award Date, and Optionee retires after the occurrence of the Change in Control but during the calendar year during which the Award Date occurs, the Total Award shall not be reduced as aforesaid.

5.           In the event Optionee retires, or his or her employment terminates due to death or total disability, the Options shall become fully vested, subject to the provisions regarding possible adjustment of the Total Award to an Adjusted Award as provided in paragraph 4, and Optionee (or his/her estate in the case of death) shall have three (3) years from the earliest date of retirement, death or total disability to exercise his/her Options, provided such three (3) year period cannot extend beyond the last day of the Exercise Period set forth in Paragraph 2 above, the date the Options expire.  For purposes of this award, Optionee shall be deemed to have retired if his or her employment terminates for any reason other than for “Cause” (as that term is defined in the Plan) on or after his or her 55th birthday.

6.           The Options shall be exercisable through the broker on record selected by the Company to provide services for stock options, or by such other method as shall be established by the Company from time to time.

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7.           The Compensation and Executive Organization Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”), or any successor committee performing similar functions, may from time to time impose certain limitations or restrictions on the exercise of the Options by employees who are subject to employee minimum stock ownership requirements established by the Committee.  Such limitations, restrictions and minimum stock ownership requirements are subject to change at the discretion of the Committee.

8.           Except to the extent that the Plan permits exercise in limited circumstances by persons other than the Optionee, the Options may not be assigned, transferred, pledged or hypothecated in any way whether by operation of law or otherwise, and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.  Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of the Options contrary to the provisions hereof or of the Plan, and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the Options, shall be null and void and without effect and shall cause the Options to terminate.

9.           By accepting the Options awarded herewith, Optionee acknowledges and agrees that the Options are awarded under and governed by the terms and conditions set forth in this document and in the Plan, and the Executive Confidentiality and Restrictive Covenant Agreement (or similar or successor agreement), if any, applicable to Optionee.  Any dispute or disagreement which shall arise under, as a result of, or in any way relate to the interpretation, construction or administration of the Plan or the Options awarded thereunder shall be determined in all cases and for all purposes by the Committee, or any successor committee, and any such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes.

10.           In selling the Company's Common Stock (the "Shares") upon Optionee's exercise of his/her Options, the Company is fulfilling in full its contractual obligation to Optionee by making such transfer, and the Company shall have no further obligations or duties with respect thereto and is discharged and released from the same.  The Company makes no representations to Optionee regarding the market price of the Shares or the information which is available to Optionee regarding the Shares of the Company.

11.           The Optionee may be restricted by the Company in its sole judgment from exercising any of the Options to the extent necessary to comply with insider trading or other provisions of federal or state securities laws.

12.           The award of Options and all terms and conditions related thereto, including those of the Plan, shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  The Plan shall control in the event there is a conflict between the Plan and these terms and conditions.

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