As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 1996
Registration No. 333-_________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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New Orleans Public Service Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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State of Louisiana 72-0273040
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or Identification No.)
organization)
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(504) 576-5262
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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JOHN J. CORDARO WILLIAM J. REGAN, JR.
President Vice President and Treasurer
New Orleans Public Service Inc. New Orleans Public Service Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue 639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(504) 576-5851 (504) 576-4310
LAURENCE M. HAMRIC, Esq. THOMAS J. IGOE, JR., ESQ.
ANN G. ROY, Esq. Reid & Priest LLP
Entergy Services, Inc. 40 West 57th Street
639 Loyola Avenue New York, New York 10119
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 (212) 603-2000
(504) 576-2095
(Names, addresses, including zip codes, and telephone numbers,
including area codes, of agents for service)
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale(s) to the
public: From time to time after this registration statement
becomes effective when warranted by market conditions and other
factors.
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If the only securities being registered on this Form are
being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment
plans, please check the following box. [ ]
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are
to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule
4151 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities
offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment
plans, check the following box. [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for
an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act,
please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]______________
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.
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If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made
pursuant to Rule 434, check the following box. [ ]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Proposed
Title of Each Maximum Maximum Amount of
Class of Amount offering Aggregate Registrati
Securities to be to be price Offering on Fee
Registered Registered Per Unit* Price*
General and
Refunding Mortgage $65,000,000 100% $65,000,000 $22,413.79
Bonds
* Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on
such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective
date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this Registration Statement shall
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement
shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
Pursuant to Rule 429, the prospectus filed as a part of this
registration statement is being filed as a combined prospectus
with respect to $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of General
and Refunding Mortgage Bonds remaining unsold in Registration
Statement No. 33-57926.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION,
Dated January 17, 1996
PROSPECTUS
$80,000,000
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds
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New Orleans Public Service Inc. (the "Company") may offer
from time to time up to $80,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
its General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds (the "New Bonds"), in
one or more series at prices and on terms to be determined at the
time of sale. This Prospectus will be supplemented by a
prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") which will
set forth the aggregate principal amount, rate and time of
payment of interest, maturity, purchase price, initial public
offering price, redemption provisions, if any, and other specific
terms of the series of New Bonds in respect of which this
Prospectus is being delivered. The sale of one series of New
Bonds will not be contingent upon the sale of any other series of
New Bonds.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY
OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The Company may sell the New Bonds through underwriters,
dealers or agents, or directly to one or more purchasers. The
Prospectus Supplement will set forth the names of underwriters,
dealers or agents, if any, any applicable commissions or
discounts, and the net proceeds to the Company from any such
sale. See "Plan of Distribution" for possible indemnification
arrangements for underwriters, dealers, agents and purchasers.
The date of this Prospectus is , 1996.
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR
AMENDMENT. A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES
HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE
ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES
EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL
OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY
SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER,
SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION
OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
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IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-
ALLOT OR EFFECT TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE
MARKET PRICE OF THE NEW BONDS OFFERED HEREBY OR ANY OTHER
SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY AT LEVELS ABOVE THOSE WHICH MIGHT
OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. SUCH STABILIZING, IF
COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"). Such reports include information, as of
particular dates, concerning the Company's directors and
officers, their remuneration, the principal holders of the
Company's securities and any material interests of such persons
in transactions with the Company. Such reports and other
information filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at
the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, D.C. 20549-1004;
and at the following Regional Offices of the Commission: Chicago
Regional Office, 500 W. Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago,
Illinois 60661; and New York Regional Office, 7 World Trade
Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048. Copies of such
material can also be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission at its principal office at
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549-1004. Shareholders
of the Company are furnished copies of financial statements as of
the end of the most recent fiscal year audited and reported upon
(with an opinion expressed) by independent public accountants.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission pursuant
to the Exchange Act are incorporated herein by reference:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1994; and
2. The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for
the quarters ended March 31, 1995, June 30, 1995, and
September 30, 1995.
3. A Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 20, 1995.
In addition, all documents filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the
termination of this offering shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents (such documents, and the
documents enumerated above, being herein referred to as
"Incorporated Documents;" provided, however, that the documents
enumerated above or subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
of the Company's next Annual Report on Form 10-K with the
Commission shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated
by reference in this Prospectus or be a part hereof from and
after any such filing of an Annual Report on Form 10-K).
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for all purposes of this
Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document or in an
accompanying Prospectus Supplement modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Prospectus.
The Company hereby undertakes to provide without charge to
each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of
this Prospectus has been delivered, on the written or oral
request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the
Incorporated Documents, other than exhibits to such documents,
unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference
herein. Requests should be directed to Mr. Christopher T.
Screen, Assistant Secretary, New Orleans Public Service Inc., P.
O. Box 61000, New Orleans, Louisiana 70161, telephone (504) 576-
4212. The information relating to the Company contained in this
Prospectus and any accompanying Prospectus Supplement does not
purport to be comprehensive and should be read together with the
information contained in the Incorporated Documents.
No person has been authorized to give any information or to
make any representation not contained in this Prospectus or, with
respect to any series of New Bonds, the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto, and, if given or made, such information or
representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized
by the Company or any underwriter. This Prospectus and any
Prospectus Supplement do not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of any offer to buy any of the securities offered
hereby in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful
to make such offer in such jurisdiction.
Neither the delivery of this Prospectus and a Prospectus
Supplement nor any sale made thereunder shall, under any
circumstances, create any implication that there has been no
change in the affairs of the Company since the date of this
Prospectus or that Prospectus Supplement.
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THE COMPANY
The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Louisiana on January 1, 1926. The Company's principal executive
offices are located at 639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
70113; telephone (504) 576-5262.
The Company is an electric and gas public utility company
having substantially located all of its operations in Orleans
Parish, in the State of Louisiana. Entergy Corporation
("Entergy"), which is a registered public utility holding company
under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
(the "Holding Company Act"), owns all of the outstanding common
stock of the Company. The Company, Arkansas Power & Light
Company ("AP&L"), Gulf States Utilities Company ("GSU"),
Louisiana Power & Light Company ("LP&L") and Mississippi Power &
Light Company ("MP&L") are the principal operating utility
subsidiaries of Entergy. Entergy also owns, among other things,
all of the common stock of System Energy Resources, Inc. ("System
Energy"), a generating company which owns the Grand Gulf Nuclear
Electric Generating Station ("Grand Gulf") and Entergy
Operations, Inc., a nuclear management services company.
The Company, AP&L, LP&L and MP&L own all of the capital
stock of System Fuels, Inc., a special purpose company which
implements and/or maintains certain programs for the procurement,
delivery and storage of fuel supplies for Entergy subsidiaries,
including the Company.
The foregoing information relating to the Company does not
purport to be comprehensive and should be read together with the
financial statements and other information contained in the
Incorporated Documents. Reference is made to the Incorporated
Documents with respect to the Company's most significant
contingencies, its general capital requirements, and its general
financing plans and capabilities, including its short-term
borrowing capacity, earnings coverage requirements under its
Restatement of Articles of Incorporation, as amended, which limit
the amount of additional preferred stock which the Company may
issue, and earnings coverage and other requirements under the
Company's general and refunding mortgage, which limit the amount
of additional mortgage bonds which the Company may issue.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds to be received from the issuance and sale
of the New Bonds will be used in order to repay and/or redeem
outstanding securities at their stated maturity or due dates
and/or to effect redemption or acquisition of certain outstanding
securities prior to their maturity or due dates and for other
general corporate purposes. The Company's securities that may be
redeemed or acquired include one or more series of the Company's
outstanding (i) first mortgage bonds, (ii) general and refunding
mortgage bonds, and/or (iii) preferred stock. The specific
securities to be redeemed or acquired with the proceeds of a
series of New Bonds will be set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to that series.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW BONDS
General. The New Bonds are to be issued under the Company's
Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1987, as
supplemented by five supplemental indentures thereto and as to be
further supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures,
including supplemental indentures relating to the New Bonds
(collectively referred to as the "G&R Mortgage"), to Bank of
Montreal Trust Company and Mark F. McLaughlin as Trustees
(collectively, "Trustees"). All General and Refunding Mortgage
Bonds issued or to be issued under the G&R Mortgage are referred
to herein as "G&R Bonds."
The statements herein concerning the G&R Bonds, the New
Bonds and the G&R Mortgage are not intended to be comprehensive
and are subject to the detailed provisions of the G&R Mortgage,
which are incorporated herein by reference.
Terms of Specific Series of the New Bonds. A Prospectus
Supplement will include descriptions of the following terms of a
series of the New Bonds to be issued: the designation of such
Series of the New Bonds; the aggregate principal amount of such
series; the date on which such Series will mature; the rate at
which such series will bear interest and the date from which such
interest accrues; the dates on which interest will be payable;
and the price and the other terms and conditions upon which the
particular series may be redeemed by the Company prior to
maturity.
Security. The New Bonds, together with all other G&R Bonds
now or hereafter issued under the G&R Mortgage, will be secured
by the G&R Mortgage, which constitutes, in the opinion of counsel
for the Company, a first lien on all rights of the Company to
receive payment and compensation for certain rate deferrals and
deferred carrying charges accrued thereon (see "Issuance of
Additional New Bonds" below) in the event of acquisition of the
Company's properties and assets by a governmental authority (a
"Municipalization Interest"), subject to certain excepted
encumbrances. The G&R Mortgage also constitutes, in the opinion
of counsel for the Company, a second mortgage lien on all other
property of the Company (except properties released under the
terms of the G&R Mortgage and except as stated below), subject to
(i) the first lien of the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust
dated as of July 1, 1944, to The Chase National Bank of the City
of New York (The Bank of New York, successor) and Carl E. Buckley
(W. T. Cunningham, successor), as Trustees, as supplemented (the
"First Mortgage"), (ii) other excepted encumbrances, (iii) minor
defects and encumbrances customarily found in utility properties
of like size and character and that do not materially impair the
use of the property affected thereby in the conduct of the
business of the Company, and (iv) other liens, defects and
encumbrances, if any, existing or placed thereon at the time of
acquisition thereof by the Company and except as limited by
bankruptcy law. Certain properties of the Company are excepted
from the lien of the G&R Mortgage and include all cash and
securities; all merchandise, equipment, apparatus, materials or
supplies held for sale or other disposition in the usual course
of business or consumable during use; automobiles, vehicles and
aircraft; timber, minerals, mineral rights and royalties; and
receivables, contracts, leases and operating agreements.
The G&R Mortgage contains provisions for subjecting
after-acquired property (subject to the First Mortgage and
pre-existing liens) to the lien thereof, subject to limitations
in the case of consolidation, merger or a sale of substantially
all of the Company's assets.
The G&R Mortgage is junior and subordinate to the lien of
the First Mortgage on substantially all of the Company's
property. At September 30, 1995, approximately $35.25 million
principal amount of bonds were outstanding under the First
Mortgage. Such bonds and all other bonds issued under the First
Mortgage are hereinafter referred to as "First Mortgage Bonds."
The G&R Mortgage provides that no additional First Mortgage Bonds
may be issued.
The G&R Mortgage provides that the Trustees shall have a
lien upon the mortgaged property, prior to the G&R Bonds, for the
payment of their reasonable compensation, expenses and
disbursements and for indemnity against certain liabilities.
The G&R Mortgage contains restrictions on liens and on the
issuance of indebtedness, including bonds, applicable so long as
any Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds, as defined below, are
outstanding (see "Certain Other Covenants and Agreements" below).
Issuance of Additional G&R Bonds. The maximum principal
amount of G&R Bonds that may be issued and outstanding under the
G&R Mortgage is $10 billion. G&R Bonds of any series may be
issued from time to time on the following bases: (1) the
aggregate uncollected balance of certain rate deferrals,
described below, and the deferred carrying charges accrued
thereon, recorded as assets on the books of the Company (whether
or not subject to the lien of the G&R Mortgage), provided that
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding New Bonds issued on
this basis shall not exceed the lesser of $280,000,000 or 50% of
the uncollected balance of such rate deferral and such bonds must
mature not later than May 1, 1998 (G&R Bonds issued on this basis
being hereinafter called "Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds"); (2) 70%
of property additions after adjustments to offset retirements;
(3) retirement of G&R Bonds (other than Rate Recovery Mortgage
Bonds) or First Mortgage Bonds; or (4) the deposit of cash with
the Trustee. Deposited cash may be withdrawn upon the bases
stated in (2) or (3). Property additions generally include
electric, gas, steam or hot water property acquired after
December 31, 1986, but may not include, among other things,
securities, automobiles, vehicles or aircraft, or property used
principally for the production or gathering of natural gas.
As noted above, under the G&R Mortgage, Rate Recovery
Mortgage Bonds must mature not later than May 1, 1998. In
connection with the issuance of G&R Bonds after January 1, 1993,
the Company has reserved the right, without the consent of the
holders of any series of G&R Bonds created after January 1, 1993,
including the New Bonds or any subsequent series of G&R Bonds
(either with the consent of the holders of G&R Bonds issued prior
to January 1, 1993 or after all such bonds have been retired at
the Company's direction), to amend this limitation to provide
that all Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds mature not later than
September 30, 2001.
Under the G&R Mortgage, whenever the principal amount of
outstanding Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds exceeds 66 2/3% of the
uncollected balance of rate deferrals and the deferred carrying
charges accrued thereon, no additional G&R Bonds may be issued,
on any basis, under the G&R Mortgage. In connection with the
issuance of G&R Bonds after January 1, 1993, the Company has
reserved the right, without the consent of the holders of any
series of G&R Bonds created after January 1, 1993, including the
New Bonds or any subsequent series of G&R Bonds, (either with the
consent of the holders of G&R Bonds issued prior to January 1,
1993 or after all such bonds have been retired at the Company's
direction), to eliminate this provision from the G&R Mortgage.
The Company currently contemplates that the New Bonds will
not be issued on the basis of rate deferrals and, accordingly,
will not be Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds.
With certain exceptions in the case of G&R Bonds issued on
the basis of retired G&R Bonds or First Mortgage Bonds as
described above, the issuance of G&R Bonds is subject to adjusted
net earnings for 12 out of the preceding 15 months, before income
taxes, being at least twice the annual interest requirements on
all First Mortgage Bonds and all G&R Bonds at the time
outstanding, including the additional issue, and all
indebtedness, if any, of prior rank. In connection with the
issuance of G&R Bonds after January 1, 1993, the Company has
reserved the right, without the consent of the holders of any
series of G&R Bonds created after January 1, 1993, including the
New Bonds or any subsequent series of G&R Bonds (either with the
consent of the holders of G&R Bonds issued prior to January 1,
1993 or after all such bonds have been retired at the Company's
direction), to substitute for the foregoing a requirement that
adjusted net earnings for 12 out of the preceding 18 months,
before income taxes, be at least twice such annual interest
requirement. In general, interest on variable interest rate
bonds, if any, is calculated using the average rate in effect
during such 12 months period.
Pursuant to a resolution of the Council of the City of New
Orleans, Louisiana ("Council") adopted on February 4, 1988, as
effectively superseded by a settlement agreement between the
Company and the Council effective October 4, 1991 ("Rate Order"),
the Company deferred for future recovery a portion of its costs
related to its allocated share of capacity and energy from System
Energy's interest in Unit No. 1 of Grand Gulf ("Grand Gulf 1").
The Rate Order provided, among other things, for the recovery by
the Company of approximately $379 million of deferred Grand Gulf
l-related costs and related carrying charges, in varying annual
amounts, over a 10-year period from October 1, 1991 through
September 30, 2001. Reference is made to the Incorporated
Documents for further information with respect to these matters.
Net property additions available for the issuance of New
Bonds at September 30, 1995 were approximately $78.72 million.
Deferred and uncollected Grand Gulf l-related costs at September
30, 1995 were approximately $179.65 million and at that date $30
million of Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds were outstanding.
The G&R Mortgage contains restrictions on the issuance of
G&R Bonds against property subject to liens (other than the lien
of the First Mortgage).
Other than the security afforded by the lien of the G&R
Mortgage and restrictions on the issuance of additional G&R Bonds
described above, the G&R Mortgage contains no provisions that
afford the holders of the New Bonds protection in the event of a
highly leveraged transaction involving the Company. Such a
transaction would require regulatory approval.
Release and Substitution of Property. Property (other than
the Municipalization Interest) may be released, without applying
any earnings test, upon the basis of: (1) the release of such
property from the lien of the First Mortgage; (2) the deposit
with the Trustee of cash or, to a limited extent, purchase money
mortgages; (3) property additions under the G&R Mortgage, after
adjustments in certain cases to offset retirements and after
making adjustments for certain prior lien bonds, if any,
outstanding against property additions; and (4) waiver of the
right to issue G&R Bonds. Cash may be withdrawn upon the bases
stated in (3) and (4) above.
Property is currently released from the lien of the G&R
Mortgage on the basis of its fair value. In connection with the
issuance of G&R Bonds after January 1, 1993, the Company has
reserved the right, without the consent of the holders of any
series of G&R Bonds created after January 1, 1993, including the
New Bonds or any subsequent series of G&R Bonds (either with the
consent of the holders of G&R Bonds issued prior to January 1,
1993 or after all such bonds have been retired at the Company's
direction), to modify the release provisions to provide that
property owned by the Company on December 31, 1986 is released on
the basis of its depreciated book value and all other property is
released on the basis of its cost, as defined in the G&R
Mortgage. Under the new provisions, the Company is able to
release unfunded property without meeting the tests in the
preceding paragraph if, after such release, the Company will have
at least one dollar ($1) in unfunded property that remains
subject to the lien of the G&R Mortgage.
Dividend Covenant. The Company will covenant in substance
that, so long as any New Bonds of a particular series remain
outstanding, it will not pay any cash dividends on common stock
or repurchase common stock after a selected date close to the
date of the original issuance of such series of New Bonds (other
than certain dividends that may be declared by the Company prior
to such selected date), except from credits to retained earnings
after such selected date plus an amount not to exceed
$150,000,000 and plus such additional amounts as shall be
approved by the Commission.
Grand Gulf 1 Deferrals and Protection of Rate Order. The
Company has covenanted that, so long as any Rate Recovery
Mortgage Bonds are outstanding it will (1) not sell, assign or
grant any lien on its deferred Grand Gulf 1-related costs and the
deferred carrying charges accrued thereon, (2) take all
reasonable actions to maintain in full force and effect the Rate
Order and to defend the Rate Order against challenges, and (3)
not take any action to modify the Rate Order in any manner that
is materially adverse to the interests of the holders of the Rate
Recovery Mortgage Bonds.
Certain Other Covenants and Agreements. The Company has
entered into certain other covenants and agreements as
hereinafter set forth. The Company will no longer be bound by
these covenants and agreements when Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds
are no longer outstanding. Only one series of Rate Recovery
Mortgage Bonds remains outstanding, the 10.95% Series due May 1,
1997, and all are currently redeemable at 101.25%.
In connection with Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds issued prior
to January 1, 1993, the Company has made certain covenants
related to, among other things, limitations on outstanding
indebtedness, guaranties, principal payments, loans and advances,
dispositions of assets (including accounts receivable), dividends
on common stock and purchases of preferred and common stock
liens, lines of business and transactions with affiliates. The
covenant limiting principal payments provides that the Company
will not make payment on account of principal of, or purchase,
outstanding G&R Bonds (other than Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds)
or outstanding industrial development or pollution control
revenue bonds prior to May 1, 1997 in excess of stated amounts
ranging from $15 million in the 12-month period beginning May 1,
1995 to $25 million in the 12-month period beginning May 1, 1996.
The covenant limiting indebtedness provides that the Company will
not incur or permit to be outstanding any indebtedness for
borrowed money except (1) First Mortgage Bonds; (2) G&R Bonds;
(3) indebtedness in respect of industrial development or
pollution control revenue bonds (subject to certain conditions,
including the Company's meeting the net earnings and property
additions issuance tests under the G&R Mortgage as if an equal
principal amount of G&R Bonds bearing an equal rate of interest
were being issued); (4) capitalized leases of equipment and
office facilities, with certain limitations; and (5) unsecured
indebtedness maturing in one year or less in an amount not
exceeding the greater of 10% of capitalization or 50% of
cumulative deferred and uncollected Grand Gulf l-related costs
and the deferred carrying charges accrued thereon (less the
principal amount of outstanding Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds).
The covenant limiting guaranties provides that the Company will
not guarantee any financial obligations except guaranties in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the leasing of
limited amounts of personal property or financing of fuel
purchases; guaranties of obligations of System Fuels, Inc. in
connection with its fuel supply business that are approved by the
Commission under the Holding Company Act; and financial
undertakings of the Company in connection with its obligations to
System Energy. In connection with the issuance of Rate Recovery
Mortgage Bonds prior to January 1, 1993, the Company has also
agreed to redeem any Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds tendered by the
holders thereof if (a) the Company's share of Grand Gulf 1 costs
is increased in an amount that an independent arbiter deems
material and such amount is not rejected in the Company's retail
rates; (b) the Rate Order has been modified so as to impair the
Company's ability to perform its obligations in respect of
outstanding Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds; or (c) a change in law
or accounting principles adversely affects the recording as
assets or recovery of deferred Grand Gulf 1 costs or the
Company's financial condition or results of operations so as to
materially impair the Company's ability to perform its
obligations in respect of outstanding Rate Recovery Mortgage
Bonds.
The Company has also covenanted that, so long as any Rate
Recovery Mortgage Bonds are outstanding, it will not (1) (except
in the case of condemnation or other acquisition by a
governmental entity or merger or consolidation with, or transfer
of all or substantially all of its property as an entirety to,
another corporation) in any calendar year dispose of any of its
assets having an aggregate fair value in excess of $10 million,
or (2) enter into any sale-leaseback transactions involving cash
consideration of $1 million or more, unless the cash
consideration for such transactions is used either to redeem
outstanding First Mortgage Bonds, and, to the extent not required
to be used for that purpose, to redeem outstanding G&R Bonds or
to acquire or construct property subject to the lien of the G&R
Mortgage. The redemption prices applicable for these purposes to
each series of New Bonds will be included in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to that series.
Maintenance and Replacement Fund in First Mortgage. The New
Bonds will not be subject to any maintenance or replacement
provisions. However, the Company has covenanted to comply with
the provisions of Sections 38 and 39(1) of the First Mortgage,
which provisions relate to maintenance and replacement of
property, but only so long as the First Mortgage remains
outstanding. Such Section 39(1) provides that in addition to
actual expenditures for maintenance and repairs, the Company is
required to expend or deposit each year, for replacements and
improvements in respect of mortgaged property, an amount equal to
$2,050,000 plus 3% of net additions to mortgaged property made
after December 31, 1943 and prior to the beginning of the year
for which the calculation is made. Such requirement may be met
by depositing cash under the First Mortgage or certifying gross
property additions thereunder or by taking credit for First
Mortgage Bonds and prior lien bonds retired. Any excess in such
credits may be applied against future requirements. Such cash
may be used to redeem or purchase First Mortgage Bonds or may be
withdrawn against gross property additions under the First
Mortgage or waiver of the right to issue First Mortgage Bonds.
Redemption and Purchase of New Bonds.
General. The terms and conditions upon which a particular
series of New Bonds may be redeemed by the Company prior to
maturity will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement.
Redemption of New Bonds at the Option of Holders.
Notwithstanding any prohibition on redemption of New Bonds which
may be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement, the holders of the
New Bonds will have the right, at any time prior to maturity, to
tender their New Bond to the Company for redemption in the
limited circumstances and at the prices described below:
(a) Although no present plans currently exist to merge or
consolidate the Company and LP&L, the G&R Mortgage provides
that, in the event of such a consolidation or merger, the
new company formed thereby would have the option to offer to
exchange all outstanding G&R Bonds, including the New Bonds,
at stated redemption prices or to offer to exchange all
outstanding G&R Bonds, including the New Bonds, for a like
principal amount of the new company's first mortgage bonds
with the same interest rates, interest payment dates,
maturity dates and redemption provisions. If the new
company makes such an offer to exchange, the holders of
outstanding G&R Bonds, including the New Bonds, may, instead
of receiving such first mortgage bonds, require the Company
to redeem such G&R Bonds. The redemption prices applicable
for these purposes to the New Bonds will be included in the
Prospectus Supplement relating to that series.
(b) If all or substantially all of the Company's property
or a majority of its common stock is taken or acquired by a
governmental authority, the Company is obligated, after any
redemption of the First Mortgage Bonds required by the First
Mortgage, to deposit the net proceeds of such transaction
with the Trustee. The holders of all G&R Bonds then
outstanding have the right to tender their G&R Bonds for
redemption by the Company 60 days after notice of such
deposit of proceeds, at a price equal to the principal
amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of
redemption. The terms of the franchise ordinances pursuant
to which the Company provides electric and gas service to
the City of New Orleans state that the City has a continuing
option to purchase the Company's gas and electric
properties. In connection with the issuance of the G&R
Bonds after January 1, 1993, the Company has reserved the
right, without the consent of the holders of any series of
G&R Bonds created after January 1, 1993, including any
holder of the New Bonds or subsequent series of G&R Bonds
(either with the consent of the holders of G&R Bonds issued
prior to January 1, 1993 or after all such bonds have been
retired at the Company's direction), to eliminate this
provision from the G&R Mortgage.
Defaults and Notice Thereof. Defaults are defined in the
G&R Mortgage as: (1) default in payment of principal; (2) default
for 10 days in payment of interest; (3) certain events in
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization events; (4) default in
other covenants for 30 days after notice (unless the Company has
in good faith commenced efforts to perform the covenant); (5)
default under a supplemental indenture; and (6) the occurrence of
a "Default" under the First Mortgage (defined as being default in
payment of principal of First Mortgage Bonds, default for 60 days
in payment of interest on or installments of funds for retirement
of First Mortgage Bonds, certain defaults with respect to
qualified lien bonds, certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization, and default for 90 days after notice in other
covenants). In connection with the issuance of G&R Bonds after
January 1, 1993, the Company has reserved the right, without the
consent of the holders of any series of G&R Bonds created after
January 1, 1993, including the holders of the New Bonds or any
subsequent series of G&R Bonds (either with the consent of the
holders of G&R Bonds issued prior to January 1, 1993 or after all
such bonds have been retired at the Company's direction), to
modify this definition to provide that default for 30 days
(rather than 10 days) in payment of interest and default in other
convenants for 90 days (rather than 30 days) after notice
constitutes default under the G&R Mortgage.
The Trustee or the holders of 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the G&R Bonds may declare the principal and interest
due and payable on default, but a majority thereof may annul such
declaration if such default has been cured. No holders of G&R
Bonds may enforce the lien of the G&R Mortgage without giving the
Trustees written notice of a default and unless the holders of
25% in aggregate principal amount of the G&R Bonds have requested
the Trustees to act and offered them reasonable opportunity to
act and indemnity satisfactory to them against the cost, expense
and liabilities to be incurred thereby and the Trustees shall
have failed to act. The holders of a majority of the G&R Bonds
may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustees or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustees. The
Trustees are not required to risk their funds or incur personal
liability if a reasonable ground exists for believing that
repayment is not reasonably assured.
The supplemental indentures relating to the Rate Recovery
Mortgage Bonds issued prior to January 1, 1993 set forth
additional events constituting "defaults" under the G&R Mortgage,
including a default in the payment by the Company of more than
$1,000,000 of other indebtedness when due. These additional
defaults apply only so long as any Rate Recovery Mortgage Bonds
are outstanding and may be waived by the holders of Rate Recovery
Mortgage Bonds, without the consent of the holders of any other
G&R Bonds, including the New Bonds.
Evidence to be Furnished to the Trustee. Compliance with
G&R Mortgage provisions is evidenced by written statements of
officers of the Company or persons selected or paid by the
Company. In certain cases, opinions of counsel and
certifications of an engineer, accountant, appraiser or other
expert (who in some cases must be independent) must be furnished.
The Company must give the Trustee an annual statement as to
whether or not the Company has fulfilled its obligations under
the G&R Mortgage throughout the preceding calendar year.
Modification. The rights of holders of G&R Bonds may be
modified with the consent of the holders of a majority of the G&R
Bonds and, if less than all series of G&R Bonds are adversely
affected, the consent of the holders of a majority of the G&R
Bonds adversely affected (except with respect to amendments or
waivers of certain provisions relating to outstanding Rate
Recovery Mortgage Bonds, which generally require the consent of
the holders of two-thirds of each series of Rate Recovery
Mortgage Bonds affected and not of any other bonds). No
modification of the terms of payment of principal, premium, if
any, or interest and no modification affecting the lien of the
G&R Mortgage or reducing the percentage required for
modification, is effective against any holder of G&R Bonds,
including the New Bonds, without such holder's consent.
Book-Entry SystemG&R Bonds. Unless otherwise specified in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Depository Trust
Company, New York, New York ("DTC"), will act as securities
depository for the New Bonds. The New Bonds will be issued only
as fully registered securities registered in the name of Cede &
Co. (DTC's partnership nominee). One or more fully-registered
global certificates will be issued for the New Bonds representing
the aggregate principal amount of such series of New Bonds, and
will be deposited with DTC.
DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the
New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning
of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New
York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered
pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
DTC holds securities that its participants (the "Direct
Participants") deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the
settlement among Direct Participants of securities transactions,
such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through
electronic computerized book-entry changes in Direct
Participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical
movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include
securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing
corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a
number of its Direct Participants and by the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc., and the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the
DTC system is also available to others such as securities brokers
and dealers, banks and trust companies that clear through or
maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant,
either directly or indirectly (the "Indirect Participants," and
together with the Direct Participants, the "Participants"). The
rules applicable to DTC and its Participants are on file with the
Commission.
Purchases of New Bonds within the DTC system must be made by
or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for
the New Bonds on DTC's records. The ownership interest of each
actual purchaser of each New Bond (a "Beneficial Owner") will, in
turn , be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants'
respective records. Beneficial Owners will not receive written
confirmation from DTC of their purchase, but Beneficial Owners
are expected to receive written confirmations providing details
of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their
holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which
the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of
ownership interest in the New Bonds are to be accomplished by
entries made on the books of Participants acting on behalf of
Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive
certificates representing their ownership interest in New Bonds
except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the New
Bonds is discontinued.
To facilitate subsequent transfers, all New Bonds deposited
by Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the name of
DTC's partnership nominee, Cede & Co. The deposit of the New
Bonds with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co.
effect no change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge
of the actual Beneficial Owners of the New Bonds; DTC's records
reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose
accounts such New Bonds are credited, which may or may not be the
Beneficial Owners. The Participants will remain responsible for
keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to
Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect
Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect
Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by
arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory
requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
Redemption notices shall be sent to Cede & Co. If less than
all of the securities of a particular series are being redeemed,
DTC's practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest
of each Direct Participant in such series to be redeemed.
Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. will consent or vote with respect
to the New Bonds. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an
omnibus proxy (an "Omnibus Proxy") to the Participants as soon as
possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede &
Co.'s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to
whose accounts the New Bonds are credited on the record date
(identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on the New
Bonds will be made to DTC. DTC's practice is to credit Direct
Participants' accounts on the relevant payment date in accordance
with their respective holdings shown on DTC's records unless DTC
has reason to believe that it will not receive payment on such
payment date. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will
be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as
is the case with securities for the accounts of customers in
bearer form or registered in "street-name," and will be the
responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC, the
underwriters, or the Company, subject to any statutory or
regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest to DTC is the
responsibility of the Company or the Trustee. Disbursement of
such payments to Direct Participants is the responsibility of
DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial Owners
is the responsibility of Direct and Indirect Participants.
DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities
depository with respect to the New Bonds at any time by giving
reasonable notice to the Company. Under such circumstances and
in the event that a successor securities depository is not
obtained, certificates for the New Bonds are required to be
printed and delivered. In addition, the Company may decide to
discontinue use of the system of book-entry transfers through DTC
(or a successor securities depository). In that event,
certificates for the New Bonds will be printed and delivered.
The Company will not have any responsibility or obligation
to Participants or the persons for whom they act as nominees with
respect to the accuracy of the records of DTC, its nominee or any
Direct or Indirect Participant with respect to any ownership
interest in the New Bonds, or with respect to payments to or the
providing of notice to the Direct Participants, the Indirect
Participants or the Beneficial Owners.
So long as Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the New
Bonds, as nominee of DTC, references herein to Holders of the New
Bonds shall mean Cede & Co. or DTC and shall not mean the
Beneficial Owners of the New Bonds.
The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC's
book-entry system has been obtained from DTC. Neither the
Company, the Trustee nor the underwriters, dealers or agents
takes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness thereof.
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The Company has calculated ratios of earnings to fixed
charges pursuant to Item 503 of Commission Regulation S-K as
follows:
Twelve Months Ended
September 30, December 31,
1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Ratio of Earnings
to Fixed Charges(a) 2.19 1.91 4.68(b) 2.66 5.66(c) 2.73
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(a) "Earnings," as defined by Commission Regulation S-K,
represent the aggregate of (1) net income, (2) taxes based on
income, (3) investment tax credit adjustments--net and (4)
fixed charges. "Fixed Charges" include interest (whether
expensed or capitalized), related amortization and interest
applicable to rentals charged to operating expenses.
(b) Earnings for the twelve months ended December 31, 1993
include approximately $18 million related to the change in
accounting principle to provide for the accrual of estimated
unbilled revenues.
(c) Earnings for the twelve months ended December 31, 1991
include the effect of a settlement between the Company and the
Council effective October 4, 1991, that permitted the Company
to defer for future recovery, and record as an asset, $90
million of previously incurred but uncollected Grand Gulf l-
related costs.
EXPERTS AND LEGALITY
The Company's balance sheet as of December 31, 1994 and the
statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flows and the
related financial statement schedule for the year ended December
31, 1994, incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been
incorporated by reference herein in reliance on the reports of
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants, given on the
authority of that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements and the related financial statement
schedule as of December 31, 1993 and for each of the two years in
the period ended December 31, 1993, incorporated in this
Prospectus by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-
K for the year ended December 31, 1994, have been audited by
Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their
reports dated February 11, 1994, which expressed an unqualified
opinion and included an explanatory paragraph relating to the
Company's change in methods of accounting for revenues, income
taxes and post retirement benefits other than pensions, also
incorporated by reference herein, and have been so included in
reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority
as experts in accounting and auditing.
The legality of the New Bonds will be passed upon for the
Company by Reid & Priest LLP, New York, New York and Laurence M.
Hamric, General Attorney-Corporate and Securities of Entergy
Services, Inc. and for any underwriters, dealers or agents by
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York, New York.
However, all legal matters pertaining to the organization of the
Company, titles to property, franchises and the lien of the G&R
Mortgage and all matters pertaining to Louisiana law will be
passed upon only by Laurence M. Hamric, Esq.
The statements as to matters of law and legal conclusions
made under "Description of the New Bonds" have been reviewed by
Laurence M. Hamric, Esq., and, except as to "Security," by Reid &
Priest LLP, New York, New York, and are set forth herein in
reliance upon the opinions of said counsel, respectively, and
upon their authority as experts.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell the New Bonds as follows: (1) through
one or more underwriters or dealers; (2) directly to a limited
number of purchasers or to a single purchaser; (3) through one
or more agents; or (4) through a combination of any such methods
of sale. The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of the
New Bonds will set forth the terms of the offering of the New
Bonds, including the name or names of any underwriters, dealers
or agents, the purchase price of such New Bonds and the proceeds
to the Company from such sale, any items constituting
underwriters' compensation, any initial public offering price and
any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to
dealers. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or
concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be
changed from time to time.
If underwriters are used in the sale of the New Bonds, such
New Bonds will be acquired by the underwriters for their own
account and may be resold from time to time in one or more
transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed
public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time
of sale. The underwriters with respect to a particular
underwritten offering of New Bonds will be named in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to such offering and,
if an underwriting syndicate is used, the managing underwriter or
underwriters will be set forth on the cover page of such
Prospectus Supplement. In connection with the sale of New Bonds,
the underwriters may receive compensation from the Company or
from purchasers in the form of discounts, concessions or
commissions. The underwriters will be, and any dealers
participating in the distribution of the New Bonds may be, deemed
to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. The Company has agreed to indemnify the
underwriters against certain civil liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
underwriting agreement pursuant to which any New Bonds are to be
sold will provide that the obligations of the underwriters are
subject to certain conditions precedent and that the underwriters
will be obligated to purchase all of the New Bonds if any are
purchased; provided that the agreement between the Company and
the underwriter providing for the sale of the New Bonds may
provide that, under certain circumstances involving a default of
one or more underwriters, less than all of the New Bonds may be
purchased.
New Bonds may be sold directly by the Company or through
agents designated by the Company from time to time. The
applicable Prospectus Supplement shall set forth the name of any
agent involved in the offer or sale of the New Bonds in respect
of which such Prospectus Supplement is delivered as well as any
commissions payable by the Company to such agent. Unless
otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, any such agent
will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its
appointment.
If so indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company will authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit
offers by certain specified institutions to purchase New Bonds
from the Company at the public offering price set forth in such
Prospectus Supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts
providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the
future. Such contracts will be subject to those conditions set
forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, and such
Prospectus Supplement will set forth the commission payable for
solicitation of such contracts.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
Each
Initial Additional
Sale Sale
Filing fees_Securities and Exchange
Commission:
Registration Statement $ 22,414 $ -
*Rating Agencies' fees 27,000 21,000
*Trustees' fees 5,000 5,000
*Fees of Company's Counsel 30,000 20,000
*Fees of Entergy Services, Inc. 30,000 20,000
*Accountants' fees 25,000 20,000
*Printing and engraving costs 18,000 18,000
*Miscellaneous expenses (including 20,000 15,000
blue-sky expense)
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*Total Expenses $177,000 $119,000
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* Estimated
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company has insurance covering its expenditures which
might arise in connection with its lawful indemnification of its
directors and officers for certain of their liabilities and
expenses. Directors and officers of the Company also have
insurance which insures them against certain other liabilities
and expenses. The corporation laws of Louisiana permit
indemnification of directors and officers in a variety of
circumstances, which may include liabilities under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and under the
Company's Restatement of Articles of Incorporation, as amended,
its officers and directors may generally be indemnified to the
full extent of such laws.
Item 16. List of Exhibits.*
1 Form of Underwriting Agreement(s) for the New
Bonds.
Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended by five
**4(a) Supplemental Indentures (filed, respectively, as
exhibits and in the file numbers indicated: A-2(c)
to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7350 (Mortgage); A-
5(b) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7350 (First); A-
4(b) to Rule 24 Certificate in 70-7448 (Second);
4(b)4 to Form 10-K for year ended 1992 in 0-5807
(Third); 4(a) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1993 in 0-5807 (Fourth); and 4(a) to
Form 8-K dated April 26, 1995 in 0-5807 (Fifth).
4(b) Form of additional Supplemental Indenture(s) for
the New Bonds.
5(a) Opinion of Laurence M. Hamric, Esq., counsel for
the Company, as to the legality of the securities
being registered.
Opinion of Reid & Priest LLP, New York, counsel for
5(b) the Company, as to the legality of the securities
being registered.
**12 Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(filed as Exhibit 12(e) to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December
31, 1994 and Exhibit 99(e) to the Company's
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 1995, June 30, 1995 and September
30, 1995, respectively, in 0-5807).
Consent of Laurence M. Hamric, Esq. (included in
23(a) Exhibit 5(a)).
Consent of Reid & Priest LLP (included in Exhibit
23(b) 5(b)).
Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P (filed
23(c) herewith).
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
23(d)
24 Power of Attorney (See signature page of
Registration Statement.)
Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification
25(a) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Bank of
Montreal Trust Company, Corporate Trustee.
Form T-2 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification
25(b) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of Mark F.
McLaughlin, Co-Trustee.
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* Reference is made to a duplicate list of exhibits being filed
as a part of the Registration Statement, which list, in
accordance with Item 102 of Regulation S-T of the Commission,
immediately precedes the exhibits being physically filed with
the Registration Statement.
* Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.
*
Item 17. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus
required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in this registration statement; (iii) to include
any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement; provided, however, that (i) and (ii)
do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-
effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(5) That, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the
form of prospectus filed as part of this registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form
of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule
424(b)(1) or (4) or 497h under the Securities Act shall be
deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the
time it was declared effective.
(6) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective
amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(7) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in said Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, on the 17th day of
January, 1996.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
By /s/ Edwin Lupberger
Edwin Lupberger, Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Date: January 17, 1996
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Each director and/or officer of the registrant whose
signature appears below hereby appoints William J. Regan, Jr.,
Laurence M. Hamric and Ann G. Roy, and each of them severally, as
his attorney-in-fact to sign in his name and behalf, in any and
all capacities stated below, and to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, any and all amendments, including post-
effective amendments, to this registration statement, and the
registrant hereby also appoints each such named person as its
attorney-in-fact with like authority to sign and file any such
amendments in its name and behalf.
Signature Title Date
/s/ Edwin Lupberger Chairman of the Board, January 17, 1996
Edwin Lupberger Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
Executive Vice President, January 17, 1996
Chief Financial Officer 1996
Gerald D. McInvale and Director
(Principal Financial
Officer)
/s/ Louis E. Buck, Jr. Vice President and Chief January 17, 1996
Louis E. Buck, Jr. Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
/s/ John J. Cordaro Director January 17, 1996
John J. Cordaro
/s/ Jerry D. Jackson Director January 17, 1996
Jerry D. Jackson
/s/ Jerry L. Maulden Director January 17, 1996
Jerry L. Maulden
Exhibit 1
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
[$__________]
General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds
[_____%] Series due [_______________]
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[_______________]
[UNDERWRITER]
[ADDRESS]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, New Orleans Public Service Inc., a
Louisiana corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell
to you, as Underwriter, an aggregate of [$__________] principal
amount of the Company's General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds,
[_____%] Series due [_______________] (the "Bonds"), as follows:
SECTION 1. Purchase and Sale. On the basis of the
representations and warranties herein contained, and subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company shall
issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each Underwriter
shall purchase from the Company, at the time and place herein
specified, the Bonds at [_____%] of the principal amount of the
Bonds plus accrued interest thereon from [_______________], to
the Closing Date (as defined herein).
SECTION 2. Description of Bonds. The Bonds shall be
issued under and pursuant to the Company's Mortgage and Deed of
Trust, dated as of May 1, 1987 with Bank of Montreal Trust
Company, as Corporate Trustee, and Mark F. McLaughlin (successor
to Z. George Klodnicki), as Co-Trustee (the Co-Trustee, together
with the Corporate Trustee, are hereinafter called the
"Trustees"), as supplemented and as the same shall be further
supplemented by the [______] Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
[______________] (the "Supplemental Indenture"). Said Mortgage
and Deed of Trust, as supplemented and as the same shall be
further supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, is
hereinafter referred to as the "Mortgage". The Bonds and the
Supplemental Indenture shall have the terms and provisions
described in the Prospectus hereinafter referred to, provided
that subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date
the form of the Supplemental Indenture may be amended by mutual
agreement between the Company and you.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties of the
Company. The Company represents and warrants to you that:
(a) The Company is duly organized and validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Louisiana and has the necessary corporate power and
authority to conduct the business which it is described in
the Prospectus (hereinafter defined) as conducting and to
own and operate the properties owned and operated by it in
such business.
(b) The Company has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a Registration
Statement (as defined below) on Form S-3 (File No. 33-57926)
for the registration of [$__________] aggregate principal
amount of the Company's General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds
(the "General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and the Registration Statement has become effective. The
prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement at
the time the Registration Statement became effective,
including all documents incorporated by reference therein at
that time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, is hereinafter
referred to as the "Basic Prospectus". In the event that
the Basic Prospectus shall have been amended, revised or
supplemented (but excluding any amendments, revisions or
supplements to the Basic Prospectus relating solely to
General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds other than the Bonds)
prior to the time of effectiveness of this Underwriting
Agreement, and with respect to any documents filed by the
Company pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), after the time the Registration Statement became
effective and up to the time of effectiveness of this
Underwriting Agreement (but excluding documents incorporated
therein by reference relating solely to General and
Refunding Mortgage Bonds other than the Bonds), which
documents are deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Basic Prospectus, the term "Basic Prospectus" as used herein
shall also mean such prospectus as so amended, revised or
supplemented. The Registration Statement in the form in
which it became effective and as it may have been amended by
any amendment thereto included in the Basic Prospectus
(including for these purposes as an amendment any document
incorporated by reference in the Basic Prospectus), and the
Basic Prospectus as it shall be supplemented to reflect the
terms of offering and sale of the Bonds by a prospectus
supplement (a "Prospectus Supplement") to be filed with, or
transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule
424 under the Securities Act ("Rule 424"), are hereinafter
referred to as the "Registration Statement" and the
"Prospectus," respectively.
(c) (i) After the time of effectiveness of this
Underwriting Agreement and during the time specified in
Section 6(d), the Company will not file any amendment to the
Registration Statement (except any amendment relating solely
to General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds other than the
Bonds) or supplement to the Prospectus and (ii) between the
time of effectiveness of this Underwriting Agreement and the
Closing Date, the Company will not file any document that is
to be incorporated by reference in, or any supplement
(including the Prospectus Supplement) to, the Basic
Prospectus, in either case, without prior notice to you and
to Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts ("Counsel for the
Underwriter"), and (iii) within either of the time periods
specified in clauses (i) or (ii), the Company will not file
any such amendment or supplement to which said Counsel shall
reasonably object on legal grounds in writing. For purposes
of this Underwriting Agreement, any document that is filed
with the Commission after the time of effectiveness of this
Underwriting Agreement and incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus (except documents incorporated by reference
relating solely to General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds
other than the Bonds) pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 shall
be deemed a supplement to the Prospectus.
(d) The Registration Statement, in the form in which
it became effective, and the Mortgage, at such effective
time, fully complied, and the Prospectus, when filed with,
or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424 and at the Closing Date (hereinafter defined), as
it may then be amended or supplemented, will fully comply,
in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to said
rules and regulations are or will be deemed to comply
therewith. The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, on the date such
documents were first filed with the Commission pursuant to
the Exchange Act, fully complied or will fully comply in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder or pursuant to said rules and regulations are or
will be deemed to comply therewith. On the later of (i) the
date the Registration Statement was declared effective by
the Commission under the Securities Act or (ii) the date
that the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
was filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act (the
date described in either clause (i) or (ii) is hereinafter
referred to as the "Effective Date"), the Registration
Statement did not, and on the date that any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement became or becomes
effective (but excluding any post-effective amendment
relating solely to General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds
other than the Bonds), the Registration Statement, as
amended by any such post-effective amendment, did not or
will not, as the case may be, contain an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading. At the time the Prospectus is filed
with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424 and at the Closing Date, the Prospectus as it
may be amended or supplemented will not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading, and on said dates and at such times the
documents then incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, when read together with the
Prospectus, or the Prospectus as it may then be amended or
supplemented, will not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
are made, not misleading. The foregoing representations and
warranties in this paragraph (c) shall not apply to
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company
by you or on your behalf specifically for use in connection
with the preparation of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, as they may be amended or supplemented, or to
any statements in, or omissions from, the statements of
eligibility, as either may be amended, under the Trust
Indenture Act, of the Trustees under the Mortgage.
(e) The issuance and sale of the Bonds and the
fulfillment of the terms of this Underwriting Agreement will
not result in a breach of any term or provision of, or
constitute a default under, the Mortgage or any other
financing agreement or instrument to which the Company is
now a party.
(f) Except as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus as it may be amended or supplemented, the Company
possesses adequate franchises, licenses, permits, and other
rights to conduct its business and operations as now
conducted, without any known conflicts with the rights of
others which could have a material adverse effect on the
Company.
SECTION 4. Offering. The Company is advised by you
that you propose to make a public offering of the Bonds as soon
after the time of effectiveness of this Underwriting Agreement as
in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by
you that the Bonds will be offered to the public at the initial
public offering price specified in the Prospectus Supplement plus
accrued interest thereon from [_______________] to the Closing
Date.
SECTION 5. Time and Place of Closing. Delivery of the
Bonds and payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer
of immediately available funds shall be made at the offices of
Reid & Priest LLP, 40 West 57th Street, New York, New York, at
10:00 A.M., New York time, on [_____________], or at such other
time on the same or such other day as shall be agreed upon by the
Company and you. The hour and date of such delivery and payment
are herein called the "Closing Date".
The Bonds shall be delivered to you in book-entry form
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company in New
York, New York. The certificates for the Bonds shall be in the
form of one or more typewritten bonds in fully registered form,
in the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds, and registered in
the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust
Company. The Company agrees to make the Bonds available to you
for checking not later than 2:30 P.M., New York time, on the last
business day preceding the Closing Date at such place as may be
agreed upon between you and the Company, or at such other time
and/or date as may be agreed upon between you and the Company.
SECTION 6. Covenants of the Company. The Company
covenants and agrees with you that:
(a) Not later than the Closing Date, the Company will
deliver to you a copy of the Registration Statement, as
originally filed with the Commission, and of all amendments
thereto relating to the Bonds, certified by an officer of
the Company to be in the form filed.
(b) The Company will deliver to you as many copies of
the Prospectus (and any amendments or supplements thereto)
as you may reasonably request.
(c) The Company will cause the Prospectus to be filed
with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant
to and in compliance with Rule 424(b) and will advise you
promptly of the issuance of any stop order under the
Securities Act with respect to the Registration Statement or
the institution of any proceedings therefor of which the
Company shall have received notice. The Company will use
its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop
order and to secure the prompt removal thereof if issued.
(d) During such period of time after this Underwriting
Agreement shall have become effective as you are required by
law to deliver a prospectus, if any event relating to or
affecting the Company, or of which the Company shall be
advised by you in writing, shall occur which in the
Company's opinion should be set forth in a supplement or
amendment to the Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus
not misleading in the light of the circumstances when it is
delivered to a purchaser of the Bonds, the Company will
amend or supplement, or cause to be amended or supplemented,
the Prospectus by either (i) preparing and filing with the
Commission and furnishing to you a reasonable number of
copies of a supplement or supplements or an amendment or
amendments to the Prospectus, or (ii) making an appropriate
filing pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, which will supplement or amend the Prospectus, so that,
as supplemented or amended, it will not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading. Unless such event relates solely
to your activities (in which case you shall assume the
expense of preparing any such amendment or supplement), the
expenses of complying with this Section 6(d) shall be borne
by the Company until the expiration of nine months from the
date of the Prospectus, and such expenses shall be borne by
you thereafter.
(e) The Company will make generally available to its
security holders, as soon as practicable, an earning
statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of
at least twelve months beginning after the "effective date
of the registration statement" within the meaning of Rule
158 under the Securities Act, which earning statement shall
be in such form, and be made generally available to security
holders in such a manner, so as to meet the requirements of
the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act
and Rule 158 promulgated under the Securities Act.
(f) At any time within six months of the date hereof,
the Company will furnish such proper information as may be
lawfully required and otherwise will cooperate in qualifying
the Bonds for offer and sale under the "blue sky" laws of
such jurisdictions as you may reasonably designate, provided
that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a
foreign corporation or dealer in securities, to file any
consents to service of process under the laws of any
jurisdiction, or to meet any other requirements deemed by it
to be unduly burdensome.
(g) The Company will, except as herein provided, pay
or cause to be paid all expenses and taxes (except transfer
taxes) in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of
the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments
thereto, (ii) the printing, issuance and delivery of the
Bonds and the preparation, execution, printing and
recordation of the Supplemental Indenture, (iii) legal fees
and expenses relating to the qualification of the Bonds
under the "blue sky" laws of various jurisdictions and the
determination of the eligibility of the Bonds for investment
under the laws of various jurisdictions in an amount not to
exceed $3,500, (iv) the printing and delivery to you of
reasonable quantities of copies of the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary (and any Supplemental) Blue Sky
Survey and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of
this Section 6, (v) fees of the rating agencies in
connection with the rating of the Bonds, and (vi) fees (if
any) of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
in connection with its review of the terms of the offering.
Except as provided above, the Company shall not be required
to pay any amount for any of your expenses, except that, if
this Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7, 8 or 11, the
Company will reimburse you for (i) the fees and expenses of
Counsel for the Underwriter, whose fees and expenses you
agree to pay in any other event, and (ii) reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, in an amount not exceeding in the
aggregate $15,000, incurred in contemplation of the
performance of this Underwriting Agreement. The Company
shall not in any event be liable to you for damages on
account of loss of anticipated profits.
(h) The Company will not sell any additional General
and Refunding Mortgage Bonds without your consent until the
earlier to occur of (i) the Closing Date or (ii) the date of
the termination of the fixed price offering restrictions
applicable to you. You agree to notify the Company of such
termination if it occurs prior to the Closing Date.
(i) As soon as practicable after the Closing Date, the
Company will make all recordings, registrations and filings
necessary to perfect and preserve the lien of the Mortgage
and the rights under the Supplemental Indenture, and the
Company will use its best efforts to cause to be furnished
to you a supplemental opinion of counsel for the Company,
addressed to you, stating that all such recordings,
registrations and filings have been made.
SECTION 7. Conditions of Underwriter's Obligations.
Your obligations to purchase and pay for the Bonds shall be
subject to the accuracy on the date hereof and on the Closing
Date of the representations and warranties made herein on the
part of the Company and of any certificates furnished by the
Company and to the following conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with, or
transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) prior to 5:30 P.M., New York time, on the second
business day following the date of this Underwriting
Agreement, or such other time and date as may be agreed upon
by the Company and you.
(b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect at or prior to the
Closing Date; no proceedings for such purpose shall be
pending before, or, to your knowledge or the knowledge of
the Company, threatened by, the Commission on the Closing
Date; and you shall have received a certificate of the
Company, dated the Closing Date and signed by the President
or a Vice President of the Company, to the effect that no
such stop order has been or is in effect and that no
proceedings for such purpose are pending before, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened by, the Commission.
(c) Prior to 6:00 P.M., New York time, on the second
business day after the effective date of the Underwriting
Agreement, or at such later time and date as may be approved
by you, there shall have been issued, and at the Closing
Date there shall be in full force and effect, a resolution
or resolutions of the Council of the City of New Orleans,
Louisiana, authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds.
(d) At the Closing Date, you shall have received from
Laurence M. Hamric, Esq., General Attorney, Corporate and
Securities, Entergy Services, Inc. and Reid & Priest LLP,
each counsel to the Company, opinions, dated the Closing
Date, substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibits A and
B hereto, respectively, (i) with such changes therein as may
be agreed upon by the Company and you with the approval of
Counsel for the Underwriter, and (ii) if the Prospectus
shall be supplemented after being furnished to you for use
in offering the Bonds, with changes therein to reflect such
supplementation.
(e) At the Closing Date, you shall have received from
Counsel for the Underwriter, an opinion, dated the Closing
Date, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C
hereto, with such changes therein as may be necessary to
reflect any supplementation of the Prospectus prior to the
Closing Date.
(f) On or prior to the effective date of this
Underwriting Agreement, you shall have received from Coopers
& Lybrand L.L.P., the Company's independent certified public
accountants (the "Accountants"), a letter dated the date
hereof and addressed to you to the effect that (i) they are
independent certified public accountants with respect to the
Company, within the meaning of the Securities Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder; (ii)
in their opinion, the financial statements and financial
statement schedules audited by them and included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and
the related published rules and regulations thereunder;
(iii) on the basis of performing the procedures specified by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a
review of interim financial information as described in SAS
No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the latest
unaudited financial statements, if any, included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, a reading of
the latest available interim unaudited financial statements
of the Company, the minutes of the meetings of the Board of
Directors of the Company, the Executive Committee thereof,
and the stockholder(s) of the Company, since December 31,
1994 to a specified date not more than five days prior to
the date of such letter or letters, and inquiries of
officers of the Company who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters (it being understood that
the foregoing procedures do not constitute an examination
made in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards and that they would not necessarily reveal matters
of significance with respect to the comments made in such
letter and, accordingly, that the Accountants make no
representations as to the sufficiency of such procedures for
your purposes), nothing has come to their attention which
caused them to believe that, to the extent applicable, (A)
unaudited financial statements of the Company included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Exchange Act and the related
published rules and regulations thereunder; (B) any material
modifications should be made to said unaudited financial
statements for them to be in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles; and (C) at a specified date
not more than five business days prior to the date of the
letter, there was any change in the capital stock or
long-term debt of the Company, or decrease in its net
assets, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the
most recent balance sheet incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, except in all instances for changes or decreases
which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur,
for declarations of dividends, for the repayment or
redemption of long-term debt, for the amortization of
premium or discount on long-term debt, for the redemption or
purchase of preferred stock for sinking fund purposes, for
any increases in long-term debt in respect of previously
issued pollution control, solid waste disposal or industrial
development revenue bonds, or for changes or decreases as
set forth in such letter, identifying the same and
specifying the amount thereof; and (iv) stating that they
have compared specific dollar amounts, percentages of
revenues and earnings and other financial information
pertaining to the Company set forth in the Prospectus and
specified in Exhibit D hereto to the extent that such
amounts, numbers, percentages and information may be derived
from the general accounting records of the Company, and
excluding any questions requiring an interpretation by legal
counsel, with the results obtained from the application of
specified readings, inquiries and other appropriate
procedures (which procedures do not constitute an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards) set forth in the letter, and found them to be in
agreement.
(g) At the Closing Date, you shall have received a
certificate of the Company, dated the Closing Date and
signed by the President or a Vice President of the Company,
to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of
the Company contained herein are true and correct, (ii) the
Company has performed and complied with all agreements and
conditions in this Underwriting Agreement to be performed or
complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing
Date, and (iii) since the most recent date as of which
information is given in the Prospectus, as it may be amended
or supplemented, there has not been any material adverse
change in the business, property or financial condition of
the Company, and there has not been any material transaction
entered into by the Company, other than transactions in the
ordinary course of business, in each case other than as
referred to in, or contemplated by, such Prospectus, as it
may be amended or supplemented.
(h) At the Closing Date, you shall have received duly
executed counterparts of the Supplemental Indenture.
(i) At the Closing Date, you shall have received from
the Accountants a letter, dated the Closing Date,
confirming, as of a date not more than five business days
prior to the Closing Date, the statements contained in the
letter delivered pursuant to Section 7(f) hereof.
(j) At the Closing Date, you shall have received from
Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated the Closing Date, with
respect to certain financial information contained in the
Prospectus, as mutually agreed to by you and the Company.
(k) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, no
Default (or an event which, with the giving of notice or the
passage of time or both, would constitute a Default) under
the Mortgage shall have occurred.
(l) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date,
neither Moody's Investors Service, Inc. nor Standard and
Poor's Ratings Group shall have lowered its rating of the
Company's outstanding General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds
or First Mortgage Bonds in any respect.
(m) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, no
other event shall have occurred with respect to or otherwise
affecting the Company, which, in your reasonable opinion,
materially impairs the investment quality of the Bonds.
(n) All legal matters in connection with the issuance
and sale of the Bonds shall be satisfactory in form and
substance to Counsel for the Underwriter.
(o) The Company will furnish you with additional
conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and
documents as you may reasonably request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section
shall not have been fulfilled, this Underwriting Agreement may be
terminated by you upon notice thereof to the Company. Any such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (g) of Section 6
and in Section 10.
SECTION 8. Conditions of the Company's Obligations.
The obligations of the Company hereunder shall be subject to the
following conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with, or
transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) prior to 5:30 P.M., New York time, on the second
business day following the date of this Underwriting
Agreement, or such other time and date determined by the
Company and approved by you.
(b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect at or prior to the
Closing Date, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be
pending before, or threatened by, the Commission on the
Closing Date.
(c) Prior to 6:00 P.M., New York time, on the second
business day after the effective date of the Underwriting
Agreement, or at such later time and date as may be approved
by you, there shall have been issued, and at the Closing
Date there shall be in full force and effect, a resolution
or resolutions of the Council of the City of New Orleans,
Louisiana, authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds.
In case any of the conditions specified in this Section
shall not have been fulfilled, this Underwriting Agreement may be
terminated by the Company upon notice thereof to you, provided
that, in the case of paragraph (a) above, the Company shall have
used its best efforts to comply with the requirements of Rule
424(b). Any such termination shall be without liability of any
party to any other party, except as otherwise provided in
paragraph (g) of Section 6 and in Section 10.
SECTION 9. Indemnification.
(a) The Company shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless you and each person who controls you within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which you or any of them may
become subject under the Securities Act or any other statute or
common law and shall reimburse you and any such controlling
person for any legal or other expenses (including, to the extent
hereinafter provided, reasonable counsel fees) incurred by them
in connection with investigating any such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities or in connection with defending any actions,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or
actions arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, or the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or upon
an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Basic Prospectus (if used prior to the date
the Prospectus is filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424), or the Prospectus, as amended
or supplemented (if any amendments or supplements thereto shall
have been made), or the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this
paragraph shall not apply to any such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, expenses or actions arising out of, or based upon,
any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or any
such omission or alleged omission, if such statement or omission
was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished herein or in writing to the Company by you specifically
for use in connection with the preparation of the Basic
Prospectus (if used prior to the date the Prospectus is filed
with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424) or the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement to any thereof or arising out of, or
based upon, statements in or omissions from that part of the
Registration Statement which shall constitute the statements of
eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustees; and
provided further, that the indemnity agreement contained in this
subsection shall not inure to your benefit or to the benefit of
any person controlling you on account of any such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arising from the sale
of Bonds to any person in respect of the Basic Prospectus or the
Prospectus, as supplemented or amended furnished by you to a
person to whom any of the Bonds were sold (excluding in both
cases, however, any document then incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-
3), insofar as such indemnity relates to any untrue or misleading
statement or omission made in the Basic Prospectus or the
Prospectus but eliminated or remedied prior to the consummation
of such sale in the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto furnished pursuant to Section 6(d) hereof, respectively,
unless a copy of the Prospectus (in the case of such a statement
or omission made in the Basic Prospectus) or such amendment or
supplement (in the case of such a statement or omission made in
the Prospectus) (excluding, however, any amendment or supplement
to the Basic Prospectus relating to any General and Refunding
Mortgage Bonds other than the Bonds and any document incorporated
or deemed incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or such
amendment or supplement) is furnished by you to such person (i)
with or prior to the written confirmation of the sale involved or
(ii) as soon as available after such written confirmation.
(b) You shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Company, its directors and officers and each person who controls
any of the foregoing within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under
the Securities Act or any other statute or common law and shall
reimburse each of them for any legal or other expenses
(including, to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable
counsel fees) incurred by them in connection with investigating
any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or in connection
with defending any action, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arise out of or are
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement, as amended
or supplemented, or the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in, the Basic Prospectus
(if used prior to the date the Prospectus is filed with, or
transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b)), or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented (if any
amendments or supplements thereto shall have been furnished), or
the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, in each case, if (but only if) such
statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished herein or in writing to the Company by
you specifically for use in connection with the preparation of
the Basic Prospectus (if used prior to the date the Prospectus is
filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b)) or of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(c) In case any action shall be brought, based upon
the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the
Prospectus (including amendments or supplements thereto), against
any party or parties in respect of which indemnity may be sought
pursuant to any of the preceding paragraphs, such party or
parties (hereinafter called the indemnified party) shall promptly
notify the party or parties against whom indemnity shall be
sought hereunder (hereinafter called the indemnifying party) in
writing, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to
participate at its own expense in the defense or, if it so
elects, to assume (in conjunction with any other indemnifying
party) the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment
of all fees and expenses. If the indemnifying party shall elect
not to assume the defense of any such action, the indemnifying
party shall reimburse the indemnified party for the reasonable
fees and expenses of any counsel retained by such indemnified
party. Such indemnified party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such action in which the defense has been
assumed by the indemnifying party and participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment
of counsel has been specifically authorized by the indemnifying
party or (ii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include each of such indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and such indemnified party shall have been
advised by such counsel that a conflict of interest between the
indemnifying party and such indemnified party may arise and for
this reason it is not desirable for the same counsel to represent
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party (it being
understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in
connection with any one such action or separate but substantially
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out
of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for
the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm
of attorneys for such indemnified party (plus any local counsel
retained by such indemnified party in its reasonable judgment).
The indemnified party shall be reimbursed for all such fees and
expenses as they are incurred. The indemnifying party shall not
be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without
its consent, but if any such action is settled with the consent
of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment.
(d) If the indemnification provided for under
subsections (a), (b) or (c) in this Section 9 is unavailable to
an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in
lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company and you from the offering of the Bonds or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one
hand and of you on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and you on the other shall be deemed to be in the
same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering (after
deducting underwriting discounts and commissions but before
deducting expenses) to the Company bear to the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by you, in each case as set
forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of you on the
other shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or by you and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and you agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(d) were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. The amount paid or payable to an indemnified party as
a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred
to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9(d), you
shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Bonds underwritten
by you and distributed to the public were offered to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which you have otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f)
of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
SECTION 10. Survival of Certain Representations and
Obligations. Any other provision of this Underwriting Agreement
to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) the indemnity and
contribution agreements contained in Section 9 of, and the
representations and warranties and other agreements of the
Company contained in, this Underwriting Agreement shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on your behalf or by or on behalf of the
Company or its directors or officers, or any of the other persons
referred to in Section 9 hereof and (ii) acceptance of
and payment for the Bonds and (b) the indemnity and contribution
agreements contained in Section 9 shall remain operative and in
full force and effect regardless of any termination of this
Underwriting Agreement.
SECTION 11. Termination. This Underwriting Agreement
shall be subject to termination by notice given by written notice
from you to the Company, if (a) after the execution and delivery
of this Underwriting Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i)
trading generally shall have been suspended on the New York Stock
Exchange by The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the Commission or
other governmental authority, (ii) minimum or maximum ranges for
prices shall have been generally established on the New York
Stock Exchange by The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the
Commission or other governmental authority, (iii) a general
moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall
have been declared by either Federal or New York State
authorities, or (iv) there shall have occurred any material
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any calamity or crisis
that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and (b) in the
case of any of the events specified in clauses (a) (i) through
(iv), such event singly or together with any other such event
makes it, in your reasonable judgment, impracticable to market
the Bonds. This Underwriting Agreement shall also be subject to
termination, upon notice by you as provided above, if, in your
judgment, the subject matter of any amendment or supplement
(prepared by the Company) to the Prospectus (except for
information relating solely to the manner of public offering of
the Bonds or to your activity or to the terms of any series of
General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds not included in the Bonds)
filed or issued after the effectiveness of this Underwriting
Agreement by the Company shall have materially impaired the
marketability of the Bonds. Any termination hereof, pursuant to
this Section 11, shall be without liability of any party to any
other party, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (g) of
Section 6 and in Section 10.
SECTION 12. Miscellaneous. THIS UNDERWRITING
AGREEMENT SHALL BE A NEW YORK CONTRACT AND ITS VALIDITY AND
INTERPRETATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. This Underwriting Agreement may be executed in any number
of 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 agreement.
This Underwriting Agreement shall become effective at the time a
fully-executed copy thereof is delivered to the Company and to
you. This Underwriting Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
each of the Company, you and, with respect to the provisions of
Section 9, each director, officer and other persons referred to
in Section 9, and their respective successors. Should any part
of this Underwriting Agreement for any reason be declared
invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of any
remaining portion, which remaining portion shall remain in full
force and effect as if this Underwriting Agreement had been
executed with the invalid portion thereof eliminated. Nothing
herein is intended or shall be construed to give to any other
person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of any provision in this
Underwriting Agreement. The term "successor" as used in this
Underwriting Agreement shall not include any purchaser, as such
purchaser, of any Bonds from you.
SECTION 13. Notices. All communications hereunder
shall be in writing and, if to you, shall be mailed or delivered
to you to the attention of your General Counsel at the address
set forth at the beginning of this Underwriting Agreement or, if
to the Company, shall be mailed or delivered to it at 639 Loyola
Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113, Attention: Treasurer.
Very truly yours,
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
By:/s/ [ ]
Name: [ ]
Title: [ ]
Accepted as of the date first above written:
UNDERWRITER
By:/s/ [ ]
Name: [ ]
Title: [ ]
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EXHIBIT A
[Letterhead of Entergy Services, Inc.]
[_____________]
[UNDERWRITER]
[ADDRESS]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I, together with Reid & Priest LLP, have acted as
counsel for New Orleans Public Service Inc. (the "Company") in
connection with the issuance and sale by the Company to you,
pursuant to the agreement effective [] (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), between the Company and you, of [$__________] in
aggregate principal amount of its General and Refunding Mortgage
Bonds, ____% Series due [_____________] (the "Bonds"), issued
pursuant to the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of
May 1, 1987, as heretofore amended and supplemented by all
indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, including
the [______]] Supplemental Indenture (the "Supplemental
Indenture") dated as of [_____________] (the Mortgage and Deed of
Trust as so amended and supplemented being hereinafter referred
to as the "Mortgage"). This opinion is rendered to you at the
request of the Company.
I am familiar with the organization of the Company, the
Restatement of Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the
Company, both as amended, and the records of various corporate
and other proceedings relating to the authorization, issuance and
sale of the Bonds. I have participated in the preparation of or
have examined and are familiar with (a) the Mortgage; (b) the
Underwriting Agreement; (c) the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus filed under the Securities Act; (d) the application or
applications made to the Council of the City of New Orleans,
Louisiana, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds
(the "Application"); and (e) [the Continuing Disclosure
Agreement].
I have examined the order of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (or appropriate evidence
thereof) relating to the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, the qualification of the Mortgage under the Trust
Indenture Act and the Application. I have also examined such
other documents and satisfied myself as to such other matters as
we have deemed necessary in order to render this opinion. In
such examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals, and the conformity to the originals of the documents
submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies. I have not
examined the Bonds, except a specimen thereof, and we have relied
upon a certificate of Bank of Montreal Trust Company as to the
authentication and delivery thereof. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.
Upon the basis of our familiarity with the foregoing
and with the Company's properties and affairs generally, and
subject to the foregoing and to the further exceptions and
qualifications set forth below, I am of the opinion that:
(1) The Company is a corporation duly organized
and validly existing under the laws of the State of
Louisiana.
(2) The Company is duly authorized by its
Restatement of Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to
conduct the utility business which it is described in the
Prospectus as conducting, and possesses adequate, valid and
subsisting franchises, certificates of public convenience
and necessity, licenses and permits in order to, and is duly
qualified to, conduct such business in the State of
Louisiana.
(3) The Company has good and sufficient title to
the properties described as owned by it in and as subject to
the lien of the Mortgage (except properties released under
the terms of the Mortgage), subject only to Excepted
Encumbrances as defined in the Mortgage and to minor defects
and encumbrances customarily found in properties of like
size and character that do not materially impair the use of
such properties by the Company. The description of such
properties set forth in the Mortgage is adequate to
constitute the Mortgage as a lien thereon; subject to
paragraph (4) hereof, the Mortgage, subject only to such
minor defects and Excepted Encumbrances, constitutes a valid
and direct lien upon said properties, which include
substantially all of the permanent physical properties and
franchises of the Company (other than those expressly
excepted). All permanent physical properties and franchises
(other than those expressly excepted) acquired by the
Company after the date of the Supplemental Indenture will,
upon such acquisition, become subject to the lien of the
Mortgage, subject, however, to such Excepted Encumbrances
and to liens, if any, existing or placed thereon at the time
of the acquisition thereof by the Company and except as
limited by bankruptcy law.
(4) It will be necessary to record the
Supplemental Indenture in Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes
in Louisiana and to file with the Recorder of Mortgages for
the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, a Louisiana Form UCC-3
amending UCC File No. 36-72304 to include the Supplemental
Indenture before the liens created by the Supplemental
Indenture become effective as to and enforceable against
third parties. However, all permanent physical properties
and franchises of the Company (other than those expressly
excepted in the Mortgage) presently owned by the Company are
subject to the lien of the Mortgage, subject to minor
defects and Excepted Encumbrances of the character referred
to in paragraph (3) hereof.
(5) The Mortgage has been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
the Company, has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Company, is a legal, valid and binding
instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except (i) as the same may be limited by the
laws of the State of Louisiana, where the property covered
thereby is located, affecting the remedies for the
enforcement of the security provided for therein, which
laws do not, in our opinion, make inadequate remedies
necessary for the realization of the benefits of such
security, and (ii) as the same may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or other
similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other
creditors' rights and general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law) and is qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act, and no proceedings to suspend such
qualification have been instituted or, to our knowledge,
threatened by the Commission.
(6) The Bonds are legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors'
rights and by general equitable principles (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law) and are entitled to the benefit of the
security afforded by the Mortgage.
(7) The statements made in the Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the
New G&R Bonds" and "Description of the New Bonds,"
respectively, insofar as they purport to constitute
summaries of the documents referred to therein, or of the
benefits purported to be afforded by such documents
(including, without limitation, the lien of the Mortgage),
constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such documents
and of such benefits in all material respects.
(8) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(9) Except as to the financial statements and
other financial or statistical data included or incorporated
by reference therein, upon which I do not express an
opinion, the Registration Statement, at the time it became
effective, and the Prospectus, at the time first filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act, complied as to form in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Act and (except
with respect to the parts of the Registration Statement that
constitute the statements of eligibility of the Trustees,
upon which I do not express an opinion) the Trust Indenture
Act, and the applicable instructions, rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to said
instructions, rules and regulations are deemed to comply
therewith; and, with respect to the documents or portions
thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange
Act, and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, such documents or portions
thereof, on the date first filed with the Commission,
complied as to form in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the
applicable instructions, rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder or pursuant to said instructions,
rules and regulations are deemed to comply therewith; the
Registration Statement has become and is effective under the
Securities Act; and, to the best of my knowledge, no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued and no proceedings for a stop
order with respect thereto are pending or threatened under
Section 8(d) of the Securities Act.
(10) An appropriate resolution or resolutions
have been entered by the Council of the City of New Orleans,
Louisiana, authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds;
to the best of my knowledge, said resolution or resolutions
are in full force and effect and are not subject to any
pending appeal or request for rehearing or reconsideration;
such resolution or resolutions are sufficient to authorize
the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement; and no further approval,
authorization, consent or other order of any governmental
body (other than in connection or compliance with the
provisions of the securities or "blue sky" laws of any
jurisdiction) is legally required to permit the issuance and
sale of the Bonds by the Company pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement.
(11) The issuance and sale by the Company of the
Bonds and the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the Mortgage (a)
will not violate any provision of the Company's Restatement
of Articles of Incorporation or By-laws, each as amended,
(b) will not violate any provisions of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance on or security interest in
(except as contemplated by the Mortgage) any of the assets
of the Company pursuant to the provisions of, any mortgage,
indenture, contract, agreement or other undertaking known to
us (having made due inquiry with respect thereto) to which
the Company is a party or which purports to be binding upon
the Company or upon any of its assets, and (c) will not
violate any provision of any Louisiana law or regulation
applicable to the Company (other than the Louisiana
securities or "blue sky" laws, upon which we are not
passing) or, to the best of our knowledge (having made due
inquiry with respect thereto), any provision of any order,
writ, judgment or decree of any governmental instrumentality
applicable to the Company.
In rendering an opinion upon the forms of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, I necessarily assume
the correctness, completeness and fairness of the statements made
by the Company and information included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
take no responsibility therefor, except insofar as such
statements relate to me and as set forth in Paragraph 7 above.
In connection with the preparation by the Company of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, I have had discussions
with certain of the Company's officers and representatives, with
other counsel for the Company, with the independent certified
public accountants of the Company who audited or reviewed the
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, and with your representatives. Our
review of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and our
discussions did not disclose to me any information which gives me
reason to believe that the Registration Statement, at the
Effective Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or
that the Prospectus, at the time first filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act and at the date
hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. I do
not express any belief as to the financial statements or other
financial or statistical data included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as to
the parts of the Registration Statement that constitute the
statements of eligibility of the Trustees or as to the
information contained in the Prospectus Supplement under the
caption "Description of the New Bonds - Book-Entry G&R Bonds".
I have examined the portions of the information
contained in the Registration Statement that are stated therein
to have been made on my authority, and I believe such information
to be correct. I have also examined the opinions of even date
herewith rendered to you by Reid & Priest LLP and Winthrop,
Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, and I concur in the conclusions
expressed therein insofar as they involve questions of Louisiana
law.
I am a member of the Bar of the State of Louisiana and
do not hold myself out as an expert on the laws of any other
state. As to all matters of New York law, I have relied, with
your approval, upon the opinion of even date herewith addressed
to you by Reid & Priest LLP of New York, New York.
The opinion set forth above is solely for the benefit
of the addressee of this letter in connection with the
Underwriting Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereunder, it is not being delivered for the benefit of, nor may
it be relied upon by, the holders of the Bonds, and it may not be
relied upon in any manner by any other person or for any other
purpose, without our prior written consent, except that Reid &
Priest LLP and Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts may rely on
this opinion as to all matters of Louisiana law in rendering
their opinions required to be delivered under the Underwriting
Agreement.
Very truly yours,
By: Laurence M. Hamric, Esq. of
Entergy Services, Inc.
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EXHIBIT B
[Letterhead of Reid & Priest LLP]
[_____________]
[UNDERWRITER]
[ADDRESS]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
With reference to the issuance and sale by New Orleans
Public Service Inc. (the "Company") to you, pursuant to the
agreement effective [_____________] (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), between the Company and you, of [$__________] in
aggregate principal amount of its General and Refunding Mortgage
Bonds, ____% Series due [_____________] (the "Bonds"), issued
under the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May
1, 1987, as heretofore amended and supplemented by all indentures
amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, including the
[______] Supplemental Indenture dated as of [_____________] (the
Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so supplemented being hereinafter
called the "Mortgage"), we advise you that we are of counsel to
the Company and in that capacity have participated in the
preparation of or have examined and are familiar with (1) the
Mortgage; (2) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus filed
under the Securities Act; (3) the Underwriting Agreement; and (4)
the Continuing Disclosure Agreement. This opinion is rendered to
you at the request of the Company.
We have participated in the preparation of or reviewed
the corporate proceedings with respect to the issuance and sale
of the Bonds. We have also examined such other documents and
satisfied ourselves as to such other matters as we have deemed
necessary to enable us to render this opinion. In such
examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures,
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals,
and the conformity to originals of the documents submitted to us
as certified or photostatic copies. We have not examined the
Bonds, except a specimen thereof, and we have relied upon a
certificate of Bank of Montreal Trust Company as to the
authentication and delivery thereof. Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the foregoing
and to the further exceptions and qualifications set forth below,
we are of the opinion that:
(1) The Mortgage has been duly and validly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company, is a
legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as the same may
be limited by the laws of the State of Louisiana, where the
property covered thereby is located, affecting the remedies for
the enforcement of the security provided for therein, and (ii) as
the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization or other similar laws affecting
enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and
general equitable principles (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)
and is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and no
proceedings to suspend such qualification have been instituted
or, to our knowledge, threatened by the Commission.
(2) The Bonds are legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except
as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of
mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and are entitled
to the benefit of the security afforded by the Mortgage.
(3) The statements made in the Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the New
G&R Bonds" and "Description of the New Bonds," respectively,
insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the documents
referred to therein, constitute accurate summaries of the terms
of such documents in all material respects.
(4) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(5) Except as to the financial statements and other
financial or statistical data included or incorporated by
reference therein, upon which we do not pass, the Registration
Statement, at the time it became effective, and the Prospectus,
at the time first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act, complied as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act
and (except with respect to the parts of the Registration
Statement that constitute the statements of eligibility of the
Trustees, upon which we are not passing) the Trust Indenture Act,
and the applicable instructions, rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder or pursuant to said instructions, rules and
regulations are deemed to comply therewith; and, with respect to
the documents or portions thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act, and incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, such documents or
portions thereof, on the date first filed with the Commission,
complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable
provisions of the Exchange Act, and the applicable instructions,
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to
said instructions, rules and regulations are deemed to comply
therewith; the Registration Statement has become and is effective
under the Securities Act; and, to the best of our knowledge, no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued and no proceedings for a stop order
with respect thereto are pending or threatened under Section 8(d)
of the Securities Act.
(6) An appropriate resolution or resolutions have been
entered by the Council of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana,
authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds; to the best of
our knowledge, said resolution or resolutions are in full force
and effect; such resolution or resolutions are sufficient to
authorize the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; and no further approval,
authorization, consent or other order of any governmental body
(other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of
the securities or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction) is legally
required to permit the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the
Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
In passing upon the forms of the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, we necessarily assume the correctness,
completeness and fairness of the statements made by the Company
and information included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and take no
responsibility therefor, except insofar as such statements relate
to us and as set forth in Paragraph 3 above. In connection with
the preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, we have had discussions with certain of the
Company's officers and representatives, with other counsel for
the Company, with the independent certified public accountants of
the Company who audited or reviewed the financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, and with your representatives. Our review of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and our discussions did
not disclose to us any information which gives us reason to
believe that the Registration Statement, at the Effective Date,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading or that the
Prospectus, at the time first filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424 under the Securities Act and at the date hereof,
contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. We do not express
any opinion or belief as to the financial statements or other
financial or statistical data included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as to
the parts of the Registration Statement that constitute the
statements of eligibility of the Trustees or as to the
information contained in the Prospectus Supplement under the
caption "Description of the New Bonds - Book-Entry G&R Bonds".
We are members of the New York Bar and do not hold
ourselves out as experts on the laws of any other state. As to
all matters of Louisiana law, we have relied upon the opinion of
even date herewith addressed to you by Laurence M. Hamric, Esq.,
General Attorney, Corporate and Securities, Entergy Services,
Inc., of New Orleans, Louisiana, counsel for the Company. We
have not examined into and are not passing upon matters relating
to incorporation of the Company, titles to property, franchises
or the lien of the Mortgage.
The opinion set forth above is solely for the benefit
of the addressee of this letter in connection with the
Underwriting Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereunder, it is not being delivered for the benefit of, nor may
it be relied upon by, the holders of the Bonds, and it may not be
relied upon in any manner by any other person or for any other
purpose, without our prior written consent, except that Laurence
M. Hamric, Esq., may rely on this opinion as to all matters of
New York law in rendering his opinion required to be delivered
under the Underwriting Agreement.
Very truly yours,
REID & PRIEST LLP
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EXHIBIT C
[Letterhead of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts]
[____________]
[UNDERWRITER]
[ADDRESS]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for you as the underwriter of
[$__________ ]in aggregate principal amount of General and
Refunding Mortgage Bonds, ____% Series due [_____________] (the
"Bonds"), issued by New Orleans Public Service Inc. (the
"Company") under the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated
as of May 1, 1987, as heretofore amended and supplemented by all
indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, including
the [______] Supplemental Indenture dated as of [____________ ]
(said Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so amended and supplemented
being hereinafter referred to as the "Mortgage"), pursuant to the
agreement between you and the Company effective [_____________]
(the "Underwriting Agreement").
We are members of the New York Bar and, for purposes of
this opinion, do not hold ourselves out as experts on the laws of
any jurisdiction other than the State of New York and the United
States of America. We have, with your consent, relied upon an
opinion of even date herewith addressed to you by Laurence M.
Hamric, Esq., General Attorney, Corporate and Securities, Entergy
Services, Inc., of New Orleans, Louisiana, counsel for the
Company, as to the matters covered in such opinion relating to
Louisiana law. We have reviewed said opinion and believe that it
is satisfactory. We have also reviewed the opinion of Reid &
Priest LLP required by Section 7(d) of the Underwriting
Agreement, and we believe said opinion to be satisfactory.
We have also examined such documents and satisfied
ourselves as to such other matters as we have deemed necessary in
order to enable us to express this opinion. As to various
questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon
representations of the Company and statements in the Registration
Statement. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness
of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, and the conformity to the originals of the
documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies. We
have not examined the Bonds, except a specimen thereof, and we
have relied upon a certificate of Bank of Montreal Trust Company
as to the authentication and delivery thereof. We have not
examined into, and are expressing no opinion or belief as to
matters relating to, incorporation of the Company, titles to
property, franchises or the lien of the Mortgage. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.
Subject to the foregoing and to the further exceptions
and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
(1) The Mortgage has been duly and validly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company, is a
legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as the same may
be limited by the laws of the State of Louisiana, where the
property covered thereby is located, affecting the remedies for
the enforcement of the security provided for therein and (ii) as
the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization or other similar laws affecting
enforcement of mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and
general equitable principles (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)
and is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and no
proceedings to suspend such qualification have been instituted
or, to our knowledge, threatened by the Commission.
(2) The Bonds are legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except
as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting enforcement of
mortgagees' and other creditors' rights and by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and are entitled
to the benefit of the security purported to be afforded by the
Mortgage.
(3) The statements made in the Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the New
G&R Bonds" and "Description of the New Bonds," respectively,
insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the documents
referred to therein, constitute accurate summaries of the terms
of such documents in all material respects.
(4) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(5) An appropriate resolution or resolutions have been
entered by the Council of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana,
authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds; to the best of
our knowledge, said resolution or resolutions are in full force
and effect; such resolution or resolutions are sufficient to
authorize the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the Company
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; and no further approval,
authorization, consent or other order of any governmental body
(other than in connection or compliance with the provisions of
the securities or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction) is legally
required to permit the issuance and sale of the Bonds by the
Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
(6) Except in each case as to the financial statements
and other financial or statistical data included or incorporated
by reference therein, upon which we do not pass, the Registration
Statement, at the time it became effective, and the Prospectus,
at the time first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act, complied as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act
and (except with respect to the parts of the Registration
Statement that constitute the statements of eligibility of the
Trustees, upon which we are not passing) the Trust Indenture Act,
and the applicable instructions, rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder or pursuant to said instructions, rules and
regulations are deemed to comply therewith; and, with respect to
the documents or portions thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act, and incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, such documents or
portions thereof, on the date first filed with the Commission,
complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable
provisions of the Exchange Act, and the applicable instructions,
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or pursuant to
said instructions, rules and regulations are deemed to comply
therewith; the Registration Statement has become and is effective
under the Securities Act; and, to the best of our knowledge, no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued and no proceedings for a stop order
with respect thereto are pending or threatened under Section 8(d)
of the Securities Act.
In passing upon the forms of the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, we necessarily assume the correctness,
completeness and fairness of the statements made by the Company
and information included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and take no
responsibility therefor, except insofar as such statements relate
to us and as set forth in paragraph 3 above. In connection with
the preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, we have had discussions with certain of the
Company's officers and representatives, with counsel for the
Company, with the independent certified public accountants of the
Company who audited or reviewed the financial statements included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, and
with your representatives. Our review of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and our discussions did not disclose
to us any information that gives us reason to believe that the
Registration Statement, at the Effective Date, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus, at
the time first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act and at the date hereof, contained or
contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. We do not express any opinion or
belief as to the financial statements or other financial or
statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as to the parts of the
Registration Statement that constitute the statements of
eligibility of the Trustees or as to the information contained in
the Prospectus Supplement under the caption ["Description of the
New Bonds - Book-Entry G&R Bonds".]
This opinion is solely for the benefit of the addressee
hereof in connection with the Underwriting Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereunder and may not be relied upon
in any manner by any other person or for any other purpose,
without our prior written consent.
Very truly yours,
WINTHROP, STIMSON, PUTNAM & ROBERTS
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EXHIBIT D
ITEMS CONTAINED IN EXCHANGE ACT DOCUMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION
7(f)(iv) OF THE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT FOR INCLUSION IN THE
LETTER OF THE ACCOUNTANTS REFERRED TO THEREIN
Caption Pages Items
Exhibit 4(b)
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
TO
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
And
MARK F. McLAUGHLIN
(successor to Z. George Klodnicki)
As Trustees under New Orleans
Public Service Inc.'s Mortgage and
Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1987
______ SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Providing among other things for
General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds,
____% Series due __________ , ____
(______ Series)
Dated as of ______________
<PAGE>
______ SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
______ SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of ______________,
between NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC., a corporation of the
State of Louisiana, whose post office address is 639 Loyola
Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 and BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST
COMPANY, a corporation of the State of New York, whose principal
office is located at 77 Water Street, New York, New York 10005
and MARK F. McLAUGHLIN (successor to Z. George Klodnicki), whose
post office address is 44 Norwood Avenue, Allenhurst, New Jersey
07711, as trustees under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as
of May 1, 1987, executed and delivered by the Company (herein
called the "Original Indenture"; the Original Indenture and any
and all indentures and instruments supplemental thereto being
herein called the "Indenture");
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture has been duly recorded and
filed as required in the State of Louisiana simultaneously with
the recording and filing of the First Supplemental Indenture
thereto, dated as of May 1, 1987, between the Company and BANK OF
MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY and Z. GEORGE KLODNICKI (Mark F.
McLaughlin, successor), as trustees (herein called the "First
Supplemental Indenture"); and
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture was recorded in various
Parishes in the State of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered to the Trustees
(as such term and all other defined terms used herein and not
defined herein having the respective definitions to which
reference is made in Article I below) its Second Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1988, its Third Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1993, its Fourth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of September 1, 1993 and its Fifth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 1, 1995, and its ______
Supplemental Indenture dated as of ______________, each as a
supplement to the Original Indenture, which Supplemental
Indentures have been duly recorded in various Parishes in the
State of Louisiana, which Parishes are the same Parishes in which
this ______ Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded; and
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore issued, in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture, the following series of
bonds;
Principal Principal
Series Amount Amount
Issued Outstanding
10.95% Series due May 1, 1994 $75,000,000 $30,000,000
13.20% Series due February 1, 1991 1,400,000 None
13.60% Series due February 1, 1993 29,400,000 None
13.90% Series due February 1, 1995 9,200,000 None
7% Series due March 1, 2003 25,000,000 25,000,000
8% Series due March 1, 2023 45,000,000 45,000,000
7.55% Series due September 1, 2023 30,000,000 30,000,000
8.67% Series due April 1, 2005 30,000,000 30,000,000
; and
WHEREAS, Section 19.04 of the Original Indenture provides,
among other things, that any power, privilege or right expressly
or impliedly reserved to or in any way conferred upon the Company
by any provision of the Indenture, whether such power, privilege
or right is in any way restricted or is unrestricted, may be in
whole or in part waived or surrendered or subjected to any
restriction if at the time unrestricted, or to additional
restriction if already restricted, and the Company may enter into
any further covenants, limitations, restrictions or provisions
for the benefit of any one or more series of bonds issued
thereunder, or the Company may establish the terms and provisions
of any series of bonds by an instrument in writing executed and
acknowledged by the Company in such manner as would be necessary
to entitle a conveyance of real estate to be recorded in all of
the states in which any property at the time subject to the Lien
of the Indenture shall be situated; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to create ______ new series of
bonds under the Indenture and to add to its covenants and
agreements contained in the Indenture certain other covenants and
agreements to be observed by it; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this ______
Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have
been performed, and the issue of said series of bonds, subject to
the terms of the Indenture, has been in all respects duly
authorized;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS ______ SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
WITNESSETH: That NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC., in
consideration of the premises and of Ten Dollars ($10) to it duly
paid by the Trustee at or before the ensealing and delivery of
these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and
in order to secure the payment of both the principal of and
interest and premium, if any, on the bonds from time to time
issued under the Indenture, according to their tenor and effect
and the performance of all provisions of the Indenture (including
any modification made as in the Indenture provided) and of said
bonds, hath granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed,
assigned, transferred, mortgaged, hypothecated, affected,
pledged, set over and confirmed and granted a security interest
in, and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, release,
convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, hypothecate, affect, pledge,
set over and confirm and grant a security interest in (subject,
however, to Excepted Encumbrances as defined in Section 1.06 of
the Original Indenture), unto MARK F. McLAUGHLIN and (to the
extent of its legal capacity to hold the same for the purposes
hereof) to BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustees, and to
their successor or successors in said trust, and to said Trustees
and their successors and assigns forever (1) all rights, legal
and equitable, of the Company (whether in accordance with
Paragraph 32 of that certain Resolution No. R-86-112, adopted by
the Council of the City of New Orleans on March 20, 1986 and
accepted by the Company on March 25, 1986, as superseded by
Resolution No. R-91-157, effective October 4, 1991, or pursuant
to other regulatory authorization or by operation of law or
otherwise), in the event of the purchase and acquisition by the
City of New Orleans (or any other governmental authority or
instrumentality or designee thereof) of properties and assets of
the Company, to recover and receive payment and compensation from
the City (or from such other governmental authority or
instrumentality or designee thereof or any other person) of an
amount equal to the aggregate uncollected balance of (A) the
deferrals of Grand Gulf 1 Costs (as defined in the Original
Indenture) and the deferred carrying charges accrued thereon that
have accumulated prior to the City or such other entity providing
official notice to the Company of the City's or such other
entity's intent to effect such purchase and acquisition and (B)
if and to the extent that the City or such other entity and the
Company agree that the City or such other entity is liable for
all or a portion of the aggregate uncollected balance of such
deferrals accumulating thereafter or a court of final resort so
holds, such deferrals that have accumulated subsequent to such
notice (said rights of the Company, together with the proceeds
and products thereof, being defined in the Original Indenture as
the "Municipalization Interest"); and (2) all properties of the
Company, real, personal and mixed, of the kind or nature
described or mentioned in the Original Indenture; and (3) all
properties of the Company specifically described in Article VI
hereof and all other properties of the Company, real, personal
and mixed, of the kind or nature specifically mentioned in the
Original Indenture or of any other kind or nature acquired by the
Company on or after the date of the execution and delivery of the
Original Indenture (except any herein or in the Original
Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, expressly excepted), now
owned or, subject to the provisions of Section 15.03 of the
Original Indenture, hereafter acquired by the Company (by
purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection
or in any other way) and wheresoever situated, including (without
in anywise limiting or impairing by the enumeration of the same,
the scope and intent of the foregoing or of any general
description contained herein or in the Original Indenture, as
heretofore supplemented), all real estate, lands, easements,
servitudes, licenses, permits, franchises, privileges, rights of
way and other rights in or relating to real estate or the
occupancy of the same; all power sites, flowage rights, water
rights, water locations, water appropriations, ditches, flumes,
reservoirs, reservoir sites, canals, raceways, waterways, dams,
dam sites, aqueducts, and all other rights or means for
appropriating, conveying, storing and supplying water; all rights
of way and roads; all plants for the generation of electricity by
steam, water and/or other power; all power houses, gas plants,
street lighting systems, standards and other equipment incidental
thereto; all telephone, radio and television systems, air-
conditioning systems, and equipment incidental thereto, water
wheels, water works, water systems, steam heat and hot water
plants, substations, electric, gas and water lines, service and
supply systems, bridges, culverts, tracks, ice or refrigeration
plants and equipment, offices, buildings and other structures and
the equipment thereof; all machinery, engines, boilers, dynamos,
turbines, electric, gas and other machines, prime movers,
regulators, meters, transformers, generators (including, but not
limited to, engine driven generators and turbogenerator units),
motors, electrical, gas and mechanical appliances, conduits,
cables, water, steam heat, gas or other pipes, gas mains and
pipes, service pipes, fittings, valves and connections, pole and
transmission lines, towers, overhead conductors and devices,
underground conduits, underground conductors and devices, wires,
cables, tools, implements, apparatus, storage battery equipment,
and all other fixtures and personalty; all municipal and other
franchises, consents or permits; all lines for the transmission
and distribution of electric current, gas, steam heat or water
for any purpose including towers, poles, wires, cables, pipes,
conduits, ducts and all apparatus for use in connection therewith
and (except as herein or in the Original Indenture, as heretofore
supplemented, expressly excepted) all the rights, title and
interest of the Company in and to all other property of any kind
or nature appertaining to and/or used and/or occupied and/or
enjoyed in connection with any property herein or in the Original
Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, described.
TOGETHER WITH all and singular the tenements,
hereditaments, prescriptions, servitudes and appurtenances
belonging or in anywise appertaining to the aforesaid property or
any part thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remainder
and remainders and (subject to the provisions of Section 11.01 of
the Original Indenture) the tolls, rents, revenues, issues,
earnings, income, product and profits thereof, and all the
estate, right, title and interest and claim whatsoever, at law as
well as in equity, which the Company now has or may hereafter
acquire in and to the aforesaid property, rights and franchises
and every part and parcel thereof.
IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the Company that, subject to the
provisions of Section 15.03 of the Original Indenture, all the
property, rights and franchises acquired by the Company (by
purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection
or in any other way) after the date hereof, except any herein or
in the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, expressly
excepted, shall be and are as fully granted and conveyed hereby
and as fully embraced within the Lien of the Original Indenture
and the Lien hereof as if such property, rights and franchises
were now owned by the Company and were specifically described
herein and granted and conveyed hereby.
PROVIDED that, except as provided herein and in the
Original Indenture with respect to the Municipalization Interest,
the following are not and are not intended to be now or hereafter
granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned,
transferred, mortgaged, hypothecated, affected, pledged, set over
or confirmed hereunder, nor is a security interest therein hereby
or by the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, granted
or intended to be granted, and the same are hereby expressly
excepted from the Lien of the Indenture and the operation of this
______ Supplemental Indenture, viz.: (1) cash, shares of stock,
bonds, notes and other obligations and other securities not
heretofore or hereafter specifically pledged, paid, deposited,
delivered or held hereunder or covenanted so to be; (2)
merchandise, equipment, apparatus, materials or supplies held for
the purpose of sale or other disposition in the usual course of
business or for the purpose of repairing or replacing (in whole
or part) any rolling stock, buses, motor coaches, automobiles and
other vehicles or aircraft or boats, ships, or other vessels and
any fuel, oil and similar materials and supplies consumable in
the operation of any of the properties of the Company; rolling
stock, buses, motor coaches, automobiles and other vehicles and
all aircraft; boats, ships and other vessels; all timber,
minerals, mineral rights and royalties; (3) bills, notes and
other instruments and accounts receivable, judgments, demands,
general intangibles and choses in action, and all contracts,
leases and operating agreements not specifically pledged
hereunder or under the Original Indenture or covenanted so to be;
(4) the last day of the term of any lease or leasehold which may
hereafter become subject to the Lien of the Indenture; (5)
electric energy, gas, water, steam, ice, and other materials or
products generated, manufactured, produced or purchased by the
Company for sale, distribution or use in the ordinary course of
its business; (6) any natural gas wells or natural gas leases or
natural gas transportation lines or other works or property used
primarily and principally in the production of natural gas or its
transportation, primarily for the purpose of sale to natural gas
customers or to a natural gas distribution or pipeline company,
up to the point of connection with any distribution system; and
(7) the Company's franchise to be a corporation; provided,
however, that the property and rights expressly excepted from the
lien and operation of the Indenture in the above subdivisions (2)
and (3) shall (to the extent permitted by law) cease to be so
excepted in the event and as of the date that either or both of
the Trustees or a receiver or trustee shall enter upon and take
possession of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property in the manner
provided in Article XII of the Original Indenture by reason of
the occurrence of a Default.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all such properties, real, personal and
mixed, granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned,
transferred, mortgaged, hypothecated, affected, pledged, set over
or confirmed or in which a security interest has been granted by
the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be (subject, however,
to Excepted Encumbrances as defined in Section 1.06 of the
Original Indenture), unto MARK F. McLAUGHLIN and (to the extent
of its legal capacity to hold the same for the purposes hereof)
to BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY, and their successors and
assigns forever.
IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, for the same purposes and upon the
same terms, trusts and conditions and subject to and with the
same provisos and covenants as are set forth in the Original
Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, this ______ Supplemental
Indenture being supplemental thereto.
AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED by the Company that all the
terms, conditions, provisos, covenants and provisions contained
in the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, shall
affect and apply to the property hereinbefore and hereinafter
described and conveyed and to the estate, rights, obligations and
duties of the Company and the Trustees and the beneficiaries of
the trust with respect to said property, and to the Trustees and
their successors as Trustees of said property in the same manner
and with the same effect as if the said property had been owned
by the Company at the time of the execution of the Original
Indenture and had been specifically and at length described in
and conveyed to said Trustees by the Original Indenture as a part
of the property therein stated to be conveyed.
The Company further covenants and agrees to and with the
Trustees and their successor or successors in said trust under
the Indenture, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.01 Terms From the Original Indenture and First
Supplemental Indenture. All defined terms used in this ______
Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Original
Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, as the case may
be.
Section 1.02 References are to Supplemental
Indenture. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references
herein to "Articles", "Sections" and other subdivisions refer to
the corresponding Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of
this ______ Supplemental Indenture, and the words "herein",
"hereof", "hereby", "hereunder" and words of similar import refer
to this ______ Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision hereof or to the
Original Indenture or any other supplemental indenture thereto.
ARTICLE II
THE ______ SERIES
Section 2.01 Bonds of the Series. There shall be a
series of bonds designated ______% Series due ______________
(herein sometimes referred to as "______ Series"), each of which
shall also bear the descriptive title "General and Refunding
Mortgage Bond" unless subsequent to the issuance of such bonds a
different descriptive title is permitted by Section 2.01 of the
Original Indenture. The form of bonds of the ______ Series shall
be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. Bonds of the
______ Series shall mature on ______________, and shall be issued
only as fully registered bonds in denominations of One Thousand
Dollars and, at the option of the Company, in any multiple or
multiples thereof (the exercise of such option to be evidenced by
the execution and delivery thereof). Bonds of the ______ Series
shall bear interest at the rate of ___________________ (___%) per
annum (except as hereinafter provided), payable semi-annually on
__________ and __________ of each year, and at maturity, the
first interest payment to be made on ______________ for the
period from ______________ to ______________; the principal and
interest on each said bond to be payable at the office or agency
of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
New York, payable in such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public
and private debts. Interest on the bonds of the ______ Series may
at the option of the Company be paid by check mailed to the
registered owners thereof. Overdue principal and (to the extent
permitted by law) overdue interest in respect of the bonds of the
______ Series shall bear interest (before and after judgment) at
the rate of ______________________ (____%) per annum. Interest
on the bonds of the ______ Series shall be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest
on the bonds of the ______ Series in respect of a portion of a
month shall be calculated based on the actual number of days
elapsed.
The Company reserves the right to establish at any time, by
Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, a form of
coupon bond, and of appurtenant coupons, for the ______ Series
and to provide for exchangeability of such coupon bonds with the
bonds of said Series issued hereunder in fully registered form
and to make all appropriate provisions for such purpose.
Section 2.02 Optional Redemption of Bonds of
the Series. (a) Except as provided in Section 9.13 of
the Original Indenture and Section 3.04 of the First Supplemental
Indenture, as heretofore and hereby amended, bonds of the ______
Series shall not be redeemable prior to ______________. On and
after __________, bonds of the ______ Series shall be redeemable,
at the option of the Company, in whole at any time, or in part
from time to time, prior to maturity, upon notice mailed to each
registered owner at his last address appearing on the registry
books not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption, at the general redemption price of 100.00%, expressed
as a percentage of the principal amount of the bonds to be
redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption.
On and after _____________, bonds of the ______ Series shall
also be redeemable in whole at any time, or in part from time to
time, prior to maturity, upon like notice, by the application
(either at the option of the Company or pursuant to the
requirements of the Original Indenture) of cash delivered to or
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of
Section 9.05 of the Original Indenture or subject to the
provisions of Section 11.05 of the Original Indenture at the
special redemption price of 100.00%, expressed as a percentage of
the principal amount of the bonds to be redeemed, together with
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.
Bonds of the ______ Series are also redeemable after
_____________ as provided in Section 4.11 of the First
Supplemental Indenture, as amended.
Bonds of the ______ Series are also redeemable, at the
option of the holders thereof, at any time as provided in Section
9.13 of the Original Indenture and Section 3.04 of the First
Supplemental Indenture, as heretofore and hereby amended.
Section 2.03 Transfer and Exchange. At the option of the
registered owner, any bonds of the ______ Series, upon surrender
thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York,
shall be exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations.
Bonds of the ______ Series shall be transferable, upon the
surrender thereof for cancellation, together with a written
instrument of transfer in form approved by the registrar duly
executed by the registered owner or by his duly authorized
attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York.
Upon any such exchange or transfer of bonds of the ______
Series, the Company may make a charge therefor sufficient to
reimburse it for any tax or taxes or other governmental charge,
as provided in Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture, but the
Company hereby waives any right to make a charge in addition
thereto for any such exchange or transfer of bonds of the ______
Series.
Section 2.04 Dating of Bonds and Interest Payments. (a)
Each bond of the ______ Series shall be dated as of the date of
authentication and shall bear interest from the last preceding
interest payment date to which interest shall have been paid
(unless the date of such bond is an interest payment date to
which interest is paid, in which case from the date of such
bond); provided that each bond of the ______ Series dated prior
to ______________ shall bear interest from ______________; and
provided, further, that if any bond of the ______ Series shall be
authenticated and delivered upon a transfer of, or in exchange
for or in lieu of, any other bond or bonds of the ______ Series
upon which interest is in default, it shall be dated so that such
bond shall bear interest from the last preceding date to which
interest shall have been paid on the bond or bonds in respect of
which such bond shall have been delivered or from ______________,
if no interest shall have been paid on the bonds of the ______
Series.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, bonds of the ______
Series shall be dated so that the person in whose name any bond
of the ______ Series is registered at the close of business on
the day (whether or not a business day) immediately preceding an
interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest
payable on the interest payment date notwithstanding the
cancellation of such bond upon any transfer or exchange thereof
subsequent to such close of business and prior to such interest
payment date, except if, and to the extent that, the Company
shall default in the payment of interest due on such interest
payment date, in which case such defaulted interest shall be paid
to the persons in whose names Outstanding bonds of the ______
Series are registered on the day immediately preceding the date
of payment of such defaulted interest. Any bond of the ______
Series issued upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to such
close of business and prior to such interest payment date shall
bear interest from such interest payment date. In the event
there shall be more than one registered owner of bonds of the
______ Series, then the Company shall not be required to make
transfers or exchanges of bonds of said series for a period of
fifteen (15) days next preceding any interest payment date of
said series.
ARTICLE III
OTHER PROVISIONS FOR RETIREMENT OF BONDS
Section 3.01 Redemption at the Option of the Owner upon
Consolidation or Merger.
The second sentence of subsection (a) of Section 3.04
of the First Supplemental Indenture, as amended, is hereby
further amended to insert the following words immediately after
the words "the ______ Supplemental Indenture":
"shall (as to the New LP&L Bonds being exchanged
for bonds of the ______ Series) be subject to
redemption at the option of the Company on terms
similar to those provided in the ______ Supplemental
Indenture,"
The redemption prices for any bonds of the ______
Series redeemed pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 3.04
of the First Supplemental Indenture shall be determined as
follows:
(1) If at the time the Exchange Notice is given, the
Outstanding bonds secured by the Indenture are rated by at
least two nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations, and the New LP&L Bonds are, or will be,
rated by the same rating organizations higher than, or in
the same generic rating categories as, the Outstanding
bonds secured by the Indenture (such ratings to be
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate), the redemption
price shall be equal to the principal amount of the bonds
to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date
fixed for redemption. The New LP&L Bonds and the
Outstanding bonds secured by the Indenture shall be deemed
to be rated in the same generic rating category if their
respective ratings are both (i) within the same generic
rating level (e.g., "BBB" or "baa") and (ii) within one
numerical or "plus" or "minus" modifier of each other.
(2) If at the time the Exchange Notice is given the
conditions of clause (1) are not satisfied, the redemption
prices shall be the general redemption prices set forth in
Section 2.02(a) hereof together with accrued interest to
the date fixed for redemption.
Subclause (B) of clause (i) of subsection (b) of
Section 4.11 of the First Supplemental Indenture, as
amended, is hereby further amended to insert the following
words immediately before the words "in each case":
"at a redemption price, in the case of bonds of the
______ Series, equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
bonds to be redeemed,"
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Maintenance of Paying Agency. So long as any
bonds of the ______ Series are Outstanding, the Company covenants
that the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, where the principal of
or interest on any bonds of the ______ Series shall be payable,
shall also be an office or agency where any such bonds may be
transferred or exchanged and where notices, presentations or
demands to or upon the Company in respect of such bonds or in
respect of the Indenture may be given or made.
Section 4.02 Further Assurances. From time to time
whenever reasonably requested by the Trustee or the holders of
not less than a majority in principal amount of bonds of the
______ Series then Outstanding, the Company will make, execute
and deliver or cause to be made, executed and delivered any and
all such further and other instruments and assurances as may be
reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the intention of or
to facilitate the performance of the terms of the Indenture or to
secure the rights and remedies of the holders of such bonds.
Section 4.03 Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) So
long as any bonds of the ______ Series are Outstanding, the
Company covenants that it will not declare any dividends on its
common stock (other than (1) a dividend payable solely in shares
of its common stock or (2) a dividend payable in cash in cases
where, concurrently with the payment of such dividend, an amount
in cash equal to such dividend is received by the Company as a
capital contribution or as the proceeds of the issue and sale of
shares of its common stock) or make any distribution on
outstanding shares of its common stock or purchase or otherwise
acquire for value any outstanding shares of its common stock
(otherwise than in exchange for or out of the proceeds from the
sale of other shares of its common stock) unless after such
dividend, distribution, purchase or acquisition, the aggregate
amount of such dividends, distributions, purchases and
acquisitions paid or made subsequent to ______________ (other
than any dividend declared by the Company on or before
______________) does not exceed (without giving effect to (1) any
such dividends, distributions, purchases or acquisitions, or (2)
any net transfers from earned surplus to stated capital accounts)
the sum of (A) the aggregate amount credited subsequent to
______________, to earned surplus, (B) $150,000,000 and (C) such
additional amounts as shall be authorized or approved, upon
application by the Company and, after notice, by the SEC under
the Holding Company Act.
For the purpose of this Section 4.03, the aggregate
amount credited subsequent to ______________, to earned surplus
shall be determined in accordance with applicable generally
accepted accounting principles and practices (or, if in the
opinion of the Company's independent public accountants
(delivered to the Trustee) there is an absence of any such
generally accepted accounting principles and practices as to the
determination in question, then in accordance with sound
accounting practices) and after making provision for dividends
upon any preferred stock of the Company, accumulated subsequent
to such date, and in addition there shall be deducted from earned
surplus all amounts (without duplication) of losses, write-offs,
write-downs or amortization of property, whether extraordinary or
otherwise, recorded in and applicable to a period or periods
subsequent to ______________.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 5.01 Acceptance of Trusts. The Trustees hereby
accept the trusts herein declared, provided, created or
supplemented and agree to perform the same upon the terms and
conditions herein and in the Original Indenture, as heretofore
supplemented, set forth and upon the following terms and
conditions:
The Trustees shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency
of this ______ Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect
of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are
solely made by the Company. In general, each and every
term and condition contained in Article XVI of the Original
Indenture shall apply to and form part of this ______
Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if
the same were herein set forth in full with such omissions,
variations and insertions, if any, as may be appropriate to
make the same conform to the provisions of this ______
Supplemental Indenture.
Section 5.02 Effect of Supplemental Indenture under
Louisiana Law. It is the intention and it is hereby agreed that
so far as concerns that portion of the Mortgaged and Pledged
Property situated within the State of Louisiana, the general
language of conveyance contained in this ______ Supplemental
Indenture is intended and shall be construed as words of
hypothecation and not of conveyance, and that so far as the said
Louisiana property is concerned, this ______ Supplemental
Indenture shall be considered as an act of mortgage and pledge
and granting of a security interest under the laws of the State
of Louisiana, and the Trustees herein named are named as
mortgagee and pledgee and secured parties in trust for the
benefit of themselves and of all present and future holders of
bonds issued under the Indenture and any coupons thereto issued
hereunder, and are irrevocably appointed special agents and
representatives of the holders of such bonds and coupons and
vested with full power in their behalf to effect and enforce the
mortgage and pledge and a security interest hereby constituted
for their benefit, or otherwise to act as herein provided for.
Section 5.03 Record Date. The holders of the bonds of the
______ Series shall be deemed to have consented and agreed that
the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date
for the purpose of determining the holders of the bonds of the
______ Series entitled to consent, if any such consent is
required, to any amendment or supplement to the Indenture or the
waiver of any provision thereof or any act to be performed
thereunder. If a record date is fixed, those persons who were
holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies),
and only those persons, shall be entitled to consent to such
amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent
previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be
holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid
or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
Section 5.04 Titles. The titles of the several Articles
and Sections of this ______ Supplemental Indenture shall not be
deemed to be any part hereof.
Section 5.05 Counterparts. This ______ Supplemental
Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one
and the same instrument.
Section 5.06 Governing Law. The laws of the State of
New York shall govern this ______ Supplemental Indenture and the
bonds of the ______ Series, except to the extent that the
validity or perfection of the Lien of the Indenture, or remedies
thereunder, are governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than
the State of New York.
ARTICLE VI
SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
PARAGRAPH ONE
The Electric Generating Plants, Plant Sites and Stations of
the Company, including all electric works, power houses,
buildings, pipelines and structures owned by the Company and all
land of the Company on which the same are situated and all of the
Company's lands, together with the buildings and improvements
thereon, and all rights, ways, servitudes, prescriptions, and
easements, rights-of-way, permits, privileges, licenses, poles,
wires, machinery, implements, switchyards, electric lines,
equipment and appurtenances, forming a part of said plants, sites
or stations, or any of them, or used or enjoyed, or capable of
being used or enjoyed in conjunction with any of said power
plants, sites, stations, lands and property.
PARAGRAPH TWO
The Electric Substations, Switching Stations, Microwave
installations and UHF-VHF installations of the Company, and the
Sites therefor, including all buildings, structures, towers,
poles, all equipment, appliances and devices for transforming,
converting, switching, transmitting and distributing electric
energy, and for communications, and the lands of the Company on
which the same are situated, and all of the Company's lands,
rights, ways, servitudes, prescriptions, easements, rights-of-
way, machinery, equipment, appliances, devices, licenses and
appurtenances forming a part of said substations, switching
stations, microwave installations or UHF-VHF installations, or
any of them, or used or enjoyed or capable of being used or
enjoyed in conjunction with any of them.
PARAGRAPH THREE
All and singular the Miscellaneous Lands and Real Estate or
Rights and Interests therein of the Company, and buildings and
improvements thereon, now owned, or, subject to the provisions of
Section 15.03 of the Original Indenture, hereafter acquired
during the existence of this trust.
PARAGRAPH FOUR
The Electric Transmission Lines of the Company, including
the structures, towers, poles, wires, cables, switch racks,
conductors, transformers, insulators, pipes, conduits, electric
submarine cables, and all appliances, devices and equipment used
or useful in connection with said transmission lines and systems,
and all other property, real, personal or mixed, forming a part
thereof or appertaining thereto, together with all rights-of-way,
easements, prescriptions, servitudes, permits, privileges,
licenses, consents, immunities and rights for or relating to the
construction, maintenance or operation thereof, through, over,
across, under or upon any public streets or highways or other
lands, public or private.
PARAGRAPH FIVE
The Electric Distribution Lines and Systems of the Company,
including the structures, towers, poles, wires, insulators and
appurtenances, appliances, conductors, conduits, cables,
transformers, meters, regulator stations and regulators,
accessories, devices and equipment and all of the Company's other
property, real, personal or mixed, forming a part of or used,
occupied or enjoyed in connection with or in anywise appertaining
to said distribution lines and systems, together with all of the
Company's rights-of-way, easements, permits, prescriptions,
privileges, municipal or other franchises, licenses, consents,
immunities and rights for or relating to the construction,
maintenance or operation thereof, through, over, across, under,
or upon any public streets or highways or other lands or
property, public or private.
PARAGRAPH SIX
The Gas Distributing Systems of the Company, whether now
owned or, subject to the provisions of Section 15.03 of the
Original Indenture, hereafter acquired, including gas regulator
stations, gas main crossings, odorizing equipment, gas metering
stations, shops, service buildings, office buildings, expansion
tanks, conduits, gas mains and pipes, mechanical storage sheds,
boilers, service pipes, fittings, city gates, pipelines, booster
stations, reducer stations, valves, valve platforms, connections,
meters and all appurtenances, appliances, devices and equipment
and all the Company's other property, real, personal or mixed
forming a part of or used, occupied or enjoyed in connection with
or in anywise appertaining to said distributing systems, or any
of them, together with all of the Company's rights-of-way,
easements, prescriptions, servitudes, privileges, immunities,
permits and franchises, licenses, consents and rights for or
relating to the construction, maintenance or operation thereof,
in, on, through, across or under any public streets or highways
or other lands or property, public or private.
PARAGRAPH SEVEN
All of the franchises, privileges, permits, grants and
consents for the construction, operation and maintenance of
electric and gas systems in, on and under streets, alleys,
highways, roads, public grounds and rights-of-way and all rights
incident thereto which were granted by the governing and
regulatory bodies of the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana.
Also all other franchises, privileges, permits, grants and
consents owned or hereafter acquired by the Company for the
construction, operation and maintenance of electric and gas
systems in, on or under the streets, alleys, highways, roads, and
public grounds, areas and rights-of-way and/or for the supply and
sale of electricity or natural gas and all rights incident
thereto, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 15.03 of
the Original Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC. has
caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this
instrument to be signed and sealed by its Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer, President or one of its Vice Presidents,
and its corporate seal to be attested by its Secretary or one of
its Assistant Secretaries for and in its behalf, and BANK OF
MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY has caused its corporate name to be
hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by
one of its Vice Presidents or Assistant Vice Presidents and its
corporate seal to be attested by one of its Assistant Vice
Presidents or Assistant Secretaries, and MARK F. McLAUGHLIN has
hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, all as of the day and
year first above written.
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
By: _____________________________
Attest:
______________________________
Executed, sealed and delivered by
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
in the presence of :
_______________________________
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
As Trustee
By:
_____________________________
Attest:
____________________________
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____________________________[L.S.]
MARK F. McLAUGHLIN,
As Co-Trustee
Executed, sealed and delivered by
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
and MARK F. McLAUGHLIN
in the presence of:
________________________________
________________________________
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STATE OF LOUISIANA )
) SS.:
PARISH OF ORLEANS )
On this _____ day of __________, ____, before me appeared
________________________________, to me personally known, who,
being duly sworn, did say that he is a
_________________________________ of NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE
INC., and that the seal affixed to said instrument is the
corporate seal of said corporation and that the foregoing
instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by
authority of its Board of Directors, and said
________________________________ acknowledged said instrument to
be the free act and deed of said corporation.
On the _____ day of __________, in the year ____, before me
personally came ________________________________, to me known,
who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides
at __________________________________________________________;
that he is a _________________________________ of NEW ORLEANS
PUBLIC SERVICE INC., one of the parties described in and which
executed the above instrument; that he 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 he signed his name
thereto by like order.
_____________________________
Notary Public
Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
My Commission is Issued for Life
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On this _____ day of __________, ____, before me appeared
______________________________, to me personally known, who,
being duly sworn, did say that she is a _________________________
of BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY, and that the seal affixed to
the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said
corporation and that said instrument was signed and sealed in
behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of
Directors, and said ______________________________ acknowledged
said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.
On the _____ day of __________, in the year ____, before me
personally came ______________________________, to me known, who,
being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she resides at
_______________________________________________________; that she
is a _________________________ of BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY,
one of the parties described in and which executed the above
instrument; 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.
___________________________
Notary Public, State of New York
No. _____________
Qualified in ____________ County
Commission Expires ______________
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On this _____ day of __________, ____, before me personally
appeared MARK F. McLAUGHLIN, to me known to be the person
described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.
On the _____ day of _____________, before me personally came
MARK F. McLAUGHLIN, to me known to be the person described in and
who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he
executed the same.
___________________________
Notary Public, State of New York
No. __________
Qualified in ________ County
Commission Expires ______________
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF BOND OF THE ______ SERIES]
[(See legend at the end of this bond for
restrictions on transferability and change of form)]
GENERAL AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE BOND
_____% Series due __________, ____
CUSIP No. _________
No. __________________ $__________
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC., a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana
(hereinafter called the Company), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to ___________________________, or registered
assigns, at the office or agency of the Company in The City of
New York, New York, the principal sum of $__________ on
______________, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and
private debts, and to pay in like manner to the registered owner
hereof interest thereon from ______________, if the date of this
bond is prior to ______________, or, if the date of this bond is
on or after ______________, from the ______________ or __________
next preceding the date of this bond to which interest has been
paid (unless the date hereof is an interest payment date to which
interest has been paid, in which case from the date hereof), at
the rate of ______________________________________ (____%) per
annum in like coin or currency on __________ and __________ in
each year and at maturity until the principal of this bond shall
have become due and been duly paid or provided for, and to pay
interest (before and after judgment) on any overdue principal,
premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) on any
overdue interest at the rate of
______________________________________________ (____%) per annum.
Interest on this bond shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest on this bond
in respect of a portion of a month shall be calculated based on
the actual number of days elapsed.
The interest so payable on any interest payment date will,
subject to certain exceptions provided in the Mortgage
hereinafter referred to, be paid to the person in whose name this
bond is registered at the close of business on the day (whether
or not a business day) immediately preceding such interest
payment date. At the option of the Company, interest may be paid
by check mailed on or prior to such interest payment date to the
address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear on the register of the Company.
This bond shall not become obligatory until Bank of Montreal
Trust Company, the Trustee under the Mortgage, or its successor
thereunder, shall have signed the form of authentication
certificate endorsed hereon.
This bond is one of a series of bonds of the Company
issuable in series and is one of a duly authorized series known
as its General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, ____% Series due
______________ (herein called bonds of the ______ Series), all
bonds of all series issued under and equally secured by a
Mortgage and Deed of Trust (herein, together with any indenture
supplemental thereto, called the Mortgage), dated as of May 1,
1987, duly executed by the Company to Bank of Montreal Trust
Company and Z. George Klodnicki (Mark F. McLaughlin, successor),
as Trustees. Reference is made to the Mortgage for a description
of the mortgaged and pledged property, assets and rights, the
nature and extent of the lien and security, the respective
rights, limitations of rights, covenants, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the holders of bonds and
the Trustees and the terms and conditions upon which the bonds
are, and are to be, secured, the circumstances under which
additional bonds may be issued and the definition of certain
terms herein used, to all of which, by its acceptance of this
bond, the holder of this bond agrees.
The principal hereof may be declared or may become due prior
to the maturity date hereinbefore named on the conditions, in the
manner and at the time set forth in the Mortgage, upon the
occurrence of a Default as in the Mortgage provided. The
Mortgage provides that in certain circumstances and upon certain
conditions, such a declaration and its consequences or certain
past defaults and the consequences thereof may be waived by such
affirmative vote of holders of bonds as is specified in the
Mortgage.
The Mortgage contains provisions permitting the Company and
the Trustee to execute supplemental indentures amending the
Mortgage for certain specified purposes without the consent of
holders of bonds. With the consent of the Company and to the
extent permitted by and as provided in the Mortgage, the rights
and obligations of the Company and/or the rights of the holders
of the bonds of the ______ Series and/or the terms and provisions
of the Mortgage may be modified or altered by such affirmative
vote or votes of the holders of bonds then Outstanding as are
specified in the Mortgage.
Any consent or waiver by the holder of this bond (unless
effectively revoked as provided in the Mortgage) shall be
conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future
holders of this bond and of any bonds issued in exchange or
substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation
of such consent or waiver is made upon this bond or such other
bond.
No reference herein to the Mortgage and no provision of this
bond or of the Mortgage 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 bond in
the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the
currency herein prescribed.
The bonds are issuable as registered bonds without coupons
in the denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
At the office or agency to be maintained by the Company in The
City of New York, New York, and in the manner and subject to the
provisions of the Mortgage, bonds may be exchanged for a like
aggregate principal amount of bonds of other authorized
denominations, without payment of any charge other than a sum
sufficient to reimburse the Company for any tax or other
governmental charge incident thereto. This bond is transferable
as prescribed in the Mortgage by the registered owner hereof in
person, or by his duly authorized attorney, at the office or
agency of the Company in The City of New York, New York, upon
surrender of this bond, and upon payment, if the Company shall
require it, of the transfer charges provided for in the Mortgage,
and, thereupon, a new fully registered bond of the same series
for a like principal amount will be issued to the transferee in
exchange hereof as provided in the Mortgage. The Company and the
Trustees may deem and treat the person in whose name this bond is
registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of
receiving payment and for all other purposes and neither the
Company nor the Trustees shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
This bond is redeemable at the option of the Company under
certain circumstances in the manner and at such redemption prices
as are provided in the Mortgage. This bond is also redeemable at
the option of the owner upon the events, in the manner and at
such redemption prices as are specified in the Mortgage.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of
or interest on this bond against any incorporator or any past,
present or future subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder,
officer or director of the Company or of any predecessor or
successor corporation, as such, either directly or through the
Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, under any
rule of law, statute or constitution or by the enforcement of any
assessment or otherwise, all such liability of incorporators,
subscribers, stockholders, officers and directors being released
by the holder or owner hereof by the acceptance of this bond and
being likewise waived and released by the terms of the Mortgage.
As provided in the Mortgage, this bond shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, New Orleans Public Service Inc. has
caused this bond to be signed in its corporate name by its
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or one
of its Vice Presidents by his signature or a facsimile thereof,
and its corporate seal to be impressed or imprinted hereon and
attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries by
his signature or a facsimile thereof.
Dated: ______________________
NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
By: ______________________________
Attest:
_____________________________
Title
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[FORM OF TRUSTEE'S
AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE]
TRUSTEE'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
This bond is one of the bonds, of the series herein
designated, described or provided for in the within-mentioned
mortgage.
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee,
By: ________________________________
Authorized Signature
[LEGEND
Unless and until this bond is exchanged in whole or in part for
certificated bonds registered in the names of the various
beneficial holders hereof as then certified to the Trustee by The
Depository Trust Company or its successor (the "Depositary"),
this bond may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary
or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of the Depositary to the Company 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 such other name as requested by an authorized representative
of the Depositary and any amount payable thereunder is made
payable to Cede & Co., or such other name, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE
OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an
interest herein.
This bond may be exchanged for certificated bonds registered in
the names of the various beneficial owners hereof if (a) the
Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as
depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days, or (b) the Company elects to issue
certificated bonds to beneficial owners (as certified to the
Company by the Depositary).]
Exhibit 5(a)
January 16, 1996
[Letterhead of Entergy Services, Inc.]
New Orleans Public Service Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Dear Sirs:
I refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, including
the exhibits thereto, which New Orleans Public Service Inc. (the
"Company") proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on or shortly after the date hereof, for the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
$65,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its General and
Refunding Mortgage Bonds (the "Bonds"), to be issued in one or
more new series, and for the qualification under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Company's Mortgage and
Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1987, as heretofore supplemented
and as proposed to be further supplemented, under which the Bonds
are to be issued. I advise you that in my opinion:
(1) The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana.
(2) All action necessary to make valid and legal the
proposed issuance and sale by the Company of the Bonds will have
been taken when:
(a) the Company's said Registration Statement on Form
S-3, as it may be amended, shall have become effective in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and a supplement or supplements to
the prospectus specifying certain details with respect to
the offering or offerings of the bonds shall have been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the
mortgage securing the Bonds shall have been qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;
(b) an appropriate resolution shall have been adopted
by the Council of the city of New Orleans authorizing the
issuance and sale of the Bonds;
(c) appropriate action shall have been taken by the
Board of Directors of the Company and/or by the Executive
Committee thereof for the purpose of authorizing the
consummation of the issuance and sale of the Bonds;
(d) the proposed supplemental indenture, relating to
the Bonds being issued, supplemental to the Company's
existing Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1987,
shall have been duly executed and delivered; and
(e) the Bonds shall have been issued and delivered for
the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise in
conformity with, the acts, proceedings and documents
referred to above.
(3) When the foregoing steps shall have been taken, the
Bonds will have been legally issued and will be valid and binding
obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their
terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other laws affecting the enforcement of
mortgagees' and other creditors' rights.
This opinion does not pass upon the matter of compliance
with "blue sky" laws or similar laws relating to the sale or
distribution of the Bonds by underwriters.
I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 and consent to
such references to our firm as may be made in the Registration
Statement and in the Prospectus constituting a part thereof.
Yours very truly,
/s/ Laurence M. Hamric
Laurence M. Hamric
EXHIBIT 5(b)
New York, New York
January 16, 1996
New Orleans Public Service Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3,
including the exhibits thereto, which New Orleans Public Service
Inc. (the "Company") proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on or shortly after the
date hereof, for the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, of $65,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
its General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds (the "Bonds") to be
issued in one or more new series, and for the qualification under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Company's
Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1987, as
heretofore supplemented and as proposed to be further
supplemented, under which the Bonds are to be issued (the
"Mortgage"). We advise you that in our opinion:
(1) The Company is a corporation duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana.
(2) All action necessary to make valid and legal the
proposed issuance and sale by the Company of the Bonds will
have been taken when:
(a) the Company's said Registration
Statement on Form S-3, as it may be amended, shall have
become effective in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and a supplement or supplements to the prospectus
specifying certain details with respect to the offering
or offerings of the Bonds shall have been filed with
the Commission, and the Mortgage shall have been
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended;
(b) an appropriate resolution shall
have been adopted by the Council of the City of New
Orleans authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds;
(c) appropriate action shall have been
taken by the Board of Directors of the Company and/or
by the Executive Committee thereof for the purpose of
authorizing the consummation of the issuance and sale
of the Bonds;
(d) the proposed supplemental indenture
relating to the Bonds being issued, supplemental to the
Mortgage, shall have been duly executed and delivered;
and
(e) the Bonds shall have been issued
and delivered for the consideration contemplated by,
and otherwise in conformity with, the acts, proceedings
and documents referred to above.
(3) When the foregoing steps shall have been taken,
the Bonds will have been legally issued and will be valid
and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws
affecting the enforcement of mortgagees' and other
creditors' rights.
This opinion does not pass upon the matter of
compliance with "blue sky" laws or similar laws relating to the
sale or distribution of the Bonds by underwriters.
We are members of the New York Bar and do not hold
ourselves out as experts on the laws of any other state. As to
all matters of Louisiana law, we have relied upon an opinion of
even date herewith addressed to you by Laurence M. Hamric,
General Attorney - Corporate and Securities of Entergy Services,
Inc.
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an
exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 and
consent to such references to our firm as may be made in the
Registration Statement and in the Prospectus constituting a part
thereof.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Reid & Priest LLP
REID & PRIEST LLP
Exhibit 23(c)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated
February 21, 1995, on our audit of the financial statements
and financial statement schedule of New Orleans Public
Service Inc. as of and for the year ended December 31, 1994,
which reports are included in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K. We also consent to the reference to our firm
under the caption "Experts and Legality."
/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana
January 16, 1996
Exhibit 23(d)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement of New Orleans Public Service Inc. on
Form S-3 of our reports dated February 11, 1994 appearing in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of New Orleans Public Service
Inc. for the year ended Decemer 31, 1994, and to the
references to us under the heading "Experts and Legality" in
the Prospectus which is part of this Registration Statement.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana
January 17, 1996
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a trustee Pursuant
to Section 305(b)
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BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
(EXACT NAME OF TRUSTEE AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
New York 13-4941093
(JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
IF NOT A U.S. NATIONAL BANK) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
77 Water Street
New York, New York 10005
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
Mark F. McLaughlin
Bank of Montreal Trust Company
77 Water Street, New York, NY 10005
(212) 701-7653
(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
(EXACT NAME OF OBLIGOR AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
Louisiana 72-0273040
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
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GENERAL AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE BONDS
(TITLE OF INDENTURE SECURITIES)
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ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION.
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Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority
to which it is subject.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street, New York N.Y. 10045
State of New York Banking Department
2 Rector Street, New York, N.Y. 10006
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.
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If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
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List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of
eligibility.
A. Copy of Organization Certificate of Bank of Montreal Trust
Company to transact business and exercise corporate trust
powers; incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A" filed
with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-46118
B. Copy of the existing By-Laws of Bank of Montreal Trust Company;
incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "B" filed with Form
T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-46118
C. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the
Act; incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "C" with Form
T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-46118
D. A copy of the latest report of condition of Bank of Montreal
Trust Company published pursuant to law or the requirements of
its supervising or examining authority, attached hereto as
Exhibit "D"
<PAGE>
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the
trustee, Bank of Montreal Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this
statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New
York, on the 12th day of January 1996.
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
By /s/Therese Gaballah
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Therese Gaballah
Vice President and Trust Officer
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EXHIBIT "D"
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
NEW YORK
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ASSETS
Due from Banks $ 3,184,115
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Investment Securities:
State & Municipal 15,496,480
Other 100
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TOTAL SECURITIES 15,496,580
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Loans and Advances
Federal Funds Sold 6,100,150
Overdrafts 13,630
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TOTAL LOANS AND ADVANCES 6,113,780
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Investment in Harris Trust, NY 6,437,354
Premises and Equipment 603,140
Other Assets 2,201,150
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TOTAL ASSETS $34,036,119
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LIABILITIES
Trust Deposits $10,321,656
Other Liabilities 3,694,691
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 14,016,347
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CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital Stock, Authorized, Issued and
Fully Paid - 10,000 Shares of $100 Each 1,000,000
Surplus 4,222,188
Retained Earnings 14,797,583
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TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 20,019,772
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TOTAL LIABILITIES
AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $34,036,119
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I, Mark F. McLaughlin, Vice President, of the above-named bank do
hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
Mark F. McLaughlin
September 30, 1995
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this
statement of resources and liabilities. We declared that it has been
examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.
Sanjiv Tandon
Kevin O. Healey
Steven R. Rothbloom
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-2
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF AN INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION
305(b)(2)
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MARK F. MCLAUGHLIN ###-##-####
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(Name of Trustee) (Social Security Number)
77 Water Street
New York, New York 10005
(Business Address:
Street, City, State
and Zip Code)
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NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
LOUISIANA 72-0273040
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(State or other (I.R.S.employer identification no.)
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds
(Title of the Indenture Securities)
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Item 1. Affiliations with Obligor.
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If the obligor is an affiliate of the
trustee, describe each such affiliation.
The obligor is not an affiliate of the
trustee.
Item 11. List of Exhibits.
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List below all exhibits filed as part of this
statement of eligibility.
None.
<PAGE>
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, I, Mark F. McLaughlin, have signed this statement of
eligibility in The City of New York, and State of New York, on
the 12th day of January 1996.
/s/ Mark F. McLaughlin
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Mark F. McLaughlin
