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EXHIBIT 4.1
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THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
from
PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.
to
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
TRUSTEE
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DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2000
SUPPLEMENTAL TO INDENTURE
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1997
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This THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is made as of the 1st day of October, by
and PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Washington (the "Company"), and STATE STREET BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY, a bank and trust company organized and existing under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH: that
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Indenture
(hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"), made as of December 1, 1997; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.05 of the Indenture provides that Notes shall be issued
in series and that a Company Order shall specify the terms of each issue of
Notes; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.01 of the Indenture provides that the Company and the
Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental thereto for the purposes, among
others, of establishing the form of Notes or establishing or reflecting any
terms of any Note and adding to the covenants of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee a First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1997, providing for the creation
of a series of Notes designated "Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series A"; and
WHEREAS, the Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee a Second
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1999, proving for the creation of a
series of Notes designated "Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series B;" and
WHEREAS, as of the date of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company has
issued the following series of Notes pursuant to its Indenture, as supplemented,
all of which remain outstanding:
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Principal Amount of Notes Series
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Three Hundred Million Dollars Senior Medium-Term Notes,
($300,000,000) Senior A due December 1, 2027
Two Hundred Million Dollars Senior Medium-Term Notes,
($200,000,000) Series A due June 15, 2018
One Hundred Million Dollars Senior Medium-Term Notes,
($100,000,000) Series B due March 9, 2029
One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars Senior Medium-Term Notes,
($150,000,000) Series B due March 9, 2009
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Two Hundred Twenty-Five Million Dollars Senior Medium-Term Notes,
($225,000,000) Series B due February 22, 2010
Twenty-Five Million Dollars Senior Medium-Term Notes,
($25,000,000) Series B due September 8, 2008
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WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish a series of Notes to be
designated "Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C" (hereinafter sometimes referred
to as the "Series C Notes"); and
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture
(herein, this "Supplemental Indenture") have been duly authorized by a
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, this Supplemental Indenture
WITNESSETH, that, in order to set forth the terms and conditions upon which
the Series C Notes are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and
in consideration of the sum of one dollar duly paid to it by the Trustee at the
execution of this Supplemental Indenture, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal
and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the
Series C Notes as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
Section 1.2
For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture:
(a) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture;
(b) All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise
specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental
Indenture; and
(c) The terms "hereof," "herein," "hereby," "hereto," "hereunder," and
"herewith" refer to this Supplemental Indenture.
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ARTICLE TWO
SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES C
There shall be hereby established a series of Notes, known as and entitled
"Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series C." The aggregate principal amount of the
Series C Notes shall not be limited and shall be initially authenticated and
delivered from time to time upon delivery to the Trustee of the documents
required by Section 2.05 of the Indenture, including, among other things, a
Company Order specifying the following with respect to each issue of the Series
C Notes: (i) any limitations on the aggregate principal amount of such issue of
Series C Notes, (ii) the Original Issue Date or Dates for such issue of Series C
Notes, (iii) the stated maturity of such issue of Series C Notes (provided that
no Senior Note shall mature on a date less than nine months from its Original
Issue Date), (iv) the interest rate or rates, or method of calculation of such
rate or rates, for such issue of Series C Notes, (v) the terms, if any,
regarding the optional or mandatory redemption of such issue of Series C Notes,
including the redemption date or dates, if any, and the price or prices
applicable to such redemption (including any premium), (vi) whether or not such
issue of Series C Notes shall be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund,
and the terms, if any, of such sinking fund, (vii) whether or not such issue of
Series C Notes shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Note
and, if so, the Depository for such Global Note, (viii) the designation of such
issue of Series C Notes, (ix) if the form of such issue of Series C Notes is not
as described in Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C or Exhibit D to the Indenture,
the form of such Series C Notes, (x) the maximum annual interest rate, if any,
of the Series C Notes permitted for such issue, (xi) any other information
necessary to complete the Series C Notes of such issue, (xii) if prior to the
Substitution Date, the designation of the related issue of Pledged First
Mortgage Bonds being delivered to the Trustee in connection with the issuance of
such Series C Notes, (xiii) if on or after the Substitution Date, the
designation of the related issue of Pledged Substituted Mortgage Bonds, if any,
(xiv) the establishment of any office or agency pursuant to Section 6.02 of the
Indenture and (xv) any other terms of such series not inconsistent with the
Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE THREE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1
The Trustee has accepted the amendment of the Indenture effected by this
Supplemental Indenture and agrees to execute the trust created by the Indenture
as hereby amended, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Indenture, including the terms and provisions defining and limiting the
liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee, and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever for or with respect of any of the recitals or statements contained
herein, all of which recitals or statements are made solely by the Company, or
for or with respect to (a) the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture or any of the terms or
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provisions hereof, (b) the proper authorization hereof by the Company by
corporate action or otherwise, and (c) the due execution hereof by the Company.
Section 3.2
This Supplemental Indenture shall be construed in connection with and as a
part of the Indenture.
Section 3.3
(a) If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture conflicts with another
provision of the Indenture required to be included in indentures qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as enacted prior to the date of this
Supplemental Indenture) by any of the provisions of Section 310 to 317,
inclusive, of said act, such required provision shall control.
(b) In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Supplemental Indenture or in the Series C Notes issued hereunder should be
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall
not in any way be affected, impaired, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
Section 3.4
Whenever in this Supplemental Indenture either of the parties hereto is
named or referred to, this shall be deemed to include the successors or assigns
of such party, and all the covenants and agreements contained in this
Supplemental Indenture by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of the
Trustee shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and
assigns of such parties, whether so expressed or not.
Section 3.5
(a) This Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in several
counterparts, and all such counterparts executed and delivered, each as an
original, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
(b) The descriptive headings of the several Articles of this Supplemental
Indenture were formulated, used and inserted in this Supplemental Indenture for
convenience only and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction
of any of the provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC. has caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be signed by its President, a Vice President or its Treasurer or
Assistant Treasurer, and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to
be signed by its President or a Vice President, and attested by a Vice
President, as of October 1, 2000.
PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.
By: /s/ Tommy G. Leong
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Tommy G. Leong
Assistant Treasurer
ATTEST:
/s/ James W. Eldredge
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James W. Eldredge
Secretary
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
By: /s/ James E. Mogavero
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ATTEST:
/s/ Laura Cawley
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Authorized Officer
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