Registration
No. 333-_____
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Appalachian
Power Company
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia
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54-0124790
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
incorporation or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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1
Riverside Plaza
Columbus,
Ohio 43215
(614)
716-1000
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number,
including
area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
THOMAS
G.
BERKEMEYER, Associate General Counsel
AMERICAN
ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION
1
Riverside Plaza
Columbus,
Ohio 43215
(614)
716-1648
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including
area code, of agent for service)
It
is
respectfully requested that the Commission send copies
of
all
notices, orders and communications to:
Dewey
Ballantine LLP
1301
Avenue of the Americas
New
York,
NY 10019-6092
Attention:
E. N. Ellis, IV
___________________
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From
time to time after the effective date of this Registration
Statement.
___________________
If
the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.
[
]
If
any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, please 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. [ ]
If
this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D.
or a
post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing
with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the
following box. [X]
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed
pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities
or
additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities
Act, check the following box. [ ]
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of Each Class of
Securities
to be Registered
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Amount
to be Registered/ Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price Per Unit/ Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price/ Amount of Registration Fee
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Unsecured
Notes
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(1)
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(1)
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An
indeterminate aggregate initial offering price and amount of the
securities of the identified class is being registered as may from
time to
time be offered at indeterminate prices. In accordance with Rules
456(b)
and 457(r), the Registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration
fee.
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PROSPECTUS
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
1
RIVERSIDE PLAZA
COLUMBUS,
OHIO 43215
(614)
716-1000
UNSECURED
NOTES
TERMS
OF
SALE
The
following terms may apply to the notes that we may sell at one or more times.
A
prospectus supplement or pricing supplement will include the final terms
for
each note. If we decide to list upon issuance any note or notes on a securities
exchange, a prospectus supplement or pricing supplement will identify the
exchange and state when we expect trading could begin.
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Mature
9 months to 50 years
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Fixed
or floating interest rate
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Remarketing
features
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Certificate
or book-entry form
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Subject
to redemption
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Not
convertible, amortized or subject to a sinking fund
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Interest
paid on fixed rate notes quarterly or semi-annually
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Interest
paid on floating rate notes monthly, quarterly, semi-annually,
or
annually
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Issued
in multiples of a minimum
denomination
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INVESTING
IN THESE NOTES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE THE SECTION ENTITLED “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING
ON PAGE 2 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
The
notes have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any state securities commission, nor have these organizations
determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation
to
the contrary is a criminal offense.
The
date
of this prospectus is August 9, 2006.
THE
COMPANY
We
generate, sell, purchase, transmit and distribute electric power. We serve
approximately 942,000 retail customers in the southwestern portion of Virginia
and southern West Virginia. We also sell and transmit power at wholesale
to
other electric utilities, municipalities, electric cooperatives and power
marketers engaged in the wholesale power market. Our principal executive
offices
are located at 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (telephone number
614-716-1000). We are a subsidiary of American Electric Power Company, Inc.,
(“AEP”) a public utility holding company, and we are a part of the American
Electric Power integrated utility system. The executive offices of American
Electric Power Company, Inc. are located at 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus,
Ohio
43215 (telephone number 614-716-1000).
PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENTS
We
may
provide information to you about the notes in up to three separate documents
that progressively provide more detail: (a) this prospectus provides general
information some of which may not apply to your notes; (b) the accompanying
prospectus supplement provides more specific terms of your notes; and (c)
if not
included in the accompanying prospectus supplement, a pricing supplement
will
provide the final terms of your notes. It is important for you to consider
the
information contained in this prospectus, the prospectus supplement and any
pricing supplement in making your investment decision.
RISK
FACTORS
Investing
in our securities involves risk. Please see the risk factors described in
our
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and all subsequent Quarterly Reports
on
Form 10-Q, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Before
making
an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well
as
other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
The
risks and uncertainties described are those presently known to us. Additional
risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem
immaterial may also impair our business operations, our financial results
and
the value of our securities.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
This
prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC. We
also
file annual, quarterly and special reports and other information with the
SEC.
You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at
100 F Street N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC
at
1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. You
may
also examine our SEC filings through the SEC’s web site at
http://www.sec.gov
.
The
SEC
allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which
means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you
to
those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered
to be
part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC
will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference
the documents listed below and any future filings made with the SEC under
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(including any documents filed after the date of the initial registration
statement and prior to its effectiveness) until we sell all the
notes.
Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005;
Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006
and
June
30, 2006;
Current
Report on Form 8-K dated January 3, 2006;
Current
Report on Form 8-K dated January 24, 2006;
Current
Report on Form 8-K dated February 27, 2006;
Current
Report on Form 8-K dated April 10, 2006; and
Current
Report on Form 8-K dated May 30, 2006.
You
may
request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us
at the
following address:
Ms.
R.
Buonavolonte
American
Electric Power Service Corporation
1
Riverside Plaza
Columbus,
Ohio 43215
614-716-1000
You
should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided
in
this prospectus or any supplement and in any written communication from us
or
any underwriters specifying the final terms of the particular offering. We
have
not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. We
are not
making an offer of these notes in any state where the offer is not permitted.
You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any supplement
is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those
documents.
RATIO
OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The
Ratio
of Earnings to Fixed Charges for each of the periods indicated is as
follows:
Twelve
Months Period Ended
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Ratio
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December
31, 2001
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2.98
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December
31, 2002
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3.49
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December
31, 2003
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3.48
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December
31, 2004
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3.15
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December
31, 2005
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2.70
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June
30, 2006
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2.72
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The
Ratio
of Earnings to Fixed Charges for the six-months ended June 30, 2006 was 2.83.
For current information on the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges, please
see
our most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. See
Where
You Can Find More Information
on page
2.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
Unless
otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale
of
the notes will be used for funding our construction program and for other
general corporate purposes relating to our utility business. These other
purposes may include replenishing working capital and redeeming or repurchasing
outstanding debt (including the repayment of advances from affiliates) or
preferred stock. If we do not use the net proceeds immediately, we temporarily
invest them in short-term, interest-bearing obligations. We estimate that
our
construction costs in 2006 will approximate $928 million.
DESCRIPTION
OF THE NOTES
General
We
will
issue the notes under the Indenture dated January 1, 1998 (as previously
supplemented and amended) between us and the Trustee, The Bank of New York.
This
prospectus briefly outlines some provisions of the Indenture. If you would
like
more information on these provisions, you should review the Indenture and
any
supplemental indentures or company orders that we have filed or will file
with
the SEC. See
Where
You Can Find More Information
on how
to locate these documents. You may also review these documents at the Trustee’s
offices at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York.
The
Indenture does not limit the amount of notes that may be issued. The Indenture
permits us to issue notes in one or more series or tranches upon the approval
of
our board of directors and as described in one or more company orders or
supplemental indentures. Each series of notes may differ as to their terms.
The
Indenture also gives us the ability to reopen a previous issue of a series
of
notes and issue additional notes of such series.
The
notes
are unsecured and will rank equally with all our unsecured unsubordinated
debt.
For current information on our debt outstanding see our most recent Form
10-K
and Form 10-Q. See
Where
You Can Find More Information
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The
notes
will be denominated in U.S. dollars and we will pay principal and interest
in
U.S. dollars. Unless an applicable pricing or prospectus supplement states
otherwise, the notes will not be subject to any conversion, amortization,
or
sinking fund. We expect that the notes will be “book-entry,” represented by a
permanent global note registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company,
or
its nominee. We reserve the right, however, to issue note certificates
registered in the name of the noteholders.
In
the
discussion that follows, whenever we talk about paying principal on the notes,
we mean at maturity or redemption. Also, in discussing the time for notices
and
how the different interest rates are calculated, all times are New York City
time and all references to New York mean the City of New York, unless otherwise
noted.
The
following terms may apply to each note as specified in the applicable pricing
or
prospectus supplement and the note.
Redemptions
If
we
issue redeemable notes, we may redeem such notes at our option unless an
applicable pricing or prospectus supplement states otherwise. The pricing
or
prospectus supplement will state the terms of redemption. We may redeem notes
in
whole or in part by delivering written notice to the noteholders no more
than
60, and not less than 30, days prior to redemption. If we do not redeem all
the
notes of a series at one time, the Trustee selects the notes to be redeemed
in a
manner it determines to be fair.
Remarketed
Notes
If
we
issue notes with remarketing features, an applicable pricing or prospectus
supplement will describe the terms for the notes including: interest rate,
remarketing provisions, our right to redeem notes, the holders’ right to tender
notes, and any other provisions.
Book-Entry
Notes - Registration, Transfer, and Payment of Interest and
Principal
Unless
otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement, the Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”), New York, New York, will act as securities depository for the notes.
The notes will be issued as fully-registered notes registered in the name
of
Cede & Co. (DTC’s partnership nominee) or such other name as may be
requested by an authorized representative of DTC. One fully-registered note
certificate will be issued for each issue of the notes, each in the aggregate
principal amount of such issue, and will be deposited with DTC.
DTC,
the
world’s largest depository, 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
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for
over
2.2 million issues of U.S. and non-U.S. equity issues, corporate and municipal
debt issues, and money market instruments from over 100 countries that DTC’s
participants (“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the
post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities
transactions in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry
transfers and pledges between Direct Participants’ accounts. This eliminates the
need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants
include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust
companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is
a
wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
(“DTCC”). DTCC , in turn, is owned by a number of Direct Participants of DTC and
Members of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, Fixed Income Clearing
Corporation, and Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation, (NSCC, FICC and EMCC,
also subsidiaries of DTCC), as well as by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.,
the
American Stock Exchange LLC and the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S.
and
non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing
corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with
a
Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”). DTC
has Standard & Poor’s highest rating: AAA. The DTC Rules applicable to its
Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More
information about DTC can be found at
www.dtcc.com
and
www.dtc.org
.
Purchases
of notes under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants,
which will receive a credit for the notes on DTC’s records. The ownership
interest of each actual purchaser of each note (“Beneficial Owner”) is in turn
to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants’ records. Beneficial
Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase.
Beneficial Owners are, however, 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 interests in the
notes are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct and Indirect
Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will
not
receive certificates representing their ownership interests in notes, except
in
the event that use of the book-entry system for the notes is
discontinued.
To
facilitate subsequent transfers, all notes deposited by Direct Participants
with
DTC are registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or
such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC.
The
deposit of notes with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co.
or such other DTC nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership.
DTC
has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the notes; DTC’s records
reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such
notes are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct
and Indirect 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. Beneficial Owners of notes may wish to take certain steps to
augment the transmission to them of notices of significant events with respect
to the notes, such as redemptions, tenders, defaults and proposed amendments
to
the notes documents. For example, Beneficial Owners of notes may wish to
ascertain that the nominee holding the notes for their benefit has agreed
to
obtain and transmit notices to Beneficial Owners. In the alternative, Beneficial
Owners may wish to provide their names and addresses to the registrar and
request that copies of notices by provided directly to them.
Redemption
notices shall be sent to DTC. If less than all of the notes within an issue
are
being redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest
of each Direct Participant in such issue to be redeemed.
Neither
DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor any other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with
respect to the notes unless authorized by a Direct Participant in accordance
with DTC’s Procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an Omnibus Proxy to
us 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 notes are credited on the record date (identified in a listing
attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
Principal
and interest payments on the notes will be made to Cede & Co., or such other
nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC’s
practice is to credit Direct Participants’ accounts upon DTC’s receipt of funds
and corresponding detail information from us or the Trustee on the payable
date
in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s records. Payments by
Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions
and
customary practices, as is the case with notes held 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 Trustee or us, subject
to
any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to
time.
Payment of principal and interest payments to Cede & Co. (or such other
nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC) is our
or
the Trustee’s responsibility, disbursement of such payments to Direct
Participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such
payments to the Beneficial Owners will be the responsibility of Direct and
Indirect Participants.
A
Beneficial Owner shall give notice to elect to have its notes purchased or
tendered, through its Participant, to the Tender/Remarketing Agent, and shall
effect delivery of such notes by causing the Direct Participant to transfer
the
Participant’s interest in the notes, on DTC’s records, to the Tender/Remarketing
Agent. The requirement for physical delivery of the notes in connection with
an
optional tender or a mandatory purchase will be deemed satisfied when the
ownership rights in the notes are transferred by Direct Participants on DTC’s
records and followed by a book-entry credit of tendered notes to the
Tender/Remarketing Agent’s DTC account.
DTC
may
discontinue providing its services as depository with respect to the notes
at
any time by giving reasonable notice to us or the Trustee. Under such
circumstances, in the event that a successor depository is not obtained,
note
certificates are required to be printed and delivered.
We
may
decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry transfers through DTC
(or
a successor securities depository). In that event, note certificates will
be
printed and delivered.
The
information in this section concerning DTC and DTC’s book-entry system has been
obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we take no
responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
Note
Certificates-Registration, Transfer, and Payment of Interest and
Principal
If
we
issue note certificates, they will be registered in the name of the noteholder.
The notes may be transferred or exchanged, pursuant to administrative procedures
in the indenture, without the payment of any service charge (other than any
tax
or other governmental charge) by contacting the paying agent. Payments on
note
certificates will be made by check.
Interest
Rate
The
interest rate on the notes will either be fixed or floating. The interest
paid
will include interest accrued to, but excluding, the date of maturity or
redemption. Interest is generally payable to the person in whose name the
note
is registered at the close of business on the record date before each interest
payment date. Interest payable at maturity or redemption, however, will be
payable to the person to whom principal is payable.
Unless
an
applicable pricing or prospectus supplement states otherwise, if we issue
a note
after a record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date,
we
will pay the first interest payment on the interest payment date after the
next
record date. We will pay interest payments by check or wire transfer, at
our
option.
Fixed
Rate Notes
A
pricing
or prospectus supplement will designate the record dates, payment dates and
the
fixed rate of interest payable on a note. We will pay interest monthly,
quarterly or semi-annually, and upon maturity or redemption. Unless an
applicable pricing or prospectus supplement states otherwise, if any payment
date falls on a day that is not a business day, we will pay interest on the
next
business day and no additional interest will be paid. Interest payments will
be
the amount of interest accrued to, but excluding, each payment date. Interest
will be computed using a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Floating
Rate Notes
Each
floating rate note will have an interest rate formula. The applicable pricing
supplement will state the initial interest rate or interest rate formula
on each
note effective until the first interest reset date. The applicable pricing
or
prospectus supplement will state the method and dates on which the interest
rate
will be determined, reset and paid.
Events
of Default
“Event
of
Default” means any of the following:
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failure
to pay for three business days the principal of (or premium, if
any, on)
any note of a series when due and payable;
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failure
to pay for 30 days any interest on any note of any series when
due and
payable;
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failure
to perform any other requirements in such notes, or in the Indenture
in
regard to such notes, for 90 days after notice;
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certain
events of bankruptcy or insolvency; or any other event of default
specified in a series of notes.
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An
Event
of Default for a particular series of notes does not necessarily mean that
an
Event of Default has occurred for any other series of notes issued under
the
Indenture. If an Event of Default occurs and continues, the Trustee or the
holders of at least 33% of the principal amount of the notes of the series
affected may require us to repay the entire principal of the notes of such
series immediately (“Repayment Acceleration”). In most instances, the holders of
at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the notes of the affected
series may rescind a previously triggered Repayment Acceleration. However,
if we
cause an Event of Default because we have failed to pay (unaccelerated)
principal, premium, if any, or interest, Repayment Acceleration may be rescinded
only if we have first cured our default by depositing with the Trustee enough
money to pay all (unaccelerated) past due amounts and penalties, if
any.
The
Trustee must within 90 days after a default occurs, notify the holders of
the
notes of the series of default unless such default has been cured or waived.
We
are required to file an annual certificate with the Trustee, signed by an
officer, concerning any default by us under any provisions of the
Indenture.
Subject
to the provisions of the Indenture relating to its duties in case of default,
the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or
powers
under the Indenture at the request, order or direction of any holders unless
such holders offer the Trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to the provisions
for indemnification, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
notes
of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceedings for any remedy available to, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on, the Trustee with respect to such notes.
Modification
of Indenture
Under
the
Indenture, our rights and obligations and the rights of the holders of any
notes
may be changed. Any change affecting the rights of the holders of any series
of
notes requires the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of all series affected
by
the change, voting as one class. However, we cannot change the terms of payment
of principal or interest, or a reduction in the percentage required for changes
or a waiver of default, unless the holder consents. We may issue additional
series of notes and take other action that does not affect the rights of
holders
of any series by executing supplemental indentures without the consent of
any
noteholders.
Consolidation,
Merger or Sale
We
may
merge or consolidate with any corporation or sell substantially all of our
assets as an entirety as long as the successor or purchaser expressly assumes
the payment of principal, and premium, if any, and interest on the
notes.
Legal
Defeasance
We
will
be discharged from our obligations on the notes of any series at any time
if:
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we
deposit with the Trustee sufficient cash or government securities
to pay
the principal, interest, any premium and any other sums due to
the stated
maturity date or a redemption date of the note of the series,
and
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we
deliver to the Trustee an opinion of counsel stating that the federal
income tax obligations of noteholders of that series will not change
as a
result of our performing the action described
above.
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If
this
happens, the noteholders of the series will not be entitled to the benefits
of
the Indenture except for registration of transfer and exchange of notes and
replacement of lost, stolen or mutilated notes.
Covenant
Defeasance
We
will
be discharged from our obligations under any restrictive covenant applicable
to
the notes of a particular series if we perform both actions described above.
See
Legal
Defeasance
.
If this
happens, any later breach of that particular restrictive covenant will not
result in Repayment Acceleration. If we cause an Event of Default apart from
breaching that restrictive covenant, there may not be sufficient money or
government obligations on deposit with the Trustee to pay all amounts due
on the
notes of that series. In that instance, we would remain liable for such
amounts.
Governing
Law
The
Indenture and notes of all series will be governed by the laws of the State
of
New York.
Concerning
the Trustee
We
and
our affiliates use or will use some of the banking services of the Trustee
and
other services of its affiliates in the normal course of business.
PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
We
may
sell the notes (a) through agents; (b) through underwriters or dealers; or
(c)
directly to one or more purchasers.
By
Agents
Notes
may
be sold on a continuing basis through agents designated by us. The agents
will
agree to use their reasonable efforts to solicit purchases for the period
of
their appointment.
The
Agents will not be obligated to make a market in the notes. We cannot predict
the amount of trading or liquidity of the notes.
By
Underwriters
If
underwriters are used in the sale, the underwriters will acquire the notes
for
their own account. The underwriters may resell the notes 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 obligations
of
the underwriters to purchase the notes will be subject to certain conditions.
The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the notes of the series
offered if any of the notes are purchased. Any initial public offering price
and
any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may
be
changed from time to time.
Direct
Sales
We
may
also sell notes directly. In this case, no underwriters or agents would be
involved.
General
Information
Underwriters,
dealers, and agents that participate in the distribution of the notes may
be
underwriters as defined in the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), and any
discounts or commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale
of the notes by them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions
under the Act.
We
may
have agreements with the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them
against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Act or
to
contribute to payments that each underwriter, dealer or agent may be required
to
make in respect thereto.
Underwriters,
dealers and agents and their respective affiliates may engage in transactions
with, or perform services for, us or our affiliates in the ordinary course
of
their businesses.
LEGAL
OPINIONS
Jeffrey
D. Cross or Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Deputy General Counsel and Associate General
Counsel, respectively, of American Electric Power Service Corporation, our
service company affiliate, will issue an opinion about the legality of the
notes
for us. Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, NY will issue an opinion for the
agents
or underwriters. From time to time, Dewey Ballantine LLP acts as counsel
to our
affiliates for some matters.
EXPERTS
The
consolidated financial statements and the related consolidated financial
statement schedule incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 have
been audited by Deloitte & Touche
llp
,
an
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports
(which
reports express an unqualified opinion and include an explanatory paragraph
concerning the adoption of new accounting pronouncements in 2003 and 2004),
which are incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated
in
reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts
in
accounting and auditing.
Table
of Contents
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THE
COMPANY
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2
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PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENTS
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2
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RISK
FACTORS
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2
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WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE
INFORMATION
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2
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RATIO
OF EARNINGS TO
FIXED
CHARGES
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3
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USE
OF PROCEEDS
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3
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Unsecured
Notes
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DESCRIPTION
OF THE NOTES
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4
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General
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4
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Redemptions
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4
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Remarketed
Notes
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5
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Book
Entry Notes - Registration,
Transfer
and Payment of
Interest
and Principal
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5
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PROSPECTUS
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Note
Certificates - Registration,
Transfer,
and Payment of
Interest
and Principal
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Interest
Rate
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6
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Fixed
Rate Notes
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7
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The
date of this
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Floating
Rate Notes
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7
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Prospectus
is August 9, 2006
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Events
of Default
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7
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Modification
of Indenture
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8
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Consolidation,
Merger or Sale
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8
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Legal
Defeasance
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8
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Covenant
Defeasance
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9
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Governing
Law
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9
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Concerning
the Trustee
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9
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PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
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9
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By
Agents
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9
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By
Underwriters
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9
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Direct
Sales
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10
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General
Information
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10
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LEGAL
OPINIONS
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10
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EXPERTS
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10
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PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item
14.
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Other
Expenses of Issuance and
Distribution.*
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Securities
and Exchange Commission Filing Fees
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$
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**
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Printing
Registration Statement, Prospectus, etc
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15,000
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Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
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160,000
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Charges
of Trustee (including counsel fees)
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10,000
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Legal
fees
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50,000
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Rating
Agency fees
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110,000
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Miscellaneous
expenses
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25,000
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Total
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$
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370,000
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*
Because
an indeterminate amount of securities is covered by this registration statement,
the expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities
are therefore not currently determinable. The amounts shown are estimates
of
expenses for a single offering of securities under the registration statement,
but do not limit the amount of securities that may be offered.
**
Under
SEC
Rules 456(b) and 457(r), the Securities and Exchange Commission fee will
be paid
at the time of any particular offering of securities under this registration
statement, and is therefore not currently determinable.
Item
15.
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Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
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The
Bylaws of the Company provide that the Company shall indemnify any person
who
was or is a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding because such person is or was a director, officer or employee
of the
Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other
enterprise, against any liability in connection with such proceeding if (a)
such
person conducted him or herself in good faith; (b) such person believed,
in the
case of conduct in such person’s official capacity with the Company (as
defined), that his or her conduct was in the best interests of the Company,
and,
in all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not opposed to its
best
interests; (c) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such person
had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; and (d)
such
person was not grossly negligent or guilty of willful misconduct. Such
indemnification in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the
Company is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the
proceeding. Any such indemnification (unless ordered by a court) shall be
made
by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
that
indemnification of the director is proper in the circumstances because such
person has met the applicable standard of conduct.
Section
13.1-698 of the Code of Virginia provides that unless limited by the articles
of
incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify a director who entirely prevails
in
the defense of any proceeding to which such person was a party because such
person is or was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses
incurred in connection with such proceeding. Section 13.1-699 provides that
a
corporation may pay for or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred by a director
who is a party to such a proceeding in advance of final disposition of such
proceeding if (a) the director furnishes a written statement of his or her
good
faith belief that the standard of conduct described in Section 13.1-697 has
been
met; and (b) the director furnishes the corporation a written undertaking
by or
on behalf of the director to repay any funds advanced if the director is
not
entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 13.1.698 and it is
ultimately determined under Sections 13.1.700.1 or 13.1-701 that the director
has not met the relevant standard of conduct. Section 13.1-700.1 provides
procedures which allow directors to apply to a court for an order directing
advances, reimbursement or indemnification.
Section
13.1-702 provides that unless limited by the articles of incorporation, (a)
officers are entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 13.1-698
and to
apply for court ordered indemnification under Section 13.1-700.1 to the same
extent as a director, and (b) that a corporation may indemnify and advance
expenses to an officer to the same extent as to a director. Section 13.1-704
provides that any corporation shall have the power to make any further indemnity
to any director or officer that may be authorized by the articles of
incorporation or any bylaw made by the stockholders or any resolution adopted,
before or after the event, by the stockholders, except an indemnity against
willful misconduct or a knowing violation of criminal law.
The
above
is a general summary of certain provisions of the Company’s Bylaws and the Code
of Virginia and is subject in all respects to the specific and detailed
provisions of the Company’s Bylaws and the Code of Virginia.
Reference
is made to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1 hereto, which provides
for indemnification of the Company, certain of its directors and officers,
and
persons who control the Company, under certain circumstances.
The
Company maintains insurance policies insuring its directors and officers
against
certain obligations that may be incurred by them.
Reference
is made to the information contained in the Exhibit Index filed as part of
this
Registration Statement.
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(a)
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The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1)
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To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a
post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
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(i)
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to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act
of 1933;
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(ii)
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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 the
effective Registration Statement; and
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(iii)
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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;
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provided,
however
,
that paragraphs (a)(1) (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the
information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs
is contained in 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, or is contained in a form of prospectus
filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration
statement.
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(2)
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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.
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(3)
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To
remove from registration by means of post-effective amendment any
of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the
offering.
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(4)
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That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
of 1933
to any purchaser:
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(i)
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Each
prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall
be
deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date
the filed
prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration
statement;
and
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(ii)
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Each
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5),
or
(b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule
430B
relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii)
or (x)
for the purpose of providing the information required by Section
10(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included
in
the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form
of
prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the
first
contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of
the issuer
and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall
be
deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement
relating
to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus
relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed
to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
Provided,
however
,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
that is
part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated
or
deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement
or
prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as
to a
purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective
date,
supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or
made in any such document immediately prior to such effective
date.
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(5)
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That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under
the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution
of the
securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary
offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to
this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used
to sell
the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered
or sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following communications,
the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will
be
considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
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(i)
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Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;
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(ii)
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Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or
on behalf
of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
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(iii)
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The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned registrant
or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant;
and
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(iv)
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Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
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(b)
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The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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
this 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.
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(c)
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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 Securities
and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as
expressed in the 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 cause 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
Columbus and State of Ohio, on the 9th day of August, 2006.
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
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Michael
G. Morris*
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Chairman
of the Board
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and
Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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(i)
Principal
Executive Officer:
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Michael
G. Morris *
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Chairman
of the Board
and
Chief Executive Officer
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August
9, 2006
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(ii)
Principal
Financial Officer:
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/s/
Susan Tomasky
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Vice
President
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August
9, 2006
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Susan
Tomasky
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(iii)
Principal
Accounting Officer:
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/s/
Joseph M. Buonaiuto
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Controller
and
Chief
Accounting Officer
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August
9, 2006
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Joseph
M. Buonaiuto
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(iv)
A
Majority of the Directors:
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Michael
G. Morris*
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Carl
L. English*
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John
B. Keane*
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Holly
K. Koeppel *
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Venita
McCellon-Allen*
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Robert
P. Powers*
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Stephen
P. Smith*
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Susan
Tomasky
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Dennis
E. Welch*
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*
By
/s/
Susan Tomasky
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August
9, 2006
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(Susan
Tomasky, Attorney-in-Fact)
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Certain
of the following exhibits, designated with an asterisk(*), have heretofore
been
filed with the Commission and, pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Sections 201.24 and
230.411, are incorporated herein by reference to the documents indicated
following the descriptions of such exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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1
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Copy
of proposed form of Underwriting Agreement for the unsecured
notes
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*4(a)
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Copy
of Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1998, between the Company
and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee [Registration Statement No. 333-45927,
Exhibits 4(a) and 4(b); Registration Statement No. 333-49071, Exhibit
4(b); Registration Statement No. 333-84061, Exhibits 4(b) and 4(c);
Registration Statement No. 333-100451, Exhibits 4(b), 4(c) and
4(d);
Registration Statement No. 333-116284 Exhibits 4(b) and 4(c); Registration
Statement No. 333-123348 Exhibits 4(b) and 4(c)].
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4(b)
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Copy
of Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, dated June 7, 2005,
establishing certain terms of the 4.40% Senior Notes, Series J,
Due 2010
and the 5% Senior Notes, Series K, Due 2017
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4(c)
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Copy
of Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, dated September 29, 2005,
establishing certain terms of the 5.80% Senior Notes, Series L,
Due
2035
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4(d)
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Copy
of Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, dated April 10, 2006,
establishing certain terms of the 5.55% Senior Notes, Series M,
Due 2011
and the 6.375% Senior Notes, Series N, Due 2036.
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4(e)
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Copy
of proposed form of Company Order for the unsecured
notes
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5
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Opinion
of Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Esq.
regarding
the validity of the notes
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*12
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Statement
re Computations of Ratios [Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the
Company
for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, File No. 1-3457, Exhibit
12].
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23(a)
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Consent
of Deloitte & Touche
LLP
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23(b)
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Consent
of Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5)
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24
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Powers
of Attorney and resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Company
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25
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Form
T-1 re eligibility of The Bank of New York to act as Trustee under
the
Indenture
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EXHIBIT
1(b)
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
Underwriting
Agreement
Dated
____________________
AGREEMENT
made between APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the "Company"), and the several
persons, firms and corporations (the "Underwriters") named in Exhibit 1
hereto.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Company proposes to issue and sell $__________ principal amount of its
[Unsecured Notes] to be issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of January
1,
1998, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"),
as heretofore supplemented and amended and as to be further supplemented and
amended (said Indenture as so supplemented being hereafter referred to as the
Indenture); and
WHEREAS,
the Underwriters have designated the person signing this Agreement (the
Representative) to execute this Agreement on behalf of the respective
Underwriters and to act for the respective Underwriters in the manner provided
in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
the Company has prepared and filed, in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the Commission), a registration statement and prospectus or prospectuses
relating to the [Unsecured Notes] and such registration statement has become
effective; and
WHEREAS,
such registration statement, as it may have been amended to the date hereof,
including the financial statements, the documents incorporated or deemed
incorporated therein by reference and the exhibits, being herein called the
Registration Statement, and the prospectus, as included or referred to in the
Registration Statement to become effective, as it may be last amended or
supplemented prior to the effectiveness of the agreement (the Basic Prospectus),
and the Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement which
includes certain information relating to the Underwriters, the principal amount,
price and terms of offering, the interest rate and redemption prices of the
[Unsecured Notes], first filed with the Commission pursuant to the applicable
paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Commission's General Rules and Regulations
under
the Act (the Rules), including all documents then incorporated or deemed to
have
been incorporated therein by reference, being herein call the
Prospectus.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, it is agreed between the parties as follows:
1.
Purchase
and Sale: Upon the basis of the warranties and representations and on the terms
and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell
to
the respective Underwriters named in Exhibit 1 hereto, severally and not
jointly, and the respective Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree
to
purchase from the Company, the respective principal amounts of the [Unsecured
Notes] set opposite their names in Exhibit 1 hereto, together aggregating all
of
the [Unsecured Notes], at a price equal to ______% of the principal amount
thereof.
2.
Payment
and Delivery: Payment for the [Unsecured Notes] shall be made to the Company
or
its order by certified or bank check or checks, payable in New York Clearing
House funds, at the office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, 425 Lexington
Avenue, New York, New York 10017-3909, or at such other place as the Company
and
the Representative shall mutually agree in writing, upon the delivery of the
[Unsecured Notes] to the Representative for the respective accounts of the
Underwriters against receipt therefor signed by the Representative on behalf
of
itself and for the other Underwriters. Such payments and delivery shall be
made
at 10:00 A.M., New York Time, on _______________ (or on such later business
day,
not more than five business days subsequent to such day, as may be mutually
agreed upon by the Company and the Underwriters), unless postponed in accordance
with the provisions of Section 7 hereof. The time at which payment and delivery
are to be made is herein called the Time of Purchase.
[The
delivery of the [Unsecured Notes] shall be made in fully registered form,
registered in the name of CEDE & CO., to the offices of The Depository Trust
Company in New York, New York and the Underwriters shall accept such
delivery.]
3.
Conditions
of Underwriters' Obligations: The several obligations of the Underwriters
hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the warranties and representations
on
the part of the Company on the date hereof and at the Time of Purchase and
to
the following other conditions:
(a)
That
all
legal proceedings to be taken and all legal opinions to be rendered in
connection with the issue and sale of the [Unsecured Notes] shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel to the
Underwriters.
(b)
That,
at
the Time of Purchase, the Representative shall be furnished with the following
opinions, dated the day of the Time of Purchase, with conformed copies or signed
counterparts thereof for the other Underwriters, with such changes therein
as
may be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative with the approval
of
Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel to the Underwriters:
(1)
Opinion
of Thomas G. Berkemeyer, Esq., Ann B. Graf, Esq., David C. House, Esq. or
William E. Johnson, Esq., counsel to the Company, substantially in the forms
attached hereto as Exhibits A and B; and
(2)
Opinion
of Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, substantially in the
form
attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(c)
That
the
Representative shall have received Representative, dated as of the day of the
Time of Purchase, (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants
within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder, (ii) stating that in their opinion the financial
statements audited by them and included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement complied as to form in all material respects with the
then applicable accounting requirements of the Commission, including the
applicable published rules and regulations of the Commission and (iii) covering
as of a date not more than five business days prior to the day of the Time
of
Purchase such other matters as the Representative reasonably
requests.
(d)
That
no
amendment to the Registration Statement and that no prospectus or prospectus
supplement of the Company relating to the [Unsecured Notes] and no document
which would be deemed incorporated in the Prospectus by reference filed
subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the Time of Purchase shall contain
material information substantially different from that contained in the
Registration Statement which is unsatisfactory in substance to the
Representative or unsatisfactory in form to Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel to
the
Underwriters.
(e)
That,
at
the Time of Purchase, appropriate orders of the Virginia State Corporation
Commission and the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, necessary to permit the
sale
of the [Unsecured Notes] to the Underwriters, shall be in effect; and that,
prior to the Time of Purchase, no stop order with respect to the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Act by the
Commission or proceedings therefor initiated.
(f)
That,
at
the Time of Purchase, there shall not have been any material adverse change
in
the business, properties or financial condition of the Company from that set
forth in the Prospectus (other than changes referred to in or contemplated
by
the Prospectus), and that the Company shall, at the Time of Purchase, have
delivered to the Representative a certificate of an executive officer of the
Company to the effect that, to the best of his knowledge, information and
belief, there has been no such change.
(g)
That
the
Company shall have performed such of its obligations under this Agreement as
are
to be performed at or before the Time of Purchase by the terms
hereof.
4.
Certain
Covenants of the Company: In further consideration of the agreements of the
Underwriters herein contained, the Company covenants as follows:
(a)
As
soon
as practicable, and in any event within the time prescribed by Rule 424 under
the Act, to file any Prospectus Supplement relating to the [Unsecured Notes]
with the Commission; as soon as the Company is advised thereof, to advise the
Representative and confirm the advice in writing of any request made by the
Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or
for
additional information with respect thereto or of the entry of a stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the initiation
or threat of any proceedings for that purpose and, if such a stop order should
be entered by the Commission, to make every reasonable effort to obtain the
prompt lifting or removal thereof.
(b)
To
deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, as soon as practicable (and in
any
event within 24 hours after the date hereof), and from time to time thereafter
during such period of time (not exceeding nine months) after the date hereof
as
they are required by law to deliver a prospectus, as many copies of the
Prospectus (as supplemented or amended if the Company shall have made any
supplements or amendments thereto) as the Representative may reasonably request;
and in case any
Underwriter
is required to deliver a prospectus after the expiration of nine months after
the date hereof, to furnish to any Underwriter, upon request, at the expense
of
such
Underwriter,
a reasonable quantity of a supplemental prospectus or of supplements to the
Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act.
(c)
To
furnish to the Representative a copy, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, of the Registration Statement as initially filed
with
the Commission and of all amendments thereto (exclusive of exhibits), and,
upon
request, to furnish to the Representative sufficient plain copies thereof
(exclusive of exhibits) for distribution of one to the other
Underwriters.
(d)
For
such
period of time (not exceeding nine months) after the date hereof as they are
required by law to deliver a prospectus, if any event shall have occurred as
a
result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not contain any untrue statement of
a
material fact or not omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in
order
to
make the statements therein not misleading, forthwith to prepare and furnish,
at
its own expense, to the Underwriters and to dealers (whose names and addresses
are furnished to the Company by the Representative) to whom principal amounts
of
the [Unsecured Notes] may have been sold by the Representative for the accounts
of the Underwriters and, upon request, to any other dealers making such request,
copies of such amendments to the Prospectus or supplements to the
Prospectus.
(e)
As
soon
as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security
holders and to the Underwriters an earnings statement or statement of the
Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a)
of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(f)
To
use
its best efforts to qualify the [Unsecured Notes] for offer and sale under
the
securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may
designate within six months after the date hereof and itself to pay, or to
reimburse
the
Underwriters and their counsel for, reasonable filing fees and expenses in
connection therewith in an amount not exceeding $3,500 in the aggregate
(including filing fees and expenses paid and incurred prior to the effective
date hereof), provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a consent to service of process
or
to file annual reports or to comply with any other requirements deemed by the
Company to be unduly burdensome.
(g)
To
pay
all expenses, fees and taxes (other than transfer taxes on resales of the
[Unsecured Notes] by the respective Underwriters) in connection with the
issuance and delivery of the [Unsecured Notes], except that the Company shall
be
required to pay the fees and disbursements (other than disbursements referred
to
in paragraph (f) of this Section 4) of Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel to the
Underwriters, only in the events provided in paragraph (h) of this Section
4,
the Underwriters hereby agreeing to pay such fees and disbursements in any
other
event.
(h)
If
the
Underwriters shall not take up and pay for the [Unsecured Notes] due to the
failure of the Company to comply with any of the conditions specified in Section
3 hereof, or, if this Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7 or 8 hereof, to pay the fees and disbursements of Dewey
Ballantine LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, and, if the Underwriters shall
not
take up and pay for the [Unsecured Notes] due to the failure of the Company
to
comply with any of the conditions specified in Section 3 hereof, to reimburse
the Underwriters for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, in an aggregate
amount not exceeding a total of $10,000, incurred in connection with the
financing contemplated by this Agreement.
(i)
The
Company will timely file any certificate required by Rule 52 under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended ("1935 Act") in connection
with
the sale of the [Unsecured Notes].
[(j)
The
Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the
[Unsecured Notes] on the New York Stock Exchange.]
[(k)
During
the period from the date hereof and continuing to and including the earlier
of
(i) the date which is after the Time of Purchase on which the distribution
of
the [Unsecured Notes] ceases, as determined by the Representative in its sole
discretion, and (ii) the date which is 30 days after the Time of Purchase,
the
Company agrees not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of
any
[Unsecured Notes] of the Company or any substantially similar securities of
the
Company without the consent of the Representative.]
5.
Warranties
of and Indemnity by the Company: The Company represents and warrants to, and
agrees with you, as set forth below:
(a)
the
Registration Statement on its effective date complied, or was deemed to comply,
with the applicable provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of
the
Commission and the Registration Statement at its effective date did not, and
at
the Time of Purchase will not, contain any 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, and the Basic Prospectus at the
time
that the Registration Statement became effective, and the Prospectus when first
filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) complies, and at the Time of Purchase
the
Prospectus will comply, with the applicable provisions of the Act and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission, the Basic Prospectus at the time that the Registration Statement
became effective, and the Prospectus when first filed in accordance with Rule
424(b) did not, and the Prospectus at the Time of Purchase will not, contain
any
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 were made, not misleading, except that the
Company makes no warranty or representation to the Underwriters with respect
to
any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement or Prospectus
in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by, or through the Representative on behalf of, any Underwriter
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or
Prospectus, or to any statements in or omissions from that part of the
Registration Statement that shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of any indenture trustee under an indenture
of
the Company.
(b)
As
of the
Time of Purchase, the Indenture will have been duly authorized by the Company
and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and,
when
executed and delivered by the Trustee and the Company, will constitute a legal,
valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance
with
its terms and such [Unsecured Notes] will have been duly authorized, executed,
authenticated and, when paid for by the purchasers thereof, will constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits
of
the Indenture, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights in general, and except as the availability of the remedy
of
specific performance is subject to general principles of equity (regardless
of
whether such remedy is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law), and by
an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(c)
To
the
extent permitted by law, to indemnify and hold you harmless and each person,
if
any, who controls you within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against
any
and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
you,
they or any of you or them may become subject under the Act or otherwise, and
to
reimburse you and such controlling person or persons, if any, for any legal
or
other expenses incurred by you or them in connection with defending any action,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of
or
re based upon any alleged untrue statement or untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement, in the Basic Prospectus, or in
the
Prospectus, or if the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to you
any
amendments or any supplemental information, in the Prospectus as so amended
or
supplemented other than amendments or supplements relating solely to securities
other than the Notes (provided that if such Prospectus or such Prospectus,
as
amended or supplemented, is used after the period of time referred to in Section
4(b) hereof, it shall contain such amendments or supplements as the Company
deems necessary to comply with Section 10(a) of the Act), or arise out of or
are
based upon any alleged omission or omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions arise out of or are based upon any such alleged untrue statement or
omission, or untrue statement or omission which was made in the Registration
Statement, in the Basic Prospectus or in the Prospectus, or in the Prospectus
as
so amended or supplemented, in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by or through you expressly for use therein
or with any statements in or omissions from that part of the Registration
Statement that shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility under the Trust
Indenture Act, of any indenture trustee under an indenture of the Company,
and
except that this indemnity shall not inure to your benefit (or of any person
controlling you) on account of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions arising from the sale of the Notes to any person if such loss arises
from the fact that a copy of the Prospectus, as the same may then be
supplemented or amended to the extent such Prospectus was provided to you by
the
Company (excluding, however, any document then incorporated or deemed
incorporated therein by reference), was not sent or given by you to such person
with or prior to the written confirmation of the sale involved and the alleged
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission or untrue statement was
corrected in the Prospectus as supplemented or amended at the time of such
confirmation, and such Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, was timely
delivered to you by the Company. You agree promptly after the receipt by you
of
written notice of the commencement of any action in respect to which indemnity
from the Company on account of its agreement contained in this Section 5(c)
may
be sought by you, or by any person controlling you, to notify the Company in
writing of the commencement thereof, but your omission so to notify the Company
of any such action shall not release the Company from any liability which it
may
have to you or to such controlling person otherwise than on account of the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a). In case any such action
shall be brought against you or any such person controlling you and you shall
notify the Company of the commencement thereof, as above provided, the Company
shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish,
including the selection of counsel (such counsel to be reasonably acceptable
to
the indemnified party), to direct the defense thereof at its own expense. In
case the Company elects to direct such defense and select such counsel
(hereinafter, "Company's counsel"), you or any controlling person shall have
the
right to employ your own counsel, but, in any such case, the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at your expense unless (i) the Company has agreed
in
writing to pay such fees and expenses or (ii) the named parties to any such
action (including any impleaded parties) include both you or any controlling
person and the Company and you or any controlling person shall have been advised
by your counsel that a conflict of interest between the Company and you or
any
controlling person may arise (and the Company's counsel shall have concurred
in
good faith with such advice) and for this reason it is not desirable for the
Company's counsel to represent both the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party (it being understood, however, that the Company 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 you or any controlling person (plus any local
counsel retained by you or any controlling person in their reasonable judgment),
which firm (or firms) shall be designated in writing by you or any controlling
person). No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of
the
indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding
by
any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever in respect of which indemnification could be sought under this
Section 5 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes
an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising
out
of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include
a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act
by
or on behalf of any indemnified party. In no event shall any indemnifying party
have any liability or responsibility in respect of the settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action or claim effected without its prior written
consent.
(d)
The
documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus,
when they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects
with
the applicable provisions of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of
the
Commission thereunder, and as of such time of filing, when read together with
the Prospectus, none of such documents 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, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(e)
Since
the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, there has been no
material adverse change in the business, properties or financial condition
of
the Company.
(f)
This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(g)
The
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein will not
conflict with, or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of,
or
constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any
lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company under any
contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement
or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound or to
which any of its properties may be subject (except for conflicts, breaches
or
defaults which
would
not, individually or in the aggregate, be materially adverse to the Company
or
materially adverse to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.)
(h)
No
authorization, approval, consent or order of any court or governmental authority
or agency is necessary in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company
of the Notes or the transactions by the Company contemplated in this Agreement,
except (A) such as may be required under the 1933 Act or the rules and
regulations thereunder; (B) such as may be required under the 1935 Act; (C)
the
qualification of the Indenture under the 1939 Act; (D) the approval of the
Virginia State Corporation Commission and the Tennessee Regulatory Authority;
and (E) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky
laws.
The
Company's indemnity agreement contained in Section 5(c) hereof, and its
covenants, warranties and representations contained in this Agreement, shall
remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
on
behalf of any person, and shall survive the delivery of and payment for the
[Unsecured Notes] hereunder.
6.
Warranties
of and Indemnity by Underwriters:
(a)
Each
Underwriter warrants and represents that the information furnished in writing
to
the Company through the Representative for use in the Registration Statement,
in
the Basic Prospectus, in the Prospectus, or in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented is correct as to such Underwriter.
(b)
Each
Underwriter agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to indemnify, hold harmless
and reimburse the Company, its directors and such of its officers as shall
have
signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, to the same extent and
upon
the same terms as the indemnity agreement of the Company set forth in Section
5(c) hereof, but only with respect to untrue statements or alleged untrue
statements or omissions or alleged omissions made in the Registration Statement,
or in the Basic Prospectus, or in the Prospectus, or in the Prospectus as so
amended or supplemented, in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by the Representative on behalf of such
Underwriter expressly for use therein. The Company agrees promptly after the
receipt by it of written notice of the commencement of any action in respect
to
which indemnity from you on account of your agreement contained in this Section
6(b) may be sought by the Company, or by any person controlling the Company,
to
notify you in writing of the commencement thereof, but the Company's omission
so
to notify you of any such action shall not release you from any liability which
you may have to the Company or to such controlling person otherwise than on
account of the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b).
The
indemnity agreement on the part of each Underwriter contained in Section 6(b)
hereof, and the warranties and representations of such Underwriter contained
in
this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or other person, and shall
survive the delivery of and payment for the [Unsecured Notes]
hereunder.
7.
Default
of Underwriters: If any Underwriter under this Agreement shall fail or refuse
(otherwise than for some reason sufficient to justify, in accordance with the
terms hereof, the cancellation or termination of its obligations hereunder)
to
purchase and pay for the principal amount of [Unsecured Notes] which it has
agreed to purchase and pay for hereunder, and the aggregate principal amount
of
[Unsecured Notes] which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed
but
failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate
principal amount of the [Unsecured Notes], the other Underwriters shall be
obligated severally in the proportions which the amounts of [Unsecured Notes]
set forth opposite their names in Exhibit 1 hereto bear to the aggregate
principal amount of [Unsecured Notes] set forth opposite the names of all such
non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the [Unsecured Notes] which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase
on the terms set forth herein; provided that in no event shall the principal
amount of [Unsecured Notes] which any Underwriter has agreed to purchase
pursuant to Section 1 hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 7 by an
amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of [Unsecured Notes]
without the written consent of such Underwriter. If any Underwriter or
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase [Unsecured Notes] and the
aggregate principal amount of [Unsecured Notes] with respect to which such
default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of
the
[Unsecured Notes] then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on
the
part of any defaulting Underwriter; provided, however, that the non-defaulting
Underwriters may agree, in their sole discretion, to purchase the [Unsecured
Notes] which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed
or
refused to purchase on the terms set forth herein. In the event the Company
shall be entitled to but shall not elect (within the time period specified
above) to exercise its rights under clause (a) and/or (b), then this Agreement
shall terminate. In the event of any such termination, the Company shall not
be
under any liability to any Underwriter (except to the extent, if any, provided
in Section 4(h) hereof), nor shall any Underwriter (other than an Underwriter
who shall have failed or refused to purchase the [Unsecured Notes] without
some
reason sufficient to justify, in accordance with the terms hereof, its
termination of its obligations hereunder) be under any liability to the Company
or any other Underwriter.
Nothing
herein contained shall release any defaulting Underwriter from its liability
to
the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
8.
Termination
of Agreement by the Underwriters: This Agreement may be terminated at any time
prior to the Time of Purchase by the Representative if, after the execution
and
delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Time of Purchase, in the
Representative's reasonable judgment, the Underwriters' ability to market the
[Unsecured Notes] shall have been materially adversely affected
because:
(i)
trading
in securities on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been generally suspended
by the Commission or by the New York Stock Exchange, or
(ii)
(A)
a war
involving the United States of America shall have been declared, (B) any other
national calamity shall have occurred, or (C) any conflict involving the armed
services of the United States of America shall have escalated, or
(iii)
a
general
banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or New York State
authorities, or
(iv)
there
shall have been any decrease in the ratings of the Company's first mortgage
bonds by Moody's Investors Services, Inc. (Moody's) or Standard & Poor's
Ratings Group (S&P) or either Moody's or S&P shall publicly announce
that it has such first mortgage bonds under consideration for possible
downgrade.
If
the
Representative elects to terminate this Agreement, as provided in this Section
8, the Representative will promptly notify the Company by telephone or by telex
or facsimile transmission, confirmed in writing. If this Agreement shall not
be
carried out by any Underwriter for any reason permitted hereunder, or if the
sale of the [Unsecured Notes] to the Underwriters as herein contemplated shall
not be carried out because the Company is not able to comply with the terms
hereof, the Company shall not be under any obligation under this Agreement
and
shall not be liable to any Underwriter or to any member of any selling group
for
the loss of anticipated profits from the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (except that the Company shall remain liable to the extent provided
in
Section 4(h) hereof) and the Underwriters shall be under no liability to the
Company nor be under any liability under this Agreement to one
another.
9.
Notices:
All notices hereunder shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be in writing
and be delivered at or mailed to the following addresses or by telex or
facsimile transmission confirmed in writing to the following addresses: if
to
the Underwriters, to _______________________________________________________,
as
Representative, _____________________________________________, and, if to the
Company, to Appalachian Power Company, c/o American Electric Power Service
Corporation, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215, attention of
_______________, Treasurer, (fax 614/716-1687).
10.
Parties
in Interest: The agreement herein set forth has been and is made solely for
the
benefit of the Underwriters, the Company (including the directors thereof and
such of the officers thereof as shall have signed the Registration Statement),
the controlling persons, if any, referred to in Sections 5 and 6 hereof, and
their respective successors, assigns, executors and administrators, and, except
as expressly otherwise provided in Section 7 hereof, no other person shall
acquire or have any right under or by the virtue of this Agreement.
11.
Definition
of Certain Terms: If there be two or more persons, firms or corporations named
in Exhibit 1 hereto, the term "Underwriters", as used herein, shall be deemed
to
mean the several persons, firms or corporations, so named (including the
Representative herein mentioned, if so named) and any party or parties
substituted pursuant to Section 7 hereof, and the term "Representative", as
used
herein, shall be deemed to mean the representative or representatives designated
by, or in the manner authorized by, the Underwriters. All obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder are several and not joint. If there shall be only one
person, firm or corporation named in Exhibit 1 hereto, the term "Underwriters"
and the term "Representative", as used herein, shall mean such person, firm
or
corporation. The term "successors" as used in this Agreement shall not include
any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of the [Unsecured Notes] from any
of
the respective Underwriters.
12.
Conditions
of the Company's Obligations: The obligations of the Company hereunder are
subject to the Underwriters' performance of their obligations hereunder, and
the
further condition that at the Time of Purchase the Virginia State Corporation
Commission and the Tennessee Regulatory Authority shall have issued appropriate
orders, and such orders shall remain in full force and effect, authorizing
the
transactions contemplated hereby.
13.
Applicable
Law: This Agreement will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.
14.
Execution
of Counterparts: This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each
of
which shall be regarded as an original and all of which shall constitute one
and
the same document.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, on the date first above
written.
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
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By:
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Treasurer
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as
Representative and on behalf
of
the Underwriters named in
Exhibit
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EXHIBIT
1
EXHIBIT
4(b)
June
7,
2005
Company
Order and Officers' Certificate
4.40%
Senior Notes, Series J, due 2010
5%
Senior
Notes, Series K, due 2017
The
Bank
of New York, as Trustee
101
Barclay Street - 8W
New
York,
New York 10286
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Pursuant
to Article Two of the Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1998 (as it may be
amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), from Appalachian Power Company (the
"Company") to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and the Board
Resolutions dated December 15, 2004, a copy of which certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company is being delivered herewith under
Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and unless otherwise provided in a subsequent
Company Order pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture,
1.
the
Company's 4.40% Senior Notes, Series J, due 2010 (the "Series J Notes") and
5%
Senior Notes, Series K, due 2017 (the "Series K Notes") are hereby established.
The Series J Notes and the Series K Notes are collectively referred to herein
as
the "Notes". The Notes shall be in substantially the forms attached hereto
as
Exhibits 1 and 2.
2.
the
terms
and characteristics of the Notes shall be as follows (the numbered clauses
set
forth below corresponding to the numbered subsections of Section 2.01 of the
Indenture, with terms used and not defined herein having the meanings specified
in the Indenture):
(i)
the
aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered
under the Indenture initially shall be limited to $150,000,000 for the Series
J
Notes and $250,000,000 for the Series K Notes, except as contemplated in Section
2.01(i) of the Indenture
and
except that such principal amount may be increased from time to time; all Series
J Notes and all Series K Notes need not be issued at the same time and each
such
series may be reopened at any time, without the consent of any securityholder,
for issuance of additional Notes, which Notes will have the same interest rate,
maturity and other terms as those initially issued
;
(ii)
the
date
on which the principal of the Series J Notes shall be payable shall be June
1,
2010 and the date on which the principal of the Series K Notes shall be payable
shall be June 1, 2017;
(iii)
interest
shall accrue from the date of authentication of the Notes; the Interest Payment
Dates on which such interest will be payable shall be June 1 and December
1, and
the Regular Record Date for the determination of holders to whom interest
is
payable on any such Interest Payment Date shall be the May 15 or November
15
preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date; provided that the first Interest
Payment Date shall be December 1, 2005 and interest payable on the Stated
Maturity Date or any Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person to whom
principal shall be paid;
(iv)
the
interest rate at which the Series J Notes shall bear interest shall be 4.40%
per
annum and the interest rate at which the Series K Notes shall bear interest
shall be 5% per annum;
(v)
the
Notes
shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in
part from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days'
previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Notes at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of
the
Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed
(excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption)
discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date
on
a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points for the Series
J
Notes and 20 basis points for the Series K Notes, plus, in each case, accrued
interest thereon to the date of redemption.
"Treasury
Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal
to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage
of
its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
date.
"Comparable
Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
Notes.
"Comparable
Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average
of
the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or
(2) if fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained,
the average of all such quotations.
"Independent
Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by
the
Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Reference
Treasury Dealer" means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York
City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
"Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the
bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case
as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
(vi)
(a)
the Notes shall be issued in the form of a Global Note; (b) the Depositary
for
such Global Note shall be The Depository Trust Company; and (c) the procedures
with respect to transfer and exchange of Global Notes shall be as set forth
in
the form of Note attached hereto;
(vii)
the
title
of the Series J Notes shall be "4.40% Senior Notes, Series J, due 2010" and
the
title of the Series K Notes shall be "5% Senior Notes, Series K, due
2017"
(viii)
the
form
of the Notes shall be as set forth in Paragraph 1, above;
(ix)
not
applicable;
(x)
the
Notes
shall not be subject to a Periodic Offering;
(xi)
not
applicable;
(xii)
not
applicable;
(xiii)
not
applicable;
(xiv)
the
Notes
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof;
(xv)
not
applicable;
(xvi)
the
Notes
shall not be issued as Discount Securities;
(xvii)
not
applicable;
(xviii)
not
applicable; and
(xix)
So
long
as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will not create or suffer
to be
created or to exist any additional mortgage, pledge, security interest, or
other
lien (collectively "Liens") on any of its utility properties or tangible assets
now owned or hereafter acquired to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money
("Secured Debt"), without providing that the Notes will be similarly secured.
This restriction does not apply to the Company's subsidiaries, nor will it
prevent any of them from creating or permitting to exist Liens on their property
or assets to secure any Secured Debt. Further, this restriction on Secured
Debt
does not apply to the Company's existing first mortgage bonds that have
previously been issued under its mortgage indenture or any indenture
supplemental thereto; provided that this restriction will apply to future
issuances thereunder (other than issuances of refunding first mortgage bonds).
In addition, this restriction does not prevent the creation or existence
of:
(a)
Liens
on
property existing at the time of acquisition or construction of such property
(or created within one year after completion of such acquisition or
construction), whether by purchase, merger, construction or otherwise, or to
secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or construction
cost
thereof, including the extension of any Liens to repairs, renewals,
replacements, substitutions, betterments, additions, extensions and improvements
then or thereafter made on the property subject thereto;
(b)
Financing
of the Company's accounts receivable for electric service;
(c)
Any
extensions, renewals or replacements (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements), in whole or in part, of liens permitted by the foregoing clauses;
and
(d)
The
pledge of any bonds or other securities at any time issued under any of the
Secured Debt permitted by the above clauses.
In
addition to the permitted issuances above, Secured Debt not otherwise so
permitted may be issued in an amount that does not exceed 15% of Net Tangible
Assets as defined below.
"Net
Tangible Assets" means the total of all assets (including revaluations thereof
as a result of commercial appraisals, price level restatement or otherwise)
appearing on the Company's balance sheet, net of applicable reserves and
deductions, but excluding goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents,
unamortized debt discount and all other like intangible assets (which term
shall
not be construed to include such revaluations), less the aggregate of the
Company's current liabilities appearing on such balance sheet. For purposes
of
this definition, the Company's balance sheet does not include assets and
liabilities of its subsidiaries.
This
restriction also does not apply to or prevent the creation or existence of
leases made, or existing on property acquired, in the ordinary course of
business.
3.
You
are
hereby requested to authenticate $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
4.40% Senior Notes, Series J, due 2010 and $250,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 5% Senior Notes, Series K, due 2017, executed by the Company and
delivered to you concurrently with this Company Order and Officers' Certificate,
in the manner provided by the Indenture.
4.
You
are
hereby requested to hold the Notes as custodian for DTC in accordance with
the
Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations dated June 24, 2004, from the Company
to DTC.
5.
Concurrently
with this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel under
Sections 2.04 and 13.06 of the Indenture is being delivered to you.
6.
The
undersigned Stephan T. Haynes and Thomas G. Berkemeyer, the Assistant Treasurer
and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of the Company do hereby certify
that:
(i)
we
have
read the relevant portions of the Indenture, including without limitation the
conditions precedent provided for therein relating to the action proposed to
be
taken by the Trustee as requested in this Company Order and Officers'
Certificate, and the definitions in the Indenture relating thereto;
(ii)
we
have
read the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Opinion of Counsel referred
to
above;
(iii)
we
have
conferred with other officers of the Company, have examined such records of
the
Company and have made such other investigation as we deemed relevant for
purposes of this certificate;
(iv)
in
our
opinion, we have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable us to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such conditions
have been complied with; and
(v)
on
the
basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that all conditions precedent
provided for in the Indenture relating to the action proposed to be taken by
the
Trustee as requested herein have been complied with.
Kindly
acknowledge receipt of this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, including
the documents listed herein, and confirm the arrangements set forth herein
by
signing and returning the copy of this document attached hereto.
Very
truly yours,
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
By:
/s/ Stephan T. Haynes
Assistant
Treasurer
And:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
Assistant
Secretary
Acknowledged
by Trustee:
By:
/s/ Joseph Lloret
Authorized
Signatory
Exhibit
1
Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository
Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent
for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to be
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and
any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository
or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor
Depository.
No.
R1
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
4.40%
Senior Notes, Series J, due 2010
CUSIP:
037735 CC 9
Original
Issue Date: June 7, 2005
Stated
Maturity: June 1, 2010
Interest
Rate:
4.40%
Principal
Amount: $150,000,000
Redeemable:
Yes
X
No
In
Whole:
Yes
X
No
In
Part:
Yes
X
No
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the
Commonwealth of Virginia (herein referred to as the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered
assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified
above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue
Date
specified above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date,
an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 in each year, commencing
on December 1, 2005, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until
the
Principal Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall
be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be
paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the
May
15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day) prior to such Interest Payment
Date, provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption
date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided in
said
Indenture.
If
any
Interest Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business
Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made
on
the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made
on such date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this
Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any
coin
or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that
payment of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or
any
redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
the
registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security
Register.
This
Note
is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes
referred to as the “Notes”), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be
issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
January 1, 1998 duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank
of
New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of
New York, as Trustee (herein referred to as the “Trustee”) (such Indenture, as
originally executed and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended
being hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made
for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes.
By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may vary
as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in
the
Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on the
face hereof.
This
Note
may be redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in part
from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days’
previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Note at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of
the
Note being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Note being redeemed
(excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption)
discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date
on
a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points, plus, in each
case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
“Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage
of
its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
date.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
Notes.
“Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of
the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or
(2) if fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained,
the average of all such quotations.
“Independent
Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means a primary U. S. government securities dealer in New York
City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the
bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case
as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
The
Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer
of
any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the
outstanding Notes of the same series and ending at the close of business on
the
day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any Notes
of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note is
exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited
circumstances set forth in the Indenture.
In
the
event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this
series, of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the
name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.
In
case
an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be
continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such
declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions
set forth therein.
As
described in the Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, so long as this Note
is outstanding, the Company is subject to a limitation on Liens as described
therein.
The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with
the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in
the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner
the
rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series, or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time
of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that
would
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note then
outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the
holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
or
reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive
any
default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note
then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section
6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal amount
of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due
and
payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note then
outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders
of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of
any
of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default
in
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of
this Note (unless revoked as pro-vided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive
and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note
and
of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by
registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on
this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note Register
of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at
the
office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied
by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to
the
Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his
or
her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes
of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge
will be made for any such trans-fer, but the Company may require payment of
a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation
thereto.
Prior
to
due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the
Trustee, any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat the
registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
Note
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon
made by anyone other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and
interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
the
Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
No
recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on
this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or
based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder,
officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of
any
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution,
statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty
or
otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of
the
consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and
released.
The
Notes
of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations, Notes of this series are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series
of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the
same.
All
terms
used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This
Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of
Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the
Trustee.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be
executed.
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
By:
/s/ Stephan T. Haynes
Assistant
Treasurer
Attest:
By:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
Assistant
Secretary
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and
referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated
June 7, 2005
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
By:
/s/ Joseph Lloret
Authorized
Signatory
Exhibit
2
Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository
Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent
for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to be
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and
any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository
or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor
Depository.
No.
R1
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
5%
Senior
Notes, Series K, due 2017
CUSIP:
037735 CD 7
Original
Issue Date: June 7, 2005
Stated
Maturity: June 1, 2017
Interest
Rate:
5%
Principal
Amount: $250,000,000
Redeemable:
Yes
X
No
In
Whole:
Yes
X
No
In
Part:
Yes
X
No
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the
Commonwealth of Virginia (herein referred to as the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered
assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified
above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue
Date
specified above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date,
an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 in each year, commencing
on December 1, 2005, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until
the
Principal Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall
be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be
paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the
May
15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day) prior to such Interest Payment
Date, provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption
date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided in
said
Indenture.
If
any
Interest Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business
Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made
on
the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made
on such date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this
Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any
coin
or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that
payment of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or
any
redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
the
registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security
Register.
This
Note
is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes
referred to as the “Notes”), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be
issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
January 1, 1998 duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank
of
New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of
New York, as Trustee (herein referred to as the “Trustee”) (such Indenture, as
originally executed and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended
being hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made
for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes.
By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may vary
as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in
the
Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on the
face hereof.
This
Note
may be redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in part
from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days’
previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Note at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of
the
Note being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Note being redeemed
(excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption)
discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date
on
a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 20 basis points, plus, in each
case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
“Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage
of
its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
date.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
Notes.
“Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of
the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or
(2) if fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained,
the average of all such quotations.
“Independent
Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means a primary U. S. government securities dealer in New York
City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the
bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case
as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
The
Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer
of
any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the
outstanding Notes of the same series and ending at the close of business on
the
day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any Notes
of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note is
exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited
circumstances set forth in the Indenture.
In
the
event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this
series, of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the
name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.
In
case
an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be
continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such
declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions
set forth therein.
As
described in the Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, so long as this Note
is outstanding, the Company is subject to a limitation on Liens as described
therein.
The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with
the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in
the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner
the
rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series, or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time
of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that
would
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note then
outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the
holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
or
reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive
any
default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note
then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section
6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal amount
of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due
and
payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note then
outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders
of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of
any
of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default
in
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of
this Note (unless revoked as pro-vided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive
and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note
and
of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by
registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on
this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note Register
of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at
the
office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied
by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to
the
Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his
or
her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes
of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge
will be made for any such trans-fer, but the Company may require payment of
a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation
thereto.
Prior
to
due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the
Trustee, any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat the
registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
Note
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon
made by anyone other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and
interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
the
Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
No
recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on
this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or
based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder,
officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of
any
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution,
statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty
or
otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of
the
consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and
released.
The
Notes
of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations, Notes of this series are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series
of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the
same.
All
terms
used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This
Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of
Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the
Trustee.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be
executed.
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
By:_
/s/
Stephan T. Haynes
Assistant
Treasurer
Attest:
By:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
Assistant
Secretary
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and
referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated
June 7, 2005
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
By:
/s/ Joseph Lloret
Authorized
Signatory
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
(PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)
______________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF
________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNEE)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby
________________________________________________________________
irrevocably
constituting and appointing such person attorney to
________________________________________________________________
transfer
such Note on the books of the Issuer, with full
________________________________________________________________
power
of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:________________________
_________________________
NOTICE:
The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the
face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever and NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program (“STAMP”), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (“SEMP”) or
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program
(“MSP”).
EXHIBIT
4(c)
September
29, 2005
Company
Order and Officers' Certificate
5.80%
Senior Notes, Series L, due 2035
The
Bank
of New York, as Trustee
101
Barclay Street - 8W
New
York,
New York 10286
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Pursuant
to Article Two of the Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1998 (as it may be
amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), from Appalachian Power Company (the
"Company") to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and the Board
Resolutions dated December 15, 2004, a copy of which certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company is being delivered herewith under
Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and unless otherwise provided in a subsequent
Company Order pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture,
1.
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the
Company's 5.80% Senior Notes, Series L, due 2035 (the "Notes") are
hereby
established. The Notes shall be in substantially the form attached
hereto
as Exhibit 1.
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2.
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the
terms and characteristics of the Notes shall be as follows (the numbered
clauses set forth below corresponding to the numbered subsections
of
Section 2.01 of the Indenture, with terms used and not defined herein
having the meanings specified in the Indenture):
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(i)
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the
aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture initially shall be limited to $250,000,000,
except as contemplated in Section 2.01(i) of the Indenture
and
except that such principal amount may be increased from time to time;
all
Notes need not be issued at the same time and may be reopened at
any time,
without the consent of any securityholder, for issuance of additional
Notes, which Notes will have the same interest rate, maturity and
other
terms as those initially issued
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(ii)
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the
date on which the principal of the Notes shall be payable shall be
October
1, 2035;
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(iii)
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interest
shall accrue from the date of authentication of the Notes; the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable shall be April
1 and
October 1, and the Regular Record Date for the determination of holders
to
whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Date shall
be the
March 15 or September 15 preceding the relevant Interest Payment
Date;
provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be April 1, 2006
and
interest payable on the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date
shall
be paid to the Person to whom principal shall be paid;
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(iv)
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the
interest rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 5.80%
per
annum;
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(v)
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the
Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole
at any
time or in part from time to time, upon not less than thirty but
not more
than sixty days' previous notice given by mail to the registered
owners of
the Notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100%
of the
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of
the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest on the Notes being redeemed (excluding the portion of any
such
interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes
of
determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual
basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 25 basis points, plus accrued
interest thereon to the date of redemption.
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"Treasury
Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum
equal
to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury
Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury
Price
for such redemption date.
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"Comparable
Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected
by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the
remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing
new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
the
remaining term of the Notes.
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"Independent
Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed
by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
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"Reference
Treasury Dealer" means a primary U.S. government securities dealer
in New
York City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
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"Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to the Reference Treasury
Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the
Trustee,
of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing
to
the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m.,
New
York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption
date.
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(a)
the Notes shall be issued in the form of a Global Note; (b) the Depositary
for such Global Note shall be The Depository Trust Company; and (c)
the
procedures with respect to transfer and exchange of Global Notes
shall be
as set forth in the form of Note attached hereto;
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(vii)
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the
title of the Notes shall be "5.80% Senior Notes, Series L, due
2035";
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the
form of the Notes shall be as set forth in Paragraph 1,
above;
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(ix)
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not
applicable;
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(x)
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the
Notes shall not be subject to a Periodic Offering;
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(xi)
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not
applicable;
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(xii)
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not
applicable;
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(xiii)
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not
applicable;
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(xiv)
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the
Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof;
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(xv)
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not
applicable;
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(xvi)
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the
Notes shall not be issued as Discount Securities;
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(xvii)
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not
applicable;
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not
applicable; and
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(xix)
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So
long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will not create
or
suffer to be created or to exist any additional mortgage, pledge,
security
interest, or other lien (collectively "Liens") on any of its utility
properties or tangible assets now owned or hereafter acquired to
secure
any indebtedness for borrowed money ("Secured Debt"), without providing
that the Notes will be similarly secured. This restriction does not
apply
to the Company's subsidiaries, nor will it prevent any of them from
creating or permitting to exist Liens on their property or assets
to
secure any Secured Debt. Further, this restriction on Secured Debt
does
not apply to the Company's existing first mortgage bonds that have
previously been issued under its mortgage indenture or any indenture
supplemental thereto; provided that this restriction will apply to
future
issuances thereunder (other than issuances of refunding first mortgage
bonds). In addition, this restriction does not prevent the creation
or
existence of:
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Liens
on property existing at the time of acquisition or construction of
such
property (or created within one year after completion of such acquisition
or construction), whether by purchase, merger, construction or otherwise,
or to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price
or
construction cost thereof, including the extension of any Liens to
repairs, renewals, replacements, substitutions, betterments, additions,
extensions and improvements then or thereafter made on the property
subject thereto;
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(b)
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Financing
of the Company's accounts receivable for electric
service;
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(c)
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Any
extensions, renewals or replacements (or successive extensions, renewals
or replacements), in whole or in part, of liens permitted by the
foregoing
clauses; and
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The
pledge of any bonds or other securities at any time issued under
any of
the Secured Debt permitted by the above clauses.
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In
addition to the permitted issuances above, Secured Debt not otherwise
so
permitted may be issued in an amount that does not exceed 15% of
Net
Tangible Assets as defined below.
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"Net
Tangible Assets" means the total of all assets (including revaluations
thereof as a result of commercial appraisals, price level restatement
or
otherwise) appearing on the Company's balance sheet, net of applicable
reserves and deductions, but excluding goodwill, trade names, trademarks,
patents, unamortized debt discount and all other like intangible
assets
(which term shall not be construed to include such revaluations),
less the
aggregate of the Company's current liabilities appearing on such
balance
sheet. For purposes of this definition, the Company's balance sheet
does
not include assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries
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This
restriction also does not apply to or prevent the creation or existence
of
leases made, or existing on property acquired, in the ordinary course
of
business.
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You
are hereby requested to authenticate $250,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 5.80% Senior Notes, Series L, due 2035, executed by the
Company
and delivered to you concurrently with this Company Order and Officers'
Certificate, in the manner provided by the Indenture.
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4.
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You
are hereby requested to hold the Notes as custodian for DTC in accordance
with the Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations dated June 24,
2004,
from the Company to DTC.
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5.
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Concurrently
with this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, an Opinion of
Counsel
under Sections 2.04 and 13.06 of the Indenture is being delivered
to
you.
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6.
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The
undersigned Stephan T. Haynes and Thomas G. Berkemeyer, the Assistant
Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of the Company do
hereby
certify that:
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(i)
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we
have read the relevant portions of the Indenture, including without
limitation the conditions precedent provided for therein relating
to the
action proposed to be taken by the Trustee as requested in this Company
Order and Officers' Certificate, and the definitions in the Indenture
relating thereto;
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(ii)
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we
have read the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Opinion of
Counsel
referred to above;
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we
have conferred with other officers of the Company, have examined
such
records of the Company and have made such other investigation as
we deemed
relevant for purposes of this certificate;
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in
our opinion, we have made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable us to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not
such conditions have been complied with; and
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on
the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that all conditions
precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the action proposed
to
be taken by the Trustee as requested herein have been complied
with
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Kindly
acknowledge receipt of this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, including
the documents listed herein, and confirm the arrangements set forth herein
by
signing and returning the copy of this document attached hereto.
Very
truly yours,
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
By:
/s/ Stephan T. Haynes
Assistant
Treasurer
And:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
Assistant
Secretary
Acknowledged
by Trustee:
By:
/s/ Mary LaGumina
Authorized
Signatory
Exhibit
1
Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository
Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent
for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to be
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and
any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository
or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor
Depository.
No.
R1
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
5.80%
Senior Notes, Series L, due 2035
CUSIP:
037735 CE5
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Original
Issue Date: September 29, 2005
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Stated
Maturity: October 1, 2035
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Interest
Rate: 5.80%
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Principal
Amount: $250,000,000
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Redeemable:
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Yes
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X
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No
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In
Whole
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Yes
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X
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No
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In
Part
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Yes
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X
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No
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the
Commonwealth of Virginia (herein referred to as the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered
assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified
above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue
Date
specified above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date,
an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing
on April 1, 2006, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the
Principal Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall
be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be
paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the
March
15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day) prior to such Interest
Payment Date, provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any
redemption date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any
such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease
to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided
in said Indenture.
If
any
Interest Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business
Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made
on
the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made
on such date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this
Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any
coin
or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that
payment of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or
any
redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
the
registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security
Register.
This
Note
is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes
referred to as the “Notes”), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be
issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
January 1, 1998 duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank
of
New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of
New York, as Trustee (herein referred to as the “Trustee”) (such Indenture, as
originally executed and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended
being hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made
for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes.
By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may vary
as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in
the
Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on the
face hereof.
This
Note
may be redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in part
from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days’
previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Note at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of
the
Note being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Note being redeemed
(excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption)
discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date
on
a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 25 basis points, plus, in each
case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
“Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage
of
its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
date.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
Notes.
“Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of
the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or
(2) if fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained,
the average of all such quotations.
“Independent
Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means a primary U. S. government securities dealer in New York
City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the
bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case
as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
The
Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer
of
any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the
outstanding Notes of the same series and ending at the close of business on
the
day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any Notes
of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note is
exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited
circumstances set forth in the Indenture.
In
the
event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this
series, of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the
name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.
In
case
an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be
continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such
declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions
set forth therein.
As
described in the Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, so long as this Note
is outstanding, the Company is subject to a limitation on Liens as described
therein.
The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with
the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in
the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner
the
rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series, or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time
of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that
would
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note then
outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the
holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
or
reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive
any
default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note
then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section
6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal amount
of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due
and
payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note then
outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders
of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of
any
of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default
in
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of
this Note (unless revoked as pro-vided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive
and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note
and
of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by
registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on
this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note Register
of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at
the
office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied
by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to
the
Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his
or
her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes
of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge
will be made for any such trans-fer, but the Company may require payment of
a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation
thereto.
Prior
to
due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the
Trustee, any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat the
registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
Note
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon
made by anyone other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and
interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
the
Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
No
recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on
this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or
based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder,
officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of
any
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution,
statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty
or
otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of
the
consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and
released.
The
Notes
of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations, Notes of this series are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series
of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the
same.
All
terms
used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This
Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of
Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the
Trustee.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be
executed.
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
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By:
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/s/
Stephan
T. Haynes
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Assistant
Treasurer
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Attest:
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By:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
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Assistant
Secretary
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CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and
referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
September
29, 2005
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
By:
/s/ Mary LaGumina
Authorized
Signatory
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
(PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)
_______________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF
________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNEE)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby
________________________________________________________________
irrevocably
constituting and appointing such person attorney to
________________________________________________________________
transfer
such Note on the books of the Issuer, with full
________________________________________________________________
power
of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:________________________
_________________________
NOTICE:
The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the
face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever and NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program (“STAMP”), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (“SEMP”) or
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program
(“MSP”).
EXHIBIT
4(d)
April
10,
2006
Company
Order and Officers' Certificate
5.55%
Senior Notes, Series M, due 2011
6.375%
Senior Notes, Series N, due 2036
The
Bank
of New York, as Trustee
101
Barclay Street - 8W
New
York,
New York 10286
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Pursuant
to Article Two of the Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1998 (as it may be
amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), from Appalachian Power Company (the
"Company") to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and the Board
Resolutions dated December 14, 2005, a copy of which certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company is being delivered herewith under
Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and unless otherwise provided in a subsequent
Company Order pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture,
1.
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the
Company's 5.55% Senior Notes, Series M, due 2011 (the "Series M Notes")
and 6.375% Senior Notes, Series N, due 2036 (the "Series N Notes")
are
hereby established. The Series M Notes and the Series N Notes are
collectively referred to herein as the "Notes". The Notes shall be
in
substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibits 1 and
2.
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2.
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the
terms and characteristics of the Notes shall be as follows (the numbered
clauses set forth below corresponding to the numbered subsections
of
Section 2.01 of the Indenture, with terms used and not defined herein
having the meanings specified in the Indenture):
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(i)
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the
aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture initially shall be limited to $250,000,000
for the Series M Notes and $250,000,000 for the Series N Notes, except
as
contemplated in Section 2.01(i) of the Indenture
and
except that such principal amount may be increased from time to time;
all
Series M Notes and all Series N Notes need not be issued at the same
time
and each such series may be reopened at any time, without the consent
of
any securityholder, for issuance of additional Notes, which Notes
will
have the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as those initially
issued
;
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(ii)
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the
date on which the principal of the Series M Notes shall be payable
shall
be April 1, 2011 and the date on which the principal of the Series
N Notes
shall be payable shall be April 1, 2036;
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(iii)
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interest
shall accrue from the date of authentication of the Notes; the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable shall be
April
1
and October 1, and the Regular Record Date for the determination
of
holders to whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment
Date
shall be the March 15 or September 15 preceding the relevant Interest
Payment Date; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall
be
October 1, 2006 and interest payable on the Stated Maturity Date
or any
Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal shall
be
paid;
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(iv)
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the
interest rate at which the Series M Notes shall bear interest shall
be
5.55% per annum and the interest rate at which the Series N Notes
shall
bear interest shall be 6.375% per annum;
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(v)
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the
Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole
at any
time or in part from time to time, upon not less than thirty but
not more
than sixty days' previous notice given by mail to the registered
owners of
the Notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100%
of the
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of
the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest on the Notes being redeemed (excluding the portion of any
such
interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes
of
determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual
basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points for the Series
M
Notes and 30 basis points for the Series N Notes, plus, in each case,
accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
"Treasury
Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum
equal
to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury
Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury
Price
for such redemption date.
"Comparable
Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected
by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the
remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing
new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
the
remaining term of the Notes.
"Comparable
Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the
average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption
date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, or (2) if fewer than four such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations are obtained, the average of all such quotations.
"Independent
Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed
by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Reference
Treasury Dealer" means a primary U.S. government securities dealer
in New
York City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
"Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to the Reference Treasury
Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the
Trustee,
of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing
to
the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m.,
New
York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption
date.
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(vi)
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(a)
the Notes shall be issued in the form of Global Notes; (b) the Depositary
for such Global Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company; and
(c) the
procedures with respect to transfer and exchange of Global Notes
shall be
as set forth in the forms of Note attached hereto;
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(vii)
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the
title of the Series M Notes shall be "5.55% Senior Notes, Series
M, due
2011" and the title of the Series N Notes shall be "6.375% Senior
Notes,
Series N, due 2036";
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(viii)
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the
forms of the Notes shall be as set forth in Paragraph 1,
above;
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(ix)
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not
applicable;
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(x)
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the
Notes shall not be subject to a Periodic Offering;
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(xi)
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not
applicable;
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(xii)
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not
applicable;
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(xiii)
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not
applicable;
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(xiv)
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the
Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof;
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(xv)
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not
applicable;
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(xvi)
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the
Notes shall not be issued as Discount Securities;
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(xvii)
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not
applicable;
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(xviii)
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not
applicable, and
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(xix)
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So
long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will not create
or
suffer to be created or to exist any additional mortgage, pledge,
security
interest, or other lien (collectively "Liens") on any of its utility
properties or tangible assets now owned or hereafter acquired to
secure
any indebtedness for borrowed money ("Secured Debt"), without providing
that the Notes will be similarly secured. This restriction does not
apply
to the Company's subsidiaries, nor will it prevent any of them from
creating or permitting to exist Liens on their property or assets
to
secure any Secured Debt. Further, this restriction on Secured Debt
does
not apply to the Company's existing first mortgage bonds that have
previously been issued under its mortgage indenture or any indenture
supplemental thereto; provided that this restriction will apply to
future
issuances thereunder (other than issuances of refunding first mortgage
bonds). In addition, this restriction does not prevent the creation
or
existence of:
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(a)
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Liens
on property existing at the time of acquisition or construction of
such
property (or created within one year after completion of such acquisition
or construction), whether by purchase, merger, construction or otherwise,
or to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price
or
construction cost thereof, including the extension of any Liens to
repairs, renewals, replacements, substitutions, betterments, additions,
extensions and improvements then or thereafter made on the property
subject thereto;
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(b)
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Financing
of the Company's accounts receivable for electric
service;
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(c)
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Any
extensions, renewals or replacements (or successive extensions, renewals
or replacements), in whole or in part, of liens permitted by the
foregoing
clauses; and
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(d)
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The
pledge of any bonds or other securities at any time issued under
any of
the Secured Debt permitted by the above clauses.
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In
addition to the permitted issuances above, Secured Debt not otherwise
so
permitted may be issued in an amount that does not exceed 15% of
Net
Tangible Assets as defined below.
"Net
Tangible Assets" means the total of all assets (including revaluations
thereof as a result of commercial appraisals, price level restatement
or
otherwise) appearing on the Company's balance sheet, net of applicable
reserves and deductions, but excluding goodwill, trade names, trademarks,
patents, unamortized debt discount and all other like intangible
assets
(which term shall not be construed to include such revaluations),
less the
aggregate of the Company's current liabilities appearing on such
balance
sheet. For purposes of this definition, the Company's balance sheet
does
not include assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries.
This
restriction also does not apply to or prevent the creation or existence
of
leases made, or existing on property acquired, in the ordinary course
of
business.
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3.
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You
are hereby requested to authenticate $250,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 5.55% Senior Notes, Series M, due 2011 and $250,000,000
aggregate principal amount of 6.375% Senior Notes, Series N, due
2036,
executed by the Company and delivered to you concurrently with this
Company Order and Officers' Certificate, in the manner provided by
the
Indenture.
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4.
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You
are hereby requested to hold the Notes as custodian for DTC in accordance
with the Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations dated June 24,
2004,
from the Company to DTC.
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5.
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Concurrently
with this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, an Opinion of
Counsel
under Sections 2.04 and 13.06 of the Indenture is being delivered
to
you.
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6.
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The
undersigned Stephan T. Haynes and Jeffrey D. Cross, the Assistant
Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of the Company do
hereby
certify that:
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(i)
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we
have read the relevant portions of the Indenture, including without
limitation the conditions precedent provided for therein relating
to the
action proposed to be taken by the Trustee as requested in this Company
Order and Officers' Certificate, and the definitions in the Indenture
relating thereto;
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(ii)
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we
have read the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Opinion of
Counsel
referred to above;
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(iii)
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we
have conferred with other officers of the Company, have examined
such
records of the Company and have made such other investigation as
we deemed
relevant for purposes of this certificate;
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(iv)
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in
our opinion, we have made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable us to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not
such conditions have been complied with; and
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(v)
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on
the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that all conditions
precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the action proposed
to
be taken by the Trustee as requested herein have been complied
with.
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Kindly
acknowledge receipt of this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, including
the documents listed herein, and confirm the arrangements set forth herein
by
signing and returning the copy of this document attached hereto.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be
executed.
Very
truly yours,
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
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By: /s/
Stephan T. Haynes
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Assistant
Treasurer
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And: /s/
Jeffrey D. Cross
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Assistant
Secretary
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Acknowledged
by Trustee:
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By:
/s/ Mary LaGumina
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Authorized
Signatory
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EXHIBIT
1
Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository
Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its
agent
for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to
be
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company
and
any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository
or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor
Depository.
No.
R1
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
5.55%
Senior Notes, Series M, due 2011
CUSIP:
037735
CF 2
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Original
Issue Date:
April
10, 2006
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Stated
Maturity:
April
1, 2011
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Interest
Rate
:
5.55%
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Principal
Amount:
$250,000,000
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Redeemable:
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Yes
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X
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No
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In
Whole:
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Yes
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X
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No
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In
Part:
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Yes
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X
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No
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the
Commonwealth of Virginia (herein referred to as the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered
assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified
above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue
Date
specified above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such
date,
an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing
on October 1, 2006, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until
the
Principal Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall
be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall
be
paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the
March
15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day) prior to such Interest
Payment Date, provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any
redemption date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any
such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease
to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided
in said Indenture.
If
any
Interest Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business
Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made
on
the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date
or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if
made
on such date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on
this
Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any
coin
or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment
is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however,
that
payment of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or
any
redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed
to the
registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security
Register.
This
Note
is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes
referred to as the “Notes”), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be
issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as
of
January 1, 1998 duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank
of
New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of
New York, as Trustee (herein referred to as the “Trustee”) (such Indenture, as
originally executed and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended
being hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made
for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the
Notes.
By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may
vary
as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as
in the
Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on
the
face hereof.
This
Note
may be redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in
part
from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days’
previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Note at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount
of the
Note being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Note being redeemed
(excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption)
discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption
date on
a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months)
at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points, plus, in each
case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
“Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage
of
its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
date.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
Notes.
“Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of
the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or
(2) if fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained,
the average of all such quotations.
“Independent
Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means a primary U. S. government securities dealer in New York
City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the
bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case
as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the
third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
The
Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer
of
any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the
outstanding Notes of the same series and ending at the close of business
on the
day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any
Notes
of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note
is
exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited
circumstances set forth in the Indenture.
In
the
event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this
series, of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the
name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.
In
case
an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and
be
continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such
declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect
and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions
set forth therein.
As
described in the Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, so long as this Note
is outstanding, the Company is subject to a limitation on Liens as described
therein.
The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with
the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount
of the Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined
in the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner
the
rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series,
or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time
of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that
would
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note
then
outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes,
the
holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
or
reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive
any
default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note
then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section
6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal
amount
of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due
and
payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note
then
outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes
of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the
Holders
of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance
of any
of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default
in
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of
the
Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder
of
this Note (unless revoked as pro-vided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive
and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note
and
of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by
registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on
this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth,
this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note Register
of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer
at the
office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied
by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to
the
Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his
or
her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes
of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and
series
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge
will be made for any such trans-fer, but the Company may require payment
of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation
thereto.
Prior
to
due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the
Trustee, any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat the
registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
Note
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon
made by anyone other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and
interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
the
Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by
any
notice to the contrary.
No
recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest
on
this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof,
or
based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder,
officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or
of any
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution,
statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty
or
otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part
of the
consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and
released.
The
Notes
of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in
the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations, Notes of this series are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series
of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the
same.
All
terms
used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This
Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of
Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the
Trustee.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be
executed.
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
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By:
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/s/
Stephan T. Haynes
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Assistant
Treasurer
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Attest:
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By:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
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Assistant
Secretary
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CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and
referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated
April 10, 2006
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
By:
/s/ Mary LaGumina
Authorized
Signatory
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
(PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)
_______________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF
________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNEE)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby
________________________________________________________________
irrevocably
constituting and appointing such person attorney to
________________________________________________________________
transfer
such Note on the books of the Issuer, with full
________________________________________________________________
power
of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:________________________
_________________________
NOTICE:
The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the
face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever and NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program (“STAMP”), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (“SEMP”) or
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program
(“MSP”).
EXHIBIT
2
Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York,
New
York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment, and any certificate to be issued is registered in the name of Cede
& Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON
IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an
interest herein. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture,
this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another
nominee of the Depository or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of
such
successor Depository.
No.
R1
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
6.375%
Senior Notes, Series N, due 2036
CUSIP:
037735 CG 0
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Original
Issue Date: April 10, 2006
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Stated
Maturity: April 1, 2036
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Interest Rate: 6.375%
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Principal
Amount: $250,000,000
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Redeemable:
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Yes
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X
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No
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In
Whole:
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Yes
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X
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No
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In
Part:
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Yes
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X
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No
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APPALACHIAN
POWER
COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia (herein referred to as the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered
assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified
above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue
Date
specified above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such
date,
an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing
on October 1, 2006, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until
the
Principal Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall
be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The
interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date,
as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be paid to the
Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) shall
have been registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
with
respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the March 15 or September
15 (whether or not a Business Day) prior to such Interest Payment Date, provided
that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any redemption date shall
be
paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable
to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided in said
Indenture.
If
any Interest
Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business Day,
then
payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made on the
next
succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts for
the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or Stated
Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made on
such
date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this Note
shall
be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
in
the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any coin or
currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is
legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment
of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any
redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed
to the
registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security
Register.
This
Note is one of
a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes referred
to
as the “Notes”), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one
or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of January 1,
1998
duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank of New York,
a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York,
as
Trustee (herein referred to as the “Trustee”) (such Indenture, as originally
executed and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended being
hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made
for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the
Notes.
By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may
vary
as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as
in the
Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on
the
face hereof.
This
Note may be
redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in part from
time
to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days’ previous notice
given by mail to the registered owners of the Note at a redemption price
equal
to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Note being redeemed
and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments
of
principal and interest on the Note being redeemed (excluding the portion
of any
such interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes
of
determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury
Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued
interest thereon to the date of redemption.
“Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the
rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury
security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity
comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at
the
time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
the
remaining term of the Notes.
“Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption
date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, or (2) if fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations are obtained, the average of all such quotations.
“Independent
Investment Banker” means one of the Reference
Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means a primary U. S. government
securities dealer in New York City selected by the Company and reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to the
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined
by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00
p.m.,
New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption
date.
The
Company shall
not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Notes
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day
of
the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the outstanding Notes
of
the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing,
nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any Notes of any series
or
portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note is exchangeable
for
Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited circumstances
set
forth in the Indenture.
In
the event of
redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this series,
of
like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name
of the
Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.
In
case an Event of
Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing,
the
principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such declaration
shall
become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the
conditions provided in the Indenture.
The
Indenture
contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness
of
this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth
therein.
As
described in the
Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, so long as this Note is outstanding,
the Company is subject to a limitation on Liens as described therein.
The
Indenture
contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent
of
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the
Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner
the
rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series,
or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time
of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that
would
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note
then
outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes,
the
holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
or
reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive
any
default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note
then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section
6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal
amount
of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due
and
payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note
then
outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes
of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the
Holders
of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance
of any
of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default
in
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of
the
Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder
of
this Note (unless revoked as pro-vided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive
and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note
and
of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by
registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No
reference herein
to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter
or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to
pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the
time
and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed.
As
provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note
is
transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note Register of the
Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the
office
or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied
by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his
or
her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes
of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and
series
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge
will be made for any such trans-fer, but the Company may require payment
of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation
thereto.
Prior
to due
presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the Trustee,
any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat the registered
Holder
hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Note shall be overdue
and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone
other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or
on
account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due hereon
and
for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying
agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
No
recourse shall
be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Note,
or for
any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in
respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer
or
director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor
or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute
or rule
of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise,
all
such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration
for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released.
The
Notes of this
series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations
of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations, Notes of this series are exchangeable for
a like
aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
All
terms used in
this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned
to
them in the Indenture.
This
Note shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be
valid
or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication
hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Company has caused this Instrument to be executed.
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
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By:
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/s/
Stephan T. Haynes
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Assistant
Treasurer
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Attest:
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By:
/s/ Thomas G. Berkemeyer
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Assistant
Secretary
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CERTIFICATE
OF
AUTHENTICATION
This
is one of the
Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and referred
to in,
the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated
April 10, 2006
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK
By:
/s/
Mary LaGumina
Authorized
Signatory
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,
the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)
_______________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE,
OF
________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNEE)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby
________________________________________________________________
irrevocably
constituting and appointing such person attorney to
________________________________________________________________
transfer
such Note on the books of the Issuer, with full
________________________________________________________________
power
of substitution in the premises.
Dated:________________________ _________________________
NOTICE: The
signature to this assignment must correspond with
the name as written upon the face of the within Note in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and NOTICE:
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member
of
the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”), the Stock Exchange
Medallion Program (“SEMP”) or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion
Signature Program (“MSP”).
EXHIBIT
4(e)
[Date]
Company
Order and Officers' Certificate
[Senior
Notes], Series _
,
due
20_
The
Bank
of New York, as Trustee
ATTN:
Corporate Finance Unit
101
Barclay Street - 8W
New
York,
New York 10286
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Pursuant
to Article Two of the Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1998 (as it may be
amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), from Appalachian Power Company (the
"Company") to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and the Board
Resolutions dated ________ __, ____, a copy of which certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company is being delivered herewith under
Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and unless otherwise provided in a subsequent
Company Order pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture,
1.
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the
Company's [Senior Notes], Series __ (the "Notes") are hereby established.
The Notes shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
1.
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2.
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the
terms and characteristics of the Notes shall be as follows (the numbered
clauses set forth below corresponding to the numbered subsections
of
Section 2.01 of the Indenture, with terms used and not defined herein
having the meanings specified in the Indenture):
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(i)
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the
aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture initially shall be limited to $__________,
except as contemplated in Section 2.01(i) of the
Indenture;
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(ii)
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the
date on which the principal of the Notes shall be payable shall be
__________ __, ____;
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(iii)
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interest
shall accrue from the date of authentication of the Notes; the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable shall be April
1 and
October 1, and the Regular Record Date for the determination of holders
to
whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Date shall
be the
March 15 or September 15 preceding the relevant Interest Payment
Date;
provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be April 1, 2005
and
interest payable on the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date
shall
be paid to the Person to whom principal shall be paid;
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(iv)
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the
interest rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be _____%
per
annum;
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(v)
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the
Notes shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole
at any
time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 but not
more than
60 days' previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of
the
Notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of
the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest on the Notes being redeemed (excluding the portion of any
such
interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted (for purposes
of
determining present value) to the redemption date on a semi-annual
basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus __ basis points, plus accrued
interest thereon to the date of redemption.
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"Treasury
Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum
equal
to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury
Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury
Price
for such redemption date.
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"Comparable
Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected
by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the
remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing
new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
the
remaining term of the Notes.
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"Independent
Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed
by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
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"Reference
Treasury Dealer" means a primary U.S. government securities dealer
in New
York City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
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"Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to the Reference Treasury
Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the
Trustee,
of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed
in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing
to
the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m.,
New
York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption
date.
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(a)
the Notes shall be issued in the form of a Global Note; (b) the Depositary
for such Global Note shall be The Depository Trust Company; and (c)
the
procedures with respect to transfer and exchange of Global Notes
shall be
as set forth in the form of Note attached hereto;
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(vii)
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the
title of the Notes shall be "[Senior Notes], Series
__";
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the
form of the Notes shall be as set forth in Paragraph 1,
above;
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(ix)
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not
applicable;
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(x)
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the
Notes shall not be subject to a Periodic Offering;
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(xi)
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not
applicable;
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(xii)
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not
applicable;
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(xiii)
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not
applicable;
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(xiv)
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the
Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $25 and any integral
multiple
thereof;
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(xv)
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not
applicable;
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(xvi)
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the
Notes shall not be issued as Discount Securities;
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not
applicable;
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not
applicable; and
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(xix)
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So
long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will not create
or
suffer to be created or to exist any additional mortgage, pledge,
security
interest, or other lien (collectively "Liens") on any of its utility
properties or tangible assets now owned or hereafter acquired to
secure
any indebtedness for borrowed money ("Secured Debt"), without providing
that the Notes will be similarly secured. This restriction does not
apply
to the Company's subsidiaries, nor will it prevent any of them from
creating or permitting to exist Liens on their property or assets
to
secure any Secured Debt. Further, this restriction on Secured Debt
does
not apply to the Company's existing first mortgage bonds that have
previously been issued under its mortgage indenture or any indenture
supplemental thereto; provided that this restriction will apply to
future
issuances thereunder (other than issuances of refunding first mortgage
bonds). In addition, this restriction does not prevent the creation
or
existence of:
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Liens
on property existing at the time of acquisition or construction of
such
property (or created within one year after completion of such acquisition
or construction), whether by purchase, merger, construction or otherwise,
or to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price
or
construction cost thereof, including the extension of any Liens to
repairs, renewals, replacements, substitutions, betterments, additions,
extensions and improvements then or thereafter made on the property
subject thereto;
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(b)
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Financing
of the Company's accounts receivable for electric
service;
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(c)
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Any
extensions, renewals or replacements (or successive extensions, renewals
or replacements), in whole or in part, of liens permitted by the
foregoing
clauses; and
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The
pledge of any bonds or other securities at any time issued under
any of
the Secured Debt permitted by the above clauses.
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In
addition to the permitted issuances above, Secured Debt not otherwise
so
permitted may be issued in an amount that does not exceed 15% of
Net
Tangible Assets as defined below.
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"Net
Tangible Assets" means the total of all assets (including revaluations
thereof as a result of commercial appraisals, price level restatement
or
otherwise) appearing on the Company's balance sheet, net of applicable
reserves and deductions, but excluding goodwill, trade names, trademarks,
patents, unamortized debt discount and all other like intangible
assets
(which term shall not be construed to include such revaluations),
less the
aggregate of the Company's current liabilities appearing on such
balance
sheet. For purposes of this definition, the Company's balance sheet
does
not include assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries
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This
restriction also does not apply to or prevent the creation or existence
of
leases made, or existing on property acquired, in the ordinary course
of
business.
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You
are hereby requested to authenticate $_____________ aggregate principal
amount of _____% [Senior Notes], Series __, due 20__, executed by
the
Company and delivered to you concurrently with this Company Order
and
Officers' Certificate, in the manner provided by the
Indenture.
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4.
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You
are hereby requested to hold the Notes as custodian for DTC in accordance
with the Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations dated ____________,
from
the Company to DTC.
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Concurrently
with this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, an Opinion of
Counsel
under Sections 2.04 and 13.06 of the Indenture is being delivered
to
you.
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The
undersigned _________________ and ____________________, the Assistant
Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of the Company do
hereby
certify that:
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we
have read the relevant portions of the Indenture, including without
limitation the conditions precedent provided for therein relating
to the
action proposed to be taken by the Trustee as requested in this Company
Order and Officers' Certificate, and the definitions in the Indenture
relating thereto;
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we
have read the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Opinion of
Counsel
referred to above;
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we
have conferred with other officers of the Company, have examined
such
records of the Company and have made such other investigation as
we deemed
relevant for purposes of this certificate;
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in
our opinion, we have made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable us to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not
such conditions have been complied with; and
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on
the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that all conditions
precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the action proposed
to
be taken by the Trustee as requested herein have been complied
with
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Kindly
acknowledge receipt of this Company Order and Officers' Certificate, including
the documents listed herein, and confirm the arrangements set forth herein
by
signing and returning the copy of this document attached hereto.
Very
truly yours,
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
By:___________________________
Assistant
Treasurer
And:__________________________
Assistant
Secretary
Acknowledged
by Trustee:
By:___________________________
Authorized
Signatory
Exhibit
1
Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository
Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent
for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to be
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and
any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository
or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor
Depository.
No.
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
[Senior
Notes], Series __, due 20__
CUSIP:
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Original
Issue Date:
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Stated
Maturity:
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Interest
Rate:
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Principal
Amount:
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Redeemable:
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Yes
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No
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In
Whole
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Yes
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No
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In
Part
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Yes
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No
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the
Commonwealth of Virginia (herein referred to as the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered
assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity specified
above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the Original Issue
Date
specified above or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date,
an “Interest Payment Date”) to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing
on April 1, 2005, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the
Principal Amount shall have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall
be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined, shall be
paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the
March
15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day) prior to such Interest
Payment Date, provided that interest payable on the Stated Maturity or any
redemption date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. Any
such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease
to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided
in said Indenture.
If
any
Interest Payment Date, any redemption date or Stated Maturity is not a Business
Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such date will be made
on
the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such amounts
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, redemption date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made
on such date. The principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on this
Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any
coin
or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that
payment of interest (other than interest payable on the Stated Maturity or
any
redemption date) may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
the
registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security
Register.
This
Note
is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company (herein sometimes
referred to as the “Notes”), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be
issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
January 1, 1998 duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank
of
New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of
New York, as Trustee (herein referred to as the “Trustee”) (such Indenture, as
originally executed and delivered and as thereafter supplemented and amended
being hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto or Company Orders reference is hereby made
for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes.
By the terms of the Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may vary
as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in
the
Indenture provided. This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on the
face hereof.
This
Note
may be redeemed by the Company at its option, in whole at any time or in part
from time to time, upon not less than thirty but not more than sixty days’
previous notice given by mail to the registered owners of the Note at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of
the
Note being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Note being redeemed
(excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the date of redemption)
discounted (for purposes of determining present value) to the redemption date
on
a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus __ basis points, plus, in each
case, accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
“Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage
of
its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
date.
“Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining
term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the
Notes.
“Comparable
Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of
the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations,
or
(2) if fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained,
the average of all such quotations.
“Independent
Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer” means a primary U. S. government securities dealer in New York
City selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the
bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case
as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
The
Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the transfer
of
any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the
outstanding Notes of the same series and ending at the close of business on
the
day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or exchange of any Notes
of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. This Global Note is
exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only under certain limited
circumstances set forth in the Indenture.
In
the
event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of this
series, of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in
the
name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.
In
case
an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be
continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared, and upon such
declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The
Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions
set forth therein.
As
described in the Company Order and Officers’ Certificate, so long as this Note
is outstanding, the Company is subject to a limitation on Liens as described
therein.
The
Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with
the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding, as defined in
the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner
the
rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of any series, or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time
of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that
would
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each Note then
outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, the
holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
or
reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to waive
any
default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of each Note
then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision of Section
6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of principal amount
of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of amounts due
and
payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of each Note then
outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of the Holders
of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the performance of
any
of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences, except a default
in
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder of
this Note (unless revoked as pro-vided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive
and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note
and
of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by
registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
on
this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note Register
of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at
the
office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company accompanied
by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to
the
Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his
or
her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes
of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge
will be made for any such trans-fer, but the Company may require payment of
a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation
thereto.
Prior
to
due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Company, the
Trustee, any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat the
registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
Note
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon
made by anyone other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any, and
interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
the
Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
No
recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on
this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or
based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder,
officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of
any
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution,
statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty
or
otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of
the
consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and
released.
The
Notes
of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations, Notes of this series are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series
of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the
same.
All
terms
used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
This
Note
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of
Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the
Trustee.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be
executed.
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
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By:
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Assistant
Treasurer
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Attest:
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By:
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Assistant
Secretary
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CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This
is
one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance with, and
referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
_______________________
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
By:___________________________
Authorized
Signatory
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
(PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)
_______________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF
________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNEE)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby
________________________________________________________________
irrevocably
constituting and appointing such person attorney to
________________________________________________________________
transfer
such Note on the books of the Issuer, with full
________________________________________________________________
power
of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:________________________
_________________________
NOTICE:
The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the
face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever and NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program (“STAMP”), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (“SEMP”) or
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program
(“MSP”).
EXHIBIT
5
Appalachian
Power Company
1
Riverside Plaza
Columbus,
Ohio 43215
August
9,
2006
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
I
am an
employee of American Electric Power Service Corporation, a New York corporation
and a service company affiliate of
Appalachian
Power Company, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”). I have acted as counsel
to the Company in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the
“Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Act”), relating to Unsecured Notes (the “Unsecured Notes”) to be issued under
an Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1998 (the “Indenture”), between the Company
and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the “Trustee”). The Unsecured Notes may be
issued and sold or delivered from time to time as set forth in the Registration
Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus contained therein (the
“Prospectus”) and supplements to the Prospectus and pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Act.
I
have
examined the Registration Statement and the Indenture which has been filed
with
the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. I also have examined
the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such corporate
records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other
investigations as I have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the
opinions hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this
opinion, I have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public
officials and of officers and representatives of the Company.
In
rendering the opinions set forth below, I have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents
of
all documents submitted to me as duplicates or certified or conformed copies
and
the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. I also have assumed
that: (1) the Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Trustee; and (2) the Company is validly existing under the laws of
Virginia.
I
have
assumed further that (1) the Company has duly authorized, executed and delivered
the Indenture and (2)
execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Indenture and the Unsecured
Notes
do not and will not violate the laws of Virginia or any other applicable laws
(excepting the laws of the State of New York and the Federal laws of the United
States).
Based
upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations stated
herein, I am of the opinion that: assuming (a) the taking of all necessary
corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of the Unsecured Notes,
the
terms of the offering thereof and related matters by the Board of Directors
of
the Company, a duly authorized constituted and acting committee of such Board
or
duly authorized officers of the Company (such Board of Directors, committee
or
authorized officers being referred to herein as the “Board”) and (b) the due
execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of such Unsecured Notes, upon
payment of the consideration therefore provided for in the applicable definitive
purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and otherwise
in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and such agreement, such
Unsecured Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject
to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally; (ii) general equitable principles (whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and (iii) an implied covenant
of good faith and fair dealing.
I
do not
express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State
of
New York and the Federal law of the United States.
I
hereby
consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5
to
the
Registration Statement and to the use of my name under the caption “Legal
Opinions” in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.
Very
truly yours,
By:
/s/
Thomas G. Berkemeyer
Associate
General Counsel
EXHIBIT
23(a)
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form
S-3 of our reports dated February 27, 2006, relating to the consolidated
financial statements (and with respect to the report on those financial
statements, expressed an unqualified opinion and included an explanatory
paragraph concerning the adoption of new accounting pronouncements in 2003
and
2004) and consolidated financial statement schedule of
Appalachian
Appalachian
Power Company
and
subsidiaries
Power
Company and subsidiaries
appearing
in and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Appalachian Power Company and subsidiaries
Appalachian
Power Company and subsidiaries
for the
year ended December 31, 2005 and to the reference to us under the heading
“Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration
Statement.
/s/
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Columbus,
Ohio
August
8,
2006
Exhibit
24
APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
I,
Thomas
G. Berkemeyer, Assistant Secretary of APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, HEREBY CERTIFY
that the following constitutes a true and exact copy of the resolutions duly
adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors of
said
Company at a meeting of said Board duly and legally held on December 14, 2005,
at which meeting a quorum of the Board of Directors of said Company was present
and voting throughout. I further certify that said resolutions have not been
altered, amended or rescinded, and that they are presently in full force and
effect.
GIVEN
under my hand this 9th day of August, 2006.
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/x/
Thomas
G. Berkemeyer
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Assistant Secretary
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
POWER
OF
ATTORNEY
Each
of
the undersigned directors or officers of APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, a Virginia
corporation, which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C. 20549, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended, one or more Registration Statements for the registration thereunder
of
up to $1,275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Debt Securities,
comprising unsecured promissory notes in one or more new series, each series
to
have a maturity not exceeding 60 years, does hereby appoint MICHAEL G. MORRIS,
SUSAN TOMASKY, STEPHEN P. SMITH and STEPHAN T. HAYNES his true and lawful
attorneys, and each of them his true and lawful attorney, with power to act
without the others, and with full power of substitution or resubstitution,
to
execute for him and in his name said Registration Statement(s) and any and
all
amendments thereto, whether said amendments add to, delete from or otherwise
alter the Registration Statement(s) or the related Prospectus(es) included
therein, or add or withdraw any exhibits or schedules to be filed therewith
and
any and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
hereby
granting unto said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to
do and
perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned, and in any
and all
capacities, every act and thing whatsoever required or necessary to be done
in
and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as each
of the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts
of said attorneys and each of them.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this
14
th
day of
December, 2005.
/s/
Michael G. Morris
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/s/
Robert P. Powers
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Michael
G. Morris
L.S.
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Robert
P. Powers
L.S.
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/s/
Carl L. English
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/s/
Stephen P. Smith
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Carl
L. English
L.S.
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Stephen
P. Smith
L.S.
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/s/
John B. Keane
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/s/
Susan Tomasky
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John
B. Keane
L.S.
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Susan
Tomasky
L.S.
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/s/
Holly K. Koeppel
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/s/
Dennis E. Welch
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Holly
K. Koeppel
L.S.
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Dennis E
Welch
L.S.
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/s/
Venita McCellon-Allen
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Venita
McCellon-Allen
L.S.
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APPALACHIAN
POWER COMPANY
December
14, 2005
The
Chairman outlined a proposed financing program through December 31, 2006 of
the
Company involving the issuance and sale, either at competitive bidding, through
a negotiated public offering with one or more agents or underwriters or through
private placement, of up to $700,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency
or composite currency) aggregate principal amount of debt securities, comprised
of unsecured promissory notes in one or more new series, each series to have
a
maturity of not more than 60 years ("Debt Securities "). The Chairman stated
that the aggregate amount of Debt Securities issued will not exceed
$700,000,000.
The
Chairman explained that it was proposed that the proceeds to be received in
connection with the proposed sale of Debt Securities would be added to the
general funds of the Company and used to redeem directly or indirectly long-term
debt, to refund directly or indirectly preferred stock, to repay short-term
debt
at or prior to maturity, to reimburse the Company's treasury for expenditures
incurred in connection with its construction program and for other corporate
purposes.
Thereupon,
on motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that the proposed financing program of this Company, as outlined
at this
meeting, be, and the same hereby is, in all respects ratified, confirmed
and approved; and further
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RESOLVED,
that the proper persons be, and they hereby are, authorized to take
all
steps necessary, or in their opinion desirable, to carry out the
financing
program outlined at this meeting.
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The
Chairman stated that the Company has executed and filed applications with the
State Corporation Commission of Virginia, the Tennessee Regulatory Authority
and
the West Virginia Public Service Commission (collectively, the "Public
Commissions") seeking authorization for the issuance of Debt Securities through
December 31, 2006. He then stated that it may be necessary to file one or more
Registration Statements pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and to register or qualify the securities to be sold
pursuant to such financing program under the "blue sky" laws of various
jurisdictions.
Thereupon,
on motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that with respect to the proposed financing program approved at this
meeting, the actions taken by the officers of this Company in connection
with the execution and filing on behalf of the Company of the necessary
applications with the Public Commissions be, and they hereby are,
ratified, confirmed and approved in all respects; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the proper officers of this Company be, and they hereby are,
authorized to execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") on behalf of the Company one or more Registration Statements
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended; and further
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RESOLVED,
that it is desirable and in the best interest of the Company that
the Debt
Securities be qualified or registered for sale in various jurisdictions;
that (i) the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Treasurer
or any
Assistant Treasurer of the Company or (ii) the President-Utility
Group or
any Executive Vice President of American Electric Power Service
Corporation ("Authorized Persons") be, and they hereby are, authorized
to
determine the jurisdictions in which appropriate action shall be
taken to
qualify or register for sale all or such part of the Debt Securities
of
the Company as said Authorized Persons may deem advisable; that said
Authorized Persons are hereby authorized to perform on behalf of
the
Company any and all such acts as they may deem necessary or advisable
in
order to comply with the applicable laws of any such jurisdictions,
and in
connection therewith to execute and file all requisite papers and
documents, including, but not limited to, applications, reports,
surety
bonds, irrevocable consents and appointments of attorneys for service
of
process; and the execution by such Authorized Persons of any such
paper or
document or the doing by them of any act in connection with the foregoing
matters shall conclusively establish their authority therefor from
the
Company and the approval and ratification by the Company of the papers
and
documents so executed and the action so taken; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons be, and they hereby are, authorized and
directed to take any and all further action in connection therewith,
including the execution and filing of such amendment or amendments,
supplement or supplements and exhibit or exhibits thereto as they
may deem
necessary or desirable.
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The
Chairman indicated to the meeting that it may be desirable that the Debt
Securities be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and in connection with any
such application, to register the Bonds under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
Thereupon,
it was, on motion duly made and seconded, unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that the officers of this Company be, and they hereby are, authorized,
in
their discretion, to make one or more applications, on behalf of
this
Company, to the New York Stock Exchange for the listing of up to
$700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that Susan Tomasky, Stephen P. Smith and Stephan T. Haynes, or any
one of
them, be, and they hereby are, designated to appear before the New
York
Stock Exchange with full authority to make such changes in any such
application or any agreements relating thereto as may be necessary
or
advisable to conform with the requirements for listing; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the proper officers be, and they hereby are, authorized to execute
and file, on behalf of this Company, one or more applications for
the
registration of up to $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Debt
Securities with the SEC pursuant to the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in such form as the officers of
this
Company executing the same may determine; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons (as previously defined) be, and each
of them
hereby is, authorized, in the event any said application for listing
is
made, to execute and deliver on behalf of this Company an indemnity
agreement in such form, with such changes therein as the Authorized
Persons executing the same may approve, their execution to be conclusive
evidence of such approval; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons be, and each of them hereby is, authorized
to
take any other action and to execute any other documents that in
their
judgment may be necessary or desirable in connection with listing
the Debt
Securities on the New York Stock
Exchange.
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The
Chairman further stated that, in connection with the filing with the SEC of
one
or more Registration Statements relating to the proposed issuance and sale
of up
to $1,275,000,000 of Debt Securities, there was to be filed with the SEC a
Power
of Attorney, dated December 14, 2005, executed by the officers and directors
of
this Company appointing true and lawful attorneys to act in connection with
the
filing of such Registration Statement(s) and any and all amendments
thereto.
Thereupon,
on motion duly made and seconded, the following preambles and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
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WHEREAS,
the Company proposes to file with the SEC one or more Registration
Statements for the registration pursuant to the applicable provisions
of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of up to $1,275,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Debt Securities, in one or more new series, each
series to have a maturity of not less than nine months and not more
than
60 years; and
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WHEREAS,
in connection with said Registration Statement(s), there is to be
filed
with the SEC a Power of Attorney, dated December 14, 2005, executed
by
certain of the officers and directors of this Company appointing
Michael
G. Morris, Susan Tomasky, Stephen P. Smith and Stephan T. Haynes,
or any
one of them, their true and lawful attorneys, with the powers and
authority set forth in said Power of
Attorney;
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NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT
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RESOLVED,
that each and every one of said officers and directors be, and they
hereby
are, authorized to execute said Power of Attorney; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that any and all action hereafter taken by any of said named attorneys
under said Power of Attorney be, and the same hereby is, ratified
and
confirmed and that said attorneys shall have all the powers conferred
upon
them and each of them by said Power of Attorney; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that said Registration Statement(s) and any amendments thereto, hereafter
executed by any of said attorneys under said Power of Attorney be,
and the
same hereby are, ratified and confirmed as legally binding upon this
Company to the same extent as if the same were executed by each said
officer and director of this Company personally and not by any of
said
attorneys.
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The
Chairman advised the meeting that it was proposed to designate independent
counsel for the successful bidder or bidders and/or agents of the Company for
the new series of Debt Securities proposed to be issued and sold in connection
with the proposed financing program of the Company.
Thereupon,
on motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that Dewey Ballantine LLP be, and said firm hereby is, designated
as
independent counsel for the successful bidder or bidders and/or agents
of
the Company for the new series of Debt Securities of this Company
proposed
to be issued and sold in connection with the proposed financing program
of
this Company.
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The
Chairman stated that it may be desirable to enter into one or more hedge
agreements, such as a forward starting swap, treasury lock agreement, treasury
put option or interest rate collar agreement ("Hedge Agreement") to protect
against future interest rate movements in connection with the issuance of the
Debt Securities. He recommended that the Board authorize the appropriate persons
to enter into one or more Hedge Agreements, provided that the amount covered
by
any Hedge Agreement would not exceed the principal amount of Debt Securities
the
Company anticipates offering.
Thereupon,
it was, on motion duly made and seconded, unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons (as previously defined) be, and each
of them
hereby is, authorized to execute and deliver in the name and on behalf
of
this Company, one or more Hedge Agreements in such form as shall
be
approved by the Authorized Person executing the same, such execution
to be
conclusive evidence of such approval, provided that the amount covered
by
any such Hedge Agreement would not exceed the principal amount of
Debt
Securities the Company anticipates offering; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons be, and they hereby are, authorized to
execute
and deliver such other documents and instruments, and to do such
other
acts and things, that in their judgment may be necessary or desirable
in
connection with the transactions authorized in the foregoing
resolutions.
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The
Chairman stated that it may be desirable to enter into one or more interest
rate
management agreements, such as interest rate swaps, caps, collars, floors,
options or hedging products such as forwards or futures, or similar products
("Interest Rate Management Agreements"), in each case to manage and minimize
interest costs. The transactions will be for a fixed period and a stated
principal amount and may be for underlying fixed or variable obligations of
the
Company, whether existing or anticipated. He recommended that the Board
authorize the appropriate persons to enter into one or more Interest Rate
Management Agreements, provided that the aggregate notational amount of all
Interest Rate Management Agreements will not exceed 25% of the Company’s
existing debt obligations, including pollution control revenue bonds, and shall
conform to such other conditions that may be imposed by any regulatory
body.
Thereupon,
it was, on motion duly made and seconded, unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons (as previously defined) be, and each
of them
hereby is, authorized to execute and deliver in the name and on behalf
of
this Company, one or more Interest Rate Management Agreements in
such form
as shall be approved by the Authorized Person executing the same,
such
execution to be conclusive evidence of such approval, provided that
the
aggregate notational amount of all Interest Rate Management Agreements
will not exceed 25% of the Company’s existing debt obligations, including
pollution control revenue bonds, and shall conform to such other
conditions that may be imposed by any regulatory body; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons be, and they hereby are, authorized to
execute
and deliver such other documents and instruments, and to do such
other
acts and things, that in their judgment may be necessary or desirable
in
connection with the transactions authorized in the foregoing
resolutions.
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The
Chairman explained that, with respect to the issuance of up to $700,000,000
of
Debt Securities through one or more agents under a medium term note program,
the
Company could enter into a Selling Agency Agreement. He recommended that the
Board authorize the appropriate persons to enter into such Selling Agency
Agreement with securities dealers yet to be determined.
Thereupon,
upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons (as previously defined) be, and each
of them
hereby is, authorized to execute and deliver in the name and on behalf
of
this Company, a Selling Agency Agreement with such securities dealers
in
such form as shall be approved by the Authorized Person executing
the
same, such execution to be conclusive evidence of such approval;
and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons be, and they hereby are, authorized to
execute
and deliver such other documents and instruments, and to do such
other
acts and things, that in their judgment may be necessary or desirable
in
connection with the transactions authorized in the foregoing
resolutions.
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The
Chairman next explained that the Company could also enter into an Underwriting
Agreement ("Underwriting Agreement") with certain underwriters, under which
the
underwriters may purchase up to $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Debt
Securities. He recommended that the Board authorize the appropriate persons
to
enter into an Underwriting Agreement and determine the purchase price of the
Debt Securities, provided that the price shall not be less than 95% (including
compensation to the underwriters) of the aggregate principal amount of the
Debt
Securities.
Thereupon,
it was, on motion duly made and seconded, unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons (as previously defined) be, and each
of them
hereby is, authorized to execute and deliver in the name and on behalf
of
this Company, an Underwriting Agreement in such form as shall be
approved
by the Authorized Person executing the same, such execution to be
conclusive evidence of such approval, provided that the purchase
price of
the Debt Securities shall not be less than 95% (including compensation
to
the underwriters) of the aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities; and further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons be, and they hereby are, authorized to
execute
and deliver such other documents and instruments, and to do such
other
acts and things, that in their judgment may be necessary or desirable
in
connection with the transactions authorized in the foregoing
resolutions.
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The
Chairman explained that the Company may issue and sell unsecured notes
("Notes"), which may include a put option or a call option or both, pursuant
to
a Selling Agency Agreement, an Underwriting Agreement or other agreement. He
further noted that, in order to enable the Company to perform its obligations
under the Selling Agency Agreement, the Underwriting Agreement or other
agreement approved at this meeting providing for the sale of up to $700,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Notes, it was necessary that the Board
authorize the execution and delivery of one or more Company Orders or
Supplemental Indentures to the Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1998, between
the Company and The Bank of New York ("Indenture"), in such form as shall be
approved by the person executing the same, such execution to be conclusive
evidence of such approval. The terms of each series of Notes will be established
under a Company Order or a Supplemental Indenture. The interest rate, maturity
and certain other terms have not yet been determined. The Chairman recommended
that the Board authorize the appropriate persons to determine the financial
terms and conditions of the Notes, including, without limitation, (i) the
principal amount of the Notes to be sold in each offering; (ii) the interest
or
method of determining the interest on the Notes; (iii) the maturity (which
shall
not exceed 60 years from the date of issuance) and redemption provisions of
the
Notes; and (iv) such other terms and conditions as are contemplated or permitted
by the Indenture, a Company Order or a Supplemental Indenture. Any fixed
interest rate applicable to the Notes would not exceed by more than 350 basis
points the yield to maturity on United States Treasury obligations of comparable
maturity at the time of pricing of the Notes. Any initial fluctuating interest
rate applicable to the Notes would not exceed 10%.
Thereupon,
it was, on motion duly made and seconded, unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons (as previously defined) and the Secretary
or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized
to create up to $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes
to be
issued under the Indenture and one or more Supplemental Indentures
or
Company Orders, in such form as shall be approved by the Authorized
Persons and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
executing the same, such execution to be conclusive evidence of such
approval, and with such financial terms and conditions as determined
by
the Authorized Persons and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the
Company, pursuant to the Indenture and one or more Supplemental Indentures
or Company Orders, and with either a fixed rate of interest which
shall
not exceed by more than 350 basis points the yield to maturity on
United
States Treasury obligations of comparable maturity at the time of
pricing
of the Notes or at an initial fluctuating rate of interest which
at the
time of pricing would not exceed 10%, or at a combination of such
described fixed or fluctuating rates, and to specify the maturity,
redemption or tender provisions and other terms, at the time of issuance
thereof with the maturity not to exceed 60 years; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of
the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to execute
and deliver, on behalf of this Company, one or more Supplemental
Indentures or Company Orders, specifying the designation, terms,
redemption provisions and other provisions of the Notes and providing
for
the creation of each series of Notes, in such form as shall be approved
by
the Authorized Person and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the
Company executing the same, such execution to be conclusive evidence
of
such approval; that The Bank of New York is hereby requested to join
in
the execution of any Supplemental Indenture or Company Order, as
Trustee;
and further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of
the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to execute
and deliver, on behalf of this Company, to the extent not determined
in a
Supplemental Indenture or Company Order, a certificate requesting
the
authentication and delivery of any such Notes and establishing the
terms
of any tranche of such series or specifying procedures for doing
so in
accordance with the procedures established in the Indenture; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of
the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to execute
in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture (the signatures of
such
Authorized Persons to be effected either manually or by facsimile,
in
which case such facsimile is hereby adopted as the signature of such
Authorized Persons and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the
Company thereon), and to deliver to The Bank of New York, as Trustee
under
the Indenture, the Notes in the aggregate principal amount of up
to
$700,000,000 as definitive fully registered bonds without coupons
in such
denominations as may be permitted under the Indenture; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that if any Authorized Person or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company who signs, or whose facsimile signature appears upon,
any
of the Notes ceases to be an Authorized Person or Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company prior to their issuance, the Notes
so
signed or bearing such facsimile signature shall nevertheless be
valid;
and further
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RESOLVED,
that, subject as aforesaid, The Bank of New York, as such Trustee,
be, and
it hereby is, requested to authenticate, by the manual signature
of an
authorized officer of such Trustee, the Notes and to deliver the
same from
time to time in accordance with the written order of this Company
signed
in the name of this Company by the Authorized Persons and the Secretary
or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that Thomas G. Berkemeyer of Hilliard, Ohio, Ann B. Graf of Columbus,
Ohio, David C. House of Lewis Center, Ohio and William E. Johnson
of
Gahanna, Ohio, attorneys and employees of American Electric Power
Service
Corporation, an affiliate of this Company, be, and each of them hereby
is,
appointed Counsel to render any Opinion of Counsel required by the
Indenture in connection with the authentication and delivery of the
Notes;
and further
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RESOLVED,
that the office of The Bank of New York, at 101 Barclay Street, in
the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, be, and it hereby is,
designated as the office or agency of this Company, in accordance
with the
Indenture, for the payment of the principal of and the interest on
the
Notes, for the registration, transfer and exchange of Notes and for
notices or demands to be served on the Company with respect to the
Notes;
and further
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RESOLVED,
that said The Bank of New York, be, and it hereby is, appointed the
withholding agent and attorney of this Company for the purpose of
withholding any and all taxes required to be withheld by the Company
under
the Federal revenue acts from time to time in force and the Treasury
Department regulations pertaining thereto, from interest paid from
time to
time on the Notes, and is hereby authorized and directed to make
any and
all payments and reports and to file any and all returns and accompanying
certificates with the Federal Government which it may be permitted
or
required to make or file as such agent under any such revenue act
and/or
Treasury Department regulation pertaining thereto; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons as defined above and the Secretary or
an
Assistant Secretary of the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized
and
directed to effect transfers and exchanges of the Notes, pursuant
to the
Indenture without charging a sum for any Note issued upon any such
transfer or exchange other than a charge in connection with each
such
transfer or exchange sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge in relation thereto; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that The Bank of New York be, and it hereby is, appointed as Note
Registrar in accordance with the Indenture; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of
the Company be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to execute
such instruments and papers and to do any and all acts as to them
may seem
necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the foregoing
resolutions.
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The
Chairman then stated that one or more insurance companies may insure the payment
of principal and interest on certain types of Debt Securities as such payments
become due pursuant to a financial guaranty insurance or other policy or
agreement ("Insurance Policy"). In this connection, the Company proposes to
enter into one or more Insurance Agreements, in such form as shall be approved
by the person executing the same, such execution to be conclusive evidence
of
such approval.
Thereupon,
after discussion, on motion duly made and seconded, it was
unanimously
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RESOLVED,
that in order to enhance the credit of one or more series of Debt
Securities the Authorized Persons as defined above be, and each of
them
hereby is, authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Company
one
or more Insurance Agreements with an insurance company or other
institution of their choice, in such form as shall be approved by
the
Authorized Person executing the same, such execution to be conclusive
evidence of such approval; and
further
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RESOLVED,
that the Authorized Persons be, and they hereby are, authorized on
behalf
of the Company to take such further action and do all other things
that
any one of them shall deem necessary or appropriate in connection
with,
the Insurance Policy and the Insurance
Agreement.
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EXHIBIT
25
FORM
T-1
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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)(2) |__|
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
(Exact
name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New
York
(State
of incorporation
if
not a U.S. national bank)
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13-5160382
(I.R.S.
employer
identification
no.)
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One
Wall Street, New York, N.Y.
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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10286
(Zip
code)
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Appalachian
Power Company
(Exact
name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Virginia
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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54-0124790
(I.R.S.
employer identification no.)
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1
Riverside Plaza,
Columbus,
OH
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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43215-2372
(Zip
code)
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Senior
Notes
(Title
of
the indenture securities)
1.
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General
information. Furnish the following information as to the
Trustee:
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(a)
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Name
and address of each examining or supervising authority to which
it is
subject.
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Name
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Address
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Superintendent
of Banks of the State of New York
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2
Rector Street
New
York, N.Y. 10006
and
Albany, N.Y. 12203
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Federal
Reserve Bank of New York
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33
Liberty Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10045
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Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Washington,
D.C. 20429
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New
York Clearing House Association
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New
York, N. Y. 10005
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(b)
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Whether
it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
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Yes
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2.
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Affiliations
with Obligor.
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If
the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
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None.
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3.
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List
of Exhibits.
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Exhibits
identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are
incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant
to Rule
7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and 17
C.F.R.
229.10(d).
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1.
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A
copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York (formerly
Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority
to
commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust
powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with
Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form
T-1 filed
with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1 to Form
T-1 filed
with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
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2.
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A
copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form
T-1 filed
with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
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3.
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The
consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. (Exhibit
6
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
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4.
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A
copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant
to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 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 7
th
day of
August, 2006.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
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By:
/s/ROBERT
A. MASSIMILLO
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Name:
ROBERT
A. MASSIMILLO
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Title:
VICE
PRESIDENT
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EXHIBIT
4
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK
of
One
Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And
Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a
member
of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2005,
published
in
accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District
pursuant to the
provisions
of the Federal Reserve Act.
ASSETS
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Dollar
Amounts
In
Thousands
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Cash
and balances due from depository institutions:
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Noninterest-bearing
balances and currency and coin
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$
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3,361,000
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Interest-bearing
balances
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7,528,000
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Securities:
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Held-to-maturity
securities
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1,977,000
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Available-for-sale
securities
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22,664,000
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Federal
funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to
resell
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Federal funds sold in domestic offices
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809,000
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Securities purchased under agreements to
resell
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309,000
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Loans
and lease financing receivables:
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Loans
and leases held for sale
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0
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Loans
and leases, net of unearned
income
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33,263,000
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LESS:
Allowance for loan and
lease
losses
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408,000
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Loans
and leases, net of unearned
income
and allowance
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32,855,000
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Trading
Assets
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5,625,000
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Premises
and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)
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821,000
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Other
real estate owned
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0
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Investments
in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
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283,000
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Customers'
liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding
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117,000
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Intangible
assets:
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Goodwill
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2,138,000
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Other intangible assets
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764,000
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Other
assets
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6,617,000
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Total
assets
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$
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85,868,000
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LIABILITIES
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Deposits:
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In
domestic offices
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$
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38,100,000
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Noninterest-bearing
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18,123,000
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Interest-bearing
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19,977,000
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In
foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs
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27,218,000
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Noninterest-bearing
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383,000
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Interest-bearing
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26,835,000
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Federal
funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to
repurchase
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Federal funds purchased in domestic o
ffices
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844,000
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Securities sold under agreements to
repurchase
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118,000
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Trading
liabilities
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2,555,000
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Other
borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized
leases)
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1,327,000
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Not
applicable
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Bank's
liability on acceptances executed and outstanding
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119,000
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Subordinated
notes and debentures
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1,955,000
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Other
liabilities
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5,119,000
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Total
liabilities
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$
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77,355,000
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Minority
interest in consolidated subsidiaries
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139,000
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EQUITY
CAPITAL
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Perpetual
preferred stock and related
surplus
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0
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Common
stock
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1,135,000
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Surplus
(exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)
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2,097,000
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Retained
earnings
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5,256,000
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Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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-114,000
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Other
equity capital components
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0
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Total
equity capital
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8,374,000
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Total
liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital
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$
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85,868,000
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I,
Thomas
J. Mastro, Senior Vice President and Comptroller 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.
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Thomas
J. Mastro,
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Senior
Vice President and Comptroller
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We,
the
undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources
and liabilities. We declare 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.
Thomas
A. Renyi
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Gerald
L. Hassell
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Directors
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Alan
R. Griffith
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