Exhibit 4.56
Counterpart __ of 65
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ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC
(successor to Entergy Mississippi, Inc., formerly Mississippi Power & Light Company)
to
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
(formerly The Bank of New York)
(successor to Harris Trust Company of New York and Bank of Montreal Trust Company)
As Trustee under
Entergy Mississippi, LLC’s
Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of February 1, 1988
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THIRTY-NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Providing among other things for
First Mortgage Bonds,
3.50% Series due June 1, 2051
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Dated as of May 1, 2020
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Prepared by
Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Professional Association
P.O. Box 651
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
(601) 968-5500
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
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Section 1.01.
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Terms From the Indenture. 8
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Section 1.02.
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Certain Defined Terms. 8
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Section 1.03.
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References Are to Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture. 10
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Section 1.04.
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Number and Gender. 10
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ARTICLE II
THE FORTY-THIRD SERIES
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Section 2.01.
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Bonds of the Forty-third Series. 10
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Section 2.02.
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Optional Redemption of Bonds of the Forty-third Series. 11
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Section 2.03.
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Transfer and Exchange. 11
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Section 2.04.
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Dating of Bonds and Interest Payments. 12
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Section 2.05.
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Additional Bonds of the Forty-third Series. 12
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Section 2.06.
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Release of Company upon Conveyance or Other Transfer. 12
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ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
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Section 3.01.
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Maintenance of Paying Agent. 13
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Section 3.02.
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Further Assurances. 13
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ARTICLE IV
amendments to certain provisions of the indenture
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Section 4.01.
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Amendment to Section 15.02 of the Indenture. 13
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Section 4.02.
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Amendment to Section 19.04 of the Indenture. 13
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Section 4.03.
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Amendment to Section 16.02 of the Indenture. 15
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Section 4.04.
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Effective Date. 16
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ARTICLE V
CONSENT TO AMENDMENTS
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Section 5.01.
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Consent to Amendments. 17
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 6.01.
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Acceptance of Trusts. 17
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Section 6.02.
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Effect of Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture under Louisiana Law. 17
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Section 6.03.
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Record Date. 17
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Section 6.05.
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Counterparts. 18
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Section 6.06.
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Governing Law. 18
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Section 6.07.
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Recitals. 18
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Exhibit A - Form of Bond of Forty-third Series
THIRTY-NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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THIRTY-NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 1, 2020, between ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC, a limited liability company of the State of Texas (formerly Entergy Mississippi Power and Light, LLC and hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), as successor to Entergy Mississippi, Inc., formerly Mississippi Power & Light Company, a corporation of the State of Mississippi which changed its state of incorporation from the State of Mississippi to the State of Texas by domesticating and converting into a Texas corporation on November 19, 2018 (hereinafter sometimes called the “Original Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (successor to Harris Trust Company of New York), a New York banking corporation, as Trustee under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of February 1, 1988, executed and delivered by the Original Company (herein called the “Original Indenture”; the Original Indenture together with any and all indentures and instruments supplemental thereto being herein called the “Indenture”);
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture has been duly recorded or filed as required in the States of Mississippi and Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, the Original Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee (such term and all other defined terms used herein and not defined herein having the respective definitions to which reference is made in Article I below) its First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1988, its Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1988, its Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1989, its Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1990, its Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1992, its Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1993, its Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 1993, its Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1993, its Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1994, its Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1995, its Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1997, its Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1998, its Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1999, its Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1999, its Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2000, its Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2001, its Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2002, its Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2002, its Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2003, its Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2003, its Twenty-first Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2003, its Twenty-second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2004, its Twenty-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2004, its Twenty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2004, its Twenty-fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2006, its Twenty-sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2009, its Twenty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2010, its Twenty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2011, its Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2011, its Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2012, its Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2014, its Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2016, its Thirty-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2016, and its Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2017, each as a supplement to the Original Indenture, and the First through Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indentures have been duly recorded or filed as required in the States of Mississippi and Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 18, 1999, Harris Trust Company of New York merged into Bank of Montreal Trust Company, Trustee under the Indenture, and effective July 1, 1999, the combined entity changed its name to Harris Trust Company of New York. By virtue of Section 9.03 of the Original Indenture, Harris Trust Company of New York became successor Trustee under the Indenture, without execution of any paper or the performance of any further act on the part of any other parties to the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, effective June 30, 2000, Harris Trust Company of New York resigned as Trustee under the Indenture, and by an Instrument of Appointment of Successor Trustee the Original Company appointed The Bank of New York as successor Trustee, effective June 30, 2000, and The Bank of New York accepted said appointment; and
WHEREAS, effective June 30, 2000, Mark F. McLaughlin resigned as Co-Trustee under the Indenture, and by an Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance the Original Company appointed Stephen J. Giurlando, as successor Co-Trustee, effective June 30, 2000, and Stephen J. Giurlando accepted said appointment; and
WHEREAS, effective July 1, 2008, The Bank of New York changed its name to The Bank of New York Mellon; and
WHEREAS, effective June 1, 2009, Stephen J. Giurlando resigned as Co-Trustee under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, in addition to property described in the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, the Original Company had acquired certain other property rights and interests in property; and
WHEREAS, effective as of November 19, 2018, the Original Company changed its state of incorporation from Mississippi to Texas and domesticated and converted to a Texas corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Original Company, as a Texas corporation (the “Original Company-TX”) executed and delivered to the Trustee the Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 19, 2018 in which the Original Company-TX assumed and agreed to pay, duly and punctually, the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of said bonds and any coupons and of the Indenture, and agreed to perform and fulfill all the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be kept or performed by the Original Company, as a Mississippi corporation, which Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture has been duly recorded or filed as required in the States of Mississippi and Arkansas and with the Secretary of State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, effective as of 11:58 p.m. Central Time, November 30, 2018, the Original Company-TX allocated to the Company, among other things, all its rights, powers, duties and obligations under the Indenture and the bonds outstanding thereunder and, subject to the Lien of the Indenture, all the Mortgaged and Pledged Property as an entirety (the “2018 Transfer”) pursuant to a Plan of Merger between the Original Company-TX and the Company (the “2018 Transfer Documents”), in connection with which, among other things, the Company succeeded to the ownership of all the Original Company-TX’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged and Pledged Property as constituted immediately prior to the time that the 2018 Transfer became effective, and succeeded to all the Original Company-TX’s rights, powers, duties and obligations under the Indenture and the bonds outstanding thereunder; and
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered to the Trustee the Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 30, 2018, in which the Company (in the name of Entergy Mississippi Power and Light, LLC) assumed and agreed to pay, duly and punctually, the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of said bonds and any coupons and of the Indenture, and agreed to perform and fulfill all the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be kept or performed by the Original Company-TX, which Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture has been duly recorded or filed as required in the States of Mississippi and Arkansas and with the Secretary of State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, effective as of December 1, 2018, the name of the Company was changed from Entergy Mississippi Power and Light, LLC to Entergy Mississippi, LLC; and
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered to the Trustee its Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 5, 2018, and its Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2019, each as a supplement to the Original Indenture, which Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture and Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture have been duly recorded or filed as required in the States of Mississippi and Arkansas and with the Secretary of State of Texas, and, this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture will be recorded or filed as required in the States of Mississippi and Arkansas and with the Secretary of State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Original Company or the Company has heretofore issued, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the following series of bonds:
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Series
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Principal Amount
Issued
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Principal
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Outstanding
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14.65% Series due February 1, 1993
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$55,000,000
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None
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14.95% Series due February 1, 1995
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20,000,000
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None
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8.40% Collateral Series due December 1, 1992
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12,600,000
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None
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11.11% Series due July 15, 1994
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18,000,000
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None
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11.14% Series due July 15, 1995
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10,000,000
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None
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11.18% Series due July 15, 1996
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26,000,000
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None
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11.20% Series due July 15, 1997
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46,000,000
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None
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9.90% Series due April 1, 1994
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30,000,000
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None
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5.95% Series due October 15, 1995
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15,000,000
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None
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6.95% Series due July 15, 1997
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50,000,000
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None
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8.65% Series due January 15, 2023
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125,000,000
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None
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7.70% Series due July 15, 2023
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60,000,000
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None
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6 5/8% Series due November 1, 2003
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65,000,000
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None
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8.25% Series due July 1, 2004
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25,000,000
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None
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8.80% Series due April 1, 2005
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80,000,000
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None
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6 7/8% Series due June 1, 2002
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65,000,000
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None
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6.45% Series due April 1, 2008
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80,000,000
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None
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6.20% Series due May 1, 2004
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75,000,000
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None
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Floating Rate Series due May 3, 2004
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50,000,000
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None
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Pollution Control Series A due July 1, 2022
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32,850,000
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None
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7 3/4% Series due February 15, 2003
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120,000,000
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None
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6.25% due February 1, 2003
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70,000,000
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None
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6% Series due November 1, 2032
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75,000,000
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None
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7.25% Series due December 1, 2032
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100,000,000
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None
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5.15% Series due February 1, 2013
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100,000,000
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None
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4.35% Series due April 1, 2008
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100,000,000
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None
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4.95% Series due June 1, 2018
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95,000,000
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None
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6.25% Series due April 1, 2034
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100,000,000
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None
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4.65% Series due May 1, 2011
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80,000,000
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None
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4.60% Pollution Control Series B due April 1, 2022
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16,030,000
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None
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5.92% Series due February 1, 2016
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100,000,000
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None
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6.64% Series due July 1, 2019
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150,000,000
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None
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6.20% Series due April 15, 2040
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80,000,000
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None
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6.0% Series due May 1, 2051
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150,000,000
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None
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3.25% Series due June 1, 2016
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125,000,000
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None
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3.10% Series due July 1, 2023
3.75% Series due July 1, 2024
2.85% Series due June 1, 2028
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250,000,000
100,000,000
375,000,000
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250,000,000
100,000,000
375,000,000
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4.90% Series due October 1, 2066
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260,000,000
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260,000,000
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3.25% Series due December 1, 2027
4.52% Series due December 1, 2038
3.85% Series due June 1, 2049
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150,000,000
55,000,000
435,000,000
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150,000,000
55,000,000
435,000,000
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WHEREAS, Section 19.04 of the Original Indenture provides, among other things, that any power, privilege or right expressly or impliedly reserved to or in any way conferred upon the Company by any provision of the Indenture, whether such power, privilege or right is in any way restricted or is
unrestricted, may be in whole or in part waived or surrendered or subjected to any restriction if at the time unrestricted, or to additional restriction if already restricted, and the Company may enter into any further covenants, limitations, restrictions or provisions for the benefit of any one or more series of bonds issued thereunder, or the Company may establish the terms and provisions of any series of bonds by an instrument in writing executed and acknowledged by the Company in such manner as would be necessary to entitle a conveyance of real estate to be recorded in all the states in which any property at the time subject to the Lien of the Indenture shall be situated; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to create a new series of bonds under the Indenture, and to add to its covenants and agreements contained in the Indenture certain other covenants and agreements to be observed by it; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have been performed, and the issue of said series of bonds, subject to the terms of the Indenture, has been in all respects duly authorized; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRTY-NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That the Company, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged, and in order to further secure the payment of both the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the bonds from time to time issued under the Indenture, according to their tenor and effect and the performance of all provisions of the Indenture and of said bonds hereby grants, bargains, sells, releases, conveys, assigns, transfers, mortgages, hypothecates, affects, pledges, sets over and confirms a security interest unto THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee, and to its successor or successors in said trust, and to said Trustee and its successors and assigns forever (subject, however, to Excepted Encumbrances as defined in Section 1.06 of the Original Indenture), in (a) all the Mortgaged and Pledged Property acquired by the Company from the Original Company-TX pursuant to the 2018 Transfer Documents (including, but not limited to, that located in the following counties in the State of Mississippi: Adams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Coahoma, Copiah, Covington, DeSoto, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Leake, Leflore, Lincoln, Madison, Montgomery, Panola, Pike, Quitman, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica, Walthall, Warren, Washington, Webster, Wilkinson, Yalobusha and Yazoo; and in Independence County, Arkansas) and improvements, extensions and additions thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, (b) the property made and used by the Company as the basis under any of the provisions of the Indenture for the authentication and delivery of additional bonds or the withdrawal of cash or the release of property, (c) such franchises, repairs and additional property as may be acquired, made or constructed by the Company (1) to maintain, renew and preserve the franchises covered by the Indenture, or (2) to maintain the property mortgaged and intended to be mortgaged under the Indenture, as an operating system or systems in good repair, working order and condition, or (3) in rebuilding or renewal of property, subject to the Lien of the Indenture, damaged or destroyed, or (4) in replacement of or substitution for machinery, apparatus, equipment, frames, towers, poles, wire, pipe, rails, ties, switches, tools, implements and furniture, subject to the Lien of the Indenture, which shall have become old, inadequate, obsolete, worn out, unfit, unadapted, unserviceable, undesirable or unnecessary for use in the operation of the property mortgaged and intended to be mortgaged under the Indenture, and (d) all properties of the Company real, personal and mixed, of any kind or nature (except as in the Indenture expressly excepted), subject to the provisions of Section 15.03 of the Original Indenture, acquired by the Company (by purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection or in any other way) after the effective time of the 2018 Transfer and wheresoever situated, including (without in anyway limiting or impairing by the enumeration of the same, the scope and intent of the foregoing or of any general
description contained in the Indenture) all real estate, lands, easements, servitudes, licenses, permits, franchises, privileges, rights of way and other rights in or relating to real estate or the occupancy of the same; all power sites, flowage rights, water rights, water locations, water appropriations, ditches, flumes, reservoirs, reservoir sites, canals, raceways, waterways, dams, dam sites, aqueducts, and all other rights or means for appropriating, conveying, storing and supplying water; all rights of way and roads; all plants for the generation of electricity by steam, water and/or other power; all power houses, street lighting systems, standards and other equipment incidental thereto; all telephone, radio and television systems, air conditioning systems and equipment incidental thereto, water wheels, water works, water systems, steam heat and hot water plants, substations, electric, gas and water lines, service and supply systems, bridges, culverts, tracks, ice or refrigeration plants and equipment, offices, buildings and other structures and the equipment thereof; all machinery, engines, boilers, dynamos, turbines, electric, gas and other machines, prime movers, regulators, meters, transformers, generators (including, but not limited to, engine driven generators and turbogenerator units), motors, electrical, gas and mechanical appliances, conduits, cables, water, steam heat, gas or other pipes, gas mains and pipes, service pipes, fittings, valves and connections, pole and transmission lines, towers, overhead conductors and devices, underground conduits, underground conductors and devices, wires, cables, tools, implements, apparatus, storage battery equipment, and all other fixtures and personalty; all municipal and other franchises, consents or permits; all lines for the transmission and distribution of electric current, steam heat or water for any purpose including towers, poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, ducts and all apparatus for use in connection therewith and (except as in the Indenture expressly excepted) all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to all other property of any kind or nature appertaining to and/or used and/or occupied and/or enjoyed in connection with any property described in the Indenture.
TOGETHER WITH all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, prescriptions, servitudes and appurtenances belonging or in any way appertaining to the aforesaid property or any part thereof, with the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and (subject to the provisions of Section 11.01 of the Original Indenture) the tolls, rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, product and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title and interest and claim whatsoever, at law as well as in equity, which the Company now has or may hereafter acquire in and to the aforesaid property, rights and franchises and every part and parcel thereof.
IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the Company that, subject to the provisions of Section 15.03 of the Original Indenture, all the property, rights and franchises acquired by the Company (by purchase, consolidation, merger, donation, construction, erection or in any other way) after the date hereof (except as in the Indenture expressly excepted) shall be and are as fully granted and conveyed by the Indenture and as fully embraced within the Lien of the Indenture as if such property, rights and franchises were now owned by the Company and were specifically described in the Indenture and granted and conveyed by the Indenture.
PROVIDED that the following are not and are not intended to be now or hereafter granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, hypothecated, affected, pledged, set over or confirmed hereunder, nor is a security interest therein hereby granted or intended to be granted, and the same are hereby expressly excepted from the Lien and operation of the Indenture, viz: (1) cash, shares of stock, bonds, notes and other obligations and other securities not in the Indenture specifically pledged, paid, deposited, delivered or held under the Indenture or covenanted so to be; (2) merchandise, equipment, apparatus, materials or supplies held for the purpose of sale or other disposition in the usual course of business or for the purpose of repairing or replacing (in whole or part) any rolling stock, buses, motor coaches, automobiles or other vehicles or aircraft or boats, ships, or other vessels and any fuel, oil and similar materials and supplies consumable in the operation of any of the properties of the Company;
rolling stock, buses, motor coaches, automobiles and other vehicles and all aircraft; boats, ships and other vessels; all timber, minerals, mineral rights and royalties; (3) bills, notes and other instruments and accounts receivable, judgments, demands and choses in action, and all contracts, leases and operating agreements not specifically pledged under the Indenture or covenanted so to be; (4) the last day of the term of any lease or leasehold which may hereafter become subject to the Lien of the Indenture; (5) electric energy, gas, water, steam, ice, and other materials or products generated, manufactured, produced or purchased by the Company for sale, distribution or use in the ordinary course of its business; (6) any natural gas wells or natural gas leases or natural gas transportation lines or other works or property used primarily and principally in the production of natural gas or its transportation, primarily for the purpose of sale to natural gas customers or to a natural gas distribution or pipeline company, up to the point of connection with any distribution system, and any natural gas distribution system; (7) the Company’s franchise to be a corporation; and (8) any property heretofore released pursuant to any provisions of the Indenture; provided, however, that the property and rights expressly excepted from the Lien and operation of the Indenture in the above subdivisions (2) and (3) shall (to the extent permitted by law) cease to be so excepted in the event and as of the date that the Trustee or a receiver or trustee shall enter upon and take possession of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property in the manner provided in Article XII of the Indenture by reason of the occurrence of a Default.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all such properties, real, personal and mixed, granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, hypothecated, affected, pledged, set over or confirmed or in which a security interest has been granted by the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be (subject, however, to Excepted Encumbrances as defined in Section 1.06 of the Original Indenture), unto THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, and its successors and assigns forever.
IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts in the Indenture set forth, for the equal pro rata benefit and security of all and each of the bonds and coupons issued and to be issued under the Indenture, or any of them, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, without preference, priority or distinction as to the Lien of any of said bonds and coupons over any others thereof by reason of priority in the time of the issue or negotiation thereof, or otherwise howsoever, subject to the provisions in the Indenture set forth in reference to extended, transferred or pledged coupons and claims for interest; it being intended that, subject as aforesaid, the Lien and security of all said bonds and coupons of all series issued or to be issued under the Indenture shall take effect from the date of the initial issuance of bonds under the Indenture, and that the Lien and security of the Indenture shall take effect from said date as though all said bonds of all series were actually authenticated and delivered and issued upon such date.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, these presents are upon the condition that if the Company, its successors or assigns, shall pay or cause to be paid, the principal of and interest on said bonds, together with the premium, if any, payable on such of said bonds as may have been called for redemption prior to maturity, or shall provide, as permitted hereby, for the payment thereof by depositing with the Trustee the entire amount due or to become due thereon for principal and interest, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by it, then the Indenture and the estate and rights granted under the Indenture shall cease, determine and be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and effect.
AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED by the Company that all the terms, conditions, provisos, covenants and provisions contained in the Indenture shall affect and apply to the property hereinbefore described and conveyed and to the estate, rights, obligations and duties of the Company and the Trustee and its successor or successors as Trustee in such trust in the same manner and with the same effect as if the said property had been owned by the Company at the time of the
execution of the Original Indenture and had been specifically and at length described in and conveyed to said Trustee by the Original Indenture as a part of the property therein stated to be conveyed.
The Company further covenants and agrees to and with the Trustee and its successor or successors in such trust as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 1.01. Terms From the Indenture.
All defined terms used in this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
SECTION 1.02. Certain Defined Terms.
As used in this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, the following defined terms shall have the respective meanings specified unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
The term “Adjusted Treasury Rate” shall mean, with respect to any redemption date:
(1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published at least weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining term of the bonds of the Forty-third Series (assuming, for this purpose, that the bonds of the Forty-third Series mature on December 1, 2050 (the “Par Call Date”), yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or
(2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date for the Adjusted Treasury Rate or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using 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.
The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date.
The term “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the corporate trust office of the Trustee is closed for business.
The term “Comparable Treasury Issue” shall mean the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the bonds of the Forty-third Series (assuming, for this purpose, that the bonds of the Forty-third Series mature on the Par Call Date) 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 bonds of the Forty-third Series (assuming, for this purpose, that the bonds of the Forty-third Series mature on the Par Call Date).
The term “Comparable Treasury Price” shall mean, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.
The term “Independent Investment Banker” shall mean one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that the Company appoints to act as the Independent Investment Banker from time to time or, if any of such firms is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.
The term “Reference Treasury Dealer” shall mean (i) TD Securities (USA) LLC and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by each of MUFG Securities Americas Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., or, in each case, an affiliate thereof, and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Independent Investment Banker after consultation with the Company.
The term “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” shall mean, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, 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 Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
The term “Forty-third Series” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
SECTION 1.03. References Are to Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture.
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references herein to “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions refer to the corresponding Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, and the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision hereof or to the Original Indenture or any other supplemental indenture thereto.
SECTION 1.04. Number and Gender.
Unless the context otherwise requires, defined terms in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular. The use of a word of any gender shall include all genders.
ARTICLE II
THE FORTY-THIRD SERIES
SECTION 2.01. Bonds of the Forty-third Series.
There shall be a series of bonds designated 3.50% Series due June 1, 2051 (herein sometimes referred to as the “Forty-third Series”), each of which shall also bear the descriptive title “First Mortgage Bond” as permitted by Section 2.01 of the Original Indenture. The form of bonds of the Forty-third Series shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. Bonds of the Forty-third Series shall mature on June 1, 2051, and shall be issued only as fully registered bonds in denominations of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) and, at the option of the Company, in integral multiples thereof (the exercise of such option to be evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof). Bonds of the Forty-third Series shall bear interest at the rate of three and fifty one hundredths per centum (3.50%) per annum (except as hereinafter provided), payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, and at maturity or earlier redemption, the first interest payment to be made on December 1, 2020, for the period from the date of original issuance of the bonds of the Forty-third Series to, but not including, December 1, 2020, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each said bond to be payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. Interest on the bonds of the Forty-third Series may, at the option of the Company, be paid by check mailed to the registered owners thereof. Overdue principal and overdue interest in respect of the bonds of the Forty-third Series shall bear interest (before and after judgment) at the rate of four and fifty one hundredths per centum (4.50%) per annum (to the extent that payment of such interest on any overdue interest is not prohibited under applicable law). Interest on the bonds of the Forty-third Series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the bonds of the Forty-third Series in respect of a portion of a month shall be calculated based on the actual number of days elapsed using a 30-day month. In any case where any interest payment date, redemption date or maturity of any bond of the Forty-third Series shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect, and in the same amount, as if made on the corresponding interest payment date or redemption date, or at maturity, as the case may be, and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such interest payment date, redemption date or maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day.
The Company reserves the right to establish at any time, by Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, a form of coupon bond, and of appurtenant coupons, for the bonds of the Forty-third Series and to provide for exchangeability of such coupon bonds with the bonds of said Series issued hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate provisions for such purpose.
SECTION 2.02. Optional Redemption of Bonds of the Forty-third Series.
The bonds of the Forty-third Series shall be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon notice mailed to each registered owner at his or her last address appearing on the registry books not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, (i) at any time prior to the Par Call Date, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the bonds of the Forty-third Series being redeemed and (b) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of (x) the present value of the payment on the Par Call Date of the bonds of the Forty-third Series being redeemed plus (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of interest on the bonds of the Forty-third Series being redeemed to the Par Call Date (excluding the portion of any such interest accrued to the redemption date), discounted (for purposes of determining such present values) to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points, and (ii) at any time on or after the Par Call Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the bonds of the Forty-third Series to be redeemed, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
SECTION 2.03. Transfer and Exchange.
(a) At the option of the registered owner, any bonds of the Forty-third Series, upon surrender thereof for cancellation at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, shall be exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations.
(b) Bonds of the Forty-third Series shall be transferable, upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, together with a written instrument of transfer in form approved by the registrar duly executed by the registered owner or by his or her duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York.
(c) Upon any such exchange or transfer of bonds of the Forty-third Series, the Company may make a charge therefor sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or taxes or other governmental charge, as provided in Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture, but the Company hereby waives any right to make a charge in addition thereto for any such exchange or transfer of bonds of the Forty-third Series.
SECTION 2.04. Dating of Bonds and Interest Payments.
a.Each bond of the Forty-third Series shall be dated as of the date of authentication and shall bear interest from the last preceding interest payment date to which interest shall have been paid (unless the date of such bond is an interest payment date to which interest is paid, in which case from the date of such bond); provided that each bond of the Forty-third Series dated prior to December 1, 2020, shall bear interest from the date of original issuance; and provided, further, that if any bond of the Forty-third Series shall be authenticated and delivered upon a transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, any other bond or bonds of the Forty-third Series upon which interest is in default, it shall be dated so that such bond shall bear interest from the last preceding date to which interest shall have been paid on the bond or bonds in respect of which such bond shall have been delivered or from its date of original issuance, if no interest shall have been paid on the bonds of the Forty-third Series.
b.Notwithstanding the foregoing, bonds of the Forty-third Series shall be dated so that the Person in whose name any bond of the Forty-third Series is registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding an interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on the interest payment date, except if, and to the extent that, the Company shall have defaulted in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date, in which case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names Outstanding bonds of the Forty-third Series are registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of payment of such defaulted interest.
SECTION 2.05. Additional Bonds of the Forty-third Series.
Upon the delivery of this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture and upon compliance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture, there shall be an initial issue of bonds of the Forty-third Series for the aggregate principal amount of $170,000,000. Additional bonds of the Forty-third Series, without limitation as to amount, having substantially the same terms as the Outstanding bonds of the Forty-third Series (except for the issue date, the price to public and, if applicable, the initial interest payment date) may be issued by the Company, subject to satisfaction of the requirements of the Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, without the notice to or the consent of the existing holders of the bonds of the Forty-third Series.
SECTION 2.06. Release of Company upon Conveyance or Other Transfer.
In case the Company, as permitted by Section 15.01 of the Indenture, shall convey or transfer, subject to the Lien of the Indenture, all or substantially all the Mortgaged and Pledged Property as an entirety to a successor, the indenture described in Section 15.02 of the Indenture may also provide for the release and discharge of the Company from all obligations under any bonds of the Forty-third Series issued under the Indenture which are assumed by such successor.
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS
SECTION 3.01. Maintenance of Paying Agent.
So long as any bonds of the Forty-third Series are Outstanding, the Company covenants that the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, where the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any bonds of such series shall be payable shall also be an office or agency where any such bonds may be transferred or exchanged and where notices, presentations or demands to or upon the Company in respect of such bonds or in respect of the Indenture may be given or made.
SECTION 3.02. Further Assurances.
From time to time whenever reasonably requested by the Trustee or the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the bonds of the Forty-third Series then Outstanding, the Company will make, execute and deliver or cause to be made, executed and delivered any and all such further and other instruments and assurances as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the intention of or to facilitate the performance of the terms of the Indenture or to secure the rights and remedies of the holders of such bonds.
ARTICLE IV
AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE
SECTION 4.01. Amendment to Section 15.02 of the Indenture.
The holders of 100% of the bonds Outstanding under the Indenture having consented to the amendments set forth in Section 4.05 of Article IV of the Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2012, the Company hereby exercises its right to amend Section 15.02 of the Indenture to add a new paragraph at the end reading as follows:
“In case the Company, as permitted by Section 15.01 hereof, shall convey or transfer, subject to the Lien of this Indenture, all or substantially all of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property as an entirety to a successor corporation, the indenture described above in this Section may also provide for the release and discharge of the Company from all obligations under this Indenture or any bonds issued hereunder which are assumed by such successor corporation.”
SECTION 4.02. Amendment to Section 19.04 of the Indenture.
The holders of 100% of the bonds Outstanding under the Indenture having consented to the amendments set forth in Section 4.06 of Article IV of the Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2012, the Company hereby exercises its right to amend Section 19.04 of the Indenture to read as follows:
“Section 19.04. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, without the consent of any holders of bonds, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(d) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the bonds, all as provided in Article XV hereof; or
(e) to add one or more covenants of the Company or other provisions for the benefit of all holders of the bonds or for the benefit of the holders of, or to remain in effect only so long as there shall be Outstanding, bonds of one or more specified series, and to make the occurrence of a default in the performance of any of such additional covenants an additional “Default” under Section 12.01 permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture, as herein set forth; provided, however, that in respect of any such additional covenant, such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than those allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default, or may (subject to the provisions of applicable law) limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default; or to provide that the occurrence of one or more specified events shall constitute additional “Defaults” under Section 12.01 as if set forth therein, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company, which additional “Default” or surrender may be limited so as to remain in effect only so long as bonds of one or more specified series shall remain Outstanding; or
(f) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the Lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the Lien of this Indenture, or to subject to the Lien of this Indenture additional property; or
(g) to change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture or to add any new provision to this Indenture; provided, however, that no such change, elimination or addition shall adversely affect the interests of the holders of bonds of any series in any material respect; or
(h) to establish the form or terms of bonds of any series as contemplated by Article II; or
(i) to provide for the procedures required to permit the Company to utilize, at its option, a non-certificated system of registration for all or any series of bonds; or
(j) to change any place or places (within the United States of America) where (1) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all or any series of bonds shall be payable, (2) all or any series of bonds may be surrendered for registration of transfer, (3) all or any series of bonds may be surrendered for exchange and (4) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of all or any series of bonds and this Indenture may be served; or
(k) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein; or to make any other changes to the provisions hereof or to add other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such other changes or additions shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of bonds of any series in any material respect.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect at any time and from time to time,
(x) shall require one or more changes to any provisions hereof or the inclusion herein of any additional provisions, or shall by operation of law be deemed to effect such changes or incorporate such provisions by reference or otherwise, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended so as to conform to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as then in effect, and the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any holders of bonds, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to evidence such amendment hereof; or
(y) shall permit one or more changes to, or the elimination of, any provisions hereof which shall theretofore have been required by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to be contained herein or are contained herein to reflect any provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended to effect such changes or elimination, and the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any holders of bonds, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to evidence such amendment hereof.”
SECTION 4.03. Amendment to Section 16.02 of the Indenture.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the bonds Outstanding under the Indenture having consented to the amendments set forth in Section 5.01 of Article V of the Thirty-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2016, the Company hereby exercises its right to amend Section 16.02 of the Indenture to add the following clauses at the end of such section:
“The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall (subject to applicable legal requirements) be entitled to examine, during normal business hours, the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney, at the sole cost of the Company, and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action, unless such loss or damage results from the Trustee’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith.
The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such Default or (2) written notice of such Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on the bonds affected by such Default or by any holder of such bonds.
The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, as well as to the Trustee’s employees, officers and directors.
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.”
SECTION 4.04. Effective Date.
Each of the amendments set forth in Sections 4.01 through 4.03 of this Article IV shall be effective as of May 1, 2020. The Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, shall be deemed amended and modified to the extent necessary to give effect to the foregoing. Except as amended and modified hereby, the Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE V
CONSENT TO AMENDMENTS
SECTION 5.01. Consent to Amendments.
Each initial and future holder of bonds of the Forty-third Series, by its acquisition of an interest in such bonds, irrevocably (a) consents to the amendments set forth in Article V of the Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture and Article IV of the Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture, in each case without any other or further action by any holder of such bonds, and (b) designates the Trustee, and its successors, as its proxy with irrevocable instructions to vote and deliver written consents on behalf of such holder in favor of such amendments at any bondholder meeting, in lieu of any bondholder meeting, in any consent solicitation or otherwise.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 6.01. Acceptance of Trusts.
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts herein declared, provided, created or supplemented and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein and in the Original Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, set forth and upon the following terms and conditions:
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company. In general, each and every term and condition contained in Article XVI of the Original Indenture shall apply to and form part of this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture with the same force and effect as if the same were herein set forth in full with such omissions, variations and insertions, if any, as may be appropriate to make the same conform to the provisions of this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 6.02. Effect of Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture under Louisiana Law.
It is the intention and it is hereby agreed that, so far as concerns that portion of the Mortgaged and Pledged Property situated within the State of Louisiana, the general language of conveyance contained in this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture is intended and shall be construed as words of hypothecation and not of conveyance and that, so far as the said Louisiana property is concerned, this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be considered as an act of mortgage and pledge and granting of a security interest under the laws of the State of Louisiana, and the Trustee herein named is named as mortgagee and pledgee and secured party in trust for the benefit of itself and of all present and future holders of bonds issued under the Indenture and any coupons thereto issued hereunder, and is irrevocably appointed special agent and representative of the holders of such bonds and coupons and vested with full power in their behalf to effect and enforce the mortgage and pledge and a security interest hereby constituted for their benefit, or otherwise to act as herein provided for.
SECTION 6.03. Record Date.
The holders of the bonds of the Forty-third Series shall be deemed to have consented and agreed that the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the holders of the bonds of the Forty-third Series entitled to consent, if any such consent is required, to any amendment or supplement to the Indenture or the waiver of any provision thereof or any act to be performed thereunder. If a record date is fixed, those persons who were holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
SECTION 6.04. Titles.
The titles of the several Articles and Sections of this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture and the table of contents shall not be deemed to be any part hereof.
SECTION 6.05. Counterparts.
This Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 6.06. Governing Law.
The internal laws of the State of New York shall govern this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture and the bonds of the Forty-third Series, except to the extent that the validity or perfection of the Lien of the Indenture, or remedies thereunder, are governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
SECTION 6.07. Recitals.
The recitals set forth in the initial pages of this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture and the exhibits attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference, and this Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be construed in the light thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC has caused its company name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers for and on its behalf, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed by one of its Vice Presidents, Senior Associates or Associates for and on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written.
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ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC
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/s/ Kevin J. Marino
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Kevin J. Marino
Assistant Treasurer
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
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/s/ Latoya Elvin
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STATE OF LOUISIANA )
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PARISH OF ORLEANS )
On the 19th day of May, 2020, before me appeared Kevin J. Marino, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is an Assistant Treasurer of ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC, and that the above instrument was signed on behalf of said entity by authority of its Board of Directors, and said Kevin J. Marino acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.
/s/ Mark Grafton Otts
Mark Grafton Otts
State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson
Notary Public Identification No. 4430
My Commission expires at my death
STATE OF NEW JERSEY )
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COUNTY OF PASSAIC )
On this 15th day of May, 2020, before me appeared Latoya Elvin to me personally known or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence and, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that she is a Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, and that the above instrument was signed on behalf of said entity by authority of its Board of Directors, and said Vice President acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.
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/s/ Rick J. Fierro
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Rick J. Fierro
Notary Public
State of New Jersey
My Commission Expires
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF BOND OF FORTY-THIRD SERIES
(See legend at the end of this bond for
restrictions on transferability and change of form)
FIRST MORTGAGE BOND
3.50% Series due June 1, 2051
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CUSIP 29366W AB2
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ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC (successor to Entergy Mississippi, Inc., formerly Mississippi Power & Light Company), a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Texas (hereinafter called the Company), for value received, hereby promises to pay to __________ or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Company in New York, New York, the principal sum of _______Dollars ($________) on June 1, 2051, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and to pay in like manner to the registered owner hereof interest thereon from the date of original issuance, if the date of this bond is prior to December 1, 2020, or, if the date of this bond is on or after December 1, 2020, from the June 1 or December 1 immediately preceding the date of this bond to which interest has been paid on the bonds of this series (unless the date hereof is an interest payment date to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date hereof), at the rate of three and fifty one hundredths per centum (3.50%) per annum in like coin or currency on June 1 and December 1 in each year, commencing December 1, 2020, and at maturity or earlier redemption, until the principal of this bond shall have become due and been duly paid or provided for, and to pay interest (before and after judgment) on any overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest on any overdue interest is not prohibited under applicable law) on any defaulted interest at the rate of four and fifty one hundredths per centum (4.50%) per annum. Interest on this bond shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Interest on this bond in respect of a portion of a month shall be calculated based on the actual number of days elapsed using a 30-day month.
The interest so payable on any interest payment date will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Mortgage hereinafter referred to, be paid to the person in whose name this bond is registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such interest payment date. At the option of the Company, interest may be paid by check mailed on or prior to such interest payment date to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the register of the Company.
This bond shall not become obligatory until The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trustee under the Mortgage, as hereinafter defined, or its successor thereunder, shall have signed the authentication certificate endorsed hereon.
This bond is one of a series of bonds of the Company issuable in series and is one of a duly authorized series known as its First Mortgage Bonds, 3.50% Series due June 1, 2051 (herein called bonds of the Forty-third Series), all bonds of all series issued under and equally secured by a Mortgage and Deed of Trust (herein, together with any indenture supplemental thereto, including the Thirty-ninth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2020, called the Mortgage), dated as of February 1, 1988, duly executed by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor Trustee. Reference is made to the Mortgage for a description of the mortgaged and pledged property, assets and rights, the nature and extent of the lien and security, the respective rights, limitations of rights, covenants, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the holders of bonds and the Trustee and the terms and conditions upon which the bonds are, and are to be, secured, the circumstances under which additional bonds may be issued and the definition of certain terms herein used, to all of which, by its acceptance of this bond, the holder of this bond agrees.
The principal hereof may be declared or may become due prior to the maturity date hereinbefore named on the conditions, in the manner and at the time set forth in the Mortgage, upon the occurrence of a Default as in the Mortgage provided. The Mortgage provides that in certain circumstances and upon certain conditions such a declaration and its consequences or certain past defaults and the consequences thereof may be waived by such affirmative vote of holders of bonds as is specified in the Mortgage.
The Mortgage contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee to execute supplemental indentures amending the Mortgage for certain specified purposes without the consent of holders of bonds. With the consent of the Company and to the extent permitted by and as provided in the Mortgage, the rights and obligations of the Company and/or the rights of the holders of the bonds of the Forty-third Series and/or the terms and provisions of the Mortgage may be modified or altered by such affirmative vote or votes of the holders of bonds then Outstanding as are specified in the Mortgage.
Any consent or waiver by the holder of this bond (unless effectively revoked as provided in the Mortgage) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this bond and of any bonds issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this bond or such other bond.
In case the Company, as permitted by the Mortgage, shall convey or transfer, subject to the lien of the Mortgage, all or substantially all the mortgaged and pledged property as an entirety to a successor, the Company may be released and discharged from all obligations under the bonds of this series which are assumed by such successor.
The bonds are issuable as registered bonds without coupons in the denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. At the office or agency to be maintained by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of New York, and in the manner and subject to the provisions of the Mortgage, bonds may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of bonds of other authorized denominations, without payment of any charge other than a sum sufficient to reimburse the Company for any tax or other governmental charge incident thereto. This bond is transferable as prescribed in the Mortgage by the registered owner hereof in person, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York, New York, upon surrender of this bond, and upon payment, if the Company shall require it, of the transfer charges provided for in the Mortgage, and, thereupon, a new fully registered bond of the same series for a like principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange hereof as provided in the Mortgage. The Company and the Trustee may deem and treat the person in whose name this bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes and neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This bond is redeemable at the option of the Company as provided in the Thirty-ninth Supplemental Indenture.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on this bond against any incorporator or any past, present or future subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder, officer or director of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, as such, either directly or through the Company or any predecessor or successor corporation, under any rule of law, statute or constitution or by the enforcement of any assessment or otherwise, all such liability of incorporators, subscribers, stockholders, officers and directors being released by the holder or owner hereof by the acceptance of this bond and being likewise waived and released by the terms of the Mortgage.
Each initial and future holder of this bond, by its acquisition of an interest in this bond, irrevocably (a) consents to the amendments set forth in Article V of the Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture and Article IV of the Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture, in each case without any other or further action by any holder of this bond, and (b) designates the Trustee, and its successors, as its proxy with irrevocable instructions to vote and deliver written consents on behalf of such holder in favor of such amendments at any bondholder meeting, in lieu of any bondholder meeting, in any consent solicitation or otherwise.
All terms used in this bond not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Mortgage shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Mortgage.
As provided in the Mortgage, this bond shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Entergy Mississippi, LLC has caused this bond to be signed in its company name by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or one of its Vice Presidents by his or her signature or a facsimile thereof, and its company seal to be impressed or imprinted hereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries by his or her signature or a facsimile thereof.
Dated:
ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
__________________________
Name:
Title:
FORM OF TRUSTEE’S
AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
TRUSTEE'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
This bond is one of the bonds, of the series herein designated, described or provided for in the within-mentioned Mortgage.
Dated:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
By: ______________________________________
Authorized Signatory
LEGEND
Unless and until this bond is exchanged in whole or in part for certificated bonds registered in the names of the various beneficial holders hereof as then certified to the Trustee by The Depository Trust Company or its successor (the “Depositary”), this bond may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate to be issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary and any amount payable thereunder is made payable to Cede & Co., or such other name, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
This bond may be exchanged for certificated bonds registered in the names of the various beneficial owners hereof if (a) the Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, or (b) the Company elects to issue certificated bonds to beneficial owners (as certified to the Company by the Depositary).