Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 23, 1997

CalEnergy Company, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   Delaware                          1-9874                  94-2213782
(State or other                   (Commission              (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of                   File Number)            Identification No.)
incorporation)

302 South 36th Street, Suite 400, Omaha, NE 68131
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code: (402) 341-4500

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Item 5. Other Events.

On October 20, 1997 the Registrant announced the consummation of its public offering of 17.1 million shares of its common stock, par value $.0675 (the "Common Stock"), and the concurrent sale of 2 million shares of Common Stock to a trust affiliated with Walter C. Scott, Jr., Chairman of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. A press release with respect to the consummation of such offering and direct sale is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

On October 23, 1997 the Registrant announced the pricing of its offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.63% Senior Notes due 2007. A press release with respect to the pricing of such offering is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2. Pursuant to such offering, on October 23, 1997, the Registrant entered into an Underwriting Agreement and an Indenture (each as referred to below), copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 1.5 and Exhibit 4.1, respectively. On October 28, 1997, the Registrant expects to enter into a First Supplemental Indenture (as referred to below), the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits:

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report

1.5 Underwriting Agreement, dated October 23, 1997, among the Company and Lehman Brothers Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as underwriters.

4.1 Indenture, dated as of October 15, 1997, among the Company and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee.

4.2 Form of First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 28, 1997, among the Company and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee.

99.1 Press Release of the Company, dated October 20, 1997.

99.2 Press Release of the Company, dated October 23, 1997.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CalEnergy Company, Inc.

                                            By:  /s/ Douglas L. Anderson
                                                 Douglas L. Anderson
                                                 Assistant Secretary and
                                                 Assistant General Counsel


Dated:  October 27, 1997

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.       Description
-----------       -----------
1.5               Underwriting Agreement, dated October 23, 1997, among the
                  Company and Lehman Brothers Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston
                  Corporation and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                  Incorporated, as underwriters.

4.1               Indenture, dated as of October 15, 1997, among the Company
                  and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee.

4.2               Form of First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 28,
                  1997, among the Company and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust
                  Company, as Trustee.

99.1              Press Release of the Company, dated October 20, 1997.

99.2              Press Release of the Company, dated October 23, 1997.


$350,000,000

CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.

7.63% Senior Notes Due 2007

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

October 23, 1997

LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule A,
c/o Lehman Brothers Inc. ("Lehman")
Three World Financial Center
New York, New York 10285

Dear Sirs:
CalEnergy Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to sell $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 7.63% Senior Notes due October 15, 2007 (the "Notes"). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of October 15, 1997 (the "Base Indenture"), as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of October 28, 1997 (the "Supplemental Indenture" and, together with the Base Indenture, the "Indenture"), between the Company and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). This is to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Notes from the Company by the Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the "Underwriters").

1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company represents, warrants and agrees that:

(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-32821), including a form of prospectus relating to certain debt and equity securities ("Registered Securities") to be issued from time to time by the Company, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act"), and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act"). The Company proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act a form of prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Notes. The registration statement, as amended at the time of this Agreement, including all material incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement," and the form of

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prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Notes, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule
424(b) ("Rule 424(b)") under the Act, including all material incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". No document has been or will be prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule 434 under the Act.

(b) On the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Registered Securities, such registration statement conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission ("Rules and Regulations") thereunder and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and on the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement conforms, and at the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and none of such documents includes, or will include, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (with respect to the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in
Section 8(e); and the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were last amended or filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations, and 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 not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made, and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, shall conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.

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(d) The Company, each Subsidiary (as defined below) and each Joint Venture (as defined below) have been duly organized and are validly existing and, if applicable, in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization as a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, and have the power and authority to own, lease and operate their property and conduct their businesses as described in the Prospectus; the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing as foreign corporations or foreign partnerships, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, in which such registration or qualification or good standing is required (whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property, the conduct of business or otherwise), except where the failure to so register or qualify or be in good standing is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole. For purposes of this Agreement, (A) the term "Subsidiary" shall mean the entities listed in Schedule B hereto ("Schedule B") and (B) the term "Joint Venture" shall mean the entities listed in Schedule C hereto ("Schedule C"), it being understood that such term means the general or limited partnership or other joint venture entity and not the individual general or limited partners or other joint venturers thereof. The Subsidiaries listed in Schedule B are all the material direct and indirect "subsidiaries" of the Company, as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations, and are all of the "Significant Subsidiaries" of the Company, as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

(e) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully-paid and nonassessable; and except as otherwise set forth in Schedule B or disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are owned beneficially by the Company free and clear of any material claims, liens, encumbrances and security interests. All of the partnership interests in the Joint Ventures beneficially owned by the Company (as reflected in Schedule C) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and, except as otherwise set forth in Schedule C or disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, are owned beneficially by the Company free and clear of any material claims, liens, encumbrances and security interests.

(f) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

(g) The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company, and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor as contemplated hereby and by the Indenture, shall be validly issued and outstanding, and shall constitute valid and binding obligations on the part of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting

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creditors' rights generally and by equitable principles generally; and the Notes, when issued and delivered, shall conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus.

(h) Each of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, and when duly executed and delivered by the Company, shall constitute a valid and binding agreement on the part of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by equitable principles generally; and the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered, shall conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus.

(i) The use of the proceeds of the offering of the Notes as described in the Prospectus has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company.

(j) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like payment in connection with the offering of the Notes.

(k) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings which have not been satisfied or waived between the Company and any person requiring the Company to include securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(l) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, and the issuance and sale of the Notes and the use of the proceeds of the offering of the Notes as described in the Prospectus will not (A) conflict with the corporate charter or by-laws or partnership agreement of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture, (B) conflict with, result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or other encumbrance (other than as contemplated by the Indenture) upon any asset of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a breach of, or default under, any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture is a party or by which the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture is subject, or (C) result in a violation of any statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency, body or authority having jurisdiction over the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture or any of their properties where any such conflicts, encumbrances, breaches, defaults or violations under

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clauses (B) or (C), individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to (i) have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole or (ii) impair the validity or enforceability of the Notes under the Act.

(m) Except (A) as to state or foreign securities laws and (B) consents of third parties which have been obtained, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration by the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, any Joint Venture with, any court, governmental agency or third party is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes by the Company and the use of the proceeds of the offering of the Notes as described in the Prospectus.

(n) The Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Notes as contemplated by this Agreement and to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and the Notes.

(o) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(p) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, the Company, each Subsidiary and each Joint Venture holds, as applicable, good and valid title to, or valid and enforceable leasehold or contractual interests in, all real properties and all other properties and assets owned or leased by or held under contract by each of them that are material to the business of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, and free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.

(q) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is customary for similarly situated companies in the Company's, such Subsidiaries' and such Joint Ventures' industries, respectively. Each of the foregoing insurance policies is valid and in full force and effect, and no event has occurred and is continuing that permits, or after notice or lapse of time or both would permit, modifications or terminations of the foregoing that, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole.

(r) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, the Company, each Subsidiary and each Joint Venture (i) has obtained each license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization which is material to the ownership of their properties or to the conduct of their businesses as described in or

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contemplated by the Prospectus and (ii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of such license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization, except (A) in either case where the failure to do so is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, (B) permits, consents and approvals that may be required for future drilling or operating activities which are ordinarily deemed to be ministerial in nature and which are anticipated to be obtained in the ordinary course and (C) permits, consents and approvals for developmental or construction activities which have not yet been obtained but which have been or will be applied for in the course of development or construction and which are anticipated to be obtained in the ordinary course.

(s) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings before any court, governmental agency, body or authority, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against, or, to the knowledge of the Company, involving, the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture (i) of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement or (ii) that, if determined adversely to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture, would be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, or on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Indenture, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Notes.

(t) The conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.

(u) The Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures are currently conducting their respective businesses as described in the Prospectus.

(v) There are no contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described or filed as required under the Act.

(w) There is no relationship, direct or indirect, that exists between or among the Company on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company on the other hand, of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus which is not described as required under the Act.

(x) There is no labor problem or disturbance with the persons employed by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture that exists or, to the

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knowledge of the Company, that is threatened and that might reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole.

(y) Neither the Company nor any person who is a member of a group which is under common control with the Company and the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures, who together with the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures is treated as a single employer ("ERISA Affiliate") within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the "Code"), or Section 4001(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time ("ERISA"), has established, sponsored, maintained or had any obligation to contribute to any employee benefit plans within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which are subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. Except where it could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, (i) all employee benefit plans within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA established, sponsored or maintained for or on behalf of the employees, officers or directors of the Company, the Subsidiaries, the Joint Ventures or any ERISA Affiliate ("Employee Benefit Plans") are in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder and each such Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a) has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be so qualified and (ii) no material liability or obligation has been incurred or is reasonably expected to be incurred by the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Joint Ventures or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan.

(z) None of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture (i) is in violation of its respective charter, by-laws or partnership agreement, (ii) is in default, and no event exists and is continuing that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance and observance of any material term contained in any lease, license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, bank loan or other evidence of indebtedness or any other agreement, understanding or instrument to which the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture is a party or by which the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture or any property of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture may be bound or affected, which default, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, or (iii) is in violation of any law, ordinance, governmental rule or regulation or court decree to which it may be subject, which violation, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole or would materially interfere with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, the issuance and sale

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of the Notes or the use of the proceeds of the offering of the Notes as described in the Prospectus.

(aa) There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture, refinement, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their predecessors in interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would require remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except for any violation or remedial action which does not have, or would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate with all such violations and remedial actions, a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole; there has been no material spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants due to or caused by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture or with respect to which the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture has knowledge, except for any such spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release which does not have, or would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate with all such spills, discharges, leaks, emissions, injections, escapes, dumpings and releases, a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole; and the terms "hazardous wastes", "toxic wastes" and "hazardous substances" shall have the meanings specified in any applicable local, state, federal and foreign laws or regulations with respect to environmental protection.

(ab) None of the Company or any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture is an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), nor is it a closed-end investment company required to be registered, but not registered, thereunder; and each of the Company, each Subsidiary and each Joint Venture is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment company", or, to the best knowledge of the Company after due inquiry, a company controlled by an "investment company" within the meaning of the 1940 Act.

(ac) The Company, each Subsidiary and each Joint Venture has filed all federal, state and local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, or has filed extensions in accordance with applicable law, and has paid all taxes required to be paid through the date hereof thereon, except for such failures to file

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or pay that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture that has had (nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if determined adversely to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture would be reasonably likely to have) a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole.

(ad) The financial statements and the related notes and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus fairly present the financial position, the results of operations and the cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply; and such financial statements and the related notes and schedules have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods therein specified. The historical information under the caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectus is accurately described as of the date presented therein.

(ae) Since the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (i) there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, and (ii) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, there have not been any transactions entered into by the Company, the Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material to the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole; and, except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

(af) The pro forma financial information included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus presents fairly the information shown therein, has been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial information, has been properly compiled on the pro forma bases described therein, and, in the opinion of the Company, the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to therein.

(ag) The accountants who have certified certain financial statements of the Company or of businesses acquired by the Company, as applicable, and whose reports appear in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or are incorporated by reference therein, are and were independent public accountants as required by the Act

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and the Rules and Regulations during the periods covered by the financial statements on which they reported which are contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

(ah) (i) Each of the operational electric generation facilities ("Plants") owned in whole or in part, directly or indirectly by (A) the Company, (B) the Subsidiaries or (C) the Joint Ventures which is located in the United States is a "qualifying cogeneration facility" or a "qualifying small power production facility" (either or both of which are hereinafter referred to as a "QF"), as such terms are defined under the Federal Power Act, as amended ("FPA"), and the regulations thereunder, and has continuously been in compliance with the requirements for being a QF since it commenced sales of electricity; (ii) with respect to each Plant under development and located in the United States, either (x) to the extent that the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Joint Ventures plan to act as the owner and/or operator of any one of the Plants under development by the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Joint Ventures and located in the United States (as currently configured or as currently anticipated to be configured), that owner and/or operator satisfies or is currently expected to satisfy current regulatory requirements for being an "exempt wholesale generator" ("EWG"), as such term is defined under the FPA, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended ("PUHCA") and the regulations thereunder or (y) each of the Plants under development by the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Joint Ventures and located in the United States (as currently configured or as currently anticipated to be configured) will be a QF and will be in continuous compliance with the requirements for being a QF; (iii) the owner or operator of each of the Plants under development by the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Joint Ventures and located outside the United States (as currently configured or as currently anticipated to be configured) satisfies or is currently expected to satisfy current regulatory requirements for being either (A) an EWG or (B) a "foreign utility company," as such term is defined under PUHCA and the regulations thereunder; (iv) none of the entities identified in clause (A) or (B) of subparagraph (i) above owns or operates or will own or operate any electric distribution facilities or any electric transmission facilities in or outside of the United States other than electric transmission facilities that have been or will be approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as being part of a QF, or the owner and/or operator of which will have qualified as EWG's or as "foreign utility companies" as such terms are defined under the FPA, PUHCA and the regulations thereunder; and (v) none of the entities identified in clause (A), (B) or (C) of subparagraph (i) above is, or is subject to regulation as, a "public utility holding company" or a "subsidiary company" of a "public utility holding company," as those terms are defined under PUHCA, or is subject to regulation under the FPA, other than as contemplated by 18 C.F.R Section 292.601(c), or, except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus, subject to regulation by any state law or foreign governmental law with respect to rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities.

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2. Purchase of the Notes by the Underwriters.

On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell $350,000,000 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes to the several Underwriters and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the principal amount of Notes set forth opposite that Underwriter's name in Schedule 1 hereto. The price to be paid to the Company for the Notes shall be 98.25% of the aggregate principal amount thereof. The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Notes to be delivered on the Delivery Date, except upon payment for all the Notes to be purchased on the Delivery Date (as hereinafter defined) as provided herein.

3. Offering of the Notes by the Underwriters.

Upon authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Notes, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

4. Delivery of and Payment for the Notes. Delivery of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third full business day following the date of this Agreement or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between the Lehman and the Company. This date and time are sometimes referred to as the "Delivery Date." On the Delivery Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Representatives for the account of each Underwriter the Notes, in the form of one or more permanent global notes in definitive form (the "Global Notes") deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, against payment to or upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by certified or official bank check or checks payable in or wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. Upon delivery, the Notes shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives shall request in writing not less than two full business days prior to the Delivery Date. For the purpose of expediting the checking and packaging of the Global Notes, the Company shall make the Global Notes available for inspection by the Representatives in New York, New York, not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Delivery Date.

5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees:

(a) The Company will file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with subparagraph (2) (or, if applicable and if consented to by Lehman, subparagraph (5)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the second business day

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following the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Company will advise Lehman promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b).

(b) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representatives' prior consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of the effectiveness of any amendment or supplementation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement and will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.

(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Notes is required, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any such time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives' consent to, nor the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.

(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the later of (i) the effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of this Agreement and (ii) the date of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior to the date of this Agreement, which will satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Act.

(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Registration Statement (four of which will be signed and will include all exhibits), each preliminary prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, and, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Notes is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representatives request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.

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(f) The Company will arrange for the qualifications of the Notes for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution, provided that, in connection therewith the Company shall not, with respect to any such jurisdiction, be required to qualify as a foreign corporation, to file a general consent to service of process or to take any other action that would subject it to service of process in suits other than those arising out of the offering of the Notes or to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject.

(g) During the period of three years hereafter, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the Underwriters, as soon as practicable, after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the Representatives as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders.

(h) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp or similar issuance tax, including any interest and penalties, on the issuance and sale of the Notes and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement. All payments to be made by the Company hereunder shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless the Company is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received after such withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made.

(i) The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes as set forth in the Prospectus.

(j) No action has been or, prior to the completion of the distribution of the Notes, will be taken by the Company in any jurisdiction outside the United States that would permit a public offering of the Notes, or possession or distribution of the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement issued in connection with the offering of the Notes, or any other offering material, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.

6. Expenses. The Company agrees to pay (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes and will reimburse the Underwriters (if and to the extent necessary) for any travel expenses of the Company's officers and employees and other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Notes ; (b) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement and any amendments and exhibits thereto;

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(c) the costs of distributing any preliminary prospectus, preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein, all as provided in this Agreement;
(d) the costs of producing and distributing this Agreement, the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and any other related documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Notes; (e) any rating agency fees; and (f) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement; provided that, except as provided in this Section 6 and in Section 11, the Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses, including the costs and expenses of their counsel, any transfer taxes on the Notes which they may sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the Notes made by the Underwriters.

7. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The respective obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on the Delivery Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:

(a) On or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date of delivery thereof, of Deloitte & Touche LLP (and the independent accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectuses) in agreed form.

All financial statements and schedules included in material incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus shall be deemed included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses for purposes of this subsection.

(b) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) of this Agreement. Prior to the Delivery Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change in the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures, taken as a whole, which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters including the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for the Notes; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review

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its rating of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by Federal or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by the United States Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters including the Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency on the financial markets makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for the Notes.

(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Delivery Date, of Steven A. McArthur, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, to the effect that:

(i) Each of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures has been duly organized and is validly existing and, if applicable, in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and each of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its respective properties and to conduct its businesses as described in the Prospectus;

(ii) Each of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures is duly registered or qualified to do business and (to the extent applicable) is in good standing as a foreign corporation, a foreign partnership or a foreign limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, in which such registration, qualification or good standing is required (whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property, the conduct of its business or otherwise), except where the failure to so register or qualify or be in good standing is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operation of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole;

(iii) The Company has the authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectus; to the best knowledge of such counsel, all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and to the best knowledge of such counsel, except as otherwise set forth in Schedule B attached hereto or disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are owned beneficially by the Company free and clear of any material claims, liens, encum-

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brances and security interests; and to the best knowledge of such counsel, all of the partnership interests in the Joint Ventures owned by the Company (as reflected in Schedule C attached hereto) have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and, except as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, are owned beneficially by the Company free and clear of any material claims, liens, encumbrances and security interests;

(iv) Each of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (involving, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(v) The Notes have been validly authorized by the Company, and, assuming due authorization by the Trustee, when issued and delivered as contemplated by the Indenture upon payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (involving, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(vi) The statements in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of the Notes" and "Description of Debt Securities," insofar as they purport to summarize the provisions of the Indenture and the Notes, fairly summarized such provisions in all material respects.

(vii) To such counsel's knowledge, except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like payment;

(viii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings which have not been satisfied or waived between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company

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owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include any such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act;

(ix) Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the Prospectus, each of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures has good and valid title to, or valid and enforceable leasehold or contractual interests in, all real properties and all other properties and assets owned or leased by each of them that are material to the business of each such entity, in each case free from all liens, encumbrances, and defects that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them;

(x) To such counsel's knowledge, there is no legal or governmental action, suit or proceeding before any court, governmental agency, body or authority, domestic or foreign, now pending, threatened against, or involving, the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture (i) of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement or
(ii) that, if determined adversely to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture, is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole or on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Notes;

(xi) To such counsel's knowledge, the Company, each Subsidiary and each Joint Venture (i) has obtained each license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization which is material to the ownership of their properties or to the conduct of their businesses as described in the Prospectuses and (ii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of such license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization, except (x) in either case where the failure to do so is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, (y) permits, consents and approvals that may be required for future drilling or operating activities which are ordinarily deemed to be ministerial in nature and which are anticipated to be obtained in the ordinary course and (z) permits, consents and approvals for developmental or construction activities which have not yet been obtained but which have been or will be applied for in the course of development or construction and which are anticipated to be obtained in the ordinary course;

(xii) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, to

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issue the Notes and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes;

(xiii) There are no contracts or other documents which are required to be described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations which have not been described or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein as permitted by the Rules and Regulations;

(xiv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(xv) (A) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the use of proceeds of the Notes as designated in the Prospectus do not and will not (i) conflict with the corporate charter or by-laws or partnership agreement of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture, (ii) to the best knowledge of such counsel (except as contemplated by the Indenture), conflict with, result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or other encumbrance upon any asset of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a breach of, or default under, any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture is a party or by which the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture is subject, or
(iii) to the best knowledge of such counsel, result in a violation of any statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental agency, body or authority having jurisdiction over the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture or any of their properties where any such conflict, encumbrance, breach, default or violation under clauses (ii) or (iii), individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole; (B) to the knowledge of such counsel, except for (i) the registration of the Notes under the Act and the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes, no consent, authorization or order of, or filing or registration by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture with, any court, governmental agency or third party is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Indenture, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein, and the issuance, distribution and sale of the Notes as contemplated herein and therein, the failure to obtain which, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the

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Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, or on the Notes or the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes and (C) the Company has full corporate power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Notes as contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture;

(xvi) The Company is not required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

(xvii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to any such incorporated document made by the Company prior to the Delivery Date (other than the financial statements, related schedules and other financial and statistical information contained therein or omitted therefrom as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, appear on their face to have been appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder; and

(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives the opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, special counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Delivery Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:

(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and the Company has the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its businesses as described in the Prospectus;

(ii) Such counsel has been advised by the Commission that the Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Act; the Prospectus has been filed with the Commission pursuant to the appropriate subparagraph of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose is pending or threatened by the Commission;

(iii) The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of the date of this Agreement, and any further amendments or supplements thereto made by the Company prior to the Delivery Date (in each case, other than the financial statements, related schedules, other financial and statistical information contained therein or omitted therefrom as to which such counsel need express no opinion) as of their effective dates, appear on their face to have been appropriately responsive in all material respects to the

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applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations;

(iv) Each of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Indenture conforms as to legal matters in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;

(v) The Notes have been validly authorized by the Company, and, upon payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Notes conform as to legal matters in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;

(vi) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts or other documents which are required to be described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations which have not been described or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein as permitted by the Rules and Regulations;

(vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; and

(viii) No consent, authorization, order of, or filing or registration by the Company with, any United States governmental authority or body having jurisdiction over the Company is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Notes or in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder or thereunder, except as may be required under applicable state or foreign securities laws or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes.

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(f) In the rendering of the opinions described in Section 7(d) and Section 7(e) above, such counsel may (i) state that their opinion is limited to matters governed by the Federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and (ii) rely, to the extent they deem proper, in respect of matters of fact, upon certificates and representations of officers of the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Joint Ventures and public officials. Such counsel shall also have furnished to the Representatives a written statement, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Delivery Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that (i) such counsel (in the case of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, such counsel may state that they have acted as special counsel to the Company for purposes of the offering of the Notes) have participated in conferences with representatives of the Company, some of which have been attended by the Underwriters and their counsel, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, each amendment thereof and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed, although such counsel has not independently checked or verified and is not passing upon and assumes no responsibility for the factual accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements (except to the extent set forth in the opinion of such counsel) contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and (ii) based on the foregoing, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which cause them to believe that (except for the financial statements, related schedules and other financial and statistical information contained therein or omitted therefrom as to all of which such counsel need not express any belief)
(I) the Registration Statement (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein), as of its effective date and as of the date of this Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented as of the date of this Agreement or the Delivery Date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or
(II), in the case of the General Counsel of the Company, any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement to such incorporated document made by the Company prior to the Delivery Date when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, contained, in the case of a registration statement that became effective under the Act, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were filed under the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(g) The Representatives shall have received from Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Delivery

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Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(h) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the Delivery Date, of the President or any Vice-President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers shall state that, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Delivery Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectuses or as described in such certificate.

(i) The Representatives shall have received letters, dated the Delivery Date, of Deloitte & Touche LLP and such other independent accountants for subsidiaries and acquired businesses which meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more than three days prior to the Delivery Date for the purposes of this subsection.

(j) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (i) except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there shall have been no material adverse change, or a development which is reasonably likely to lead to a material adverse change, in the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole and (ii) except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there shall not have been any transactions entered into by the Company, the Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material and adverse to the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Ventures taken as a whole, and which, in the judgment of the Representatives, make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in the form and substance reasonably satisfactorily to counsel for the Underwriters.

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8. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of the Notes), to which that Underwriter, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (with respect to any prospectus or prospectus supplement, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein; provided, that, with respect to any untrue statement or omission in the Preliminary Prospectus dated September 22, 1997, as supplemented by the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated October 8, 1997 (as supplemented, the "Preliminary Prospectus"), this indemnity agreement shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter, or its officers, employees or controlling persons, on account of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising from the sale of any Notes to any person by that Underwriter if that Underwriter failed to send or give a copy of the Prospectus, as the same may be amended or supplemented, to that person within the time required by the Act, and the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus and the Prospectus was made available to the Underwriters prior to the sale of the Notes. For purposes of the last proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the term "Prospectus" shall not be deemed to include the documents incorporated by reference therein, and no Underwriter shall be obligated to send or give any supplement or amendment to any document incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus to any person other than a person to whom such Underwriter had delivered such incorporated document or documents in response to a written request therefor.

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(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and employees, each of its directors, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, from and against any loss claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (with respect to any prospectus or prospectus supplement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of such Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, and shall reimburse the Company and any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have to the Company or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure and, provided further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that the Representatives shall have the right to employ counsel to represent jointly the Representatives and those other Underwriters and their respective officers, employees and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Underwriters against the Company under this Section 8 if the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by

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the Company in connection with the defense of such action or, if in the written opinion of counsel to either the Company or the Representatives, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or likely conflicts of interest between the Representatives and those Underwriters, officers, employees, directors and controlling persons and in that event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Company. No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or 8(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the Notes purchased under this Agreement. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party

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as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the amount of Notes underwritten by it and distributed to the public was offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 11(d) are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e) The Underwriters severally confirm and the Company acknowledges that the statements with respect to the public offering of the Notes by the Underwriters set forth on the cover page concerning the terms of the offering by the Underwriters and the information relating to over-allotments and stabilizing in paragraphs 7, 8, 9 and 10 in the section "Underwriting" in the Prospectus constitute the only information concerning such Underwriters furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

9. Defaulting Underwriters.

If, on the Delivery Date, any Underwriter defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the Notes which the defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase on the Delivery Date in the respective proportions which the principal amount of the Notes set opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes set opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule 1 hereto; provided, however, that the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Notes on the Delivery Date if the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased on the Delivery Date, and any remaining non-defaulting Underwriter shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which it agreed to purchase on the Delivery Date pursuant to the terms of Section 3. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters, or those other underwriters satisfactory to the Representatives who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased on the Delivery Date. If the remaining Underwriters or other underwriters satisfactory to the Representatives do not elect to purchase the principal amount of Notes which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but

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failed to purchase within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Sections 6 and 11. As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule 1 hereto who, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Notes which a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its default. If other underwriters are obligated or agree to purchase the Notes of a defaulting or withdrawing Underwriter, either the Representative or the Company may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.

10. Termination. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to and received by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Notes if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 7(c) or 7(j), shall have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Notes for any reason permitted under this Agreement.

11. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the Company shall fail to tender the Notes for delivery to the Underwriters by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any material agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other material condition of the Underwriters' obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company is not fulfilled, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Notes in excess of $250,000, and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Representatives; provided, however, that in no event shall such amount exceed $100,000. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 by reason of the default of one or more Underwriters, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account of those expenses.

12. Notices, etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:

(a) if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Lehman Brothers Inc., Three World Financial Center, New York, New York 10285, Attention: Syndicate Department (Fax: 212-526- 6588), with a copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to
Section 8(c), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Lehman Brothers Inc., 3 World Financial Center, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10285;

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(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention:
General Counsel (Fax: (402) 231-1658);

provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to
Section 8(c) shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its acceptance telex to the Representatives, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Underwriters by Lehman on behalf of the Representatives.

13. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (A) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the person or persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act and (B) the indemnity agreement of the Underwriters contained in Section 8(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of directors of the Company, officers of the Company who have signed the Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 13, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

14. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf on them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Notes and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.

15. Definition of the Term "Business Day". For purposes of this Agreement, "business day" means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading.

16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New York.

Each party irrevocably agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby ("Related Proceedings") may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York (collectively, the "Specified Courts"), and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a "Related Judgment"), as to which such

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jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. The parties further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party's address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any lawsuit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any lawsuit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such lawsuit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

18. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company and the Underwriters, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.

Very truly yours,

CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.

By  /s/ Steven A. McArthur
   _________________________
   Name:  Steven A. McArthur
   Title:  Senior Vice President

Accepted:

LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

For themselves and as Representatives
of the several Underwriters named
in Schedule A hereto

By LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.

By  /s/ Ross MacIntyre
  _______________________
     Authorized Representative

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SCHEDULE A

                                                                     Principal
                                                                     Amount of
Underwriters                                                           Notes
------------                                                         ---------
Lehman Brothers Inc...........................................    $119,000,000
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation                            $178,500,000
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
     & Smith Incorporated.....................................    $ 52,500,000
                                                                   -----------
Total.........................................................    $350,000,000


SCHEDULE B

Subsidiaries

Coso Funding Corp.+
Incorporated in Delaware

Coso Hotsprings Intermountain Power, Inc. + Incorporated in Delaware

China Lake Operating Company +
Incorporated in Delaware

Coso Technology Corporation +
Incorporated in Delaware

China Lake Geothermal Management Company + Incorporated in Delaware

China Lake Plant Services, Inc. +
Incorporated in California

Coso Hotsprings Overland Power, Inc.+ Incorporated in Delaware

CE Geothermal, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

Western States Geothermal Company
Incorporated in Delaware

Intermountain Geothermal Company
Incorporated in Delaware

CalEnergy Development Corporation
Incorporated in Delaware

California Energy Yuma Corporation
Incorporated in Utah

California Energy General Corporation Incorporated in Delaware


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


Rose Valley Properties, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

CalEnergy Minerals, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

CBE Engineering Co.
Incorporated in California

CE Exploration Company
Incorporated in Delaware

CE Newberry, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

CE International Investments Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

CE Philippines Ltd.
Incorporated in Bermuda

CE Mahanagdong Ltd.
Incorporated in Bermuda

Ormoc Cebu Ltd.
Incorporated in Bermuda

CE Cebu Geothermal Power Company, Inc.+ Incorporated in the Philippines

CE Indonesia Ltd.+
Incorporated in Bermuda

CE Casecnan Ltd.
Incorporated in Bermuda


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


CE Singapore Ltd.
Incorporated in Bermuda

CalEnergy International Ltd.
Incorporated in Bermuda

CE Bali, Ltd.
Incorporated in Bermuda

CE Casecnan Water and Energy Company, Inc.+ Incorporated in the Philippines
Capital Stock: Owned 35% by CE Casecnan Ltd., 35% by Kiewit Energy International (Bermuda) Ltd., 15% by La Prairie Group Contractors (International) Ltd and 15% by San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders & Developers Group, Inc.

Magma Power Company+
Incorporated in Nevada

CalEnergy Operating Company+
Incorporated in Delaware

Salton Sea Power Company+
Incorporated in Nevada

Vulcan Power Company+
Incorporated in Nevada

Imperial Magma+
Incorporated in Nevada

Magma Land Company I+
Incorporated in Nevada

Desert Valley Company+
Incorporated in California

Fish Lake Power Company+


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


Incorporated in Delaware

Magma Netherlands B.V.+
Formed in the Netherlands

Tongonan Power Investment, Inc.+
Incorporated in the Philippines

Salton Sea Funding Corporation +
Incorporated in Delaware

Salton Sea Royalty Company+
Incorporated in Delaware

CE Asia Ltd.+
Incorporated In Bermuda

American Pacific Finance Company
Incorporated in Delaware

CalEnergy International Services, Inc. Incorporated in Delaware

CalEnergy Imperial Valley Company, Inc. Incorporated in Delaware

California Energy Retail Company, Inc. Incorporated in Delaware

CE Humboldt, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

CE Ijen Ltd.
Incorporated in Bermuda

Magma Generating Company I
Incorporated in Nevada


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


Magma Generating Company II
Incorporated in Nevada

Peak Power Corporation
Incorporated in California

CE Luzon Geothermal Power Company, Inc.+ Incorporated in the Philippines Capital Stock: Owned 50% by CE Mahanagdong Ltd.; 50% by Kiewit Energy International (Bermuda) Ltd.; an industrial company has the right to acquire 10% of the equity - 5% from CE Mahanagdong Ltd. and 5% from Kiewit Energy International (Bermuda) Ltd.

Himpurna California Energy Ltd.+
Incorporated in Bermuda
Capital Stock: Owned 47% by CE Indonesia Ltd.; 47% by Kiewit Energy International (Bermuda) Ltd., and 6% by P.T. Himpurna Enersindo Abadi; ("Himpurna"). Himpurna has assigned the right to certain preferred dividends representing a 4% interest in Himpurna California Energy Ltd., under the Joint Operating Contract, Pertamina has certain rights to acquire up to a 25% interest in the Joint Operating Contract, but not under the Energy Sales Contract

Patuha Power, Ltd.+
Incorporated in Bermuda
Capital Stock: Owned 44% by CE Singapore Ltd., and 44% by Kiewit Energy International (Bermuda) Ltd.; and 12% by Mahaka Energy; under the Joint Operating Contract, Pertamina has certain rights to acquire up to a 25% interest in the Joint Operating Contract, but not under the Energy Sales Agreement

Bali Energy Ltd.+
Incorporated in Bermuda
Capital Stock: Owned 50% by CE Bali Ltd. and


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


50% by Kiewit Energy International (Bermuda) Ltd. P.T. Pandanwangi Sekartji has the right to acquire up to 40% of the equity in Bali Energy Ltd.

Norming Investments BV+
Incorporated in the Netherlands

BN Geothermal Inc.+
Incorporated in Delaware

Conejo Energy Company+
Incorporated in California

Niguel Energy Company+
Incorporated in California

San Felipe Energy Company+
Incorporated in California

CE/FS Holding Company, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

Falcon Seaboard Power Corporation
Incorporated in Texas

Falcon Seaboard Resources, Inc.
Incorporated in Texas

Falcon Seaboard Energy Corporation
Incorporated in Texas

Falcon Seaboard Gas Company
Incorporated in Texas

Falcon Seaboard Oil Company
Incorporated in Texas

Falcon Seaboard Pipeline Corporation


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


Incorporated in Texas

Big Spring Pipeline Company
Incorporated in Texas

Falcon Power Operating Company
Incorporated in Texas

Power Resources, Inc.+
Incorporated in Texas

North Country Gas Pipeline Corporation + Incorporated in New York Owned by Saranac Power Partners, L.P.

Saranac Energy Company, Inc.+
Incorporated in Delaware

SECI Holdings, Inc.+
Incorporated in Delaware

Northern Consolidated Power, Inc. + Incorporated in Delaware

NorCon Holdings, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

CE Electric, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

CE Power, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

CE Electric UK plc +
Incorporated in England
Capital Stock: Owned by CE Electric UK Holdings

American Pacific Finance Company II +


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


Incorporated in Delaware
Capital Stock: Owned 50% by CalEnergy Company, Inc. and 50% by Kiewit Energy Company

CE Indonesia Geothermal, Inc.
Incorporated in Delaware

Slupo I B.V.+
Incorporated in Netherlands
Owned 50% by CE Asia Ltd. and 50% by Kiewit Energy International (Bermuda) Limited

CE Indonesia Funding Corp. +
Incorporated in Delaware
Owned 50% by Himpurna California Energy Ltd. and 50% by Patuha Power, Ltd.

Gilbert/CBE Indonesia L.L.C.
Organized in Nebraska
Owned 60% Gilbert Industrial Corporation and 40% CBE Engineering Co.

Northern Electric plc+ Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by CE Electric UK plc.

Northern Electric Generation (NPL) Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Supply Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Share Scheme Trustee Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales
Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Transport Finance Limited +


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


Incorporated in England and Wales
Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Retail Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Properties Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Distribution Limited Incorporated in England and Wales
Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Gas UK Limited+ Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric (Overseas Holdings) Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales
Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Generation (CPS) Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned indirectly by Northern Electric plc.

Kings Road Developments Limited+
Incorporated in England and Wales
Owned 48% by Northern Electric plc., 26% by Cussins Homes and 26% by Bellway Homes.

Ryhope Road Developments Ltd. +
Incorporated in England and Wales
Owned 49% by Northern Electric Properties Ltd. and 51% by Bowey Group Limited

Stamfordham Road Developments Ltd.+


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


Incorporated in England and Wales
Owned 49% by Northern Electric Properties Ltd. and 51% by Cussins Commercial Development Ltd.

Northern Electric Generation (TPL) Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned indirectly by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Generation Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Insurance Services Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned indirectly by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Metering Services Limited + Incorporated in Isle of Man Owned indirectly by Northern Electric plc.

CalEnergy Gas (UK) Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned indirectly by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Generation (Peaking) Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned indirectly by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Training Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Transport Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Information Systems Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Utility Services Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Viking Power Ltd.+
Incorporated in England and Wales
Capital Stock: Owned 50% by Northern Electric Generation Limited and 50% by Rolls-Royce Power Ventures Limted

Northern Electric Finance plc. +
Incorporated in England and Wales
Owned indirectly by Northern Electric plc.

Northgas Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Tracing & Collection Services Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales
Owned by Northern Electric plc.

Northern Electric Telecom Limited + Incorporated in England and Wales Owned by Northern Electric plc.

CE Electric UK Holdings +
Incorporated in England
Capital Stock: Owned 35% by CE Power, Inc., 35% by CE Electric Inc. and 30% by Kiewit Energy UK, Inc.

CalEnergy Gas (Polska) *Polish limited liability company Owned indirectly by Northern Electric plc.

CalEnergy Capital Trust I
Formed under the laws of Delaware


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


CalEnergy Capital Trust II
Formed under the laws of Delaware

CalEnergy Capital Trust III
Formed under the laws of Delaware

CalEnergy Capital Trust IV
Formed under the laws of Delaware


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


SCHEDULE C

Joint Ventures

Coso Energy Developers (CED)+
Formed in California
General Partnership: 48% CHIP; 52% Caithness Coso Holdings, L.P.

Coso Finance Partners+
Formed in California
General Partnership: 46.3% owned by CLOC; 53.7% owned by ESCA I, L.P.

Coso Power Developers (CPD)+
Formed in California
General Partnership: 50% owned by CTC; 50% by Caithness Navy II

Coso Transmission Line Partners+
Formed in California
General Partnership: Owned 50% by CED; 50% by CPD

Vulcan/BN Geothermal Power Company+ Formed in Nevada
Partnership Interests: Vulcan Power Company 50% General Partner; BN Geothermal, Inc. 50% General Partner

Del Ranch, L.P.+
Formed in California
Partnership Interests: Magma Power Company 10% Limited Partner; CalEnergy Operating Company 40% General Partner; Conejo Energy Company 10% Limited Partner and 40% General Partner


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.


Elmore, L.P.+
Formed in California
Partnership Interests: Magma Power Company 10% Limited Partner; CalEnergy Operating Company 40% General Partner; Niguel Energy Company 10% Limited Partner
and 40% General Partner

Leathers, L.P.+
Formed in California
Partnership Interests: Magma Power Company 10% Limited Partner; CalEnergy Operating Company 40% General Partner; San Felipe Energy Company 10% Limited Partner and 40% General Partner

Salton Sea Brine Processing L.P.+
Limited Partnership Formed in California

Salton Sea Power Generation L.P.+
Limited Partnership Formed in California

Visayas Geothermal Power Company+
Partnership Formed in the Philippines

Yuma Cogeneration Associates+
Formed in Utah

Alto Peak Power Company
Formed in the Philippines

China Lake Joint Venture
Formed in California
Owned 50% by CalEnergy Company and 50% by Caithness Geothermal 1980 Ltd.

Coso Finance Partners II
Formed in California
Owned 50% by China Lake Geothermal Management Co., an affiliate of Calenergy Company, Inc. and 50% by ESCA II, L.P.


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.

Coso Land Company
Formed in California
Owned 50% by CalEnergy Company and 50% by Caithness Geothermal 1980 Ltd.

Gilbert/CBE L.P.
Limited partnership formed in Nebraska Partnership Interests: 20% CBE Engineering Co. and 80% Gilbert Industrial Corporation

Saranac Power Partners, L.P.+
Limited partnership formed in Delaware Partnership Interests: 80% Saranac Energy Company, Inc. and 20% affiliates of Tomen Power Corporation

NorCon Power Partners, L.P.+
Limited partnership formed in Delaware Partnership Interests: 80% Northern Consolidated Power, Inc. and 20% affiliates of Tomen Power Corporation


+ Indicates stock or partnership interests that are and at the Closing Date will continue to be pledged, subject to a purchase agreement, or otherwise encumbered and subject to foreclosure or other exercise of remedies.

EXECUTION COPY


CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.


Indenture

Dated as of October 15, 1997


Senior Debt Securities

IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company

Trustee



                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PARTIES.....................................................................1

RECITALS....................................................................1


ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
     APPLICATION............................................................1

     SECTION 101. Definitions...............................................1
         Acquired Debt......................................................2
         Acquisition Debt...................................................2
         Adjusted Consolidated Net Income...................................3
         Affiliate..........................................................3
         Asset Acquisition..................................................4
         Asset Disposition..................................................4
         Asset Sale.........................................................6
         Attributable Value.................................................6
         Authenticating Agent...............................................6
         Average Life.......................................................6
         Board of Directors.................................................6
         Board Resolution...................................................6
         Business Day.......................................................6
         Capital Stock......................................................6
         Capitalized Lease..................................................7
         Cash Equivalent....................................................7
         Certificated Security..............................................8
         Change of Control..................................................8
         Common Stock.......................................................9
         Company............................................................9
         Company Refinancing Debt...........................................9
         Company Request....................................................9
         Company Order......................................................9
         Consolidated EBITDA...............................................10
         Consolidated Fixed Charges........................................11
         Consolidated Interest Expense.....................................11
         Construction Financing............................................11
         Corporate Trust Office............................................12
         Currency Protection Agreement.....................................12
         Debt..............................................................12
         Default...........................................................13
         Default Amount....................................................13
         Depositary........................................................13
         Disinterested Director............................................13
         Eligible Joint Venture............................................13
         Exchange Act......................................................14
         Fixed Charge Ratio................................................14
         Foreign Asset Disposition.........................................15




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         GAAP..............................................................15
         Global Security...................................................15
         Guarantee.........................................................16
         Holder............................................................16
         holder of Securities..............................................16
         Incur.............................................................16
         Indenture.........................................................16
         Interest Payment Date.............................................16
         Interest Rate Protection Agreement................................16
         Internal Revenue Code.............................................17
         Investment........................................................17
         Investment Grade..................................................17
         Issue Date........................................................17
         Joint Venture.....................................................17
         Kiewit............................................................17
         Lien..............................................................17
         Moody's...........................................................17
         Net Cash Proceeds.................................................17
         Net Income........................................................18
         Net Worth.........................................................18
         Non-Recourse......................................................18
         Offer to Purchase.................................................19
         Officers' Certificate.............................................19
         Opinion of Counsel................................................19
         Outstanding.......................................................19
         Paying Agent......................................................20
         Permitted Facility................................................20
         Permitted Facilities Debt.........................................21
         Permitted Funding Company Loans...................................21
         Permitted Investment..............................................21
         Permitted Joint Venture...........................................23
         Permitted Payments................................................23
         Permitted Working Capital Facilities..............................25
         Person............................................................25
         Predecessor Security..............................................25
         Preferred Stock...................................................25
         Property..........................................................25
         Purchase Date.....................................................25
         Purchase Money Debt...............................................25
         Rating Agencies...................................................25
         Rating Category...................................................26
         Rating Decline....................................................26
         Redeemable Stock..................................................26
         Redemption Date...................................................27
         Redemption Price..................................................27
         Reference Period..................................................27
         Regular Record Date...............................................27
         Responsible Officer...............................................27
         Restricted Payment................................................27
         Restricted Subsidiary.............................................28




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         S&P...............................................................28
         Securities........................................................28
         Securities Act....................................................28
         Senior Debt.......................................................28
         Significant Subsidiary............................................28
         Special Record Date...............................................28
         Stated Maturity...................................................28
         Subsidiary........................................................29
         Subsidiary Refinancing Debt.......................................29
         Trade Payables....................................................29
         Trustee...........................................................30
         Trust Indenture Act...............................................30
         Unrestricted Subsidiary...........................................30
         U.S. Government Obligations.......................................30
         Vice President....................................................31
         Voting Stock......................................................31
     SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.....................31
     SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...................32
     SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates............................33
     SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company....................35
     SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver................................36
     SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act........................36
     SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.................36
     SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns...................................36
     SECTION 110. Separability Clause......................................36
     SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture....................................37
     SECTION 112. Governing Law............................................37
     SECTION 113. Legal Holidays...........................................37
     SECTION 114. No Recourse Against Others...............................38
     SECTION 115. Duplicate Originals......................................38

ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORM..................................................38

     SECTION 201. Global and Certificated Securities.......................38
     SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication..........40

ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES...............................................41
     SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.....................41
     SECTION 302. Denominations............................................44
     SECTION 303. Execution and Authentication.............................44
     SECTION 304. Registrar and Paying Agent...............................46
     SECTION 305. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust......................46
     SECTION 306. Holder Lists.............................................47
     SECTION 307. Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities...............47





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     SECTION 308. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.........50
     SECTION 309. Temporary Securities and Certificated Securities.........51
     SECTION 310. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved...........52
     SECTION 311. Persons Deemed Owners....................................53
     SECTION 312. Cancellation.............................................53
     SECTION 313. Computation of Interest..................................54

ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE....................................54

     SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..................54

ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES......................................................54

     SECTION 501. Events of Default........................................54
     SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.......57
     SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
                    Enforcement by Trustee.................................58
     SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.........................59
     SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
                    of Securities..........................................60
     SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected...........................60
     SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits......................................61
     SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
                    Premium and Interest...................................61
     SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.......................61
     SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative...........................62
     SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.............................62
     SECTION 512. Control by Holders.......................................62
     SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults..................................62
     SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs....................................63
     SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.........................63

ARTICLE SIX  THE TRUSTEE...................................................63

     SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities......................63
     SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults; Notice of Acceleration...............65
     SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee................................65
     SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities...66
     SECTION 605. May Hold Securities......................................66
     SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust......................................67
     SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement...........................67
     SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests....................................68






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     SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility..................68
     SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor........68
     SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor...................70
     SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
                    Business...............................................71
     SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company........71
     SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent......................72

ARTICLE SEVEN  HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY...........74

     SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
                   Holders.................................................74
     SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders...74
     SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.......................................74
     SECTION 704. Reports by Company.......................................75

ARTICLE EIGHT  CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE........75

     SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms......75
     SECTION 802. Successor Substituted....................................77

ARTICLE NINE  SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES......................................77

     SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.......77
     SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders..........78
     SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.....................80
     SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures........................80
     SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act......................80
     SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.......80

ARTICLE TEN  COVENANTS.....................................................81

     SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest..............81
     SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.........................81
     SECTION 1003. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.........82
     SECTION 1004. Existence...............................................83
     SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties...............................83






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     SECTION 1006. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.......................83
     SECTION 1007. Maintenance of Insurance................................84
     SECTION 1008. Limitation on Debt......................................84
     SECTION 1009. Limitation on Subsidiary Debt...........................85
     SECTION 1010. Limitation on Restricted Payments.......................86
     SECTION 1011. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates..............88
     SECTION 1012. Limitation on Liens.....................................88
     SECTION 1013. Purchase of Securities Upon a Change of Control.........90
     SECTION 1014. Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment
                     Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries...................91
     SECTION 1015. Limitation on Dispositions..............................93
     SECTION 1016. Limitation on Certain Sale-Leasebacks...................97
     SECTION 1017. Provision of Financial Information......................97
     SECTION 1018. Limitation on Sale of Subsidiary Preferred Stock........97
     SECTION 1019. Statement by Officers as to Default; Compliance
                     Certificates..........................................98
     SECTION 1020. Waiver of Certain Covenants.............................99
     SECTION 1021. Limitation on Business..................................99

ARTICLE ELEVEN  REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES..................................100

     SECTION 1101. Right of Redemption....................................100
     SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article...............................100
     SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee..................100
     SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed......100
     SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption...................................101
     SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price............................101
     SECTION 1107. Securities Payable on Redemption Date..................102
     SECTION 1108. Securities Redeemed in Part............................102

ARTICLE TWELVE  DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE........................102

     SECTION 1201. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
                     Defeasance...........................................102
     SECTION 1202. Defeasance and Discharge...............................103
     SECTION 1203. Covenant Defeasance....................................103
     SECTION 1204. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance........104
     SECTION 1205. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations
                     to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions........106
     SECTION 1206. Reinstatement..........................................107




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EXHIBIT A  Form of Senior Debt Security...................................A-1
EXHIBIT B  Promissory Note................................................B-1

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

Trust Indenture                                                    Indenture
  Act Section                                                       Section
---------------                                                    ---------

ss. 310   (a)(1).........................................................609
          (a)(2).........................................................609
          (a)(3)..............................................Not Applicable
          (a)(4)..............................................Not Applicable
          (b).......................................................608, 610
ss. 311   (a)............................................................613
          (b)............................................................613
          (c).................................................Not Applicable
ss. 312   (a).......................................................701, 702
          (b)............................................................702
          (c)............................................................702
ss. 313   (a)............................................................703
          (b)............................................................703
          (c)............................................................703
          (d)............................................................703
ss. 314   (a)............................................................704
          (a)(4)....................................................101, 704
          (b).................................................Not Applicable
          (c)(1).........................................................102
          (c)(2).........................................................102
          (c)(3)..............................................Not Applicable
          (d).................................................Not Applicable
          (e)............................................................102
          (f).................................................Not Applicable
ss. 315   (a)............................................................601
          (b)............................................................602
          (c)............................................................601
          (d)............................................................601
          (e)............................................................514
ss. 316   (a)............................................l01 ("Outstanding")
          (a)(1)(A).................................................502, 512
          (a)(1)(B)......................................................513
          (a)(2)..............................................Not Applicable
          (b)............................................................508
          (c)............................................................104
ss. 317   (a)(1).........................................................503
          (a)(2).........................................................504
          (b)...........................................................1003
ss. 318   (a)............................................................107
          (b).................................................Not Applicable
          (c)............................................................107

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Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

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INDENTURE, dated as of October 15, 1997, between CalEnergy Company, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 302 South Thirty-Sixth Street, Suite 400, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its lawful purposes senior debt securities (hereinafter called the "Securities") evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Securities, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear interest at the rate or pursuant to the formula, to mature at such times and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.

This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are deemed to be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 101. Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;


(2) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP (whether or not such is indicated herein);

(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

(6) "or" is not exclusive;

(7) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

(8) each reference herein to a rule or form of the Commission shall mean such rule or form and any rule or form successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

Whenever this Indenture requires that a particular ratio or amount be calculated with respect to a specified period after giving effect to certain transactions or events on a pro forma basis, such calculation shall be made as if the transactions or events occurred on the first day of such period, unless otherwise specified.

"Acquired Debt" means Debt Incurred by a Person prior to the time (i) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture, (ii) such Person merges with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture, or (iii) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture merges with or into such Person (in a transaction in which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture), provided that, after giving effect to such transaction, any Non-Recourse Debt of such Person could have been Incurred pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 1009(b), any Permitted Facilities Debt of such Person could have been Incurred pursuant to clause (viii) of Section 1009(b) and would not otherwise violate any other provision of this Indenture, and all the other Debt of such Person could have been Incurred by the Company at the time of such merger or acquisition pursuant to the provision

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described in Section 1008(a), and provided further that such Debt was not Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such merger or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture.

"Acquisition Debt" means Debt of any Person existing at the time such Person is merged into the Company or assumed in connection with the acquisition of Property from any such Person (other than Property acquired in the ordinary course of business), including Debt Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person being merged into the Company (but excluding Debt of such Person that is extinguished, retired or repaid in connection with such merger or acquisition).

"Adjusted Consolidated Net Income" means for any period, for any Person (the "Referenced Person") the aggregate Net Income (or loss) of the Referenced Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period determined in conformity with GAAP, provided that the following items shall be excluded in computing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (without duplication): (i) the Net Income (or loss) of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Referenced Person) in which any third Person has an interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid in cash to the Referenced Person during such period, or after such period and on or before the date of determination, by such Person in which the interest is held, which dividends and distributions shall be included in such computation, (ii) solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to the provision described in clause (c) of Section 1010(a) (and in such case, except to the extent includable pursuant to clause (i) above), the Net Income (if positive) of any other Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Referenced Person or is merged into or consolidated with the Referenced Person or any of its Subsidiaries or all or substantially all the Property of such other Person is acquired by the Referenced Person or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) the Net Income (if positive) of any Subsidiary of the Referenced Person, to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by the Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Subsidiary of such Net Income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary, (iv) any gains or losses (on an after-tax basis) attributable to Asset Sales (except, solely for the purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to the provision described in clause (c) of Section 1010(a), any gains or losses of the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from Asset Sales of Capital Stock of

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Unrestricted Subsidiaries), (v) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and (vi) any amounts paid or accrued as dividends on Preferred Stock of any Subsidiary of the Referenced Person that is not held by the Referenced Person or another Subsidiary thereof. When the "Referenced Person" is the Company, the foregoing references to "Subsidiaries" shall be deemed to refer to "Restricted Subsidiaries."

"Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling", "controlled by" and "under common control with") when used with respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For the purpose of Section 1011, the term "Affiliate" includes only Kiewit, any entity beneficially owning 10% or more of the Voting Stock of the Company and their respective Affiliates other than the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures and the other equity investors in the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures (solely on account of their investments in the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures), and for such purpose such term also includes the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

"Asset Acquisition" means (i) an investment by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company or a Joint Venture or shall be merged into or consolidated with the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture or (ii) an acquisition by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture of the Property of any Person other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture that constitutes substantially all of an operating unit or business of such Person.

"Asset Disposition" means any sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition (including by way of merger, consolidation or sale-leaseback) by the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to any Person (other than to the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture and other than in the ordinary course of business) of any Property of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture other than any shares of Capital Stock of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the term "Asset Disposition" shall include the sale, transfer,

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conveyance or other disposition of any shares of Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures made an Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (vii) of the definition of "Permitted Payment," and the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Eligible Joint Ventures to, apply pursuant to Section 1015 that portion of the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of such Unrestricted Subsidiary that is equal to the portion of the total Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary that is represented by the Investment that was made pursuant to clause (vii) of the definition of "Permitted Payment." For purposes of this definition, any disposition in connection with directors' qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law shall not constitute an Asset Disposition. In addition, the term "Asset Disposition" shall not include (i) any sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of the Capital Stock or Property of Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures pursuant to the terms of any power sales agreements or steam sales agreements to which such Restricted Subsidiaries or such Eligible Joint Ventures are parties on the Issue Date of the Securities or pursuant to the terms of any power sales agreements or steam sales agreements, or other agreements or contracts that are related to the output or product of, or services rendered by, a Permitted Facility as to which such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture is the supplying party, to which such Restricted Subsidiaries or such Eligible Joint Ventures become a party after such date if the President or Chief Financial Officer of the Company determines in good faith (evidenced by an Officers' Certificate) that such provisions are customary (or, in the absence of any industry custom, reasonably necessary) in order to effect such agreements and are reasonable in light of comparable transactions in the applicable jurisdiction, (ii) any sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of Property governed by Section 801,
(iii) any sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of any Cash Equivalents, (iv) any transaction or series of related transactions consisting of the sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of Capital Stock or Property with a fair market value aggregating less than $5 million and (v) any Permitted Payment or any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made pursuant to Section 1010. The term "Asset Disposition" also shall not include
(i) the grant of or realization upon a Lien permitted under Section 1012 or the exercise of remedies thereunder, (ii) a sale-leaseback transaction involving substantially all the Property constituting a Permitted Facility pursuant to which a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture sells the Permitted Facility to a Person in exchange for the assumption by that Person of the Debt financing the Permitted

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Facility and the Restricted Subsidiary or the Eligible Joint Venture leases the Permitted Facility from such Person, (iii) dispositions of Capital Stock, contract rights, development rights and resource data made in connection with the initial development of Permitted Facilities, or the formation or capitalization of Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures in respect of the initial development of Permitted Facilities, in respect of which only an insubstantial portion of the prospective Construction Financing that would be required to commence commercial operation has been funded or (iv) transactions determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, made in order to enhance the repatriation of the Net Cash Proceeds for a Foreign Asset Disposition or in order to increase the after-tax proceeds thereof available for immediate distribution to the Company. Any Asset Disposition that results from the bona fide exercise by any governmental authority of its claimed or actual power of eminent domain need not comply with the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 1015(a). Any Asset Disposition that results from a casualty loss need not comply with the provisions of clause
(i) of Section 1015(a).

"Asset Sale" means the sale or other disposition by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture (other than to the Company, another Subsidiary of the Company or another Joint Venture) of (i) all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company or any Joint Venture or (ii) all or substantially all of the Property that constitutes an operating unit or business of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture.

"Attributable Value" means, as to a Capitalized Lease Obligation under which any Person is at the time liable and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on the face of a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 hereof to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.

"Average Life" means, at any date of determination with respect to any Debt security or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the product of (A) the number of years from such date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal or involuntary liquidation value payment of such Debt security or Preferred Stock, respectively, multiplied by (B) the amount of such principal or involuntary liquidation value payment by
(ii) the sum of all such principal or involuntary liquidation value payments.

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"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of such Board.

"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (unless the context specifically requires that such resolution be adopted by a majority of the Disinterested Directors, in which case by a majority of such directors) and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

"Business Day" means a day that, in the city (or in any of the cities, if more than one) where amounts are payable in respect of the Securities, is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) in, or interests (however designated) in, the equity of such Person that is outstanding or issued on or after the date of Indenture, including, without limitation, all Common Stock and Preferred Stock and partnership and joint venture interests in such Person.

"Capitalized Lease" means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any Property of which the discounted present value of the rental obligations of such Person as lessee, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person, and "Capitalized Lease Obligation" means the rental obligations, as aforesaid, under such lease.

"Cash Equivalent" means any of the following: (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof), (ii) time deposits and certificates of deposit of any commercial bank organized in the United States having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or any commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country having total assets in excess of $500,000,000 with a maturity date not more than two years from the date of acquisition, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (i) or (v) that were entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications set forth in clause (ii) or another financial institution of national reputation, (iv) direct obligations issued by any state or other jurisdiction of the

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United States of America or any other country or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof maturing, or subject to tender at the option of the holder thereof, within 90 days after the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of A from S&P or A-2 from Moody's (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody's may be rating such obligations, then from another nationally recognized rating service acceptable to the Trustee), (v) commercial paper issued by (a) the parent corporation of any commercial bank organized in the United States having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or any commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country having total assets in excess of $500,000,000, and (b) others having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody's (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody's may be rating such obligations, then from another nationally recognized rating service acceptable to the Trustee) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition, (vi) overnight bank deposits and bankers' acceptances at any commercial bank organized in the United States having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or any commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country having total assets in excess of $500,000,000, (vii) deposits available for withdrawal on demand with any commercial bank organized in the United States having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or any commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country having total assets in excess of $500,000,000, (viii) investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets comprise securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (vi) and (ix), and (ix) auction rate securities or money market preferred stock having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody's (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody's may be rating such obligations, then from another nationally recognized rating service acceptable to the Trustee).

"Certificated Security" means any Security which is not a Global Security.

"Change of Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

(i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Kiewit, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as the term "beneficial owner" is defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company (for the purposes of this clause (i), any person shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of any corporation (the "specified

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corporation") held by any other corporation (the "parent corporation"), if such person "beneficially owns" (as so defined), directly or indirectly, more than 35% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent corporation) and Kiewit "beneficially owns" (as so defined), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company and does not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of directors of the Company;

(ii) during any one-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new directors elected by such Board of Directors or nominated for election by the shareholders of the Company by a vote of at least a majority of the directors of the Company then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, unless a majority of such new directors were elected or appointed by Kiewit; or

(iii) the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all the Property of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

provided that with respect to the foregoing subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred unless and until a Rating Decline has occurred as well.

"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

"Common Stock" means with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of such Person that does not rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.

"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.

"Company Refinancing Debt" means Debt issued in exchange for, or the proceeds of which are used to refinance

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(including to purchase), outstanding Securities or other Debt of the Company Incurred pursuant to clauses (i), (iv), and (vii) of Section 1008(b) and Debt Incurred pursuant to Section 1008(a) in an amount (or, if such new Debt provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof, with an original issue price) not to exceed the amount so exchanged or refinanced (plus accrued interest and all fees, premiums (in excess of the accreted value) and expenses related to such exchange or refinancing), for which purpose the amount so exchanged or refinanced shall be deemed to equal the lesser of (x) the principal amount of the Debt so exchanged or refinanced and (y) if the Debt being exchanged or refinanced was issued with an original issue discount, the accreted value thereof (as determined in accordance with GAAP) at the time of such exchange or refinancing, provided that (A) such Debt shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Securities at least to the same extent, if any, as the Debt so exchanged or refinanced is subordinated to the Securities, (B) such Debt shall be Non-Recourse if the Debt so exchanged or refinanced is Non-Recourse, (C) the Average Life of the new Debt shall be equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Debt to be exchanged or refinanced and (D) the final Stated Maturity of the new Debt shall not be sooner than the earlier of the final Stated Maturity of the Debt to be exchanged or refinanced or six months after the final Stated Maturity of the Securities, provided that if such new Debt refinances the Securities in part only, the final Stated Maturity of such new Debt must be at least six months after the final Stated Maturity of the Securities.

"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

"Consolidated EBITDA" of any Person for any period means the Adjusted Consolidated Net Income of such Person, plus, only to the extent deducted in computing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income and without duplication, (i) income taxes, excluding income taxes (either positive or negative) attributable to extraordinary and non-recurring gains or losses or Asset Sales, all determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, (ii) Consolidated Fixed Charges, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, all determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance

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with GAAP and (iv) all other non-cash items reducing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, and less all non-cash items increasing Adjusted Consolidated Net Income during such period, provided that depreciation and amortization expense of any Subsidiary of such Person and any other non-cash item of any Subsidiary of such Person that reduces Adjusted Consolidated Net Income shall be excluded (without duplication) in computing Consolidated EBITDA, except to the extent that the positive cash flow associated with such depreciation and amortization expense and other non-cash items is actually distributed in cash to such Person during such period, provided further that as applied to the Company, cash in respect of depreciation and amortization and other non-cash items of Restricted Subsidiaries and Eligible Joint Ventures may be deemed to have been distributed or paid to the Company to the extent that such cash (I) is or was under the exclusive dominion and control of such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture and is free and clear of the Lien of any other Person, (II) is or was immediately available for distribution and (III) could be or could have been repatriated to the United States by means that are both lawful and commercially reasonable, provided that the amount of the cash deemed by this sentence to have been distributed or paid shall be reduced by the amount of tax that would have been payable with respect to the repatriation thereof, provided further that any cash that enables the recognition of depreciation and amortization and other non-cash items pursuant to this sentence may not be used to enable the recognition of depreciation and amortization and other non-cash items with respect to any prior or subsequent period, regardless of whether such cash is distributed to the Company, and provided further that the recognition of any depreciation and amortization and other non-cash items as a result of this sentence shall be determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate that shall set forth in reasonable detail the relevant facts and assumptions supporting such recognition. When the "Person" referred to above is the Company, the foregoing references to "Subsidiaries" shall be deemed to refer to "Restricted Subsidiaries."

"Consolidated Fixed Charges" of any Person means, for any period, the aggregate of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) the interest component of Capitalized Leases, determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, excluding any interest component of Capitalized Leases in respect of that portion of a Capitalized Lease Obligation of a Subsidiary that is Non-Recourse to such Person, and (iii) cash and non-cash dividends due (whether or not declared) on the Preferred Stock of any Subsidiary of such Person held by any Person other than such Person and any Redeemable Stock of such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person. When the "Person" referred to above is the

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Company, the foregoing references to "Subsidiaries" shall be deemed to refer to "Restricted Subsidiaries."

"Consolidated Interest Expense" of any Person means, for any period, the aggregate interest expense in respect of Debt (including amortization of original issue discount and non-cash interest payments or accruals) of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including all commissions, discounts, other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing and net costs associated with Interest Rate Protection Agreements and Currency Protection Agreements and any amounts paid during such period in respect of such interest expense, commissions, discounts, other fees and charges that have been capitalized, provided that Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company shall not include any interest expense (including all commissions, discounts, other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing and net costs associated with Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Currency Protection Agreements) in respect of that portion of any Debt that is Non-Recourse, and provided further that Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company in respect of a Guarantee by the Company of Debt of another Person shall be equal to the commissions, discounts, other fees and charges that would be due with respect to a hypothetical letter of credit issued under a bank credit agreement that can be drawn by the beneficiary thereof in the amount of the Debt so guaranteed if (i) the Company is not actually making directly or indirectly interest payments on such Debt and (ii) GAAP does not require the Company on an unconsolidated basis to record such Debt as a liability of the Company. When the "Person" referred to above is the Company, the foregoing references to "Subsidiaries" shall be deemed to refer to "Restricted Subsidiaries."

"Construction Financing" means the debt and/or equity financing provided (over and above the owners' equity investment) to permit the acquisition, development, design, engineering, procurement, construction and equipping of a Permitted Facility and to enable it to commence commercial operations, provided that Construction Financing may remain outstanding after the commencement of commercial operations of a Permitted Facility, without any increase in the amount of such financing, and such Construction Financing shall not cease to be Construction Financing.

"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which address as of the date of

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this Indenture is located at One State Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10004.

"Currency Protection Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement intended to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency values to or under which such Person is a party or a beneficiary on the date of this Indenture or becomes a party or a beneficiary thereafter.

"Debt" means, with respect to any Person, at any date of determination (without duplication), (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers' acceptances, surety, bid, operating and performance bonds, performance guarantees or other similar instruments or obligations (or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) (except, in each case, to the extent incurred in the ordinary course of business), (iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except Trade Payables, (v) the Attributable Value of all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capitalized Leases, (vi) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any Property of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person, provided that, for purposes of determining the amount of any Debt of the type described in this clause, if recourse with respect to such Debt is limited to such Property, the amount of such Debt shall be limited to the lesser of the fair market value of such Property or the amount of such Debt, (vii) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person to the extent such Debt is Guaranteed by such Person, (viii) all Redeemable Stock valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends and (ix) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, all net obligations of such Person under Currency Protection Agreements and Interest Rate Protection Agreements.

For purposes of determining any particular amount of Debt that is or would be outstanding, Guarantees of, or obligations with respect to letters of credit or similar instruments supporting (to the extent the foregoing constitutes Debt), Debt otherwise included in the determination of such particular amount shall not be included. For purposes of determining compliance with this Indenture, in the event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Debt described in the above clauses, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item of Debt and only be required to include the amount and type of such Debt in one of such clauses.

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"Default" means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.

"Default Amount" means the principal amount plus accrued interest.

"Depositary" means the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 201(a) until a successor depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder. For purposes of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 201(a), any such Depositary shall, at the time of its designation and at all times during which it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation.

"Disinterested Director" means, with respect to any proposed transaction between the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture, as applicable, and an Affiliate thereof, a member of the Board of Directors who would not be a party to, or have a financial interest in, such transaction and is not an officer, director or employee of, and does not have a financial interest in, such Affiliate. For purposes of this definition, no person would be deemed not to be a Disinterested Director solely because such person holds Capital Stock of the Company.

"Eligible Joint Venture" means a Joint Venture (other than a Subsidiary) (i) that is or shall be formed with respect to the construction, development, acquisition, servicing, ownership, operation or management of one or more Permitted Facilities and (ii) in which the Company and Kiewit together, directly or indirectly, own at least 50% of the Capital Stock therein (of which the Company must own at least half (in any event not less than 25% of the total outstanding Capital Stock)) and (iii) in respect of which the Company alone or in combination with Kiewit, directly or indirectly, (a) controls, by voting power, board or management committee membership, or through the provisions of any applicable partnership, shareholder or other similar agreement or under an operating, maintenance or management agreement or otherwise, the management and operation of the Joint Venture or any Permitted Facilities of the Joint Venture or (b) otherwise has significant influence over the management or operation of the Joint Venture or any Permitted Facility of the Joint Venture in all material respects (significant influence includes, without limitation, the right to control or veto any material act or decision) in connection with such management or operation. Any Joint Venture that is an Eligible Joint Venture pursuant to this definition because of the ownership of Capital Stock therein by

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Kiewit shall cease to be an Eligible Joint Venture if (x) Kiewit disposes of any securities issued by the Company and, as a result of such disposition, Kiewit becomes the beneficial owner (as such term is defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act) of less than 25% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company or (y) (I) as a result of any action other than a disposition of securities by Kiewit, Kiewit becomes the beneficial owner of less than 25% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company and (II) thereafter Kiewit disposes of any securities issued by the Company as a result of which the beneficial ownership by Kiewit of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is further reduced, provided that thereafter such Joint Venture may become an Eligible Joint Venture if Kiewit becomes the beneficial owner of at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company and the other conditions set forth in this definition are fulfilled.

"Exchange Act" refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

"Fixed Charge Ratio" means the ratio, on a pro forma basis, of (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of any Person for the Reference Period immediately prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Fixed Charge Ratio (the "Transaction Date") to (ii) the aggregate Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person during such Reference Period, provided that for purposes of such computation, in calculating Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Fixed Charges, (1) the Incurrence of the Debt giving rise to the need to calculate the Fixed Charge Ratio and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including the retirement or defeasance of Debt) shall be assumed to have occurred on the first day of the Reference Period, (2) Asset Sales and Asset Acquisitions that occur during the Reference Period or subsequent to the Reference Period and prior to the Transaction Date (but including any Asset Acquisition to be made with the Debt Incurred pursuant to (1) above) and any related retirement of Debt pursuant to an Offer to Purchase (in the amount of the Excess Proceeds with respect to which such Offer to Purchase has been made or would be made on the Transaction Date if the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Offer to Purchase has not occurred on or before the Transaction Date) shall be assumed to have occurred on the first day of the Reference Period, (3) the Incurrence of any Debt during the Reference Period or subsequent to the Reference Period and prior to the Transaction Date and the application of the proceeds therefrom (including the retirement or defeasance of other Debt) shall be assumed to have occurred on the first day of such Reference Period, (4) Consolidated Interest Expense

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attributable to any Debt (whether existing or being Incurred) computed on a pro forma basis and bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the date of computation had been the applicable rate for the entire period unless the obligor on such Debt is a party to an Interest Rate Protection Agreement (that shall remain in effect for the twelve month period after the Transaction Date) that has the effect of fixing the interest rate on the date of computation, in which case such rate (whether higher or lower) shall be used and (5) there shall be excluded from Consolidated Fixed Charges any Consolidated Fixed Charges related to any amount of Debt that was outstanding during or subsequent to the Reference Period but is not outstanding on the Transaction Date, except for Consolidated Fixed Charges actually incurred with respect to Debt borrowed (as adjusted pursuant to clause (4)) (x) under a revolving credit or similar arrangement to the extent the commitment thereunder remains in effect on the Transaction Date or (y) pursuant to the provision described in clause (iii) of Section 1008(b). For the purpose of making this computation, Asset Sales and Asset Acquisitions that have been made by any Person that has become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture or been merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture during the Reference Period, or subsequent to the Reference Period and prior to the Transaction Date, shall be calculated on a pro forma basis, as shall be all the transactions contemplated by the calculations referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above with respect to the Persons or businesses that were the subject of such Asset Sales and Asset Acquisitions, assuming such Asset Sales or Asset Acquisitions occurred on the first day of the Reference Period.

"Foreign Asset Disposition" means an Asset Disposition in respect of the Capital Stock or Property of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture to the extent that the proceeds of such Asset Disposition are received by a Person subject in respect of such proceeds to the tax laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. as in effect as of the date of this Indenture, applied on a basis consistent with the principles, methods, procedures and practices employed in the preparation of the Company's audited financial statements, including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other

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statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.

"Global Security" means a Security evidencing all or a part of the Securities, issued in the name of the nominee of the Depositary, or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, in accordance with Section 201(a).

"Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Debt obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements (other than solely by reason of being a general partner of a partnership), or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, or to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), provided that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or the grant of a Lien in connection with any Non-Recourse Debt. The term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

"Holder," "holder of Securities," "Securityholder" and other similar terms are defined to mean the registered holder of any Security.

"Incur" means with respect to any Debt, to incur, create, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable for or with respect to, or become responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such Debt, provided that neither the accrual of interest (whether such interest is payable in cash or kind) nor the accretion of original issue discount shall be considered an Incurrence of Debt. The term "Incurrence" has a corresponding meaning.

"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.

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"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the Securities.

"Interest Rate Protection Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement intended to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates to or under which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or a beneficiary on the date of this Indenture or becomes a party or a beneficiary thereafter.

"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

"Investment" in a Person means any investment in, loan or advance to, Guarantee on behalf of, directly or indirectly, or other transfer of assets to such Person (other than sales of products and services in the ordinary course of business).

"Investment Grade" means with respect to the Securities, (i) in the case of S&P, a rating of at least BBB-, (ii) in the case of Moody's, a rating of at least Baa3, and (iii) in the case of a Rating Agency other than S&P or Moody's, the equivalent rating, or in each case, any successor, replacement or equivalent definition as promulgated by S&P, Moody's or other Rating Agency as the case may be.

"Issue Date" means the date on which the first series of Securities are first authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

"Joint Venture" means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.

"Kiewit" means and includes Kiewit Energy Company and any other Subsidiary of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., Kiewit Construction Group Inc. or Kiewit Diversified Group, Inc.

"Lien" means, with respect to any Property, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such Property, but shall not include any partnership, joint venture, shareholder, voting trust or other similar governance agreement with respect to Capital Stock in a Subsidiary or Joint Venture. For purposes of this Indenture, the Company shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any Property that it has acquired or holds subject to the

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interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such Property.

"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

"Net Cash Proceeds" from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received (including any cash payments received by way of a payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received (including any cash received upon sale or disposition of any such note or receivable), excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Debt or other obligations relating to the Property disposed of in such Asset Disposition or received in any form other than cash) therefrom, in each case, net of (i) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses of any kind (including consent and waiver fees and any applicable premiums, earn-out or working interest payments or payments in lieu or in termination thereof) incurred, (ii) all federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes and other governmental charges required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP (a) as a consequence of such Asset Disposition, (b) as a result of the repayment of any Debt in any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction where the Property disposed of was located or (c) as a result of any repatriation of any proceeds of such Asset Disposition, (iii) a reasonable reserve for the after-tax cost of any indemnification payments (fixed and contingent) attributable to seller's indemnities to the purchaser undertaken by the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture in connection with such Asset Disposition (but excluding any payments that by the terms of the indemnities shall not, under any circumstances, be made during the term of the Securities),
(iv) all payments made on any Debt that is secured by such Property, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or with respect to such Property, or that must by its terms or by applicable law or in order to obtain a required consent or waiver be repaid out of the proceeds from or in connection with such Asset Disposition, and (v) all distributions and other payments made to holders of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures (other than the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries) as a result of such Asset Disposition.

"Net Income" of any Person for any period means the net income (loss) of such Person for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP, except that extraordinary and non-recurring gains and losses as determined in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded.

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"Net Worth" of any Person is defined to mean, as of any date, the aggregate of capital, surplus and retained earnings (including any cumulative currency translation adjustment) of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as would be shown on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP. When the "Person" referred to above is the Company, the foregoing references to "Subsidiaries" shall be deemed to refer to "Restricted Subsidiaries."

"Non-Recourse", as applied to any Debt or any sale-leaseback, means any project financing that is or was Incurred with respect to the development, acquisition, design, engineering, procurement, construction, operation, ownership, servicing or management of one or more Permitted Facilities in respect of which the Company or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures has a direct or indirect interest, provided that such financing is without recourse to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Eligible Joint Venture other than any Restricted Subsidiary or any Eligible Joint Venture that does not own any Property other than one or more of such Permitted Facilities or a direct or indirect interest therein, provided further that such financing may be secured by a Lien on only (i) the Property that constitutes such Permitted Facilities, (ii) the income from and proceeds of such Permitted Facility, (iii) the Capital Stock of, and other Investments in, any Restricted Subsidiary or Eligible Joint Venture that owns the Property that constitutes any such Permitted Facility and (iv) the Capital Stock of, and other Investments in, any Restricted Subsidiary or Eligible Joint Venture obligated with respect to such financing and of any Subsidiary or Joint Venture (that is a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture) of such Person that owns a direct or indirect interest in any such Permitted Facility, and provided further that an increase in the amount of Debt with respect to one or more Permitted Facilities pursuant to the financing provided pursuant to the terms of this definition (except for the first refinancing of Construction Financing) may not be Incurred to fund or enable the funding of any dividend or other distribution in respect of Capital Stock. The fact that a portion of financing with respect to a Permitted Facility is not Non-Recourse shall not prevent other portions of the financing with respect to such Permitted Facility from constituting Non-Recourse Debt if the foregoing requirements of this definition are fulfilled with respect to such other portions.

"Offer to Purchase" means, as appropriate, a Change of Control Offer pursuant to Section 1013 or an Excess Proceeds Offer pursuant to Section 1015.

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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any Vice President and by the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate will comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and include the statements provided for in this Indenture if and to the extent required thereby.

"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or who may be other counsel satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and include the statements provided for in this Indenture, if and to the extent required thereby.

"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(ii) Securities that have come due or that are to be called for redemption, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) in trust for the Holders of such Securities; provided that if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision for giving such notice within 10 days of such date of determination, satisfactory to the Trustee, has been made;

(iii) Securities that have been paid pursuant to Section 308 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and

(iv) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1202;

provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made

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or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate or Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded, Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

"Permitted Facility" means (i) an electric power or thermal energy generation or cogeneration facility or related facilities (including residual waste management and facilities that use thermal energy from a cogeneration facility), and its or their related electric power transmission, fuel supply and fuel transportation facilities, together with its or their related power supply, thermal energy and fuel contracts and other facilities, services or goods that are ancillary, incidental, necessary or reasonably related to the marketing, development, construction, management, servicing, ownership or operation of the foregoing, owned by a utility or otherwise, as well as other contractual arrangements with customers, suppliers and contractors or (ii) any infrastructure facilities related to (A) the treatment of water for municipal and other uses, (B) the treatment and/or management of waste water, (C) the treatment, management and/or remediation of waste, pollution and/or potential pollutants and (D) any other process or environmental purpose.

"Permitted Facilities Debt" means any Debt that is or was Incurred with respect to the direct or indirect development, acquisition, design, engineering, procurement, construction, operation, ownership, servicing or management of one or more Permitted Facilities (x) currently in development by the Company (directly or indirectly) or which are hereafter acquired or developed by the Company (directly or indirectly) and (y) in which the Company or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures has a direct or indirect interest.

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"Permitted Funding Company Loans" means (a) Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary, all the Capital Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly by the Company and that (x) does not own any direct or indirect interest in a Permitted Facility and (y) is not directly or indirectly obligated on any Debt owed to any Person other than the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture (a "Funding Company"), owed to a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture that is not directly or indirectly obligated on any Debt owed to any Person other than the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture (a "Holding Company"), provided that such Debt (i) does not require that interest be paid in cash at any time sooner than six months after the final Stated Maturity of the Securities, (ii) does not require any payment of principal at any time sooner than six months after the final Stated Maturity of the Securities, (iii) is subordinated in right of payment to all other Debt of such Restricted Subsidiary other than Debt Incurred pursuant to clause (vii) of Section 1009(b), all of which shall be pari passu and (iv) is evidenced by a subordinated note in the form attached to the Indenture as Exhibit B and that shall not contain or be governed by any contractual provisions other than those set forth in Exhibit B, and (b) Debt of a Holding Company to a Funding Company.

"Permitted Investment" means any Investment that is made directly or indirectly by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in (i) a Restricted Subsidiary or Eligible Joint Venture (excluding for the purpose of this clause
(i) any Construction Financing) that, directly or indirectly, is or shall be engaged in the construction, development, acquisition, operation, servicing, ownership or management of a Permitted Facility or in any other Person as a result of which such other Person becomes such a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, provided that at the time that any of the foregoing Investments is proposed to be made, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) Construction Financing provided by the Company
(A) to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than an Eligible Joint Venture) up to 100% of the Construction Financing required by such Restricted Subsidiary and (B) to any Eligible Joint Venture a portion of the Construction Financing required by such Eligible Joint Venture that does not exceed the ratio of the Capital Stock in such Eligible Joint Venture that is owned directly or indirectly by the Company to the total amount of the Capital Stock in such Eligible Joint Venture that is owned directly and indirectly by the Company and Kiewit together (provided that the Company may provide such Construction Financing to such Eligible Joint Venture only if Kiewit provides the balance of such Construction Financing or otherwise causes it to be provided), if, in either case, (x) the aggregate proceeds of all the Construction

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Financing provided is not more than 85% of the sum of the aggregate proceeds of such Construction Financing and the aggregate owners' equity investment in such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture, as the case may be, (y) the Company receives a pledge or assignment of all the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture, as the case may be, that is owned by non-governmental Person (other than the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Eligible Joint Ventures) that is permitted to be pledged for such purpose under applicable law and (z) neither the Company nor Kiewit reduces its beneficial ownership in such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture, as the case may be, prior to the repayment in full of the Company's portion of the Construction Financing, (iii) any Cash Equivalents, (iv) prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers' compensation, performance and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (v) loans and advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, (vi) Debt incurred pursuant to Currency Protection Agreements and Interest Rate Protection Agreements as otherwise permitted by this Indenture,
(vii) bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities and instruments received as a result of Asset Dispositions to the extent permitted by Sections 1015 and 1021, (viii) any Lien permitted under Section 1012 and (ix) bank deposits and other Investments (to the extent they do not constitute Cash Equivalents) required by lenders in connection with any Non-Recourse Debt, provided that the President or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company determines in good faith, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, that such bank deposits or Investments are required to effect such financings and are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than comparable requirements, if any, in comparable financings in the applicable jurisdiction or (x) any Person to the extent made with Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock) of the Company (whether by way of purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to the extent permitted under Section 1021.

"Permitted Joint Venture" means a Joint Venture (i) that is or shall be formed with respect to the construction, development, acquisition, servicing, ownership, operation or management of one or more Permitted Facilities and (ii) in which (A) the Company or (B) the Company and Kiewit together, directly or indirectly, own at least 70% of the Capital Stock therein (of which the Company must own at least half (in any event not less than 35% of the total outstanding Capital Stock)), provided that if applicable non-U.S. law restricts the amount of Capital Stock that the Company may own, the Company must own at least 70% of the amount of Capital Stock that it may own pursuant to such law, which in any event must be not less than 35% of the total

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outstanding Capital Stock therein and (iii) in respect of which the Company alone or in combination with Kiewit, directly or indirectly, (a) controls, by voting power, board or management committee membership, or through the provisions of any applicable partnership, shareholder or other similar agreement or under an operating, maintenance or management agreement or otherwise, the management and operation of the Joint Venture or any Permitted Facilities of the Joint Venture or (b) otherwise has significant influence over the management or operation of the Joint Venture or any Permitted Facility of the Joint Venture in all material respects (significant influence includes, without limitation, the right to control or veto any material act or decision) in connection with such management or operation. Any Joint Venture that is a Permitted Joint Venture pursuant to this definition because of the ownership of Capital Stock therein by Kiewit shall cease to be a Permitted Joint Venture if (x) Kiewit disposes of any securities issued by the Company and, as a result of such disposition, Kiewit becomes the beneficial owner (as such term is defined under Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act) of less than 25% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company or (y) (I) as a result of any action other than a disposition of securities by Kiewit, Kiewit becomes the beneficial owner of less than 25% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company and (II) thereafter Kiewit disposes of any securities issued by the Company as a result of which the beneficial ownership by Kiewit of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is further reduced, provided that thereafter such Joint Venture may become a Permitted Joint Venture if Kiewit becomes the beneficial owner of at least 25% of the outstanding shares of the Voting Stock of the Company and the other conditions set forth in this definition are fulfilled.

"Permitted Payments" means, with respect to the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture, (i) any dividend on shares of Capital Stock of the Company payable (or to the extent paid) solely in Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock) or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock) of the Company and any distribution of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Company in respect of the exercise of any right to convert or exchange any instrument (whether Debt or equity and including Redeemable Capital Stock) into Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Company, (ii) the purchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of any shares of the Company's Capital Stock, or any option, warrant or other right to purchase shares of the Company's Capital Stock with additional shares of, or out of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous issuance of, Capital Stock other than Redeemable Stock, (iii) any defeasance,

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redemption, purchase or other acquisition for value of any Debt that by its terms ranks subordinate in right of payment to the Securities with the proceeds from the issuance of (x) Debt that is subordinate to the Securities at least to the extent and in the manner as the Debt to be defeased, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired is subordinate in right of payment to the Securities, provided that such subordinated Debt provides for no mandatory payments of principal by way of sinking fund, mandatory redemption or otherwise (including defeasance) by the Company (including, without limitation, at the option of the holder thereof other than an option given to a holder pursuant to a "change of control" or an "asset disposition" covenant that is no more favorable to the holders of such Debt than comparable covenants for the Debt being defeased, redeemed, purchased or acquired or, if none, Sections 1013 and 1015 and such Debt is not in an amount (net of any original issue discount) greater than, any Stated Maturity of the Debt being replaced and the proceeds of such subordinated Debt are utilized for such purpose within 45 days of issuance or (y) Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock), (iv) Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed $75 million in the aggregate provided that no payment may be made pursuant to this clause (iv) if an Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, (v) any payment or Investment required by applicable law in order to conduct business operations in the ordinary course, (vi) a Permitted Investment and (vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and other Persons that are not Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures in an amount not to exceed $100 million in the aggregate, provided that no payment or Investment may be made pursuant to this clause (vii) if an Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount of Investments that may be made pursuant to clauses (iv) and (vii), as the case may be, may be increased by the net reduction in Investments of the type made previously pursuant to clauses (iv) and (vii), as the case may be, that result from payments of interest on Debt, dividends, or repayment of loans or advances, the proceeds of the sale or disposition of the Investment or other return of the amount of the original Investment to the Company, the Restricted Subsidiary or the Eligible Joint Venture that made the original Investment from the Person in which such Investment was made or any distribution or payment of such Investment to the extent that such distribution or payment constituted either a Restricted Payment or a Permitted Payment, provided that (x) the aggregate amount of such payments shall not exceed the amount of the original Investment by the Company, such Restricted Subsidiary or Eligible Joint Venture that reduced the amount available pursuant to clause (iv) or clause (vii), as the case may be, for making Restricted Payments and (y) such payments may be added pursuant to this proviso only

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to the extent such payments are not included in the calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income.

"Permitted Working Capital Facilities" means one or more loan or credit agreements providing for the extension of credit to the Company for the Company's working capital purposes, which credit agreements shall be ranked pari passu with or subordinate to the Securities in right of payment and may be secured or unsecured.

"Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 308 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

"Preferred Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) or preferred or preference stock of such Person that is outstanding or issued on or after the Issue Date of the Securities.

"Property" of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not included in the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person under GAAP.

"Purchase Date" means, as appropriate, the Change of Control Purchase Date under Section 1013 or the Excess Proceeds Purchase Date under
Section 1015.

"Purchase Money Debt" means Debt representing, or Incurred to finance, the cost of acquiring any Property, provided that (i) any Lien securing such Debt does not extend to or cover any other Property other than the Property being acquired and (ii) such Debt is incurred, and any Lien with respect thereto is granted, within 18 months of the acquisition of such Property.

"Rating Agencies" means (i) S&P and (ii) Moody's or (iii) if S&P or Moody's or both do not make a rating of the Securities publicly available, a nationally recognized securities rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the

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Company, which shall be substituted for S&P, Moody's or both, as the case may be.

"Rating Category" means (i) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories: BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories), (ii) with respect to Moody's, any of the following categories: Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories) and (iii) the equivalent of any such category of S&P or Moody's used by another Rating Agency. In determining whether the rating of the Securities has decreased by one or more gradations, gradations within Rating Categories (+ and - for S&P, 1, 2 and 3 for Moody's or the equivalent gradations for another Rating Agency) shall be taken into account (e.g., with respect to S&P, a decline in a rating from BB+ to BB, as well as from BB- to B+, shall constitute a decrease of one gradation).

"Rating Decline" means the occurrence of the following on, or within 90 days after, the earlier of (i) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (ii) the date of public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the public notice of the intention of the Company to effect a Change of Control (the "Rating Date") which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrading by any of the Rating Agencies): (a) in the event that the Securities are rated by either Rating Agency on the Rating Date as Investment Grade, the rating of the Securities by both such Rating Agencies shall be reduced below Investment Grade, or (b) in the event the Securities are rated below Investment Grade by both such Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the Securities by either Rating Agency shall be decreased by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories as well as between Rating Categories).

"Redeemable Stock" means any class or series of Capital Stock of any Person that by its terms or otherwise is (i) required to be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities, (ii) redeemable at the option of the holder of such class or series of Capital Stock at any time prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities or (iii) convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above or Debt having a scheduled maturity prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities, provided that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Redeemable Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require the Company to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an "asset sale" or a "change of control" occurring prior to the Stated Maturity of the Securities shall not constitute Redeemable Stock if the "asset sale" or "change of control" provision

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applicable to such Capital Stock is no more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions contained in Section 1013 and 1015 and such Capital Stock specifically provides that the Company shall not purchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such covenants prior to the Company's purchase of Securities required to be repurchased by the Company under Sections 1013 and 1015.

"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

"Reference Period" means the four most recently completed fiscal quarters for which financial information is available preceding the date of a transaction giving rise to the need to make a financial calculation.

"Regular Record Date", for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee corporate, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

"Restricted Payment" means (i) any dividend or other distribution on any shares of the Company's Capital Stock, provided that a dividend or other distribution consisting of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not constitute a Restricted Payment except to the extent of the portion thereof that is equal to the portion of the total Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary that is represented by the Investment that was made pursuant to clause (vii) of the definition of "Permitted Payment," (ii) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition for value of the Company's Capital Stock, (iii) any defeasance, redemption, purchase or other acquisition or retirement for value prior to the scheduled

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maturity of any Debt ranked subordinate in right of payment to the Securities other than repayment of Debt of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, (iv) any Investment made in a Person (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Eligible Joint Venture) and (v) designating a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (the Restricted Payment made upon such a designation to be determined as the fair market value of the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary owned directly or indirectly by the Company at the time of the designation). Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Restricted Payment" shall not include any Permitted Payment, except that any payment made pursuant to clauses (iv) and (v) of the definition of "Permitted Payment" shall be counted in the calculation set forth in clause
(c) of Section 1010(a).

"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Corporation.

"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities" with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.

"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

"Senior Debt" means the principal of and interest on all Debt of the Company whether created, Incurred or assumed before, on or after the Issue Date of the Securities (other than the Securities), provided that Senior Debt shall not include (i) Debt that, when Incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, was without recourse to the Company, (ii) Debt of the Company to any Affiliate and (iii) any Debt of the Company that, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the same, is specifically designated as being junior in right of payment to the Securities or any other Debt of the Company.

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"Significant Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary that is a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Rule 1-02(v) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 310.

"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any debt security or any installment of interest thereon, the date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which any principal of such debt security or any such installment of interest is due and payable.

"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person including, without limitation, the Company and its Subsidiaries, (i) any corporation or other entity of which such Person owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the Capital Stock or other ownership interests and has ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions, and (ii) with respect to the Company and, as appropriate, its Subsidiaries, any Permitted Joint Venture, including, without limitation, Coso Land Company Joint Venture, Coso Finance Partners, Coso Energy Developers and Coso Power Developers, provided that in respect of any Subsidiary that is not a Permitted Joint Venture, the Company must exercise control over such Subsidiary and its Property to the same extent as a Permitted Joint Venture.

"Subsidiary Refinancing Debt" means Debt issued in exchange for, or the proceeds of which are used to refinance (including to purchase), outstanding Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, including, without limitation, Construction Financing, in an amount (or, if such new Debt provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof, with an original issue price) not to exceed the amount so exchanged or refinanced (plus accrued interest or dividends and all fees, premiums (in excess of accreted value) and expenses related to such exchange or refinancing), for which purpose the amount so exchanged or refinanced shall not exceed, in the case of Debt, the lesser of (x) the principal amount of the Debt so exchanged or refinanced and (y) if the Debt being exchanged or refinanced was issued with an original issue discount, the accreted value thereof (as determined in accordance with GAAP) at the time of such exchange or refinancing, and, in the case of an equity investment made in lieu or as part of Construction Financing Debt, in an amount not to exceed the capital and surplus shown on the balance sheet of such Restricted Subsidiary or Eligible Joint Venture, provided that (A) such Debt shall be

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Non-Recourse, if the Debt so exchanged or refinanced is Non-Recourse and (B) the Average Life of the new Debt shall be equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Debt to be exchanged or refinanced, provided further that upon the first refinancing of any Construction Financing of a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, (i) the amount of the Subsidiary Refinancing Debt issued in exchange for or to refinance such Construction Financing shall not be limited by this provision and (ii) the Subsidiary Refinancing Debt issued in exchange for or to refinance such Construction Financing shall not be subject to the provisions of the foregoing clause (B) of this provision.

"Trade Payables" means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any other indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors Incurred, created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures arising in the ordinary course of business.

"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean such successor Trustee.

"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company that becomes an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the requirements set forth in the next sentence. The Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if (a) such designation is in compliance with Section 1010(a) and (b) after giving effect to such designation, such Subsidiary does not own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the Capital Stock or the Voting Stock of any other Restricted Subsidiary unless such other Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the same time. Any such designation shall be effected by filing with the Trustee an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complies with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence. No Debt or other obligation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary may be with recourse to the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any Eligible Joint Venture or any of their respective Property except to the extent otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture. An Unrestricted Subsidiary may be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary if (i)

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all the Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be Incurred under Section 1009, or (ii) any portion of such Debt could not be incurred thereunder, if the Company could borrow all such remaining Debt pursuant to Section 1008(a).

"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the U.S. for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the U.S., the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the U.S., that, in either case are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depositary receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president".

"Voting Stock" means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors (or persons fulfilling similar responsibilities) of such Person.

         Other definitions:

Defined Term                                      Defined in Section
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Act                                                       104
Agent Members                                             201(b)
Change of Control Offer                                   1013(b)
Change of Control Purchase Date                           1013(b)
Covenant Defeasance                                       1203
CUSIP Numbers                                             307(f)
Defaulted Interest                                        310
Defeasance                                                1202
Excess Proceeds                                           1015(a)
Excess Proceeds Offer                                     1015(a)
Excess Proceeds Purchase Date                             1015(e)

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Event of Default                                          501
Ineligible Investments                                    1021
Notice of Default                                         501(4)
Paying Agent                                              304
Percentage Limit                                          1021
Record Expiration Date                                    104
Security Register                                         304
Security Registrar                                        304
Surviving Entity                                          801

SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by officers of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirement set forth in this Indenture.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

If several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not

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necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

If any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, if it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 104.

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The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. If such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security register kept by the Security Registrar.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant actions whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Record Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date; and provided further that for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite principal amount of such Securities have taken such action, no Security shall be deemed to have been Outstanding on such record date unless it is also Outstanding on the date such action is to become effective. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action

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by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), nor shall anything in this paragraph be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Record Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 106.

The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Record Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date; and provided further that for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite principal amount of such Securities have taken such action, no Security shall be deemed to have been Outstanding on such record date unless it is also Outstanding on the date such action is to become effective. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), nor shall anything in this paragraph be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the matter(s) to be submitted for potential action by Holders and the applicable Record Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 106.

With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the "Record Expiration Date" and from time to time may change the Record Expiration Date to any earlier or later day, provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Record Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities

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in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or before the existing Record Expiration Date. If a Record Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Record Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Record Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Record Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, Attention: General Counsel, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.

When this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at such Holder's address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the

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giving of such notice. Neither the failure to mail or give such notice as otherwise provided herein, nor any defect in any notice so mailed or given to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. When this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein, the Cross-Reference Table and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 110. Separability Clause.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

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SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan agreement or debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No such other indenture or loan or debt agreement may be utilized to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 112. Governing Law.

THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE TRUSTEE OR ANY HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST THE COMPANY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.

If any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Purchase Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect (including with respect to the accrual of interest) as if

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made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Purchase Date or at the Stated Maturity.

SECTION 114. No Recourse Against Others.

A director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.

SECTION 115. Duplicate Originals.

All parties may sign any number of copies or counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed copy or counterpart shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the same agreement.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORM

SECTION 201. Global and Certificated Securities.

The Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form as set forth in Exhibit A hereto or as shall be established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section 301. The Securities may have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, and may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

(a) Global Securities. Securities of or within a series may be issued in the form of one or more permanent global securities in definitive, fully registered form with the global security legend set forth in Section 307 (each, a "Global Security"), which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of such Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, at its New York office, as custodian for the Depositary (or with such other custodian as the Depositary may direct), and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly

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executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided.

The Depositary Trust Company shall act as initial Depositary. If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series represented by one or more Global Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary of such Securities or if at any time the Depositary shall no longer be eligible as provided in the second sentence of the definition of "Depositary" and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company shall promptly execute, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver, Securities in Certificated form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities then outstanding in exchange for such Global Security or Securities, and this Section 201(a) and Section 201(b) shall no longer be applicable to the Securities. In addition, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by Global Securities. In such event the Company shall promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order evidencing such determination by the Company, shall promptly authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in Certificated form without coupons, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities then outstanding in exchange for such Global Security or Securities and this Section 201(a) and
Section 201(b) shall no longer be applicable to the Securities. Upon the exchange of the Global Securities for such Securities in Certificated form, in authorized denominations, such Global Securities shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Such Securities in Certificated form issued in exchange for the Global Securities pursuant to this Section 201(a) and Section 201(b) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

Notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, so long as the outstanding Securities of any series are represented by one or more Global Securities, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on, such Global Securities to the Depositary or its nominee by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the date such payments

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are due in accordance with the operational arrangements of the Depositary, as such arrangements are amended from time to time.

(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 201(b) shall apply only to the Global Security or Securities deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.

The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 201(b), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary.

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent Members") shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to the Global Security or Securities held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depositary or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security or Securities for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in the Global Security or Securities.

(c) Certificated Securities. Except as provided in this Section or
Section 307 or Section 309, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Security or Securities will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Certificated Securities.

SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.

The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:________________________

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IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee

By:________________________________
Authorized Signatory

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. Any or all of the following shall either be established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to
Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or set forth in the form of Securities attached hereto in Exhibit A or shall be established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (15) below), if so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series when issued from time to time):

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from all other series of Securities);

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 307, 308, 309, 906, 1013 or 1108);

(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined or extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the series shall be payable;

(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment

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Dates on which such interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the principal of (and premium, if any), interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable, any Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange or conversion and notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;

(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have the option;

(7) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(8) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;

(9) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 502 or, if applicable, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that is convertible in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

(10) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, currency units, composite currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(11) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of

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such events as may be specified (which rights shall not adversely affect the rights of any holders of Securities of any other series or the rights of the Trustee);

(12) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;

(13) whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 307, and, if Securities of the series are to be issuable as a global Security, the identity of the depositary for such series;

(14) the date as of which any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;

(15) the Person to whom any interest on any Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 307;

(16) the applicability, if any, of Sections 1202 and/or 1203 to the Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Twelve;

(17) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt by the Trustee or the Company of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

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(18) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;

(19) the obligation, if any, of the Company to permit the conversion of the Securities of such series into the Company's Common Stock or Preferred Stock, and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion shall be effected (including, without limitation, the initial conversion price or rate, the conversion period, any adjustment of the applicable conversion price, any requirements relative to reservation of shares for purposes of conversion and any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto relative to such obligation); and

(20) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution (subject to Section 303) and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of such action(s) shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series.

SECTION 302. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section
301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series, other than Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

SECTION 303. Execution and Authentication.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, attested by its Secretary or one of its

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Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise.

If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular Securities of such series, such as interest rate or formula, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 315(a) through
315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon,

(i) an Opinion of Counsel stating that

(a) the form or forms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(b) the terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(c) such Securities, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,

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reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities; and

(ii) an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with and that, to the best of the knowledge of the signers of such certificate, that no Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.

If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties, obligations or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or a Company Order, or an Opinion of Counsel or an Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to the preceding paragraph at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but such order, opinion and certificates, with appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

SECTION 304. Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where each series of Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the "Security Registrar") and an office

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or agency where each series of Securities may be presented for payment (the "Paying Agent"). The Security Registrar shall keep a register (the "Security Register") for each series of Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Security Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the Trust Indenture Act. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Security Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 607. The Company or any of its U.S. wholly owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar, co-registrar or transfer agent.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Security Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with each series of Securities.

SECTION 305. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust.

At least one Business Day prior to each due date of the principal and interest on any Security, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or one of its U.S. wholly owned Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

SECTION 306. Holder Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the

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Security Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.

SECTION 307. Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. (i) The transfer and exchange of the Global Security or Securities of any series or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor, if applicable.

(ii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the provisions set forth in Section 307), the Global Security of any series may not be transferred as a whole except 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.

(b) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Securities. At such time as all beneficial interests in the Global Securities of any series have either been exchanged for Certificated Securities of the same series, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, such Global Securities of such series shall be returned to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and cancelled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interests in the Global Securities of any series are exchanged for Certificated Securities of the same series, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Securities of such series shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made by the Trustee or the custodian to reflect such reduction on the books and records of the custodian for such Global Securities of such series with respect to such Global Securities of such series.

(c) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Securities.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate within a reasonable time Certificated Securities, and Global Securities at the Security

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Registrar's or co-registrar's written request accompanied by an equal principal amount of Securities to be cancelled and, if the Security Registrar is not the Trustee, the Security Registrar shall provide to the Trustee an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Trustee and the Company to the effect that the Security Registrar has received all of the instruments and documents required by this Section 307 for such transfer or exchange.

(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any co-registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(iv) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(d) No Obligation of the Trustee.

(i) The Trustee (whether in its capacity as trustee, Security Registrar or Paying Agent) shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of any Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities of any series or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its

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nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Securities shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee (whether in its capacity as trustee, Security Registrar or Paying Agent) may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

(ii) The Trustee (whether in its capacity as trustee, Security Registrar or Paying Agent) shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law, regulations or exchange rules with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants, members or beneficial owners in the Global Securities), other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(e) Each Global Security will also bear the following legend:

"This Security is issued in global form and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive form in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, this Security 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 issued is registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and any payment is made to the Depositary or its nominee, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof has an interest herein."

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the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or repurchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption or repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

SECTION 308. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 308 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

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The provisions of this Section 308 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

SECTION 309. Temporary Securities and Certificated Securities.

(a) Until Certificated Securities for any series are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Certificated Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Certificated Securities of such series and deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities of such series.

(b) The Global Security or Securities of any series deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary pursuant to
Section 201 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Certificated Securities of the same series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security, in exchange for such Global Securities, only if such transfer complies with Section 307 and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) a Default has occurred and is continuing or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Certificated Securities under this Indenture.

(c) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Securities, an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities of the same series of authorized denominations. Any portion of the Global Securities transferred pursuant to this Section shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct.

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(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 309(c), the registered Holder of the Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including agent members, participants and Persons that may hold interests through agent members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

(e) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in
Section 309(b), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Certificated Securities in fully registered form.

SECTION 310. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Interest on any Security that is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Any interest on any Security of any series that is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest that shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the

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proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner specified in Section 106 not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

SECTION 311. Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 310) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

SECTION 312. Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any Offer to Purchase pursuant to
Section 1013 or 1015 shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company

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may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section 312, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order; provided that the Trustee shall not be required to destroy cancelled Securities.

SECTION 313. Computation of Interest.

Interest on the Securities of any series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified by the Company and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when

(1) no Securities of such series remain Outstanding;

(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company as to such series; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to this Article Four, (i) the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and (ii) if the Company shall have effected a Defeasance pursuant to Article Twelve, the provisions hereof specified in Section 1202 shall also survive.

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ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

SECTION 501. Events of Default.

"Event of Default", means, wherever used herein with respect to any particular series of Securities, any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

(1) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its maturity (whether at final Stated Maturity or upon repurchase, acceleration, optional redemption or otherwise); or

(2) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(3) default in the purchase of Securities of that series, on the applicable Purchase Date, required to be purchased by the Company pursuant to an Offer to Purchase under Section 1013 or Section 1015 as to which an

offer has been  mailed  to  Holders  or the  failure  to make such  offer as
required hereunder; or

     (4) default in the performance,  or breach, of any covenant,  agreement
or warranty  of the Company in this  Indenture  and the  Securities  of that

series (other than a covenant, agreement or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 501 specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 30 days after there has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25 percent in principal amount at final Stated Maturity of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or

(5) a default or defaults under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of Debt by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt by the Company or any

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Significant Subsidiary) (other than Non-Recourse Debt of Significant Subsidiaries) if either (x) such default results from failure to pay principal of such Debt in excess of $25 million when due after any applicable grace period or (y) as a result of such default, the maturity of such Debt has been accelerated prior to its scheduled maturity and such default has not been cured within the applicable grace period, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, and the principal amount of such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other Debt of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries (not including Non-Recourse Debt of the Significant Subsidiaries) that is in default as to principal, or the maturity of which has been accelerated, aggregates $25 million or more; or

(6) the entry by a court of one or more judgments or orders against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary for the payment of money that in aggregate exceeds $25 million (excluding the amount thereof covered by insurance or by a bond written by a Person other than an Affiliate of the Company), which judgments or orders have not been vacated, discharged or satisfied or stayed pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof, provided that such a judgment or order shall not be an Event of Default if such judgment or order does not require any payment by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, except to the extent that such judgment is only against Property that secures Non-Recourse Debt that is otherwise permitted under this Indenture, and the Company could, at the expiration of the applicable 60 day period, after giving effect to such judgment or order and the consequences thereof, Incur at least $1 of Debt under the provisions described in Section 1008(a); or

(7) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, state, or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the Property or

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assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(8) (A) the commencement by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, state, or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or (B) the consent by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, state, or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or (C) the filing by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or (D) the consent by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the Property or assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or the making by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (E) the admission by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (F) the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action.

SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time outstanding (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) or
(8)) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25 percent in principal amount at Stated Maturity of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare

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the Default Amount of all the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such Default Amount shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(7) or (8) occurs, the Default Amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding shall ipso facto become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other Act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article Five provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series (without duplication of any amount thereof paid or deposited pursuant to clause (B) or (C) below),

(B) the Default Amount of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series that have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration (including any securities of such series required to have been purchased on any Purchase Date pursuant to an Offer to Purchase made by the Company) and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest thereon at the rate provided by the Securities of such series (without duplication of any amount thereof paid or deposited pursuant to clause (A) above or clause (C) below),

(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate provided by the Securities of such series (without duplication of any amount thereof paid or deposited pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above), and

(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

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(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if:

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of any series at the final Stated Maturity thereof or, with respect to any Security required to have been purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase made by the Company, at the Purchase Date thereof,

the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities' principal, premium, if any, and interest, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal, premium, if any, and overdue interest, at the rate provided by the Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the Property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most

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effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its Property or assets or its creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of, (premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of any series then shall be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee has made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, (premium, if any) or interest shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders of the Securities of such series and the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents or counsel) allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of the Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607. To the extent that payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any amounts due the Trustee under Section 607 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien and shall be paid out of any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders of the Securities of such series may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided that the Trustee may, on behalf of the

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Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other similar committee.

SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article Five shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest; and

THIRD: To whosoever may be lawfully entitled thereto, the remainder, if any.

SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

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(2) the Holders of not less than 25 percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders.

SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive full payment of the principal, of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 310) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or in the case of an Offer to Purchase made by the Company and accepted as to such Security, on the Purchase Date) in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions

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hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 308, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder or otherwise shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

SECTION 512. Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that

(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and

(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.

SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default

(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series (including any Security that is required to have been purchased

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pursuant to an Offer to Purchase that has been made by the Company), or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 601.

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(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture but need not confirm the accuracy of any calculations contained therein.

(c) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

(d) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1) this subsection (d) shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsections (b) or (c) of this Section 601;

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and

(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its

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duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults; Notice of Acceleration. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Event of Default known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived; provided that, except in the case of a default in any payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series and any payment required in connection with a Change of Control or an Asset Disposition, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or the trust committee corporate or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of the Securities of such series; and provided further that in the case of any Event of Default of the character specified in Section 501(5) with respect to the Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.

SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
Section 601:

(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request, order, demand or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;

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(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written 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;

(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(f) 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 be entitled (subject to reasonable confidentiality arrangements as may be proposed by the Company) to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorneys;

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or any Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of the Default or Event of Default or (ii) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, any other obligor on such Securities or by any holder of such Securities; and

(i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication,

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shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

SECTION 605. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.

SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees:

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such reasonable compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and

(3) to indemnify the Trustee in its individual capacity and each of its officers, directors, agents and counsel for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, damage, claim, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on such Person's part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the performance of any of its powers and duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in

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connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder and complying with any process served upon the Trustee or any such other Person hereunder.

The Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities with respect to all Property and funds held or collected by the Trustee hereunder for any amount owing to it pursuant to this Section 607, except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) or Section 501(8), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The Company's obligations under this Section 607 and any Lien arising hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article Twelve, any rejection or termination of the Indenture under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or any other termination of this Indenture.

SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. There shall be excluded from the operation of this Section
608 (i) the Indenture dated as of March 24, 1994, between the Company and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as trustee, governing the Company's 10 1/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2004, (ii) the Indenture dated as of September 20, 1996, between the Company and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as trustee, governing the Company's 9 1/2% Senior Notes due 2006 and (iii) any other series of Securities governed by this Indenture.

SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and its Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and shall be subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 609

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and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 609, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.

SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article Six shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

(d) If at any time:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

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then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(f) The Company shall give written notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor

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Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of any amounts then due under Section 607, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject, nevertheless, to its Lien, if any, provided for in Section 607.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto, pursuant to Article Nine hereof, wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee upon payment of any amounts then due under Section 607 hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee

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relates, subject, nevertheless, to its Lien, if any, provided for in Section 607.

(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts.

(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Six, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).

SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may from time to time appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities that shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or partial purchase or pursuant to Section 308, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include

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authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 614, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 614, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 614.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Authenticating Agent then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such Authenticating Agent may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Authenticating Agent had itself authenticated such Securities.

An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee for such series and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 614, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent that shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106, to all Holders

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of Securities of the series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 614.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

The provisions of Sections 311, 604 and 605 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 614, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee

By
As Authenticating Agent

By
Authorizing Signatory

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee

(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date for interest for each series of Securities, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names

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and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date, and

(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.

SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the May 15 following the Issue Date, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act in the manner provided pursuant thereto.

(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

SECTION 704. Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such

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summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms. The Company shall not, in any transaction or series of transactions, consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Property and assets of the Company to any other Person, unless:

(i) either (a) the Company shall be the continuing corporation or
(b) the corporation (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged, or the Person that acquires, by sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition, all or substantially all of the Property and assets of the Company (such corporation or Person, the "Surviving Entity"), shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any political subdivision thereof or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and the performance of the Company's covenants and obligations under this Indenture;

(ii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(iii) immediately after giving effect to any such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in

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respect of such transaction or series of transactions) as if such transaction or series of transactions had occurred on the first day of the determination period, the Company (or the Surviving Entity if the Company is not continuing) would be permitted to Incur $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to Section 1008(a); and

(iv) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions) (without giving effect to the fees and expenses incurred in respect of such transaction), the Company (or the Surviving Entity if the Company is not continuing) shall have a Net Worth equal to or greater than the Net Worth of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.

In connection with any consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition contemplated by the foregoing provisions of this Section 801, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition and the indenture supplemental hereto in respect thereof (to the extent required under clause (i) of this Section 801) comply with the requirements of this Indenture. Each such Officers' Certificate shall set forth the ability to Incur Debt in accordance with clause (iii) of Section 801.

None of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Ventures may merge with or into, or be consolidated with, an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, except to the extent that such Unrestricted Subsidiary has been designated a Restricted Subsidiary as provided in this Indenture in advance of or in connection with such merger.

For all purposes of this Indenture and the Securities (including this
Section 801 and Sections 1008, 1009 and 1012), Subsidiaries of any Surviving Entity shall, upon such transaction or series of transactions, become Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries as provided pursuant to this Indenture and all Debt, and all Liens on Property or assets, of the Surviving Entity and its Subsidiaries that was not Debt, or were not Liens on Property or assets, of the Company and its Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction or series of

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transactions shall be deemed to have been Incurred upon such transaction or series of transactions.

SECTION 802. Successor Substituted. Upon any transaction or series of transactions that are of the type described in, and are effected in accordance with, Section 801, the Surviving Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Surviving Entity had been named as the Company herein; and when a Surviving Person duly assumes all of the obligations and covenants of the Company pursuant to this Indenture and the Securities, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all such obligations.

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may, and subject to Section 903, the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, shall, enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or

(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an

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immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or

(4) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of the Certificated Securities; or

(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is not Outstanding any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or

(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or

(7) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 1012 or otherwise; or

(8) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series permitted by Sections 201 and 301, including the provisions and procedures, if applicable, for the conversion of such Securities into the Company's Common Stock or Preferred Stock; or

(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such actions pursuant to this clause shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series; or

(10) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect and maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company,

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when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may, and (subject to
Section 903) the Trustee shall, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or any installment of interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof at or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable thereon, reduce any amount payable on redemption or purchase thereof, or reduce the Default Amount that would be due and payable on acceleration of the Stated Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver with respect to such series (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or

(3) modify the obligations of the Company to make Offers to Purchase from the Excess Proceeds of Asset Dispositions or upon a Change of Control or to modify the definitions related thereto, or

(4) subordinate a right of payment, or otherwise subordinate, the Securities to any other indebtedness, or

(5) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or
Section 1020, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 902 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

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A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

After a supplemental indenture under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of any series of Securities affected thereby a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any default therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

In connection with any supplemental indenture or waiver under this Article Nine, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, offer to any Holder who consents to such supplemental indenture, or to all Holders, consideration for such Holder's consent to such supplemental indenture.

SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article Nine, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (5) of
Section 902, in which case, the supplemental indenture shall bind only each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same Debt as the consenting Holder's Security; provided that any such waiver shall not impair or affect the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal and premium of and interest on a Security, on or after the respective dates set for such amounts to become due and

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payable, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates.

SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Nine shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. Any failure to make the appropriate notation on a new Security shall not affect the validity of such Security.

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company shall duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of each series in accordance with the terms of such series of Securities and this Indenture.

SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Securities of any series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of any series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of any series and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. In the event any

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such notice or demands are so made or served on the Trustee,  the Trustee  shall
promptly forward copies thereof to the Company.

         The  Company  may also from time to time  designate  one or more  other

offices or agencies (in or outside the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in accordance with the requirements for Securities of any series, or set forth herein, for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The Company hereby initially designates for each series of Securities, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such office of the Company.

SECTION 1003. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of any Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series, it shall, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

The Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 1003, that such Paying Agent shall (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as Paying Agent, (ii) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest in respect of the Securities and (iii) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment in

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respect of the Securities, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent as such.

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

Except as otherwise provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, or mail to such Holder, or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.

SECTION 1004. Existence. Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and material franchises; provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors in good faith shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof does not materially adversely affect the Holders.

SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties. The Company shall cause all material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary and

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any Eligible Joint Venture to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided that nothing in this Section 1005 shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such material or properties or, subject to the provisions of Section 1015, disposing of any of them if such discontinuance or disposal is, as determined by the Company in good faith, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary and does not materially adversely affect the Holders, provided that the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures of the Company shall not be required to comply with the foregoing provisions of this Section 1005 if they are prevented or restricted in doing so by the terms of any loan or financing agreement, any charter document, partnership or joint venture agreement or any other agreement or instrument, all of which are expressly acknowledged to take precedence over the terms hereof.

SECTION 1006. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which disputed amounts adequate reserves have been accrued to the extent required by GAAP.

SECTION 1007. Maintenance of Insurance. The Company shall, and shall cause its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures to, keep at all times all of their Properties that are of an insurable nature insured against loss or damage with insurers believed by the Company to be responsible to the extent that Property of similar character is usually so insured by Persons similarly situated and owning like Properties in accordance with good business practice. The Company shall, and shall cause its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures to, use the proceeds from any such insurance policy to repair, replace or otherwise restore all material Properties to which such proceeds relate, provided that the

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Company shall not be required to repair, replace or otherwise restore any such material Property if the Company in good faith determines that such inaction is desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and does not materially adversely affect the Holders, and provided further that the Company (only in respect of agreements governing its Non-Recourse Debt), the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures of the Company shall not be required to apply insurance proceeds to repair, replace or restore any material Property if they are prevented or restricted in doing so by the terms of any loan or financing agreement, any charter document, partnership or joint venture agreement or any other agreement or instrument, all of which are expressly acknowledged to take precedence over the terms hereof.

The Company may, and may permit its Restricted Subsidiaries and Eligible Joint Ventures to, adopt such other plan or method of protection, in lieu of or supplemental to insurance with insurers, whether by the establishment of an insurance fund or reserve to be held and applied to make good losses from casualties, or otherwise, conforming to the system of self-insurance maintained by Persons similarly situated and owning like Properties and which does not materially adversely affect the Holders, as may be determined by the Company in good faith.

SECTION 1008. Limitation on Debt. (a) The Company shall not Incur any Debt, including Acquisition Debt, unless, after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Debt and the receipt and application of the proceeds therefrom, the Fixed Charge Ratio of the Company would be equal to or greater than 2.0 to 1.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1008(a), the Company may Incur each and all of the following: (i) Company Refinancing Debt, (ii) Debt of the Company to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Securities of all series, provided that any transfer of such Debt by a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture (other than to another Restricted Subsidiary or another Eligible Joint Venture), or any transfer of the Company's ownership interest, or a portion thereof, in such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture or the interest, or a portion thereof, of Kiewit in a Permitted Joint Venture or an Eligible Joint Venture (which transfer has the effect of causing such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture to cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, as the case may be), shall be deemed to be an Incurrence of Debt that is subject to the provisions of this Section 1008 other than this clause (ii),

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(iii) Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100 million outstanding at any one time may be issued under or in respect of Permitted Working Capital Facilities, (iv) Non-Recourse Debt Incurred in respect of one or more Permitted Facilities in which the Company has a direct or indirect interest, (v) Debt in respect of Currency Protection Agreements or Interest Rate Protection Agreements, (vi) Purchase Money Debt, provided that the amount of such Debt (net of any original issue discount) does not exceed 90% of the fair market value of the Property acquired, (vii) the Securities and other Debt outstanding as of the Issue Date of the Securities (other than Debt to the extent that it is extinguished, retired, defeased or repaid in connection with the original issuance of the Securities), including Debt that is Incurred in respect of interest or discount on such Debt (or Redeemable Stock issued as dividends in respect of Redeemable Stock) pursuant to the terms of the agreement or instrument that governs such Debt (or such Redeemable Stock) as in effect on the Issue Date of the Securities and (viii) Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75 million outstanding at any one time.

SECTION 1009. Limitation on Subsidiary Debt. (a) The Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture, to Incur any Debt.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1009(a), each and all of the following Debt may be Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture: (i) Debt outstanding as of the Issue Date of the Securities, (ii) Debt owed by a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or another Eligible Joint Venture that either directly or indirectly owns all or a portion of the Company's interest in, or directly or indirectly is owned by, such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture, as the case may be, (iii) Non-Recourse Debt Incurred in respect of one or more Permitted Facilities, provided that such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture has a direct or indirect interest (which may include Construction Financing provided by the Company to the extent permitted under Section 1010 as a "Permitted Investment") in one or more of such Permitted Facilities in respect of which one or more Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures shall have a direct or indirect interest, (iv) Subsidiary Refinancing Debt, (v) Acquired Debt, (vi) Debt in respect of Currency Protection Agreements or Interest Rate Protection Agreements, (vii) Permitted Funding Company Loans and (viii) Permitted Facilities Debt, provided that at the time of Incurrence thereof and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Facilities

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Debt shall not exceed 15% of total consolidated Debt of the Company computed in accordance with GAAP.

SECTION 1010. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment unless at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving effect thereto (a) no Event of Default and no event that, after the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Company could Incur at least $1 of Debt under Section 1008 and (c) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made by the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures (the amount so made, if other than in cash, to be determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, or, if more than $30 million, by the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board resolution) after March 24, 1994, is less than the sum (without duplication) of (i) 50% of the Adjusted Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on the first day of the first fiscal quarter that begins after March 24, 1994 and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such calculation, provided that if throughout any fiscal quarter within such period the Ratings Categories applicable to the Securities are rated Investment Grade by S&P and Moody's (or if both do not make a rating of the Securities publicly available, an equivalent Rating Category is made publicly available by another Rating Agency), then 100% (instead of 50%) of the Adjusted Consolidated Net Income (if more than zero) with respect to such fiscal quarter shall be included pursuant to this clause (i), and provided further that if Adjusted Consolidated Net Income for such period is less than zero, then minus 100% of the amount of such net loss, plus (ii) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company from and after March 24, 1994 from (A) the issuance and sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture) of its Capital Stock (excluding Redeemable Stock, but including Capital Stock other than Redeemable Stock issued upon conversion of, or in exchange for Redeemable Stock or securities other than its Capital Stock), (B) the issuance and sale or the exercise of warrants, options and rights to purchase its Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock) and (C) the issuance and sale of convertible Debt upon the conversion of such convertible Debt into Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock), but excluding the net proceeds from the issuance, sale, exchange, conversion or other disposition of its Capital Stock (I) that is convertible (whether at the option of the Company or the holder thereof or upon the happening of any event) into (x) any security other than its Capital Stock or (y) its Redeemable Stock or (II) that is

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Capital Stock referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the definition of "Permitted Payment", plus (iii) the net reduction in Investments of the types specified in clauses (iv) and (v) of the definition of "Restricted Payment" that result from payments of interest on Debt, dividends, or repayment of loans or advances, the proceeds of the sale or disposition of the Investment or other return of the amount of the original Investment to the Company, the Restricted Subsidiary or the Eligible Joint Venture that made the original Investment from the Person in which such Investment was made, provided that (x) the aggregate amount of such payments shall not exceed the amount of the original Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that reduced the amount available pursuant to this clause (c) for making Restricted Payments and (y) such payments may be added pursuant to this clause (iii) only to the extent such payments are not included in the calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Income, provided further that if Investments of the types specified in clauses (iv) and (v) of the Definition of "Restricted Payment" have been made in any Person and such Person thereafter becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, then the aggregate amount of such Investment (to the extent that they have reduced the amount available pursuant to this clause (c) for making Restricted Payments), net of the amounts previously added pursuant to this clause (iii), may be added to the amount available for making Restricted Payments, plus (iv) an amount equal to the principal amount of Debt of the Company extinguished in connection with the conversion into Common Stock of the Company of the Company's 5% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2000 and its 9.5% Convertible Subordinated Debenture due 2003. The foregoing clause (c) shall not prevent the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of its declaration if such dividend could have been made on the date of its declaration without violation of the provisions of this Section 1010(a).

(b) None of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture shall be deemed to have made an Investment at the time that a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture (other than as a result of a Restricted Subsidiary being designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary), although any subsequent Investment made by the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and Eligible Joint Ventures in such Person shall be Investments that shall be subject to the foregoing paragraph unless and until such time as such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in the manner provided in the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary," shall be an Investment that shall

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be subject to the foregoing paragraph and (ii) the transfer of the Company's interest (or portion thereof) in an entity that has been deemed to be an Eligible Joint Venture directly or indirectly to an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be an Investment (to the extent of the interest transferred) that shall be subject to the foregoing paragraph.

SECTION 1011. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to, directly or indirectly, conduct any business or enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of related transactions (including, but not limited to, the purchase, sale or exchange of Property, the making of any Investment, the giving of any Guarantee or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company, such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture, as the case may be, unless (i) such business, transaction or series of related transactions is in the best interest of the Company, such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture, (ii) such business, transaction or series of related transactions is on terms no less favorable to the Company, such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture than those that could be obtained in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person that is not such an Affiliate and (iii) with respect to such business, transaction or series of related transactions that has a fair market value or involves aggregate payments equal to, or in excess of, $10 million, such business, transaction or series of transactions is approved by a majority of the Board of Directors (including a majority of the Disinterested Directors), which approval is set forth in a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee certifying that, in good faith, the Board of Directors believes that such business, transaction or series of transactions complies with clauses (i) and (ii) above.

SECTION 1012. Limitation on Liens. The Company may not Incur any Debt that is secured, directly or indirectly, with, and the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to, grant a Lien on the Property of the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture now owned or hereafter acquired unless contemporaneous therewith or prior thereto the Securities are equally and ratably secured except for (i) any such Debt secured by Liens existing on the Property of any entity at the time such Property is acquired by the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of such Property or otherwise, provided that such Liens
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and (y) do not extend to any other Property of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture, (ii) any other Debt that is required by the terms thereof to be equally and ratably secured as a result of the Incurrence of Debt that is permitted to be secured pursuant to another clause of this Section 1012, (iii) Liens that are granted in good faith to secure Debt (A) contemplated by clause (iv) of Section 1008(b) or (B) contemplated by clauses (ii), (iii), (vi) and (viii) of Section 1009(b), provided that, in the case of Debt owed to a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, the President or Chief Financial Officer of the Company determines in good faith, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, that such Liens are required in order to effect such financing and are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than Liens, taken as a whole, customarily accepted (or in the absence of industry custom, reasonably acceptable) in comparable financings or comparable transactions in the applicable jurisdiction,
(iv) Liens existing on the Issue Date of the Securities, (v) Liens incurred to secure Debt incurred by the Company as permitted by clause (vi) of Section 1008(b), provided that such Liens may not cover any Property other than that being purchased and improvements and additions thereto, (vi) Liens on any Property of the Company securing Permitted Working Capital Facilities, Guarantees thereof and any Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Currency Protection Agreements, provided that such Liens may not extend to the Capital Stock owned by the Company in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Eligible Joint Venture, (vii) Liens in respect of extensions, renewals, refundings or refinancings of any Debt secured by the Liens referred to in the foregoing clauses, provided that the Liens in connection with such renewal, extension, refunding or refinancing shall be limited to all or part of the specific property that was subject to the original Lien, (viii) Liens incurred to secure obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers' acceptances, surety, bid, operating and performance bonds, performance guarantees or other similar instruments or obligations (or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) (in each case, to the extent incurred in the ordinary course of business), (ix) any Lien arising by reason of (A) any judgment, decree or order of any court, so long as such Lien is being contested in good faith and is appropriately bonded, and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired, (B) taxes, duties, assessments, imposts or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith, (C) security for payment of worker's compensation or other insurance, (D) security for the performance of tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money) or leases, (E) deposits to

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secure public or statutory obligations, or to secure permitted contracts for the purchase or sale of any currency entered into in the ordinary course of business, (F) the operation of law in favor of carriers, warehousemen, landlords, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, employees or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums that are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by negotiations or by appropriate proceedings that suspend the collection thereof, (G) easements, rights-of-way, zoning and similar covenants and restrictions and other similar encumbrances or title defects that do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture or (H) leases and subleases of real property that do not interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture and that are made on customary and usual terms applicable to similar properties, or (x) Liens, in addition to the foregoing, that secure obligations not in excess of $5 million in the aggregate.

SECTION 1013. Purchase of Securities Upon a Change of Control. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of the Securities of each series shall have the right to require that the Company repurchase such Holder's Securities of such series at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal thereof on the date of purchase plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase.

(b) Within 30 days following a Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder of the Securities of each series, with a copy to the Trustee, stating (1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder's Securities at the purchase price described in Section 1013(a) (the "Change of Control Offer"), (2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control (including information with respect to pro forma historical income, cash flow and capitalization after giving effect to such Change of Control), (3) the purchase date (which shall be not earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed) (the "Change of Control Purchase Date"),
(4) that interest on any such Security shall continue to accrue, (5) any Security properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Purchase Date (assuming sufficient moneys for the purchase thereof are deposited with the Trustee), (6) that Holders electing to have a Security of any series purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender the Security of such series, with the form entitled "Option of Holder To Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to the paying agent at the

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address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date, (7) that a Holder shall be entitled to withdraw such Holder's election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day (or such shorter periods as may be required by applicable law) preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Securities of such series the Holder delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Securities of such series purchased and
(8) that Holders that elect to have their Securities of any series purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities having a principal amount equal to the portion of the Securities of the series that were surrendered but not tendered and purchased.

On the Change of Control Purchase Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment all Securities of any series or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Trustee money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities of such series or portions thereof so tendered for purchase and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities of such series properly tendered together with an Officers' Certificate identifying the Securities of such series or portions thereof tendered to the Company for purchase. The Trustee shall promptly mail, to the Holders of the Securities of such series properly tendered and purchased, payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and promptly authenticate and mail to each Holder a new Security of the same series having a principal amount equal to any portion of such Holder's Securities of such series that were surrendered but not tendered and purchased. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Purchase Date.

If the Company is prohibited by applicable law from making the Change of Control Offer or purchasing Securities of any series thereunder, the Company need not make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to this Section 1013 for so long as such prohibition is in effect.

The Company shall comply with all applicable tender offer rules, including, without limitation, Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, in connection with a Change of Control Offer.

SECTION 1014. Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to, create or cause to become, or as a

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result of the acquisition of any Person or Property, or upon any Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, remain subject to, any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction of any kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary or any Eligible Joint Venture to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions permitted by applicable law on any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture owned by the Company, any other Restricted Subsidiary or any other Eligible Joint Venture, (b) make payments in respect of any Debt owed to the Company, any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Eligible Joint Venture, (c) make loans or advances to the Company or to any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any other Eligible Joint Venture that is directly or indirectly owned by such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture or (d) transfer any of its Property to the Company or to any other Restricted Subsidiary or any other Eligible Joint Venture that directly or indirectly owns or is owned by such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture, other than those encumbrances and restrictions created or existing (i) on the Issue Date of the Securities, (ii) pursuant to this Indenture, (iii) in connection with the Incurrence of any Debt permitted under the provisions described in clause (iii) of Section 1009(b), provided that, in the case of Debt owed to Persons other than the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Eligible Joint Venture, the President or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company determines in good faith, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, that such encumbrances or restrictions are required to effect such financing and are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, on the ability of the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or the applicable Eligible Joint Venture to make the payments, distributions, loans, advances or transfers referred to in clauses (a) through
(d) of this Section 1014 than encumbrances and restrictions, taken as a whole, customarily accepted (or, in the absence of any industry custom, reasonably acceptable) in comparable financings or comparable transactions in the applicable jurisdiction, (iv) in connection with the execution and delivery of an electric power or thermal energy purchase contract, or other contract related to the output or product of, or services rendered by one or more Permitted Facilities to which such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture is a supplying party or other contracts with customers, suppliers and contractors to which such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture is a party and where such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the development, design, engineering, procurement, construction, acquisition, ownership, management or operation of one or more of such Permitted Facilities, provided that the President or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company determines in good faith, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, that such encumbrances or

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restrictions are required to effect such contracts and are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, on the ability of the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or the applicable Eligible Joint Venture to make the payments, distributions, loans, advances or transfers referred to in clauses (a) through
(d) of this Section 1014 than encumbrances and restrictions, taken as a whole, customarily accepted (or, in the absence of any industry custom, reasonably acceptable) in comparable financings or comparable transactions in the applicable jurisdiction, (v) in connection with any Acquired Debt, provided that such encumbrance or restriction was not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture and provided further that such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any other Property of such Person at the time it became a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, (vi) in connection with the Incurrence of any Debt permitted under clause (iv) of Section 1009(b), provided that, in the case of Debt owed to Persons other than the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the President or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company determines in good faith, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, that such encumbrances or restrictions taken as a whole are not materially more restrictive than the encumbrances and restrictions applicable to the Debt and/or equity being exchanged or refinanced, (vii) customary non-assignment provisions in leases or other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Eligible Joint Venture, (viii) any restrictions imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or Property of any Restricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture that apply pending the closing of such sale or disposition, (ix) in connection with Liens on the Property of such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture that are permitted by Section 1012 but only with respect to transfers referred to in clause (d) of this Section 1014,
(x) in connection with the Incurrence of any Debt permitted under clause (ii) of
Section 1009(b) or (xi) in connection with the Incurrence of any Permitted Facilities Debt permitted under clause (viii) of Section 1009(b), provided that any such encumbrance or restriction relates only to those Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures having a direct or indirect interest in the Permitted Facilities in respect of which such Permitted Facilities Debt was Incurred.

SECTION 1015. Limitation on Dispositions. (a) Subject to the provisions of Article Eight, the Company shall not make and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to make, any Asset Disposition unless (i) the Company, the Restricted Subsidiary or the Eligible Joint Venture, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time

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of each such Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value of the Property or securities sold or otherwise disposed of (to be determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, or, if more than $30 million, by the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board resolution), (ii) at least 85% of such consideration is received in cash or Cash Equivalents or, if less than 85%, the remainder of such consideration consists of Property related to the business of the Company as described in the first sentence of Section 1021, and (iii) unless otherwise required under the terms of Senior Debt, at the Company's election, the Net Cash Proceeds are either (A) invested in the business of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture or (B) applied to the payment of any Debt of the Company or of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture (or as otherwise required under the terms of such Debt), provided that, no such payment of Debt (x) under Permitted Working Capital Facilities or any other revolving credit agreement shall count for this purpose unless the related loan commitment, standby facility or the like shall be permanently reduced by an amount equal to the principal amount so repaid and (y) owed to the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary thereof or an Eligible Joint Venture shall count for this purpose, provided further that such investment or such payment, as the case may be, must be made within 365 days from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt by the Company, such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture of the Net Cash Proceeds related thereto. Any Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Dispositions that are not applied as provided in clause (A) or (B) of the preceding sentence shall constitute "Excess Proceeds." Excess Proceeds shall be applied, as described below, to make an offer (an "Excess Proceeds Offer") to purchase Securities of any series at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1015(a), the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures may exchange with other Persons (i) Property that constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture for Property that constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, (ii) Property that constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture for Property that does not constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, (iii) Property that does not constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture for Property that does not constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture and (iv) Property that does not constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture for Property that constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, provided that in each case the fair market value of the

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Property received is at least equal to the fair market value of the Property exchanged as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, or, if more than $25 million, by the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board resolution, provided that the Investment in the Property received in the exchanges described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the prior sentence shall be subject to Section 1010. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the Company may not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to, make an Asset Disposition of any of their interest in, or Property of, any of the three geothermal facilities located together at the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake, California, sometimes referred to as the "Coso Project," other than for consideration consisting solely of cash.

(c) To the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Asset Disposition are prohibited from (or delayed in) being repatriated to the United States by applicable local law, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds so affected shall not be required to be applied at the time provided above but may be retained by any Restricted Subsidiary or any Eligible Joint Venture so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law does not permit (or delays) repatriation to the United States. If such Net Cash Proceeds are transferred by the Restricted Subsidiary or Eligible Joint Venture that conducted the Foreign Asset Disposition to another Restricted Subsidiary or Eligible Joint Venture, the Restricted Subsidiary or Eligible Joint Venture receiving such Net Cash Proceeds must not be directly or indirectly obligated on any Debt owed to any Person other than the Company. The Company shall take or cause such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture to take all actions required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation promptly. Once repatriation of any of such Net Cash Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law, repatriation shall be effected immediately and the repatriated Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied in the manner set forth in this
Section 1015(c) as if such Asset Disposition had occurred on the date of such repatriation. In addition, if the Chief Financial Officer determines, in good faith, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, that repatriation of any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Asset Disposition would have a material adverse tax consequence to the Company, the Net Cash Proceeds so affected may be retained outside of the United States by the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or the applicable Eligible Joint Venture for so long as such material adverse tax consequence would continue. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph to the contrary, if applicable local law prohibits (or delays) the repatriation of Net Cash Proceeds of a Foreign Asset Disposition but such local law does not

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prohibit the application of such Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 1015(a), the Company may apply such Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to such provision.

(d) If the Securities tendered pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer have an aggregate purchase price that is less than the Excess Proceeds available for the purchase of the Securities, the Company may use the remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes without regard to the provisions of this
Section 1015(d). The Company shall not be required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 1015 if the Excess Proceeds available therefor are less than $10 million, provided that the lesser amounts of such Excess Proceeds shall be carried forward and cumulated for each 36 consecutive month period for purposes of determining whether an Excess Proceeds Offer is required with respect to any Excess Proceeds of any subsequent Asset Dispositions. Any such lesser amounts so carried forward and cumulated need not be segregated or reserved and may be used for general corporate purposes, provided that such use shall not reduce the amount of cumulated Excess Proceeds or relieve the Company of its obligation hereunder to make an Excess Proceeds Offer with respect thereto.

(e) The Company shall make an Excess Proceeds Offer by mailing to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, within 30 days after the receipt of Excess Proceeds that cause the cumulated Excess Proceeds to exceed $10 million, a written notice that shall specify the purchase date, which shall not be less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice (the "Excess Proceeds Purchase Date"), that shall contain certain information concerning the business of the Company that the Company believes in good faith shall enable the Holders to make an informed decision and that shall contain information concerning the procedures applicable to the Excess Proceeds Offer (including, without limitation, the right of withdrawal) and the effect of such offer on the Securities tendered. Holders that elect to have their Securities purchased shall be required to surrender such Securities at least one Business Day prior to the Excess Proceeds Purchase Date. If at the expiration of the Excess Proceeds Offer period the aggregate purchase price of the Securities of the series properly tendered by Holders pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer exceeds the amount of such Excess Proceeds, the Securities of such series or portions of Securities to be accepted for purchase shall be selected by the Trustee in such manner as the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate in the circumstances.

On the Excess Proceeds Purchase Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment on a pro rata basis Securities of any series or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess

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Proceeds Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase price of all the Securities of such series or portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities of such series or portions thereof tendered to the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of each Security so accepted payment in an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to the Holders of each Security so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price thereof, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Securities of the same series equal in principal amount to any portion of the Security surrendered that was not purchased. The Company shall make a public announcement of the results of the Excess Proceeds Offer as soon as practicable after the Excess Proceeds Purchase Date. For the purposes of this Section 1015, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.

If the Company is prohibited by applicable law from making the Excess Proceeds Offer or purchasing Securities of any series thereunder, the Company need not make an Excess Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 1015 for so long as such prohibition is in effect.

The Company shall comply with all applicable tender offer rules, including, without limitation, Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, in connection with an Excess Proceeds Offer.

SECTION 1016. Limitation on Certain Sale-Leasebacks. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to, Incur or otherwise become obligated with respect to any sale-leaseback (other than a sale-leaseback with respect to a Permitted Facility that is Non-Recourse) unless, (i) (a) if effected by the Company, the Company would be permitted to Incur such obligation under Section 1008 or, (b) if effected by a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture would be permitted to Incur such obligation under Section 1009(b), assuming for the purpose of this Section 1016 and Section 1008 and 1009 that (x) the obligation created by such sale-leaseback is a Capitalized Lease and (y) the Capitalized Lease Obligation with respect thereto is the Attributable Value thereof, (ii) the Company, such Restricted Subsidiary or such Eligible Joint Venture is permitted to grant a Lien with respect to the property that is the subject of such sale-leaseback under Section 1012 of this Indenture, (iii) the proceeds of such sale-leaseback are at least equal to the fair market value of the property sold (determined in good faith as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee in respect of a

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transaction involving less than $25 million, or, if equal to or in excess of $25 million, by the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board Resolution) and (iv) the Net Cash Proceeds of the sale-leaseback are applied pursuant to Section 1015.

SECTION 1017. Provision of Financial Information. Whether or not the Company is subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision thereto, the Company shall file with the Commission the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents that the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to such Section 13(a) or 15(d) or any successor provision thereto if the Company were subject thereto, such documents to be filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective dates by which the Company would have been required to file them. The Company shall also in any event (a) within 15 days of each such date (i) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, without cost to such Holders, and (ii) file with the Trustee copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents (without exhibits) which the Company would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions thereto if the Company were subject thereto and (b) if filing such documents by the Company with the Commission is not permitted under the Exchange Act, promptly upon written request, supply copies of such documents (without exhibits) to any prospective Holder.

SECTION 1018. Limitation on Sale of Subsidiary Preferred Stock. The Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to create, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any Preferred Stock except: (i) Preferred Stock outstanding on the date of this Indenture, including Preferred Stock issued as dividends in respect of such Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms of the agreement or instrument that governs such Preferred Stock as in effect on the Issue Date of the Securities,
(ii) Preferred Stock held by the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or an Eligible Joint Venture, (iii) Preferred Stock issued by a Person prior to the time (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture, (b) such Person merges with or into another Restricted Subsidiary or another Eligible Joint Venture or (c) a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture merges with or into such Person (in a transaction in which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture), provided that such Preferred Stock was not issued in anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture or of such merger and (iv) Preferred Stock issued or agreed to be issued by a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture in connection with the financing of the

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construction, design, engineering, procurement, equipping, developing, operation, ownership, management, servicing or acquisition of one or more Permitted Facilities in which the Company or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures has a direct or indirect interest or the retirement of Debt or Preferred Stock secured by any such Permitted Facility or in order to enhance the repatriation of equity, advances or income or the increase of after-tax funds available for distribution to the owners of such Permitted Facility, (v) Preferred Stock issued or agreed to be issued by a Restricted Subsidiary or an Eligible Joint Venture in satisfaction of legal requirements applicable to a Permitted Facility or to maintain the ordinary course of conduct of such Restricted Subsidiary's or such Eligible Joint Venture's business in the applicable jurisdiction and (vi) Preferred Stock that is exchanged for, or the proceeds of which are used to refinance, any Preferred Stock permitted to be outstanding pursuant to clauses (i) through (v) hereof (or any extension, renewal or refinancing thereof), having a liquidation preference not to exceed the liquidation preference of the Preferred Stock so exchanged or refinanced and having a redemption period no shorter than the redemption period of the Preferred Stock so exchanged or refinanced.

SECTION 1019. Statement by Officers as to Default; Compliance Certificates. (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures (signed by a signatory prescribed under the Trust Indenture Act) during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture and whether the Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures are in compliance with all covenants of this Indenture applicable to them and further stating, as to each such officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge each has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions, and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he may have knowledge and what action each is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).

(b) The Company shall, so long as any of the Securities of any series are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any officer becoming aware of (i) any Default or Event of Default or (ii) any event of default under any other mortgage, indenture or instrument referred to in Section 501(5),

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an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default, Event of Default or other event of default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 1020. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in
Section 801, provided pursuant to Section 901(2) and set forth in Sections 1004 to 1012, inclusive, Section 1014 and Sections 1016 through 1018, inclusive, and
Section 1021 if before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in principal amount at Stated Maturity of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 1021. Limitation on Business. The Company shall, and shall cause its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures to, engage only in (i) the ownership, design, engineering, procurement, construction, development, acquisition, operation, servicing, management or disposition of Permitted Facilities, (ii) the ownership, creation, development, acquisition, servicing, management or disposition of Restricted Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures that own, construct, develop, design, engineer, procure, acquire, operate, service, manage or dispose of Permitted Facilities, (iii) obtaining, arranging or providing financing incident to any of the foregoing and (iv) other related activities incident to any of the foregoing. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Eligible Joint Venture to, make any Investment or otherwise acquire any Property that is not directly related to the business of the Company as described in the preceding sentence (collectively, the "Ineligible Investments") other than as a part of an Investment or an acquisition of Property that is predominantly and directly related to the business of the Company as described above, and if the aggregate fair market value of such Ineligible Investments in the aggregate exceeds 20% (the "Percentage Limit") of the total assets of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined in accordance with GAAP) as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Eligible Joint Ventures must cease acquiring any additional Ineligible Investments and, within 18 months of the acquisition that caused the Ineligible Assets to exceed the Percentage Limit, must return to compliance with the Percentage Limit by disposing

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of Ineligible Assets or otherwise, provided that such 18-month period may be extended up to an additional six months if, despite the Company's active efforts during such 18-month period to dispose of such Ineligible Investments or to otherwise come into compliance with such Percentage Limit, the Company is unable to do so because of regulatory restrictions or delays or adverse market conditions.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1101. Right of Redemption. The Securities of any series may be redeemed at the election of the Company, in the amounts, at such time and at the Redemption Prices specified in the form of Security of such series hereinbefore set forth (together with any applicable accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date) and subject to the conditions specified in the form of Security of such series hereinafter set forth.

SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article. Redemption of Securities of any series at the election of the Company, as permitted by this Indenture and the provisions of the Securities of such series, shall be made in accordance with such provisions and this Article Eleven.

SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities pursuant to Section 1101 shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company pursuant to Section 1101 of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.

SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed or accepted shall be selected by the Trustee pro rata or otherwise in such manner as the Trustee deems to be fair and appropriate in the circumstances, provided that the Trustee shall redeem Securities of that series to be redeemed only in the minimum authorized denominations of Securities of such series.

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The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture and or the Securities, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities that has been or is to be redeemed.

SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given as provided in Section 106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price,

(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed, including CUSIP Numbers,

(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and that, unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and any applicable accrued interest, interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date, and

(5) the name of the Paying Agent or Agents and the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.

SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest

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Payment Date) any applicable accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities of the series that are to be redeemed on that date.

SECTION 1107. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and any applicable accrued and unpaid interest) such Securities shall not bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with any applicable accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date; provided that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 310.

If any Security called for redemption in accordance with the election of the Company made pursuant to Section 1101 shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the unpaid Redemption Price thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate or manner provided by the Security.

SECTION 1108. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose pursuant to Section 1002 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered.

ARTICLE TWELVE

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

SECTION 1201. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Company may elect, at its option at any

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time, to have Section 1202 or Section 1203 applied to the Outstanding Securities of or within any series (as a whole and not in part) upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Twelve. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.

SECTION 1202. Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's exercise of its option to have this Section 1202 applied to the Outstanding Securities of or within a series (as a whole and not in part), the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1202 on and after the 123rd day after the conditions set forth in Section 1204 are satisfied (hereinafter called "Defeasance") (or immediately if an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the effect described in clause (C) (y) of paragraph (2) of Section 1204). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1204 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 307, 308, 309, 1002, 1003 and 1004 (only with respect to the corporate existence and rights of the Company), (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture, (4) Article Eleven and (5) this Article Twelve. Subject to compliance with this Article Twelve, the Company may exercise its option to have this Section 1202 applied to the Outstanding Securities (as a whole and not in part) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option to have Section 1203 applied to such Securities.

SECTION 1203. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of its option to have this Section applied to the Outstanding Securities of or within a series (as a whole and not in part), (i) the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Eligible Joint Ventures shall be released from its obligations under Section 801(iii), Sections 1005 through 1018, inclusive,
Section 1021, and any covenant provided pursuant to Section 901(2) and (ii) the occurrence of any event specified in Section 501(1) (solely with respect to Offers to Purchase), Section 501(3), Section 501(4) (with respect to any of
Section 801(iii) and Sections 1005 through 1018, inclusive, Section 1021, and any

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such covenants provided pursuant to Section 901(2)), Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1204 are satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Sections 501(1) and 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such
Section to any other provision herein or in any other document; but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

SECTION 1204. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1202 or Section 1203 to the Outstanding Securities of or within a series:

(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee that satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of, premium if any and any installment of accrued interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities thereof or, if the Company makes arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of the Securities prior to their Stated Maturity, on any earlier Redemption Date, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities.

(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1202 apply to the Outstanding Securities, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (A) either (X) an Opinion of

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Counsel to the effect that Holders shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred and the Company had paid or redeemed such Securities on the applicable dates, which Opinion of Counsel must be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service to the same effect or a change in applicable federal income tax law or related Treasury regulations after the date of the Indenture or (y) a ruling directed to the Trustee or the Company received from the Internal Revenue Service to the same effect as the aforementioned Opinion of Counsel, (B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and (C) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that either (x) after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund shall not be subject to the effect of Section 547 or 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law or (y) based upon existing precedents, if the manner were properly briefed, a court should hold that the deposit of moneys and/or U.S. Government Obligations as provided in Section 1204(1) would not constitute a preference voidable under Section 547 or 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law.

(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1203 apply to the Outstanding Securities, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee (i) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities shall not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and shall be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur and the Company had paid or redeemed such Securities on the applicable dates, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and (iii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that either (x) after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust fund shall not be subject to the effect of Section 547 or 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law or (y) based upon existing precedents, if the manner were properly briefed, a court should hold that the deposit of moneys and/or U.S. Government Obligations as provided in Section 1204(1) would not constitute a

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preference voidable under Section 547 or 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or
Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law.

(4) Immediately after giving effect to such deposit on a pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Outstanding Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or (unless an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the effect described in
Section 1204(2)(C)(y) or 1204(3)(iii)(y)) during the period ending on the 123rd day after the date of such deposit.

(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).

(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.

(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

(9) If the Securities are listed on a national securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Securities shall not be delisted as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge.

SECTION 1205. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section 1205 and Section 1206, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to
Section 1204 or otherwise in respect of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the

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provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (other than the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1204 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

Anything in this Article Twelve to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in
Section 1204 that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to the Outstanding Securities.

SECTION 1206. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article Twelve with respect to any Securities of any series by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities of such series from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to
Section 1202 or 1203 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Twelve with respect to such Securities of such series, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1205 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article Twelve; provided that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security of such series following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities of such series to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.

By: /s/ Steven A. McArthur
    -------------------------------
    Name:  Steven A. McArthur
    Title: Senior Vice President,
    General Counsel and
    Secretary

IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY

By: /s/ Terence Rawlins
    --------------------------------
Name:  Terence Rawlins
Title: Assistant Vice President

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EXHIBIT A

Form of Senior Debt Security

(A) FACE OF SENIOR DEBT SECURITY

CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.

                           ___% Senior Notes due _____

No. ________________                                                     $______

                                                             CUSIP No.__________

         CalEnergy  Company,  Inc., a  corporation  duly  organized and existing

under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of __________________ Dollars on _______ __, ____, and to pay interest thereon from their date of issue and thereafter from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on ____ and _____ in each year, commencing _______ __, ___ at the rate of ___% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for, provided that any principal and premium, if any, and any such installment of interest, that is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or duly provided for, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the _____ or ______ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. 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 may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

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Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on this Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at such additional offices or agencies as the Company from time to time may designate for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, provided that payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) this Security shall be made only upon presentation and surrender hereof at any such office or agency and, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.

                                                 CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.

                                                 By: --------------------
                                                     Title:


Attest:

---------------------

Title:

Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

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IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee

By:
Authorized Signatory

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(B) FORM OF REVERSE OF SENIOR DEBT SECURITY

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its ___% Senior Notes due ____ (herein called the "Securities"), limited in aggregate principal amount of $_____ issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of October 15, 1997 (herein called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee" which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

The Securities are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by mail, at any time on or after _________ __, ____ and prior to maturity, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on or after __________ __ of

the years indicated,

              Year                            Redemption Price
              ----                            ----------------





together in the case of any such  redemption with accrued  interest,  if any, to

the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.

The Securities do not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.

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Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall be required to make an Offer to Purchase all or a specified portion of the Securities at a Purchase Price in cash equal to 101 percent of the principal amount thereof on any Purchase Date plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to such Purchase Date. If the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Eligible Joint Venture consummates an Asset Disposition, under certain circumstances, the Company shall be required to make an Offer to Purchase up to all or a specified portion of the Securities at a Purchase Price in cash equal to 100 percent of the principal amount thereof on any Purchase Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to such Purchase Date, in an amount equal to any Net Cash Proceeds from such an Asset Disposition that are not used to reinvest in the business of the Company and/or repay in a permanent reduction of Debt of the Company or Debt of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures. Holders of Securities shall receive notice of any such Offer to Purchase from the Company prior to the related Purchase Date and may elect to have such Securities purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" appearing on the reverse side of the Security.

In the event of redemption, or purchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities for the portion hereof not redeemed or purchased shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon surrender of this Security to the Trustee for cancellation thereof.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire Debt of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, including, without limitation, covenants relating to Offers to Purchase, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, there may be declared due and payable the Default Amount of the Securities, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Default Amount in respect of this Security as of any particular date shall equal 100% of the principal amount of this Security plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to such date.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions

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permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences in each case with respect to the Securities of such series. In addition, without the consent of any Holder of a Security, the Indenture and the Securities may be amended and supplemented to cure any ambiguity or inconsistency, make other changes that shall not adversely affect the rights of the Holders or certain other matters specified in the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver, or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25 percent in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to certain suits described in the Indenture, including any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date or, in the case of any purchase of this Security required to be made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, on or after the Purchase Date).

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security 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 Security at the times, place, manner and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

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As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which initially shall be the corporate trust office of the Trustee), duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities 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 therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

A director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting this Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Interest on this Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

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THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to


(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)





(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint

agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Dated: Your Signature:
(sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)

Signature Guarantee:

(Signature must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program ("SEMP"), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program ("MSP") or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to elect to have all or any portion of the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1013 ("Change of Control Offer") or Section 1015 ("Excess Proceeds Offer") of the Indenture, check the applicable boxes:

 _                                                   _
|_|  Change of Control Offer:                       |_|   Excess Proceeds Offer:
                    _                                                     _
         in whole  |_|                                         in whole  |_|
                    _                                                     _
         in part   |_|                                         in part   |_|

        Amount to be                                 Amount to be
        purchased: $                                 purchased: $
                    -----------                                  ------------


Dated:                                    Signature:
      -------                                       ----------------------------

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security) Signature
Guarantee:

(Signature must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program ("SEMP"), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program ("MSP") or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)

Social Security Number or
Taxpayer Identification Number:

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EXHIBIT B
PROMISSORY NOTE

Date of Issue: as of

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, [Borrower], a _____________ corporation ("Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to the order of [Lender], a ___________ corporation ("Lender"), $__________ (the "Principal") and any interest accrued thereon, upon demand by the Lender at any time six months subsequent to the date on which the _____% Senior Notes due ____ (the "Senior Notes") of CalEnergy Company, Inc. that were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of _________, ___ between CalEnergy Company, Inc. and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company shall have been repaid in full or such earlier date as may be permitted under the terms of such Indenture.

Section 1 Accrual and Payment of Interest under this Promissory Note

The Principal shall accrue interest from the date hereof at an annual rate (computed on the basis of a 360 day year) of __% which, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall be compounded semi-annually on each _______ and _____________ and added to the Principal hereof.

Section 2 Subordination

Payment of Principal of an interest on this Promissory Note shall be subordinated to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law to the prior payment in full of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any other indebtedness for money borrowed of the Borrower, to the extent that the same is thus due and owing whether at its stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise.

Section 3 Notices

All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be given by facsimile where appropriate and confirmed in writing or by prepaid registered mail to the addresses of the parties set forth in this Section 3 or to such other addresses as either party shall duly specify by written notice to the other.

If to Borrower to:





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If to Lender to:





Section 4 No Waiver

No failure or delay of either party hereto to exercise any power under this Promissory Note or to insist upon strict compliance by either party hereto of any obligations hereunder shall constitute a waiver of either party's rights to demand exact compliance with the terms hereof.

Section 5 Governing Law

This Promissory Note is made under and in accordance with the laws of ___________, and the rights of the parties in the construction and effect of each and every provision hereof shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of and shall be construed and regulated according to the laws of _________________.

[Borrower]

By
Name:
Title:

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FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.,
as Issuer

to

IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee


First Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of October 28, 1997


$350,000,000 of 7.63% Senior Notes due 2007


FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 28, 1997 (the "Supplemental Indenture"), between CalEnergy Company, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 302 South Thirty- sixth Street, Suite 400, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (herein called the "Trustee").

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company entered into an Indenture dated as of October 15, 1997 with the Trustee (the "Indenture") to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured senior debt securities (hereinafter called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture.

The Company proposes to issue a series of Securities designated its 7.63% Senior Notes due 2007 (the "Notes").

Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture provide for the form of and various other matters with respect to any series of Securities issued under the Indenture to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Indenture.

Section 901(8) of the Indenture provides that, without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may, and subject to Section 903 of the Indenture, the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, shall, enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Indenture, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 thereof.

All the conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding agreement of the Company in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been performed and fulfilled.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes provided for herein by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:


FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

ARTICLE ONE

RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS

1
SECTION 1.1. Relation to Indenture.

This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.

SECTION 1.2. Definitions.

For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture; and

(2) All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture.

"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, as of the date of any determination thereof, the total amount of all assets of the Company determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of such date less the sum of (a) the consolidated current liabilities of the Company determined in accordance with GAAP and (b) assets properly classified as Intangible Assets.

"Indebtedness" means any indebtedness for money borrowed which is incurred, issued, assumed or guaranteed by the Company.

"Intangible Assets" means, as of the date of determination thereof, all assets of the Company properly classified as intangible assets determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

"Rating Event Date" means the first date upon which the Notes are rated Baa3 or better by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., BBB- or better by Standard & Poor's Corporation and BBB- or better by Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (or, in any case, if such person ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act) selected by the Company as a replacement rating agency).

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ARTICLE TWO

THE SERIES OF NOTES

SECTION 2.1. Title of the Securities.

There shall be a series of Securities designated the "_% Senior Notes due 2007".

SECTION 2.2. Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount.

(a) The aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall be limited to $350,000,000, and, except as provided in this Section 2.2, the Company shall not execute and the Trustee shall not authenticate or deliver Notes in excess of such aggregate principal amount.

(b) Nothing contained in this Section 2.2 or elsewhere in this Supplemental Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit execution by the Company or authentication or delivery by the Trustee of Notes under the circumstances contemplated by Sections 307, 308, 309, 906, 1013 or 1108 of the Indenture.

SECTION 2.3. Interest and Interest Rate; Interest on Overdue Amounts.

(a) The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 7.63% per annum, from October 28, 1997 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 in each year, commencing April 15, 1998 (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), to the Persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the April 1 or October 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date, until the principal thereof is paid or duly provided for. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360- day year of twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable on any Note which is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date and such Defaulted Interest may either be paid to the Person in whose name such Note is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid on such other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture.

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SECTION 2.4 Maturity Date of Notes.

The Notes will mature on October 15, 2007.

SECTION 2.5. Elimination of Certain Covenants Upon Rating Event Date.

Following the Rating Event Date (and provided no Event of Default or Default shall exist on the Rating Event Date), Section 801 and Sections 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1018 and 1021 of the Indenture (collectively, the "Eliminated Covenants") shall be of no further force and effect and shall cease to apply to the Notes and, in place thereof, the provisions of Sections 2.6 and 2.7 hereof shall apply to the Notes. In the event that, subsequent to the Rating Event Date an Event of Default or a Default shall exist with respect to the Notes or the Notes shall thereafter be rated less than Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., less than BBB- by Standard & Poor's Corporation and less than BBB- by Duff & Philips Credit Rating Co. (or such other "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act) selected by the Company as a replacement rating agency), in each case the Eliminated Covenants shall not be reinstated.

SECTION 2.6. Restrictions on Liens

Following the Rating Event Date:

(a) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall not pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or permit to exist any mortgage, pledge or other lien upon any property or assets at any time directly owned by the Company to secure any Indebtedness, without making effective provisions whereby the Notes shall be equally and ratably secured with any and all such Indebtedness and with any other Indebtedness similarly entitled to be equally and ratably secured; provided however, that this Section 2.6(a) shall not apply to or prevent the creation or existence of: (i) liens existing on the Rating Event Date; (ii) purchase money liens which do not exceed the cost or value of the purchased property or assets; (iii) liens not to exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; and (iv) liens on property or assets granted in connection with extending, renewing, replacing or refinancing in whole or in part the Indebtedness (including, without limitation, increasing the principal amount of such Indebtedness) secured by liens described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii), provided that the liens in connection with any such extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing will be limited to the specific property or assets that was subject to the original lien.

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(b) In the event that the Company shall propose to pledge, mortgage or hypothecate or permit to exist any pledge, mortgage or other lien upon any property or assets at any time directly owned by it to secure any Indebtedness, other than as permitted by clauses (i) through (iv) of subsection
(a) above, the Company shall give prior written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Company will, prior to or simultaneously with such pledge, mortgage or hypothecation, effectively secure all the Notes equally and ratably with such Indebtedness.

(c) The provisions of this Section 2.6 shall not restrict the ability of the Company's Subsidiaries and Affiliates to pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or permit to exist any mortgage, pledge or lien upon their property or assets, in connection with project financings or otherwise.

SECTION 2.7. Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets

Following the Rating Event Date:

(a) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, or convey, transfer or lease its consolidated properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, or permit any Person to merge into or consolidate with the Company, unless: (i) the Company is the surviving or continuing corporation or the surviving or continuing corporation or purchaser or lessee is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, one of the States thereof or the District of Columbia or Canada and assumes the Company's obligations under the Notes and under the Indenture and (ii) immediately before and after such transaction, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b) Except for a sale of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety pursuant to subsection (a) above, and other than properties or assets required to be sold to conform with laws or governmental regulations, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, sell or otherwise dispose of any of its consolidated properties or assets (other than short-term, readily marketable investments purchased for cash management purposes with funds not representing the proceeds of other asset sales) if on a pro forma basis, the aggregate net book value of all such sales during the most recent 12- month period would exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets computed as of the end of the most recent quarter preceding such sale; provided, however, that any such sales shall be disregarded for purposes of this 10% limitation if the net proceeds are invested in properties or assets in similar or related lines of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and, provided further, that the Company may sell or otherwise dispose of consolidated properties and assets in excess of such 10% limitation if the net proceeds from such sales or dispositions,

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which are not reinvested as provided above, are retained by the Company as cash or Cash Equivalents or used to retire Indebtedness of the Company (other than Indebtedness which is subordinated to the Notes) and its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 2.8. Redemption.

The Notes are not redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity and are not subject to any mandatory sinking fund.

SECTION 2.9. Global Form.

The Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities as provided in Section 201(a) of the Indenture. The Depositary for the Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 201, 307 or 309 of the Indenture, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Security or Securities will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Certificated Securities.

SECTION 2.10. Form of Notes.

The Notes shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

SECTION 2.11. Security Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Trustee shall initially serve as Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.

SECTION 2.12. Place and Method of Payment.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the Notes shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which initially shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee), or at such additional offices or agencies as the Company from time to time may designate for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, provided that payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Notes shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof at any such office or agency and, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

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SECTION 2.13. Defeasance.

The provisions of Sections 1202 and 1203 of the Indenture relating to defeasance and covenant defeasance shall be applicable to the Notes. The provisions of Section 1203 of the Indenture shall apply to the covenants set forth in Sections 2.6 and 2.7 of this Supplemental Indenture and to those covenants specified in Section 1203 of the Indenture.

ARTICLE THREE

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.1. Ratification of Indenture.

Except as expressly modified or amended hereby, the Indenture continues in full force and effect and is in all respects confirmed and preserved.

SECTION 3.2. Governing Law.

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THAT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE TRUSTEE OR ANY HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER

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PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST THE COMPANY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

SECTION 3.3. Trust Indenture Act.

This Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

SECTION 3.4. Counterparts.

This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first written above.

CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.

By:________________________________
Name: Steven A. McArthur
Title: Senior Vice President

IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee

By:________________________________
Name:
Title:


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EXHIBIT A

Form of Note

This Security is issued in global form and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee thereof. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive form in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, this Security 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 issued is registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and any payment is made to the Depositary or its nominee, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof has an interest herein.

(FACE OF NOTE)

CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.

7.63% Senior Notes due 2007

No. ___________________ $______

CUSIP No. ________

CalEnergy Company, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of ____________ Dollars on October 15, 2007, and to pay interest thereon from their date of issue and thereafter from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 in each year, commencing April 15, 1998, at the rate of 7.63% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for, provided that any principal and premium, if any, and any such installment of interest, that is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of 7.63% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or duly provided for, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on

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any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the April 1 or October 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. 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 may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on this Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at such additional offices or agencies as the Company from time to time may designate for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, provided that payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) this Security shall be made only upon presentation and surrender hereof at any such office or agency and, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

CALENERGY COMPANY, INC.

By:_______________________
Title:

Attest:


Title:

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Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

IBJ SCHRODER BANK & TRUST COMPANY,

Dated:                             as Trustee

                       By:_________________________________________
                            Authorized Signatory

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(REVERSE OF NOTE)

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its 7.63% Senior Notes due 2007 (herein called the "Securities"), limited in aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000 issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of October 15, 1997, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 28, 1997 (as so supplemented, herein called the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee" which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

The Securities are not redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity and do not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall be required to make an Offer to Purchase all or a specified portion of the Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101 percent of the principal amount thereof on any Purchase Date plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to such Purchase Date. If the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Eligible Joint Venture consummates an Asset Disposition, under certain circumstances, the Company shall be required to make an Offer to Purchase up to all or a specified portion of the Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 100 percent of the principal amount thereof on any Purchase Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to such Purchase Date, in an amount equal to any Net Cash Proceeds from such an Asset Disposition that are not used to reinvest in the business of the Company and/or repay in a permanent reduction of Debt of the Company or Debt of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Eligible Joint Ventures. Holders of Securities shall receive notice of any such Offer to Purchase from the Company prior to the related Purchase Date and may elect to have such Securities purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" appearing on the reverse side of this Security.

In the event of purchase, pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities for the portion hereof not purchased shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon surrender of this Security to the Trustee for cancellation thereof.

The Indenture provides that following the Rating Event Date (and provided no Event of Default or Default shall exist on the Rating Event Date), substantially all the covenants contained in the Indenture (excluding the covenant relating to the Company's obligation to make an Offer to Purchase Securities upon the occurrence of a Change of Control) will cease to apply to the Securities. In their place, certain other

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covenants regarding restrictions or liens and the ability of the Company to merge or consolidate with or into any other Person or to transferor lease assets will apply to the Securities.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire Debt of this Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security, including, without limitation, covenants relating to Offers to Purchase, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, there may be declared due and payable the Default Amount of the Securities, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The Default Amount in respect of this Security as of any particular date shall equal 100% of the principal amount of this Security plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to such date.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences in each case with respect to the Securities of such series. In addition, without the consent of any Holder of a Security, the Indenture and the Securities may be amended and supplemented to cure any ambiguity or inconsistency, make other changes that shall not adversely affect the rights of the Holders or certain other matters specified in the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver, or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities, the Holders of not less than 25 percent in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and

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offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to certain suits described in the Indenture, including any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein (or, in the case of any purchase of this Security required to be made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, on or after the Purchase Date).

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security 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 Security at the times, place, manner and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which initially shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee), duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities 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 therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

A director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting this Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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Interest on this Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360- day year of twelve 30-day months.

All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOV- ERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to


(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)





(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint__________________________________ agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Dated:                          Your Signature: _________________________
                                         (sign exactly as name appears on the
                                         other side of this Security)

Signature Guarantee:

(Signature must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program ("SEMP"), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program ("MSP") or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you wish to elect to have all or any portion of the Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 1013 ("Change of Control Offer") or Section 1015 ("Excess Proceeds Offer") of the Indenture, check the applicable boxes:

|_|  Change of Control Offer:              |_|  Excess Proceeds Offer:
         in whole  |_|                             in whole  |_|
         in part   |_|                             in part   |_|

            Amount to be                                  Amount to be
            purchased: $________                          purchased:  $________


 Dated:_______________       Signature:________________________
                                        (Sign exactly as your name appears on
                                        the other side of this Security)

Signature
Guarantee:________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program ("SEMP"), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program ("MSP") or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)

Social Security Number or
Taxpayer Identification Number:________________________

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Craig M. Hammett - Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (402) 341-4500 Jeffrey S. Laudin - Manager, Investor Relations (402) 341-4500

CalEnergy Closes Public Offering of Common Stock

OMAHA, NE, October 20, 1997: CalEnergy Company, Inc. ("CalEnergy" or the "Company") (NYSE, PCX and LSE Symbol: CE) announced today that on Friday, October 17, 1997 it consummated the public offering of 17.1 million shares of its common stock ("Common Stock") at $37 7/8 per share in simultaneous United States and international offerings. In addition, 2 million shares of Common Stock were purchased from CalEnergy in a direct sale by a trust affiliated with Walter Scott, Jr., the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., contemporaneously with the closing of the public offering.

The Company will use the net proceeds from the public offering and the direct sale, together with the expected proceeds of a subsequent offering of Senior Notes due 2007 and general corporate funds of the Company, to complete the acquisition of all of the interest of Kiewit Diversified Group Inc. ("KDG") in the various international power generation projects ("Joint Venture Energy Projects") which are jointly owned with the Company and managed by the Company, as well as the repurchase of all of KDG's outstanding ownership interests in the Company's Common Stock. The KDG acquisition agreement provides that the Company will pay $1,155,000,000 for KDG's ownership interest in the Joint Venture Energy Projects and the Company's Common Stock. The closing under the KDG acquisition agreement is expected to occur in January, 1998.

The Company, which manages and owns interest in over 5,000 net MW of power generation facilities in operation, construction and development worldwide, currently operates 20 generating facilities and also supplies and distributes electricity to 1.5 million customers. www.calenergy.com


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Craig M. Hammett - Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (402) 341-4500 Jeffrey S. Laudin - Manager, Investor Relations (402) 341-4500

CalEnergy Announces $350 Million Senior Note Offering

OMAHA, NE, October 23, 1997: CalEnergy Company, Inc. ("CalEnergy" or the "Company") (NYSE, PCX and LSE Symbol: CE) announced today that it has arranged for the sale of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.63% Senior Notes due 2007 ("Notes"). The notes have been rated BB+, Bal and BBB- by Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Duff & Phelps, respectively.

The Company will use the net proceeds from $350 million Senior Note Offering, together with approximately $700 million in net proceeds from the public offering of 19.1 million shares of common stock which closed on October 17 and general corporate funds of the Company, to complete the acquisition of all of the interests of Kiewit Diversified Group Inc. ("KDG") in the various international power general projects ("Joint Venture Energy Projects") which are jointly owned with the Company and managed by the Company, as well as the repurchase of all of KDG's outstanding ownership interests in the Company's Common Stock. The KDG acquisition agreement provides that the Company will pay $1,155,000,000 for KDG's ownership interest in the Joint Venture Energy Projects and the Company's Common Stock. The closing under the KDG acquisition agreement is expected to occur in January, 1998.

Lehman Brothers Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are the managers of the Senior Note offering.

A prospectus relating to the securities may be obtained from Lehman Brothers Inc., Three World Financial Center, New York, New York 10285,
(212) 526-5055.

This release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities law of any such state.

The Company, which manages and owns interests in over 5,000 net MW of power generation facilities in operation, construction and development worldwide, currently operates 20 generating facilities and also supplies and distributes electricity to 1.5 million customers. www.calenergy.com