Exhibit 4.1
SIXTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
TO
INDENTURE DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC
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TO
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
AS TRUSTEE
DATED AS OF JULY 9, 2010
CREATING FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, SERIES PPP, 3.75%, DUE JULY 15, 2020
AND
OTHERWISE SUPPLEMENTING AND AMENDING THE INDENTURE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Parties:
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Company (Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., formerly named each of PSI Energy,
Inc. and Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc., and successor by
consolidation to Initial Mortgagor (Public Service Company of Indiana)),
and Trustee
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Recitals:
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Indenture of the Initial Mortgagor, dated September 1, 1939, and First
Supplemental Indenture thereto of the Initial Mortgagor, dated
as of March 1, 1941
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Consolidation of Initial Mortgagor (and four other companies) into the
Company
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Execution by Company of Second Supplemental Indenture to the original
Indenture
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Company substituted for Initial Mortgagor under Indenture
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Execution by Company of Third through the Sixty-First Supplemental
Indentures to the original Indenture
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Deutsche Bank National Trust Company appointed as Successor Trustee
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Change of name of Company from Public Service Company of Indiana,
Inc. to PSI Energy, Inc., and thereafter to Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
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Amount of bonds presently outstanding under the Indenture
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Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture and Bonds of Series PPP authorized
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Conditions precedent performed
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Executing Clause
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ARTICLE I.
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First Mortgage Bonds, Series PPP, 3.75%, Due
July 15, 2020.
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Section 1.
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Creation and designation of Bonds of Series PPP
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Section 2.
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Bonds of Series PPP to be in registered form only
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Form of face of Bonds of Series PPP
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Form of reverse of Bonds of Series PPP
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Form of Trustees certificate
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Section 3.
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Date of Bonds of Series PPP
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Section 4.
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Maturity dates and interest rates of Bonds of Series PPP
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Section 5.
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Place and manner of payment of Bonds of Series PPP
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Section 6.
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Denominations and numbering of definitive Bonds of Series PPP
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Temporary Bonds of Series PPP and exchange thereof for definitive bonds
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Section 7
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Maintenance and Renewal Fund shall not apply to Bonds of Series PPP
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Section 8.
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Inspection requirements shall not apply to Bonds of Series PPP
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Section 9.
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Companys right to further amend the original Indenture
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ARTICLE II.
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Issuance of Bonds of Series PPP.
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Section 1.
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Aggregate principal amount of Bonds of Series PPP issuable at once
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Section 2.
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Issuance of additional Bonds of Series PPP
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ARTICLE III.
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Indenture Amendments.
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Section 1.
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Amendments to Article I of the original Indenture
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Section 2.
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Amendments to Article VII of the original Indenture
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Section 3.
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No sinking fund for Bonds of Series PPP
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ARTICLE IV.
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Concerning the Trustee.
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Acceptance of trust by Trustee
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Trustee not responsible for validity or sufficiency of Sixty-Second
Supplemental Indenture, etc.
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Terms and conditions of Article XVII of the original Indenture to be applied
to the Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture
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ARTICLE V.
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Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Section 1.
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References in any article or section of the original Indenture refer
to such article or section as amended by all Sixty-Two Supplemental Indentures thereto
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Section 2.
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Operation and construction of amendments to the original Indenture
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Section 3.
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All covenants, etc., for sole benefit of parties to the Sixty-Second
Supplemental Indenture and holders of bonds
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Section 4.
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Table of contents and headings of articles not part of Sixty-Second
Supplemental Indenture
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Section 5.
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Execution of Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture in counterparts
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Section 6.
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Payments Due on Legal Holidays
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Attestation Clause
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Signatures
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Acknowledgment by Company
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Acknowledgment by Trustee
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Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture
dated as of the 9th day of July, 2010, made and
entered into by and between
Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
(hereinafter commonly referred to as
the Company), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Indiana,
formerly named each of PSI Energy, Inc. and Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc., and the
successor by consolidation to Public Service Company of Indiana, an Indiana corporation, party of
the first part, and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
, a national banking association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States and having its office or place of
business in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, successor trustee to Bank of America, N.A., as
successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, which was the successor trustee to The
First National Bank of Chicago (hereinafter commonly referred to as the Trustee), party of the
second part,
Witnesseth:
Whereas
, Public Service Company of Indiana (hereinafter commonly referred to as the
Initial Mortgagor), prior to its consolidation with certain other corporations to form the
Company, executed and delivered to the Trustee a certain indenture of mortgage or deed of trust
(hereinafter called the original Indenture when referred to as existing prior to any amendment
thereto, and the Indenture when referred to as heretofore, now or hereafter amended), dated
September 1, 1939, and a First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of March 1, 1941, to secure
the bonds of the Initial Mortgagor, its successors and assigns, issued from time to time under the
Indenture in series for the purposes of and subject to the limitations specified in the Indenture;
and
Whereas
, the Company on September 6, 1941, became, through a consolidation, the
successor of the Initial Mortgagor (and four other companies) and succeeded to all the rights and
became liable for all the obligations of the Initial Mortgagor (and such other companies); and
Whereas
, after said consolidation, the Company executed and delivered a Second
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1941, to the original Indenture for the purposes,
among others, of (i) the making by the Company of an agreement of assumption and adoption by it of
the Indenture, (ii) the assumption by the Company of the bonds (and interest and premium, if any,
thereon) issued or to be issued under the Indenture, and of all terms, covenants and conditions
binding upon it under the Indenture, and the agreeing by the Company to pay, perform and fulfill
the same, and (iii) the conveying to the Trustee upon the trusts declared in the Indenture, but
subject to any outstanding liens and encumbrances, all the property which the Company then owned or
which it might thereafter acquire, except property of a character similar to the property of the
Initial Mortgagor which is excluded from the lien of the Indenture; and
Whereas
, all conditions have been met and all acts and things necessary have been
done and performed to make the Indenture the valid and binding agreement of the Company and to
substitute the Company for the Initial Mortgagor under the Indenture, and to vest the Company with
each and every right and power of the Initial Mortgagor, including the right and power to issue
bonds thereunder; and
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Whereas
, the Company has subsequently executed and delivered, for purposes authorized
under the Indenture, a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 1, 1942, a Fourth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 1943, a Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August
1, 1944, a Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 1, 1945, a Seventh Supplemental
Indenture dated as of November 1, 1947, an Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1,
1949, a Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 1950, a Tenth Supplemental Indenture dated
as of July 1, 1952, an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 1954, a Twelfth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 1957, a Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
February 1, 1959, a Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 15, 1960, a Fifteenth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 15, 1964, a Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
January 1, 1969, a Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 1, 1970, an Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 1971, a Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
January 1, 1972, a Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 1, 1974, a Twenty-First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 1, 1974, a Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated as
of August 1, 1975, a Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 1977, a
Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 1977, a Twenty-Fifth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of September 1, 1978, a Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
September 1, 1978, a Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 1, 1979, a
Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 1979, a Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture
dated as of March 1, 1980, a Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 1, 1980, a
Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 1, 1981, a Thirty-Second Supplemental
Indenture dated as of August 1, 1981, a Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1,
1981, a Thirty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1982, a Thirty-Fifth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 30, 1984, a Thirty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as
of November 15, 1984, a Thirty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 15, 1985, a
Thirty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 1986, a Thirty-Ninth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of March 15, 1987, a Fortieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 1987, a
Forty-First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 15, 1988, a Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture
dated as of August 1, 1988, a Forty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 15, 1989, a
Forty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 15, 1990, a Forty-Fifth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of March 15, 1990, a Forty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1,
1990, a Forty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 15, 1991, a Forty-Eighth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of July 15, 1992, a Forty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 15,
1993, a Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 15, 1993, a Fifty-First Supplemental
Indenture dated as of February 1, 1994, a Fifty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 30,
1999, a Fifty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 15, 2001, a Fifty-Fourth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of September 1, 2002, a Fifty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February
15, 2003, a Fifty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 2004, a Fifty-Seventh
Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 21, 2008, a Fifty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as
of December 19, 2008, a Fifty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as
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of March 23, 2009, a Sixtieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 2009, and a Sixty-First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 2009, each supplementing and amending the Indenture;
and
Whereas
, the Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture authorized and appointed LaSalle
Bank National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the law
of the United States of America with its principal office in Chicago, Illinois and formerly named
LaSalle National Bank, as Successor Trustee to The First National Bank of Chicago, which
appointment was accepted, and all trust powers under the Indenture were thereby transferred from
The First National Bank of Chicago to LaSalle Bank National Association; and
Whereas
, by an Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance dated as of
December 15, 2008, Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National
Association, resigned as trustee and the Company appointed the Trustee as Successor Trustee
thereto, which appointment was thereby accepted by the Trustee effective as of that date, and all
trust powers were thereby transferred from Bank of America, N.A. to the Trustee; and
Whereas
, the Forty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture amended the Indenture to reflect a
change in the name of the Company from Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc. to PSI Energy, Inc.
effective as of April 20, 1990, and the Fifty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture amended the Indenture
to reflect a change in the name of the Company from PSI Energy, Inc. to Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.,
effective as of October 1, 2006; and
Whereas
, as of July 9, 2010, the only bonds that have been heretofore issued under
the Indenture which are now outstanding are $7,500,000 aggregate principal amount of PSI Energy,
Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series VV, Due July 15, 2026 and $28,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of PSI Energy, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series WW, Due August 15, 2027 and $53,055,000
aggregate principal amount of PSI Energy, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series CCC, 8.85%, Due
January 15, 2022 and $38,000,000 aggregate principal amount of PSI Energy, Inc. First Mortgage
Bonds, Series DDD, 8.31%, Due September 1, 2032 and $24,600,000 aggregate principal amount of PSI
Energy, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series GGG, Due March 1, 2019 and $35,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of PSI Energy, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series HHH, Due April 1, 2022 and
$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series
LLL, 6.35%, Due August 15, 2038 and $48,395,000 aggregate principal amount of Duke Energy
Indiana, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, 2005A Pledge Series, Due July 1, 2035 and $450,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series MMM,
6.45
%,
Due April 1, 2039 and $55,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Duke Energy
Indiana, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series NNN, 6%, Due August 1, 2039 and $50,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series OOO, 4.95%, Due October
1, 2040; and
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Whereas
, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XVIII of the
Indenture, the Board of Directors has authorized the execution and delivery by the Company of a
Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture, substantially in the form of this Sixty-Second Supplemental
Indenture, for the purpose of creating a sixty-first series of bonds to be issued under the
Indenture, to be known as Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series PPP, 3.75%, Due
July 15, 2020 (such bonds being hereinafter referred to as the Bonds of Series PPP), and
prescribing the form and substance of the Bonds of Series PPP and the terms, provisions and
characteristics thereof, and for the purpose of adding to the covenants and agreements of the
Company for the protection of the bondholders and of the trust estate, of providing the terms and
conditions for the redemption of the Bonds of Series PPP, of adding certain other covenants and
undertakings with respect to the Bonds of Series PPP and of making such changes in the Indenture as
are deemed necessary or desirable and as are permitted by the Indenture; and
Whereas
, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Sixty-Second
Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have been done, performed and
fulfilled and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized:
Now, Therefore
, in consideration of the premises, and of the acceptance and purchase
of the Bonds of Series PPP by the holders and registered owners thereof, and of the sum of One
Dollar ($1.00) duly paid by the Trustee to the Company, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
and in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions of the Indenture, the Company and
the Trustee, respectively, have entered into, executed and delivered this Sixty-Second Supplemental
Indenture for the uses and purposes hereinafter expressed, that is to say:
ARTICLE I.
First Mortgage Bonds, Series PPP, 3.75%, Due July 15, 2020
Section 1
. There are hereby created a sixty-first series of bonds to be issued under and
secured by the Indenture, to be designated as Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds,
Series PPP, 3.75%, Due July 15, 2020 (such series being the Bonds of Series PPP hereinbefore
referred to).
Section 2
. The following provisions shall apply to the Bonds of Series PPP.
(a) The Bonds of Series PPP shall be issued in fully registered form only. However,
except as provided elsewhere in this Section, the registered owner of all of the Bonds of
Series PPP initially shall be The Depository Trust Company (DTC) or its nominee, and such
Bonds of Series PPP initially shall be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee.
Payment of the principal of or interest on Bonds of Series PPP registered in the name of
DTC or its nominee shall be made
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in the manner specified in DTCs rules and by-laws. DTC (and any successor securities
depository) and its (or their) participating institutions (collectively Participants)
shall maintain a book-entry registration and transfer system with respect to ownership of
beneficial interests in the Bonds of Series PPP (the Book-Entry System).
(b) The Bonds of Series PPP, initially shall be issued in the form of one or more
authenticated, fully registered bonds for such series (each a Global Security) which (i)
need not be in the form of a lithographed or engraved certificate, but may be typewritten
or printed on ordinary paper or such paper as the Trustee may reasonably request, (ii)
shall represent and be denominated in an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Bonds of Series PPP issued under this Supplemental Indenture, (iii) shall be
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions
of the Indenture, (iv) shall be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, and delivered
to DTC or its nominee or a custodian therefor, and (v) shall contain the following legend
on the face thereof:
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York
corporation (DTC), to issuer or its agent for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued
is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name
as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and
any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as
is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered holder
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Bonds of Series PPP in definitive
certificated form, each Global Security representing the Bonds of Series PPP may not be
transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or
another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any such nominee to a successor securities depository
or a nominee of any such successor securities depository.
(c) The Trustee and the Company may treat Cede & Co. or its nominee, or any successor
securities depository or nominee thereof (collectively, the Depository) as the sole and
exclusive owner of the Bonds of Series PPP, registered in its name for the purposes of
payment of the principal or redemption price of or interest on the Bonds of Series PPP,
giving any notice permitted or required to be given to holders of the Bonds of Series PPP,
under the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture, registering the transfer of the Bonds
of Series PPP, obtaining any consent or other action to be taken by holders of the Bonds of
Series PPP, and for all other purposes whatsoever and neither the Trustee nor the Company
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shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any registrar nor any paying agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to any
Participant, any person claiming a beneficial ownership interest in the Bonds of Series PPP
under or through the Depository or any Participant, or any other person which is not shown
on the registration books as being a holder of the Bonds of Series PPP with respect to (i)
the accuracy of any records maintained by the Depository or any Participant; (ii) the
payment by the Depository to any Participant of any amount in respect of the principal or
redemption price of or interest on the Bonds of Series PPP; (iii) the payment by any
Participant to any owner of a beneficial ownership interest in the Bonds of Series PPP, in
respect of the principal of or interest on the Bonds of Series PPP or (iv) any consent or
other action taken by the Depository as owner of the Bonds of Series PPP. The Trustee
shall pay all principal of and interest on the Bonds of Series PPP only to or upon the
order of the registered holder or holders of the Bonds of Series PPP, as shown on the
registration books, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and
discharge the Companys obligations with respect to the principal or redemption price of
and interest on the Bonds of Series PPP, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No
person other than a holder of the Bonds of Series PPP, as shown on the registration books
of DTC, shall receive an authenticated Bond evidencing the obligation of the Company to
make payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds of Series PPP, pursuant to the
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture. Upon delivery by DTC to the Trustee of written
notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee for Cede & Co, and
subject to the provisions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the word Cede
& Co., as used in this Supplemental Indenture, shall refer to each new nominee of DTC.
(d) In the event that after the occurrence of an event of default that has not been
cured or waived, holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the beneficial
interests in the Bonds of Series PPP, as reflected in the books and records of the
Depository, notify the Trustee, through the Depository or any Participant, that the
continuation of the Book-Entry System is no longer in the best interests of such holders of
beneficial interests in the Bonds of such Series, then the Trustee shall notify the
Depository and the Company, and the Depository will notify the Participants of the
availability through the Depository of definitive certificated Bonds of such Series. In
such event, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written order of
the Company, signed by its President or a Vice President and by its Treasurer, Assistant
Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary (an Issuer Order), for the authentication and
delivery of definitive certificated Bonds of Series PPP, will authenticate and deliver
Bonds of such Series in definitive certificated form, in any authorized denominations, all
pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, to the person or persons specified to the
Trustee in writing by the Depository in the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
Global Security or Securities and in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
(e) If at any time the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable
to continue as Depository for the Bonds of Series PPP, or if at any time the Depository
shall no longer be registered as a clearing agency in good standing under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or
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regulation, the Company may appoint a successor Depository with respect to the Bonds
of such Series. If a successor Depository for the Bonds of such Series is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for
the authentication and delivery of definitive certificated Bonds of Series PPP, will
authenticate and deliver Bonds of such Series in definitive certificated form, in any
authorized denominations, all pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, to the person or
persons specified to the Trustee in writing by the Depository in the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Global Security or Securities and in exchange for such Global
Security or Securities.
(f) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Bonds
of Series PPP shall no longer be represented by a Global Security or Securities. In such
event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the
authentication and delivery of definitive certificated Bonds of such Series, will
authenticate and deliver Bonds of Series PPP in definitive certificated form, in any
authorized denominations, all pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, to the person or
persons specified to the Trustee in writing by the Depository in the aggregate principal
amount of the Global Security or Securities and in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities.
(g) Upon the exchange of any Global Security for the Bonds of Series PPP in
definitive certificated form, in authorized denominations, the Global Security or
Securities shall be cancelled by the Trustee.
(h) Whenever the Depository requests the Company and the Trustee to do so, the
Trustee and the Company will cooperate with the Depository in taking appropriate action
after reasonable notice to (i) make available one or more separate Global Securities
evidencing the Bonds of Series PPP to any Participant having Bonds of such Series credited
to its account at the Depository, or (ii) arrange for another Depository to maintain
custody of the Global Security or Securities evidencing the Bonds of Series PPP.
(i) In connection with any notice or other communication to be provided to holders of
the Bonds of Series PPP pursuant to the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture by the
Company or the Trustee with respect to any consent or other action to be taken by holders
of the Bonds of such Series, the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall
establish a record date for such consent or other action and give the Depository notice of
such record date not less than 15 calendar days in advance of such record date to the
extent possible. Such notice to the Depository shall be given only so long as a Depository
or its nominee is the sole holder of the Bonds of Series PPP.
The Bonds of Series PPP and the Trustees certificate to be endorsed thereon shall be
substantially in the following form:
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(Form of Face of Bond of Series PPP)
[Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation (DTC), to issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such
other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede
& Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
inasmuch as the registered holder hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
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Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
First Mortgage Bond, Series PPP,
3.75%,
Due July 15, 2020
Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., an Indiana corporation (hereinafter called the Company), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, the principal sum
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Dollars ($ ) on the fifteenth day of July, 2020 and to pay
interest on said sum from the date hereof, until said principal sum is paid, at the rate of 3.75%
per annum, payable semi-annually on the fifteenth day of January and July in each year. Both the
principal of and the interest on this bond shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United
States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts at the office or agency of the Company in Plainfield, Indiana, or, at the option of
the registered owner hereof, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan,
the City of New York, State of New York, except that interest on this bond may be paid, at the
option of the Company, by check or draft mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it
appears on the books of the Company maintained for that purpose.
REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS BOND SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH AT
THIS PLACE.
This bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose unless and until it shall
have been authenticated by the execution by the Trustee, or its successor in trust under the
Indenture, of the certificate endorsed hereon.
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In Witness Whereof
, Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. has caused this bond to be executed in
its name by the manual or facsimile signature of its President or an Executive Vice President or
one of its Vice Presidents, and its corporate seal or a facsimile thereof to be hereto affixed and
attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries.
Dated as of:
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(Form of Reverse of Bond of Series PPP)
This bond is one of the bonds of the Company issued and to be issued from time to time under
and in accordance with and all secured by an indenture of mortgage or deed of trust, dated
September 1, 1939, from Public Service Company of Indiana (predecessor of the Company) to The First
National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, to which Deutsche Bank National Trust Company is successor
trustee (which indenture as amended by all supplemental indentures is hereinafter referred to as
the Indenture). Said Trustee or its successor in trust under the Indenture is hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the Trustee. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description
of the property mortgaged and pledged and the nature and extent of the security for said bonds. By
the terms of the Indenture, the bonds secured thereby are issuable in series which may vary as to
date, amount, dates of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in the Indenture
provided.
This bond is one of a series designated as Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds,
Series PPP, 3.75%, Due July 15, 2020 (hereinafter referred to as the Bonds of Series PPP) of the
Company issued under and secured by the Indenture and created by a Sixty-Second Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of July 9, 2010 (the Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture), which also amends
the Indenture.
The rights and obligations of the Company and of the bearers and registered owners of bonds
may be modified or amended with the consent of the Company by an affirmative vote of the bearers or
registered owners entitled to vote of at least seventy-five per centum (75%) in principal amount of
the bonds then outstanding at a meeting of bondholders called for the purpose (and by an
affirmative vote of the bearers or registered owners entitled to vote of at least seventy-five per
centum (75%) in principal amount of bonds of any series affected by such modification or amendment
in case one or more, but less than all, series of bonds are so affected), all in the manner and
subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture, any consent by the bearer or registered
owner of any bond being conclusive and binding upon such bearer or registered owner and upon all
future bearers or registered owners of such bond, irrespective of whether or not any notation of
such consent is made on such bond; provided that no such modification or amendment shall, among
other things, extend the maturity or reduce the amount of, or reduce the rate of interest on, or
otherwise modify the terms of the payment of the principal of, or interest or premium (if any) on
this bond, which obligations are absolute and unconditional, or permit the creation of any lien
ranking prior to or equal with the lien of the Indenture on any of the mortgaged property. The
Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture provides that at any time when no bonds issued under the
Indenture prior to the issuance of the PSI Energy, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series BBB, 8%, Due
July 15, 2009 are outstanding, the Company reserves the right to amend the Indenture, without the
consent or other action by the holders of the bonds outstanding at that time, to decrease the
seventy-five per centum (75%) vote requirement referred to above to sixty-six and two-thirds per
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The Bonds of Series PPP may be redeemed at the option of the Company, as a whole or in part at
any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the
Bonds of Series PPP to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date),
discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 0.15% (15 basis points), plus, in each case,
accrued interest to the redemption date. For the avoidance of doubt, interest that is due and
payable on an interest payment date falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on
such interest payment date in accordance with the Bonds of Series PPP and the Indenture. The
Company shall notify the Trustee of the redemption price with respect to any redemption pursuant to
this paragraph promptly after the calculation thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible for
calculating said redemption price.
Business Day means any day other than a day on which banks in New York City are required or
authorized to be closed.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security or securities selected
by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining
term of the Bonds of Series PPP to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and
in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities
of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Bonds of Series PPP.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any redemption date for the Bonds of Series
PPP, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Quotation
Agent obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations.
Quotation Agent means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, plus one other
financial institution appointed by the Company at the time of any redemption or their affiliates
which are primary U.S. Government securities dealers, and their respective successors; provided,
however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates shall cease to be a primary U.S.
Government securities dealer in the United States (a Primary Treasury Dealer), the Company shall
substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal
amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by
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the Reference Treasury Dealers at 3:30 p.m. New York time on the third Business Day preceding
such redemption date.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the
semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
date.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60
days before any redemption date to each holder of Bonds of Series PPP to be redeemed. If less than
all the Bonds of Series PPP are to be redeemed at the option of the Company, and if the Bonds of
Series PPP are not Global Securities, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem
fair and appropriate, the Bonds of Series PPP to be redeemed in whole or in part.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after any redemption
date, interest will cease to accrue on the Bonds of Series PPP or portions thereof called for
redemption.
In the case of any of certain events of default specified in the Indenture, the principal of
this bond may be declared or may become due and payable prior to the stated date of maturity hereof
in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or interest on this bond, or for
any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof or of the Indenture, to or against any
incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
predecessor or successor company, either directly or through the Company or such predecessor or
successor company, under any constitution or statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty, or otherwise, all such liability of incorporators, shareholders, directors
and officers being waived and released by the registered owner hereof by the acceptance of this
bond and being likewise waived and released by the terms of the Indenture.
The Bonds of Series PPP are issuable only in registered form without coupons. This bond is
transferable by the registered owner hereof, in person or by an attorney duly authorized, at the
principal office or place of business of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, the Trustee, or its
successor in trust under the Indenture, or, if the Bonds of Series PPP are not Global Securities,
at the option of the registered owner, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, State of New York, upon the surrender and cancellation of this
bond, and upon any such transfer a new registered bond or bonds of the same series and maturity
date and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange
herefor.
The Bonds of Series PPP are issuable in denominations of $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof as shall from time to time be determined and authorized by the
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Board of Directors of the Company. In the manner and subject to the limitations provided in
the Indenture, Bonds of Series PPP are exchangeable as between authorized denominations, upon
presentation thereof for such purpose by the registered owner, at the principal office or place of
business of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, the Trustee, or its successor in trust under the
Indenture, or, at the option of the registered owner, at the office or agency of the Company in the
Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, State of New York.
No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of this bond, but the Company may
require a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
(Form of Trustees Certificate)
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE
This bond is one of the Bonds of Series PPP designated therein referred to and described in
the within mentioned Indenture and Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture.
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Section 3.
Each Bond of Series PPP issued prior to the first interest payment date shall
be dated as of July 9, 2010, and otherwise shall be dated as provided in Section 1 of Article II of
the Indenture.
Section 4.
All Bonds of Series PPP shall be due and payable on July 15, 2020, and shall bear
interest from the date thereof at the rate of 3.75% per annum, payable semi-annually on the
fifteenth day of January and July in each year, commencing January 15, 2011.
Section 5.
Subject to agreements with or the rules of the Depository or any successor
book-entry security system or similar system with respect to Global Securities, both the principal
of and the interest on the Bonds of Series PPP shall be payable in any coin or currency of the
United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts, at the office or agency of the Company in Plainfield, Indiana, or, at the option of
the holder thereof, at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New York, State of New York, except that interest on the Bonds of Series PPP may be paid, at the
option of the Company, by check or draft mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it
appears on the books of the Company maintained for that purpose.
Section 6.
Definitive Bonds of Series PPP shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, numbered consecutively from PPP-R-1 upward.
The Bonds of Series PPP shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile
signature of its President or an Executive Vice President or one of its Vice Presidents and shall
have affixed thereto the seal of the Company or a facsimile thereof attested by the manual or
facsimile signature of its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries and shall be authenticated
by the execution by the Trustee of the certificate endorsed on said bonds.
No service charge will be made by the Company for the transfer or for the exchange of Bonds of
Series PPP except, in the case of transfer, a charge sufficient to reimburse the Company for any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 of Article II of the Indenture, Bonds of Series PPP
may be issued in temporary form, and if temporary bonds be issued, the Company shall, with all
reasonable dispatch, at its own expense and without charge to the holders of the temporary bonds,
prepare and execute definitive Bonds of Series PPP and exchange the temporary bonds for such
definitive bonds in the manner provided for in said section, provided, however, no presentation or
surrender of temporary Bonds of Series PPP shall be necessary in order for the holders entitled to
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Section 7.
Article IX of the Indenture, Maintenance and Renewal Fund and Sinking Fund
Provisions, as heretofore amended or supplemented shall not apply to the PSI Energy, Inc. First
Mortgage Bonds, Series BBB, 8%, Due July 15, 2009 (such bonds being hereinafter referred to as the
Bonds of Series BBB) or to any subsequently created series of bonds (which includes the Bonds of
Series PPP) from and after the date on which no series of bonds created under the Indenture prior
to the Bonds of Series BBB are outstanding.
Section 8.
Section 22 of Article V of the Indenture as heretofore amended or supplemented
which, among other things, requires an inspection of the mortgaged property every two years by an
independent engineer, shall not apply to the Bonds of Series BBB or to any subsequently created
series of bonds (which includes the Bonds of Series PPP), from and after the date on which no
series of bonds created under the Indenture prior to the Bonds of Series BBB are outstanding.
Section 9.
The Company reserves the right, without consent or other action by the holders of
the Bonds of Series BBB or of any subsequently created series of bonds (which includes the Bonds of
Series PPP), to amend the Indenture, as heretofore amended or supplemented, at any time after all
bonds of any series created prior to the Bonds of Series BBB are no longer outstanding under the
Indenture, as follows:
(a) by substituting for the words in principal amount not greater than sixty per
centum (60%) of in Section 3 of Article IV thereof the following:
in principal amount not greater than sixty-six and two-thirds per centum
(66-2/3%) of .
(b) by substituting for the words shall exceed sixty per centum (60%) of the
value of bondable property so acquired in Section 9 of Article V thereof the
following:
shall exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum (66-2/3%) of the value
of bondable property so acquired.
(c) by substituting for the words shall be deemed to be paid within the meaning
of this article;
provided
, that the date for the payment or redemption of such
bonds shall be not more than one (1) year after such moneys shall have been so set
apart or paid. in the first paragraph of Article XIV thereof the following:
shall be deemed to be paid within the meaning of this article..
(d) by substituting for the words with the consent of holders of at least
seventy-five per centum (75%) in aggregate principal amount of the bonds
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at the time outstanding; in sub-section (a) of Section 3 of Article XVIII thereof
the following:
with the consent of holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds per
centum (66-2/3%) in aggregate principal amount of the bonds at the time
outstanding;.
(e) by substituting for the words holders (or persons entitled to vote the bonds)
of not less than seventy-five per centum (75%) in aggregate principal amount of the
bonds entitled to be voted in sub-section (l) of Section 3 of Article XVIII
thereof the following:
holders (or persons entitled to vote the bonds) of not less than
sixty-six and two-thirds per centum (66-2/3%) in aggregate principal
amount of the bonds entitled to be voted.
(f) by substituting for the words holders (or persons entitled to vote the bonds)
of at least seventy-five per centum (75%) in principal amount of the bonds
outstanding in sub-section (m) of Section 3 of Article XVIII thereof the
following:
holders (or persons entitled to vote the bonds) of at least sixty-six and
two-thirds per centum (66-2/3%) in principal amount of the bonds
outstanding.
ARTICLE II.
Issuance of Bonds of Series PPP.
Section 1
. An initial issue of Bonds of Series PPP, in the aggregate principal amount not
exceeding five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), may be executed by the Company and delivered
to the Trustee for authentication, and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to or
upon the order of the Company (which authentication and delivery may be made without awaiting the
filing or recording of this Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture), upon receipt by the Trustee of
the resolutions, certificates, orders, opinions and other instruments required by the provisions of
Section 2 of Article IV of the Indenture to be received by the Trustee as a condition to the
authentication and delivery by the Trustee of bonds pursuant to said Section 2.
Section 2
. Subject to the limitations provided in Section 24 of Article V of the Indenture,
additional Bonds of Series PPP may be issued by the Company under the provisions of Sections 2, 3
or 4 of Article IV of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE III.
Indenture Amendments.
Section 1.
Article I of the Indenture, as heretofore amended, is hereby further amended (i)
by adding immediately after subdivision (101) thereof an additional subdivision numbered (102)
and reading as follows:
(102) The term Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture shall mean the Sixty-Second
Supplemental Indenture executed by the Company and the Trustee, dated as of July 9, 2010,
supplementing and amending the Indenture; and the term Bonds of Series PPP shall mean the
Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. First Mortgage Bonds, Series PPP, 3.75%, Due July 15, 2020
created by the Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture.
and (ii) by changing the numbering of the present subdivision (102) thereof to (103).
Section 2.
Article VII of the Indenture, as heretofore amended, is hereby further amended by
inserting therein immediately after Section 45 thereof, a new section designated Section 46 and
reading as follows:
Section 46. The Bonds of Series PPP may be redeemed at the option of the Company, as
a whole or in part at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of
the principal amount of the Bonds of Series PPP to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon
(exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date), discounted to the redemption date
on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
Treasury Rate plus 0.15% (15 basis points), plus, in each case, accrued interest to the
redemption date. For the avoidance of doubt, interest that is due and payable on an
interest payment date falling on or prior to a redemption date will be payable on such
interest payment date in accordance with the Bonds of Series PPP and the Indenture. The
Company shall notify the Trustee of the redemption price with respect to any redemption
pursuant to this paragraph promptly after the calculation thereof. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for calculating said redemption price.
Business Day means any day other than a day on which banks in New York City are
required or authorized to be closed.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security or securities
selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Bonds of Series PPP to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the
time of selection and in accordance with
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customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of a corporate debt securities of
a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such bonds.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any redemption date for the Bonds
of Series PPP, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such
redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (B) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
Quotation Agent means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, plus one other
financial institution appointed by the Company at the time of any redemption or their
affiliates which are primary U.S. Government securities dealers, and their respective
successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing or their affiliates shall cease
to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a Primary Treasury
Dealer), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the
bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by the
Reference Treasury Dealers at 3:30 p.m., New York time, on the third Business Day preceding
such redemption date.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal
to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity (on a day count
basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price
for such redemption date.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before any redemption date to each holder of Bonds of Series PPP to be
redeemed. If less than all the Bonds of Series PPP are to be redeemed at the option of the
Company, and if the Bonds of Series PPP are not Global Securities, the Trustee shall
select, in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, the Bonds of Series PPP to be
redeemed in whole or in part.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after any
redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Bonds of Series PPP or portions
thereof called for redemption.
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The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee from any and all losses,
costs, damages, expenses, fees (including attorneys fees), court costs, judgments,
penalties, obligations, suits, disbursements and liabilities of any kind or character
whatsoever which may at any time be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted against the
Trustee by reason of or arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly by any act or
omission of the Trustee with respect to this Section 46, except for such that would arise
out of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Trustee and except for costs and
expenses arising in the ordinary course of the Trustees business.
Section 3.
The Bonds of Series PPP shall not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund.
ARTICLE IV.
Concerning the Trustee.
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts hereby declared and agrees to perform the same upon the
terms and conditions in the Indenture and in this Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture set forth.
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or
sufficiency of this Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture or the due execution hereof by the Company
or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the
Company solely. In general, each and every term and condition contained in Article XVII of the
Indenture shall apply to this Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE V.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Section 1.
Wherever in the original Indenture or in any of the sixty-two supplemental
indentures thereto reference is made to any article or section of the original Indenture, such
reference shall be deemed to refer to such article or section as amended by such supplemental
indentures.
Section 2.
Upon the execution and delivery hereof, the Indenture shall thereupon be deemed to
be amended as hereinabove set forth as fully and with the same effect as if the amendments made
hereby were set forth in the original Indenture and each of the sixty-two supplemental indentures
to the Indenture shall henceforth be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument; but
such amendments shall not operate so as to render invalid or improper any action heretofore taken
under the original Indenture or said supplemental indentures.
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Section 3.
All the covenants, stipulations and agreements in this Sixty-Second Supplemental
Indenture contained are and shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto,
their successors and assigns, and of the holders from time to time of the bonds.
Section 4.
The table of contents to, and the headings of the different articles of, this
Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture are inserted for convenience of reference, and are not to be
taken to be any part of the provisions hereof, nor to control or affect the meaning, construction
or effect of the same.
Section 5.
This Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in any
number of counterparts, and all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 6.
Whenever a payment of principal or interest in respect of the Bonds of Series PPP
are due on any day other than a business day (as hereinafter defined), such payment shall be
payable on the first business day next following such date, and, in the case of a principal
payment, interest on such principal payment shall accrue to the date of such principal payment. For
the purposes of this Section 6 the term business day shall mean any day other than a day on which
the Trustee is authorized by law to close.
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In Witness Whereof
, said Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. has caused this instrument to be
executed in its corporate name by its President or one of its Vice Presidents and to be attested by
its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries and said Deutsche Bank National Trust Company has
caused this instrument to be executed in its corporate name by one of its Vice Presidents and to be
attested by one of its Vice Presidents, in several counterparts, all as of the day and year first
above written.
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Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
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David S. Maltz
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Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
solely as Trustee and not in its individual capacity
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Vice President
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State of North Carolina
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Be It Remembered
, that on this 8th day of July, 2010, before me, the undersigned, a
notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified,
personally appeared David S. Maltz and Robert T. Lucas III, personally known to me to be the same
persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and personally known to me to be a
Vice President and an Assistant Secretary, respectively, of Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., an Indiana
corporation, and acknowledged that they signed and delivered said instrument as their free and
voluntary act as such Vice President and Assistant Secretary, respectively, and as the free and
voluntary act of said Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., for the uses and purposes therein set forth; in
pursuance of the power and authority granted to them by resolution of the Board of Directors of
said Company.
In Witness Whereof
, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal the day
and year aforesaid.
(Notarial Seal)
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/s/ Patricia C. Ross
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Be It Remembered
, that on this 8th day of July, 2010, before me, the undersigned, a
notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified,
personally appeared Victoria Y. Douyon and Katherine Cokic personally known to me to be the same
persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and personally known to me to be
Vice Presidents of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking association, and
acknowledged that they signed and delivered said instrument as their free and voluntary act as such
Vice Presidents, respectively, and as the free and voluntary act of said Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, for the uses and purposes therein set forth; in pursuance of the power and authority
granted to them by the bylaws of said association.
In Witness Whereof
, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal the day
and year aforesaid.
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This instrument was prepared by:
Bradley C. Arnett, Esq.*
Frost Brown Todd LLC
201 E. Fifth Street, Suite 2200
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4182
* Admitted in Ohio; not admitted in Indiana
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Exhibit 99.1
DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC.
$500,000,000 FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS,
SERIES PPP, 3.75%, DUE JULY 15, 2020
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1.
Introductory
. DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, INC., an Indiana corporation (the Company), proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell $500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Series PPP, 3.75%, Due July 15, 2020 (the Bonds). The
Bonds will be issued under and secured by an Indenture of Mortgage or Deed of Trust, dated
September 1, 1939 (the Original Mortgage), between the Company and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as successor trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented and amended from time to time,
including by the Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of July 9, 2010 (the
Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture and together with the Original Mortgage (as supplemented and
amended) the First Mortgage Indenture). BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the Representatives) are acting
as representatives of the several underwriters named on Schedule A hereto (together with the
Representatives, the Underwriters).
2.
Representations and Warranties of the Company.
As of the date hereof, as of the Applicable
Time (as defined below) and as of the Closing Date, the Company represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
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A registration statement (No. 333-146483-02), including a prospectus, relating
to the Bonds and certain other securities has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the 1933 Act); such registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
each in the form heretofore delivered to you, became
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effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462 of the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the 1933 Act Regulations). The
base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, as amended and
supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time, is hereinafter called the
Base Prospectus; the preliminary prospectus supplement specifically relating to
the Bonds immediately prior to the Applicable Time filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is hereinafter called the
Preliminary Prospectus; the various parts of such registration statement,
including all exhibits thereto and including the prospectus supplement relating to
the Bonds that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B of the
1933 Act Regulations to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at
the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter
collectively called the Registration Statement; the form of the final prospectus
relating to the Bonds filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933
Act Regulations in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof is hereinafter called the
Prospectus and any information included in such Prospectus that was omitted from
the Registration Statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be
a part of and included in the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B is
referred to as Rule 430B Information; any reference herein to the Base Prospectus,
the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the 1933 Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any
amendment or supplement to the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to
the Registration Statement, the prospectus supplement relating to the Bonds filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act and any documents
filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act), and
incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Base Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any
amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include any annual report
of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the
effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement. For purposes of this Agreement, the term Applicable
Time means 2:15 p.m. (New York City Time) on the date hereof.
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No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has
been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933
Act has been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
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The Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the document or documents
specified in Item 3 of Schedule B hereto (such document or documents, the Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus), the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus conform or
will conform, and any amendments or supplements thereto will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations; the
Registration Statement as of its original effective date, at each deemed effective date
with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule
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430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 3), did not and will not contain 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; the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement
is issued and at the Closing Date, will not include any 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; and the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus (collectively, the Pricing Disclosure Package), all
considered together, as of the Applicable Time, did not include any 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; provided, however, the Company makes no representation or warranty
to the Underwriters with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for use in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus.
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The Permitted Free Writing Prospectus specified on Schedule B hereto as of its
issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and
sale of the Bonds (or until any earlier date that the Company notifies the Underwriters
as described in Section 5(f)) did not and will not include any information that
conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus that has not been superseded
or modified.
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At the earliest time the Company or another offering participant made a bona
fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the
Bonds, the Company was not an ineligible issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933
Act Regulations. The Company is, and was at the time of the initial filing of the
Registration Statement, eligible to use Form S-3 under the 1933 Act.
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The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time
they were filed or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied or will comply, as
the case may be, in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the 1934 Act Regulations) and,
when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, (a) at the time the
Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the Applicable Time and (c) on the
Closing Date, did not and will 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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The Companys most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K meets the conditions
specified in General Instruction I(1) of the General Instructions for Form 10-K, and
any Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q by the Company after the filing of the
Companys most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K meets the conditions specified in
General Instruction H(1) of the General Instructions for Form 10-Q.
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The compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement has
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company or its subsidiary is a party or by which either is bound or to which
any of their respective properties or assets are subject that would have a material
adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiary, taken as a whole; nor will such compliance result in any
violation of the provisions of the Companys Amended Articles of Consolidation
(Articles) or the Companys By-Laws (By-Laws) or any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or its subsidiary or any of their respective properties that would have a
material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations
of the Company and its subsidiary, taken as a whole. No consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for authorization by the Indiana
Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), registration of the offer and sale of the Bonds
under the 1933 Act, qualification of the First Mortgage Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (the 1939 Act) and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky
laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Bonds by the Underwriters.
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This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
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The Original Mortgage has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and duly qualified under the 1939 Act. The Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture
has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company
(assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee), the
First Mortgage Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as (i)
the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws
affecting creditors rights generally, and (ii) the rights of acceleration and the
availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general
applicability.
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The Bonds have been duly authorized by the Company and when executed by the
Company, authenticated by the Trustee (in the manner provided in the First Mortgage
Indenture) and delivered against payment therefor will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms, except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, and (ii) the rights
of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable
principles of general applicability.
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The Company (i) is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the State of Indiana and (ii) is duly qualified to do
business in each jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified would materially
adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the First Mortgage Indenture or the Bonds.
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Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Bonds.
On the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 99.258% of the principal amount of the Bonds plus
accrued interest from July 9, 2010, the respective principal amount of Bonds set forth opposite the
name of each Underwriter on Schedule A hereto plus the respective principal amount of additional
Bonds which each such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of
Section 8 hereof. The Underwriters hereby also agree to make a payment to the Company in an
aggregate amount equal to $1,000,000, including in respect of expenses incurred by the Company in
connection with the offering of the Bonds.
Payment of the purchase price for the Bonds to be purchased by the Underwriters and the
payment referred to above shall be made at the offices of Frost Brown Todd LLC, 2200 PNC Center,
201 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4182, or at such other place as shall be mutually
agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on July 9,
2010, or such other time and date as shall be mutually agreed upon in writing by the
Representatives and the Company (the Closing Date). All other documents referred to herein that
are to be delivered at the Closing Date shall be delivered at that time at the offices of Sidley
Austin LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019. Payment shall be made to the Company by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against
delivery of the Bonds, in fully registered form, to the Representatives for the respective accounts
of the Underwriters. The Bonds shall be delivered in the form of one or more global certificates
in aggregate denomination equal to the aggregate principal amount of Bonds upon original issuance,
and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (DTC).
4.
Offering by the Underwriters.
It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to
offer the Bonds for sale to the public as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
5.
Covenants of the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters
that:
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The Company will cause the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus to be
filed pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations; the
Company will advise the Underwriters promptly of (x) the filing of any amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, and (y) the institution by the Commission of any stop
order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement. The Company will use its
best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as
possible its lifting, if issued.
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If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Bonds (or the notice referred
to in Rule 173(a) of the 1933 Act Regulations) is required to be delivered under the
1933 Act any event occurs as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package or 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 time to amend the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with
the Commission an amendment, a supplement or an appropriate document pursuant to
Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act which will correct such statement or omission or which
will effect such compliance.
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The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Bonds is
required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will timely file all documents required to
be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act.
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Without the prior consent of the Underwriters, the Company has not made and
will not make any offer relating to the Bonds that would constitute a free writing
prospectus as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations, other than the
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; each Underwriter, severally and not jointly,
represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company, it has not made
and will not make any offer relating to the Bonds that would constitute a free writing
prospectus as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations, other than a Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus or a free writing prospectus that is not required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 433); any such
free writing prospectus (which shall include the pricing term sheet discussed in
Section 5(e) below), the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the
Underwriters, is specified in Item 3 of Schedule B hereto. The Company represents
that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433, and has
complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required,
legending and record keeping.
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The Company agrees to prepare a pricing term sheet specifying the terms of the
Bonds not contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, substantially in the form of
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Schedule C hereto and approved by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters,
and to file such pricing term sheet as an issuer free writing prospectus pursuant
to Rule 433 prior to the close of business two business days after the date hereof.
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The Company agrees that if at any time following the issuance of a Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus any event occurs as a result of which such Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information (not superseded or modified) in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances then
prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the
Underwriters and, if requested by the Underwriters, will prepare and furnish without
charge to each Underwriter a free writing prospectus or other document, the use of
which has been consented to by the Underwriters, which will correct such conflict,
statement or omission; provided, however, that this covenant shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the
Underwriters specifically for use in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus.
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The Company will timely make generally available to its securityholders as soon
as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of the last paragraph of Section
11(a) of the 1933 Act.
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The Company will furnish to you, without charge, copies of the Registration
Statement (three of which will include all exhibits other than those incorporated by
reference), the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and all amendments and
supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities
as you reasonably request.
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The Company will arrange or cooperate in arrangements for the qualification of
the Bonds for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as you designate and will
continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to file any general consent to service of process under the laws of any
state where it is not now so subject.
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The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement including (i) the printing and filing of the
Registration Statement and the printing of this Agreement and any Blue Sky Survey, (ii)
the preparation and printing of certificates for the Bonds, (iii) the issuance and
delivery of the Bonds as specified herein, (iv) the fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters in connection with the qualification of the Bonds under the
securities laws of any jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(i)
and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey (such fees not to exceed
$5,000), (v) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters, in
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quantities as hereinabove referred to, of copies of the Registration Statement and
any amendments thereto, of the Preliminary Prospectus, of the Prospectus, of any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vi)
any fees charged by independent rating agencies for rating the Bonds, (vii) any fees
and expenses in connection with the listing of the Bonds on the New York Stock
Exchange, (viii) any filing fee required by the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, (ix) the costs of any depository arrangements for the Bonds with DTC or
any successor depositary and (x) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to
investor presentations on any road show undertaken in connection with the
marketing of the offering of the Bonds, including, without limitation, expenses
associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses
of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the
prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the Underwriters and
officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft
chartered in connection with the road show; provided, however, the Underwriters
shall reimburse a portion of the costs and expenses referred to in this clause (x).
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Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters.
The obligations of the several
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Bonds will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements
of officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
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The Prospectus shall have been filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by
the 1933 Act Regulations, and each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall have been
filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 within the applicable
time period prescribed for such filing by the 1933 Act Regulations (to the extent so
required).
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On or after the Applicable Time and prior to the Closing Date, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and
no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act shall have
been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or you, shall be threatened by the
Commission.
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On or after the Applicable Time and prior to the Closing Date, the rating
assigned by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poors Ratings Services (or
any of their successors) to any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company as of
the date of this Agreement shall not have been lowered.
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Since the respective most recent dates as of which information is given in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and up to the Closing Date, there shall
not have been any material adverse change in the condition of the Company and its
subsidiary, taken as a whole, financial or otherwise, except as reflected in
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or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and since such
dates and up to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any material transaction
entered into by the Company other than transactions contemplated by the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and transactions in the ordinary course of
business, the effect of which in your reasonable judgment is so material and adverse
as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or
the delivery of the Bonds on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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You shall have received an opinion of J. William DuMond, Esq., Associate
General Counsel of Duke Energy Business Services LLC, the service company affiliate of
the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
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The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Indiana, with power
and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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The Companys sole subsidiary is a corporation duly organized
and validly existing in good standing under the laws of Indiana and has due
corporate and governmental authority to carry on the business in which it is
engaged, except where the failure would not, singularly or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated
financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations, business or
prospects of the Company and its subsidiary, taken as a whole, and to own and
operate the properties in use in such business.
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The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
First Mortgage Indenture and the Bonds and compliance by the Company with its
obligations hereunder and thereunder (x) will not conflict with, or result in
any charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company (other than
pursuant to the First Mortgage Indenture) pursuant to the terms of, or
constitute a default under, any agreement, indenture or instrument known to
such counsel, or result in a violation of the Articles or By-Laws of the
Company (as in effect on the Closing Date) or any order, rule or regulation
(also as in effect on the Closing Date) of any court or governmental agency
having jurisdiction over the Company and (y) the issuance of the Bonds in
accordance with the First Mortgage Indenture and the sale of the Bonds in
accordance with this Agreement, do not and will not result in any violation by
the Company of any of the terms or provisions of the Articles or By-Laws, or of
the First Mortgage Indenture, or any mortgage or other agreement or instrument
known to such counsel by which the Company is bound.
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(iv)
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The First Mortgage Indenture is in due and proper form, has
been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, has been
duly
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executed and delivered by the Company, qualified under the 1939 Act, and,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the First
Mortgage Indenture is a valid and binding instrument of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as (i) the enforceability
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting
creditors rights generally, and (ii) the rights of acceleration and the
availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of
general applicability.
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(v)
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The issue of the Bonds by the Company in accordance with the
terms of the First Mortgage Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action; when duly executed by the Company, authenticated by the
Trustee and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement, the Bonds will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, secured by the lien
of and entitled to the benefits provided by the First Mortgage Indenture,
except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, and (ii) the
rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be
limited by equitable principles of general applicability.
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(vi)
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The Company has good and marketable title to the properties,
rights and assets described in and conveyed by the First Mortgage Indenture and
not released by the Trustee from the lien thereof prior to the time of delivery
of the Bonds, subject only to the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture, to
permitted liens as defined in the First Mortgage Indenture and to certain
encumbrances and defects in respect of certain properties in service the
aggregate book value of which is not deemed material; the description in the
First Mortgage Indenture of such properties, rights and assets is adequate to
constitute the First Mortgage Indenture a lien thereon; the First Mortgage
Indenture, subject only to the matters referred to above, constitutes a valid
and direct first lien on such properties, rights and assets, which include
substantially all permanent fixed properties and franchises of the Company
(except that real estate which is not used or useful in the public utility
business of the Company is excluded from the lien of the First Mortgage
Indenture by the provisions thereof); and all permanent fixed properties and
franchises acquired by the Company subsequent to the time of issuance of the
Bonds (except that in certain cases real estate which is not used or useful in
the public utility business of the Company is excluded from the lien of the
First Mortgage Indenture by the provisions thereof) will be subject to the lien
of the First Mortgage Indenture, subject, however, to permitted liens as
defined in the First Mortgage Indenture and liens, if any, existing or placed
on such properties at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company.
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(vii)
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The First Mortgage Indenture, other than the Sixty-Second
Supplemental Indenture, has been duly filed for record in such manner and in
such places as are required by law in order to give constructive notice of, and
to establish, preserve and protect the lien of, the First Mortgage Indenture on
all property of the Company of every kind referred to in the First Mortgage
Indenture as subject to the lien thereof.
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(viii)
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Except as referred to in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
there is no action, suit or proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in
equity or before or by any court, public board or body, pending or, to such
counsels knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company, wherein an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would (i) materially and adversely
affect the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business
or properties of the Company or (ii) materially and adversely affect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or which would adversely affect
the validity or enforceability of the First Mortgage Indenture or the Bonds.
The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus of any legal or governmental proceedings are accurate and
fairly present the information required to be shown, and such counsel does not
know of any litigation or any legal or governmental proceeding instituted or
threatened against the Company or any of its properties that would be required
to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus and is not so disclosed.
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(ix)
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An order of the IURC relating to the issuance of the Bonds has
been duly entered and, to such counsels knowledge, has not been modified or
repealed in any respect and is in full force and effect. The issuance and sale
of the Bonds to the Underwriters are in conformity with the terms of such
order. Except as may be required under the 1933 Act or the securities or Blue
Sky laws of any jurisdiction, no further consent, approval, authorization or
order of, or registration or filing with, any court or governmental or public
agency, authority or body is required with respect to the Company for the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the First Mortgage
Indenture or the Bonds, the issuance by the Company of the Bonds or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the First Mortgage Indenture or the Bonds.
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In addition, such counsel shall state that no facts have come to such counsels
attention that have caused such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement,
at the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of its date and as of
the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
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were made, not misleading (except that in each case such counsel need not
express an opinion as to the financial statements and other financial data included
or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom). Such counsel shall
further state that, in addition, no facts have come to such counsels attention that
have caused such counsel to believe that the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the
Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that
such counsel need not express an opinion as to the financial statements and other
financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom).
Such counsel shall expressly authorize the Underwriters to rely on such
counsels opinion dated the Closing Date delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the
First Mortgage Indenture.
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(f)
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You shall have received an opinion of Frost Brown Todd LLC, counsel to the
Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
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(i)
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The Sixty-Second Supplemental Indenture has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the First Mortgage
Indenture is a valid and binding instrument of the Company enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights
generally, and (ii) the rights of acceleration and the availability of
equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general
applicability.
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(ii)
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The Bonds have been duly authorized, and when duly executed by
the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered to and paid for by the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations
of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as (i) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws
affecting creditors rights generally and (ii) the rights of acceleration and
the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles
of general applicability.
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(iii)
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This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
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(iv)
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The statements made in the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus under the captions Description of the Mortgage Bonds and Certain
U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders, and in the Base
Prospectus under the caption Description of the First Mortgage Bonds, in each
case insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the legal matters,
documents or proceedings referred to therein, accurately
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and fairly summarize the matters referred to therein in all material
respects.
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(v)
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The Company is not, and solely after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Prospectus, will not be subject to registration and regulation
as an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
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In rendering the foregoing opinions, such counsel may state that it has relied
as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials,
officers and representatives of the Company and has assumed that the signatures on
all documents examined by it are genuine, and that such counsel has not
independently verified such factual matters or assumptions. In addition, such
counsel may assume matters governed by New York law.
You shall also have received a statement of Frost Brown Todd LLC, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that:
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no facts have come to such counsels attention that have caused
such counsel to believe that the documents filed by the Company under the 1934
Act and the 1934 Act Regulations that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, were
not, on their face, appropriately responsive in all material respects to the
requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations (except that in each
case such counsel need not express any view as to the financial statements,
schedules and other financial information included or incorporated by reference
therein or excluded therefrom or the Form T-1);
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(2)
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the Registration Statement, at the Applicable Time and the
Prospectus, as of its date, appeared on their face to be appropriately
responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations (except that in each case such counsel need not express
any view as to the financial statements, schedules and other financial
information included or incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom
or the Form T-1); and
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(3)
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no facts have come to such counsels attention that have caused
such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, at the Applicable
Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the
Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading (except that in each case such counsel need not express
any view as to the financial statements,
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schedules and other financial information included or incorporated by
reference therein or excluded therefrom or the Form T-1).
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Such counsel shall further state that, in addition, no facts have come to such
counsels attention that have caused such counsel to believe that the Pricing
Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading (except that in each case such counsel need not express any view as
to the financial statements, schedules and other financial information included or
incorporated by reference therein or excluded therefrom or the Form T-1).
In addition, such statement shall confirm that the Prospectus has been filed
with the Commission within the time period required by Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act
Regulations and any required filing of a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations has been made with the Commission within the
time period required by Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Such statement
shall further state that the Registration Statement became effective upon filing
under the 1933 Act and the First Mortgage Indenture has been qualified under the
1939 Act, and that such counsel has been orally advised by the Commission that no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued and, to such counsels knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission.
In addition, such counsel may state that such counsel does not pass upon, or
assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and has made no independent check or
verification thereof (except to the limited extent referred to in Section 6(f)(iv)
above).
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(g)
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You shall have received opinions and statements of Sidley Austin
llp
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counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, as to such matters as you may
reasonably request; the Company shall have furnished Sidley Austin
llp
with
such documents as it reasonably requests for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy such
request. In giving its opinion, Sidley Austin
llp
may rely on the opinions of
J. William DuMond, Esq., Associate General Counsel of Duke Energy Business Services
LLC, and Frost Brown Todd LLC (or other appropriate counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the Representatives) as to matters of Indiana law.
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(h)
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On or after the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any of the
following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally
or of the securities of Duke Energy Corporation, on the New York Stock Exchange; or
(ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York declared by
either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial
banking services or securities settlement or clearance services in the
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United States; or (iii) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the
United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or
war, if the effect of any such event specified in this subsection (h) in your
reasonable judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
offering or the delivery of the Bonds on the terms and in the manner contemplated in
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. In such event there shall be no
liability on the part of any party to any other party except as otherwise provided
in Section 7 hereof and except for the expenses to be borne by the Company as
provided in Section 5(j) hereof.
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(i)
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You shall have received a certificate of the Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Vice President, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and any
financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, in which such
officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state
that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct as of the Closing Date, that the Company has complied with all agreements and
satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the
Closing Date, that the conditions specified in Section 6(c) and Section 6(d) have been
satisfied, and 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 threatened by the Commission.
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(j)
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At the time of the execution of this Agreement, you shall have received a
letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, from Deloitte &
Touche LLP, the Companys independent public accountants, containing statements and
information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to
underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information
contained in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including specific references to inquiries
regarding any increase in long-term debt, decrease in net current assets (defined as
current assets less current liabilities) or members equity, and decrease in revenues
or net income for the period subsequent to the latest financial statements incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, as of a specified date not more than three
business days prior to the date of this Agreement.
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(k)
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At the Closing Date, you shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, a
letter dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements
made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (j) of this Section 6, except that
the specified date referred to shall be not more than three business days prior to the
Closing Date.
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(l)
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An appropriate order or orders of the IURC necessary to permit the issue and
sale of the Bonds as contemplated hereby and containing no material provision or
condition which is unacceptable to the Company or the Underwriters shall be in effect
and no proceedings to suspend the effectiveness of such order or orders shall be
pending or threatened.
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The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates,
letters and documents as you reasonably request.
7.
Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter,
their respective officers and directors, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, as follows:
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(i)
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against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto) including the Rule 430B Information, or the omission or alleged
omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus,
or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, unless such statement or omission or such
alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the Representatives on behalf
of the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package,
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus;
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(ii)
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against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any
litigation, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any
such untrue statement or omission or any such alleged untrue statement or
omission, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the
Company; and
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(iii)
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against any and all expense whatsoever reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or
omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that
any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) of this Section 7.
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In no case shall the Company be liable under this indemnity agreement with respect to any claim
made against any Underwriter or any such controlling person unless the Company shall be notified in
writing of the nature of the claim within a reasonable time after the assertion thereof, but
failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
otherwise than under subsections 7(a) and 7(b). The Company shall be entitled to participate at its
own expense in the defense, or if it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such
notice, to assume the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such claim, but if it so elects to
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assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and approved by the
Underwriter or Underwriters or controlling person or persons, or defendant or defendants in any
suit so brought, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. In any such suit, any
Underwriter or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ its own counsel, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or such controlling
person unless (i) the Company and such Underwriter shall have mutually agreed to the employment of
such counsel, or (ii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties)
include both such Underwriter or such controlling person and the Company and such Underwriter or
such controlling person shall have been advised by such counsel that a conflict of interest between
the Company and such Underwriter or such controlling person may arise and for this reason it is not
desirable for the same counsel to represent both the indemnifying party and also the indemnified
party (it being understood however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such
action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising
out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for all such Underwriters and all such
controlling persons, which firm shall be designated in writing by you). The Company agrees to
notify you within a reasonable time of the assertion of any claim against it, any of its officers
or directors or any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933
Act, in connection with the sale of the Bonds.
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Each Underwriter severally agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors and each of the officers of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act to the same extent as the indemnity contained in
subsection (a) of this Section 7, but only with respect to statements or omissions made
in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus,
the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto)
or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the
Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. In
case any action shall be brought against the Company or any person so indemnified based
on the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus,
the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto)
or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, and in respect of which indemnity may be
sought against any Underwriter, such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given
to the Company, and the Company and each person so indemnified shall have the rights
and duties given to the Underwriters, by the provisions of subsection (a) of this
Section 7.
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No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in
respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity
could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement
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includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on
claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding, and does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on
behalf of any indemnified party.
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(d)
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If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any and all loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (or actions in respect thereof) that
would otherwise have been indemnified under the terms of such indemnity, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (or actions in
respect thereof) in such proportion as is 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 Bonds. If however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is not permitted by applicable law, or if the indemnified party failed to give
the notice required above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (or actions
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 shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total
compensation received by the Underwriters in respect of the underwriting discount as
set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters
on the other and the parties relative intent, 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 7 were 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 account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred to
above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include 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 7,
no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Bonds underwritten by it and distributed to the
public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
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person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f)
of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations
and not joint.
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8.
Default by One or More of the Underwriters.
(a) If any Underwriter shall default in its
obligation to purchase the principal amount of the Bonds which it has agreed to purchase hereunder
on the Closing Date, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties
to purchase such Bonds, as applicable, on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours
after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Bonds, then the
Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another
party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Bonds on such terms. In the event that,
within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the
purchase of such Bonds, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of
such Bonds, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone such Closing Date for a period of
not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the
Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which may be required. The term Underwriter as used in this
Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 8 with like effect as if such
person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Bonds.
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If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Bonds of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you or the Company as provided in subsection
(a) above, the aggregate amount of such Bonds which remains unpurchased does not exceed
one-tenth of the aggregate amount of all the Bonds to be purchased at such Closing
Date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter
to purchase the amount of Bonds which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at
such Closing Date and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
purchase its pro rata share (based on the amount of Bonds which such Underwriter agreed
to purchase hereunder) of the Bonds of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for
which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a
defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
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(c)
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If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Bonds of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you or the Company as provided in subsection
(a) above, the aggregate amount of such Bonds which remains unpurchased exceeds
one-tenth of the aggregate amount of all the Bonds to be purchased at such Closing
Date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above
to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Bonds of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the
part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be
borne by the Company as provided in Section 5(j) hereof and the indemnity and
contribution
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agreement in Section 7 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
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9.
Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery.
The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of
the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or the Company, or any of its officers or directors or any controlling
person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Bonds.
10.
Reliance on Your Acts.
In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf
of each of the Underwriters, and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement,
request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives.
11.
No Fiduciary Relationship
. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and
sale of the Bonds pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the
Company on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other hand, (ii) in connection with the
offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is and
has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or its
shareholders, creditors, employees, or any other party, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will
assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering
contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has
advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any
obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations
expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be
engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the
Company, and (v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice
with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal,
accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
12.
Notices.
All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters,
will be mailed or telecopied and confirmed to BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 787 Seventh Avenue, New
York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Desk (Fax no.: 212 841 3930); Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: General Counsel (Fax no.: (212)
797-4561); Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York, 10282, Attention:
Registration Department (Fax no.: (212) 902-3000); and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585
Broadway, 29th Floor New York, NY 10036, Attention: Investment Banking Division, (Fax no.:
212-507-8999), or if sent to the Company, will be mailed or telecopied and confirmed to it at 526
South Church Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, facsimile number (704) 382-3288, attention of
Treasurer. Any such communications shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13.
Business Day.
As used herein, the term business day shall mean any day when the
Commissions office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
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14.
Successors.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in
this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other
than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons, officers and
directors referred to in Section 7 and their respective successors, heirs and legal
representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this
Agreement or any provision herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions
hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and said controlling persons, officers and directors and their
respective successors, heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person,
firm or corporation. No purchaser of Bonds from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor
or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
15.
Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
16.
Applicable Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, kindly sign and return to us two
counterparts hereof, and upon confirmation and acceptance by the Underwriters, this letter and such
confirmation and acceptance will become a binding agreement between the Company, on the one hand,
and each of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in accordance with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ M. Allen Carrick
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Name:
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M. Allen Carrick
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Title:
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Assistant Treasurer
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:
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BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
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Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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/s/ Jim Turner
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/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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Name: JIM TURNER
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Name:
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Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR
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Title:
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HEAD OF DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
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/s/ Ben Smilchensky
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/s/ Yurij Slyz
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Name: Ben Smilchensky
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Name: Yurij Slyz
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Title: Managing Director
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Title: Executive Director
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Name: Richard Dalton
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Title: Director
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For themselves and as Representatives of the several Underwriters named on Schedule A hereto.
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SCHEDULE A
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Principal Amount
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Underwriter
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of Bonds to be Purchased
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BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
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$
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112,500,000
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
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112,500,000
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Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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112,500,000
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
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112,500,000
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Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
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$
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50,000,000
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Total
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$
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500,000,000
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SCHEDULE B
PRICING DISCLOSURE PACKAGE
Item
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Base Prospectus
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2)
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Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated July 6, 2010
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3)
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Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses
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a)
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Pricing Term Sheet attached as Schedule C hereto
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SCHEDULE C
Filed pursuant to Rule 433
July 6, 2010
Relating to
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated July 6, 2010 to
Prospectus dated October 3, 2007
Registration Statement No. 333-146483-02
Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
$500,000,000 First Mortgage Bonds, Series PPP, 3.75%, Due July 15, 2020
Pricing Term Sheet
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Issuer:
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Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
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Ratings (Moodys/ S&P)*:
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A2/A (stable/positive)
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Settlement:
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July 9, 2010; T+3
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Interest Payment Dates:
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January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15, 2011
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Security Description:
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First Mortgage Bonds, Series PPP, 3.75%, Due July 15, 2020
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Principal Amount:
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$500,000,000
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Maturity:
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July 15, 2020
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Coupon:
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3.75%
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Benchmark Treasury:
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3.50% due May 15, 2020
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Benchmark Treasury Yield:
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2.961%
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Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
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+80 bps
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Yield to Maturity:
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3.761%
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Initial Price to Public:
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99.908% per Bond
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Redemption Provisions
Make-Whole Call:
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T +15 bps
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CUSIP:
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263901AC4
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ISIN:
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US263901AC42
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Book-Running Managers:
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BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
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Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
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Co-Managers:
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Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
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Security ratings are not recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities. The ratings are subject
to change or withdrawal at any time by the respective credit rating agencies.
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The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the
offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in
that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting
EDGAR on the SEC Web site at
www.sec.gov
. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or
any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it
by calling BNP Paribas Securities Corp. toll-free at 1-800-854-5674, Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc. toll-free at (800) 503-4611, Goldman, Sachs & Co. toll-free at 1-866-471-2526
or Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated toll-free at 1-866-718-1649.
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