UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period ended September 30, 2004
Commission file number 1-7310
The registrant meets the conditions set forth in General Instructions H (1) (a)
and (b) of Form 10-Q and is, therefore, filing this Form with the reduced
disclosure format.
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
Michigan
38-0478040
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
2000 2
nd
Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
48226-1279
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
313-235-4000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes [ ] No [X]
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
Quarter Ended September 30, 2004
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PART I
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1. Financial Statements
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Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2004 | ||||||||
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Chief Executive Officer Section 302 Certification | ||||||||
Chief Financial Officer Section 302 Certification | ||||||||
Chief Executive Officer Section 906 Certification | ||||||||
Chief Financial Officer Section 906 Certification |
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Definitions
Customer Choice
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The choice program is a statewide initiative giving customers in Michigan the option to choose alternative suppliers for gas. | |
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DTE Energy
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DTE Energy Company, directly or indirectly the parent of The Detroit Edison Company and MichCon | |
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End User Transportation
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A gas delivery service historically provided to large-volume commercial and industrial customers who purchase natural gas directly from producers or brokerage companies. Under MichCons Customer Choice program that began in 1999, this service is also provided to residential customers and small-volume commercial and industrial customers. | |
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Enterprises
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DTE Enterprises Inc. (successor to MCN Energy) and subsidiaries. | |
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Gas Sales Program
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A three-year program that ended in December 2001 under which MichCons gas sales rate included a gas commodity component that was fixed at $2.95 per Mcf. | |
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GCR
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A gas cost recovery mechanism authorized by the MPSC that was reinstated by MichCon in January 2002 permitting MichCon to pass on the cost of natural gas to its customers. | |
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Intermediate Transportation
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A gas delivery service provided to producers, brokers and other gas companies that own the natural gas, but are not the ultimate consumers. | |
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MichCon
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Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, an indirect, wholly-owned natural gas distribution and intrastate transmission subsidiary of Enterprises. | |
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MPSC
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Michigan Public Service Commission. | |
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SFAS
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Statement of Financial Accounting Standards. | |
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Units of Measurement:
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Bcf
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Billion cubic feet of gas. | |
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Mcf
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Thousand cubic feet of gas. |
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Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information presented herein includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future results to differ materially from those contemplated, projected, estimated or budgeted in such forward-looking statements. There are many factors that may impact forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, the following:
| the effects of weather and other natural phenomena on operations and sales to customers, and purchases from suppliers; |
| economic climate and growth or decline in the geographic areas where we do business; |
| environmental issues, laws and regulations, and the cost of remediation and compliance associated therewith; |
| implementation of gas Customer Choice programs; |
| impact of gas utility restructuring in Michigan, including legislative amendments; |
| employee relations and the impact of collective bargaining agreements; |
| access to capital markets and capital market conditions and the results of other financing efforts which can be affected by credit agency ratings; |
| the timing and extent of changes in interest rates; |
| the level of borrowings; |
| changes in the cost and availability of natural gas; |
| effects of competition; |
| impacts of regulations by the MPSC and other applicable governmental proceedings and regulations; |
| changes in federal, state and local tax laws and their interpretations, including the Internal Revenue Code, regulations, rulings, court proceedings and audits; |
| the ability to recover costs through rate increases; |
| the availability, cost, coverage and terms of insurance; |
| the cost of protecting assets against, or damage due to, terrorism; |
| changes in accounting standards and financial reporting regulations; |
| changes in federal or state laws and their interpretation with respect to regulation, energy policy and other business issues; and |
| changes in the economic and financial viability of our suppliers and customers, and the continued ability of such parties to perform their obligations to MichCon. |
New factors emerge from time to time. We cannot predict what factors may arise or how such factors may cause our results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
The Results of Operations discussion for MichCon is presented in accordance with General Instruction H(2)(a) of Form 10-Q.
MichCon reported losses of $53 million and $20 million for the third quarter and nine-month period of 2004, respectively, compared with losses of $37 million and earnings of $27 million for comparable 2003 periods. Results for the third quarter and nine-month period of 2004 were adversely impacted by a negative effective income tax rate. Results for the nine-month period of 2004 were primarily impacted by increases in operation and maintenance expenses due to higher uncollectable accounts expense, increased employee benefit costs and higher injuries and damages accruals. Additionally, results for the nine-month period of 2004 were impacted by lower gross margins.
Operating revenues increased $13 million in the third quarter of 2004, reflecting increased gas sales and end user transportation revenues. Operating revenues increased $63 million in the nine-month period of 2004, reflecting increased gas sales and reduced end user transportation revenues.
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Gas sales and end user transportation revenues in total increased $11 million and increased $62 million in the third quarter and nine-month period of 2004, respectively. The increase in the third quarter of 2004 is primarily attributed to a $10 million increase in Gas Cost Recovery (GCR) revenue due to higher average gas purchase rates and a $1 million increase in end-user transportation due to higher average rates. The increase for the nine-month period of 2004 is due primarily to an increase in GCR revenues of $78 million, partially offset by $18 million in weather related demand. End user transportation revenues for the nine-month period of 2004 reflect lower volumes for deliveries associated with a varying number of customers participating in the Customer Choice program. Customers participating in this program purchase gas from suppliers other than MichCon, while MichCon continues to deliver the gas to their premises. Accordingly, margins earned from selling gas and margins generated from providing end-user transportation services to Customer Choice participants are the same. There were approximately 111,000 customers participating in the Customer Choice program at September 30, 2004, compared with approximately 129,000 customers at December 31, 2003.
Cost of gas is affected by variations in sales volumes, cost of purchased gas and related transportation costs. Cost of gas sold increased by $8 million and $76 million in the third quarter and nine-month period of 2004, respectively. The average cost of gas sold increased $1.04 per Mcf (25%) and $.97 per Mcf (19%) for the third quarter and nine-month period, respectively, from the comparable 2003 periods.
Operation and maintenance expense was unchanged and increased $42 million for the third quarter and nine-month period of 2004, respectively, from the comparable 2003 period primarily due to higher uncollectable accounts expense, reflecting higher past due amounts attributable to an increase in gas prices, continued weak economic conditions and a lack of adequate assistance for low-income customers. Higher employee benefit costs and accruals for injuries and damages also contributed to the increase.
Property write-down declined $5 million for the nine-month period of 2004 due to a charge in 2003 for the planned sale of our former headquarters.
Income taxes increased $16 million and decreased $5 million for the 2004 third quarter and nine-month period, respectively, attributed to a negative effective income tax rate in 2004 driven by lower estimated annual earnings.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
See Note 7 Contingencies for discussion of environmental matters.
REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES
Approximately 1,100 of the companys employees were under a contract that expired in October 2004. A new three-year contract was ratified in August 2004.
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CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
Management of the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of September 30, 2004, which is the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that such controls and procedures are effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and timely reported in accordance with Commissions rules and forms.
(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting
The Company has established a formal assessment process and related procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting using criteria specified by Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission. The assessment process is comprehensive in scope, utilizes internal and external resources and involves many individuals at various levels of the Company in the design, testing and evaluation of internal control.
As part of the evaluation and assessment process, the Company has been improving the design and operating effectiveness of many entity-level and process-level controls. Control testing and remediation activities provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting will be avoided. The inherent limitations of our current internal controls, a portion of which are manual by their nature, contribute to the potential for control deficiencies. Although management has not yet completed its assessment and continues to implement control improvements, management does not believe any areas requiring further improvement will constitute a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004.
There has been no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2004 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
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MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
The following table displays other comprehensive loss for the nine-month
periods ended September 30:
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
NOTE 1
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GENERAL
These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
notes to the consolidated financial statements included in our 2003 Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements are prepared using
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
These accounting principles require us to use estimates and assumptions that
impact the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and
the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
The consolidated financial statements are unaudited, but in our opinion,
include all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for the
interim periods. Financial results for this interim period are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or
for the fiscal year.
We reclassified some prior year balances to match the current years
presentation.
Retirement Benefits and Trusteed Assets
MichCon sponsors a defined benefit retirement plan for eligible MichCon
represented employees. MichCon also participates in a defined benefit
retirement plan sponsored by Detroit Edison for its other nonrepresented
employees, which is treated as a plan covering employees of various affiliates
of DTE Energy from the affiliates perspective. We are allocated income or an
expense each year as a result of our participation in the DTE Energy Company
Retirement Plan. Income was approximately $7 million and $8 million for the
three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and was
approximately $21 million and $23 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and is not reflected in the table below.
The components of net periodic benefit costs for qualified and non-qualified
pension benefits and other postretirement benefits follow:
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In June 2004, we retroactively adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) Staff Position (FSP) No. 106-2. This FSP provides guidance on the
accounting for the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization
Act of 2003
(Medicare Act). As a result of the retroactive adoption, our other
postretirement benefit costs were reduced by $1 million and $2 million for the
quarter and nine-months ended September 30, 2004, respectively. See Note 2.
NOTE 2 NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Medicare Act Accounting
In December 2003, the Medicare Act was signed into law. This Act provides for a
non-taxable federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans
providing a benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to the benefit
established by law. We elected at that time to defer the provisions of the
Medicare Act, and its impact on our accumulated postretirement benefit
obligation and net periodic postretirement benefit cost pending the issuance of
specific authoritative accounting guidance by the FASB.
In May 2004, FSP No. 106-2 was issued on accounting for the effects of the
Medicare Act. The FSP is effective for the first interim period beginning after
June 15, 2004, with earlier application encouraged. The guidance in this FSP is
applicable to sponsors of single-employer defined benefit postretirement health
care plans for which (a) the employer has concluded the prescription drug
benefits available under the plan to some or all participants are actuarially
equivalent to Medicare Part D and thus qualify for the subsidy under the
Medicare Act and (b) the expected subsidy will offset or reduce the employers
share of the cost of the underlying postretirement prescription drug coverage
on which the subsidy is based. We believe we qualify for the subsidy under the
Medicare Act and the expected subsidy will partially offset our share of the
cost of the postretirement prescription drug coverage.
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The reduction in the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for the
subsidy related to benefits attributed to past service is approximately $24
million and is accounted for as an actuarial gain as required under the FSP.
The effects of the subsidy on the measurement of net periodic postretirement
benefit costs is expected to reduce cost by $3 million in 2004. The impact of
the Medicare Act on the components of other postretirement benefit costs is as
follows:
NOTE 3 - REGULATORY MATTERS
Gas Rate Case
Rate Request
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In September 2003, MichCon filed an application with the MPSC
for an increase in service and distribution charges (base rates) for its gas
sales and transportation customers. The filing requests an overall increase in
base rates of $194 million per year (approximately 7% increase, inclusive of
gas costs), beginning January 1, 2005. MichCon requested that the MPSC increase
base rates by $154 million per year on an interim basis by April 1, 2004. The
interim request was based on a projected revenue deficiency for the test year
2004.
MPSC Interim Rate Order
In September 2004, the MPSC issued an order granting
interim rate relief to MichCon in the amount of $35 million. The interim rate
order was based on a 50% debt and 50% equity capital structure, and an 11.5%
rate of return. Amounts collected are subject to a potential refund pending a
final order in this rate case.
MPSC Staff Recommendation on Final Rate Relief
The Staff has recommended a
$76 million increase in base rates compared to MichCons requested base rate
relief of $194 million. The Staff also supports a provision, proposed by
MichCon, that would allow MichCon to recover or refund 90% of uncollectable
accounts receivables expense above or below the amount that is reflected in
base rates. In addition, the Staff proposed a 50% debt and 50% equity capital
structure utilizing a reduced rate of return of 11%. MichCons current allowed
rate of return is 11.5%. MichCon expects a final order in the first quarter of
2005.
Gas Cost Recovery Proceedings
2002 Plan Year
- In December 2001, the MPSC issued an order that permitted
MichCon to implement GCR factors up to $3.62 per Mcf for January 2002 billings
and up to $4.38 per Mcf for the remainder of 2002. The order also allowed
MichCon to recognize a regulatory asset of approximately $14 million
representing the difference between the $4.38 factor and the $3.62 factor for
volumes that were unbilled at December 31, 2001. The regulatory asset is
subject to the 2002 GCR reconciliation process. In March 2003, the MPSC issued
an order in MichCons 2002 GCR plan case. The MPSC ordered MichCon to reduce
its gas cost recovery expenses by $26.5
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million for purposes of calculating the 2002 GCR factor due to MichCons
decision to utilize storage gas during 2001 that resulted in a gas inventory
decrement for the 2001 calendar year.
Although we recorded a $26.5 million reserve in 2002 to reflect the impact of
this order, a final determination of actual 2002 revenue and expenses including
any disallowances or adjustment, will be decided in MichCons 2002 GCR
reconciliation case that was filed with the MPSC in February 2003. The Staff
and various intervening parties in this proceeding are seeking to have the MPSC
disallow an additional $26 million, representing unbilled revenues at December
2001. One party has proposed that half of the $8 million related to the
settlement of the Enron bankruptcy also be disallowed. The other parties to the
case have recommended that the Enron bankruptcy settlement be addressed in the
2003 GCR reconciliation case. An MPSC Administrative Law Judge has recommended
disallowances of $26.5 million related to the use of storage gas in 2001 and
$26 million related to the December 2001 unbilled issue, and recommended that
the $8 million related to the Enron issue be addressed in the 2003 GCR
reconciliation case. We have included this item in our testimony in the 2003
GCR reconciliation filed in February 2004. The Staff has recommended that
MichCon be allowed to recover the entire $8 million related to the Enron issue.
A final order in this proceeding is expected in 2004. In addition, we filed an
appeal of the March 2003 MPSC order with the Michigan Court of Appeals.
2003 Plan Year
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In July 2003, the MPSC approved an increase in MichCons 2003
GCR rate to a maximum of $5.75 per Mcf for the billing months of August 2003
through December 2003. As of December 31, 2003, MichCon has accrued a $19
million regulatory asset representing the under-recovery of actual gas costs
incurred in 2003 and the 2002 GCR under-recovery.
2004 Plan Year
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In September 2003, MichCon filed its 2004 GCR plan case
proposing a maximum GCR factor of $5.36 per Mcf. MichCon agreed to switch from
a calendar year to an operational year as a condition of its settlement in the
2003 GCR plan case. The operational GCR year would run from April to March of
the following year. To accomplish the switch, the 2004 GCR plan case reflects
a 15-month transitional period, January 2004 through March 2005. Under the
transition proposal, MichCon would file two reconciliations pertaining to the
transition period; one addressing the January 2004 to March 2004 period, the
other addressing the remaining April 2004 to March 2005 period. The plan also
proposes a quarterly GCR ceiling price adjustment mechanism. This mechanism
allows MichCon to increase the maximum GCR factor to compensate for increases
in market prices, thereby reducing the possibility of a GCR under recovery. Due
to sustained increase in market prices for natural gas, in June 2004, the MPSC
approved a temporary increase in the maximum GCR factor and a contingent factor
which resulted in a new temporary maximum factor of $6.62 per Mcf, effective
from July 1, 2004 until the MPSC issues its final order in this case.
We are unable to predict the outcome of the regulatory matters discussed
herein. Resolution of these matters is dependent upon future MPSC orders,
which may materially impact the financial position, results of operations and
cash flows of the company.
NOTE 4
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UNUSUAL CHARGES
Property Write-down
In June 2003, we recorded an additional $5 million pre-tax ($4 million net of
taxes) charge from the planned sale of our former headquarters to further
reduce the carrying value of the property to fair value based on the estimated
selling price less cost to sell. The sale was completed in the fourth quarter
of 2003.
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NOTE 5 LONG -TERM DEBT
In October 2004, we issued $120 million of 5.0% senior notes due in 2019. The
proceeds will be principally used to redeem the following two issues: $52
million of 6.85% senior notes due 2038 and $55 million of 6.85% senior notes
due 2039. These securities are expected to be called for redemption in
November 2004 at a price of 100 percent of the principal amount plus accrued
and unpaid interest from September 1, 2004.
NOTE 6 SHORT-TERM CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS AND BORROWINGS
On October 15, 2004, we entered into a $243.75 million, five-year unsecured
revolving credit facility and lowered our existing three-year revolving credit
facility from $162.5 million to $81.25 million. The five-year facility replaces
the October 2003 364-day facility, which expired. The three-year revolving
credit facility expires in October 2006. The five- and three-year credit
facilities are with a syndicate of banks and may be utilized for general
corporate borrowings, but primarily are intended to provide liquidity support
for our commercial paper program. Borrowings under the facilities will be
available at prevailing short-term interest rates. The agreements require us to
maintain a debt to total capitalization ratio of no more than .65 to l and an
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to
interest ratio of no less than 2 to 1. We currently are in compliance with
these financial covenants.
NOTE 7 CONTINGENCIES
Environmental
Prior to the construction of major natural gas pipelines, gas for heating and
other uses was manufactured from processes involving coal, coke or oil. We
own, or previously owned, 17 such former manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites.
During the mid-1980s, we conducted preliminary environmental investigations at
former MGP sites, and some contamination related to the by-products of gas
manufacturing was discovered at each site. We employed outside consultants to
evaluate remediation alternatives for these sites, to assist in estimating its
potential liabilities and to review its archived insurance policies. The
findings of these investigations indicated that the estimated total
expenditures for investigation and remediation activities for these sites could
range from $30 million to $170 million based on undiscounted 1995 costs. As a
result of these studies, we accrued a liability and a corresponding regulatory
asset of $32 million during 1995. At December 31, 2003, the reserve balance was
$21.5 million of which $ 4.7 million was classified as current. Our current
estimates indicate that the previously accrued amounts are adequate to cover
the costs of required remedial actions, and therefore no additional accrual
will be required.
Other
We are involved in certain legal, regulatory and administrative proceedings
before various courts, arbitration panels and governmental agencies concerning
claims arising in the ordinary course of business. These proceedings include
certain contract disputes, environmental reviews and investigations, audits,
inquiries from various regulators, and pending judicial matters. We cannot
predict the final disposition of such proceedings. We regularly review legal
matters and record provisions for claims that are considered probable of loss.
The resolution of pending proceedings is not expected to have a material effect
on our financial statements in the period they are resolved.
See Note 3 for a discussion of contingencies related to Regulatory Matters.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of financial
position of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company and subsidiaries as of September
30, 2004, and the related condensed consolidated statement of operations for
the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, and
the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and retained earnings and
comprehensive income for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and
2003. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of Michigan
Consolidated Gas Companys management.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial
information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making
inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is
substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial
statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that
should be made to such condensed consolidated interim financial statements for
them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
We have previously audited, in accordance with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated statement of
financial position of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations, cash
flows and retained earnings for the year then ended (not presented herein); and
in our report dated March 1, 2004 (which report includes an explanatory
paragraph relating to the change in the method of accounting for asset
retirement obligations in 2003), we expressed an unqualified opinion on those
consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth
in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of financial position as
of December 31, 2003 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to
the consolidated statement of financial position from which it has been
derived.
/S/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Detroit, Michigan
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OTHER INFORMATION
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are involved in certain legal, regulatory and administrative proceedings before
various courts, arbitration panels and governmental agencies concerning claims
arising in the ordinary course of business. These proceedings include certain
contract disputes, environmental reviews and investigations, audits, inquiries from
various regulators, and pending judicial matters. We cannot predict the final
disposition of such proceedings. We regularly review legal matters and record
provisions for claims that are considered probable of loss. The resolution of
pending proceedings is not expected to have a material effect on our financial
statements in the period they are resolved.
EXHIBITS
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Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30
September 30
(in Millions)
2004
2003
2004
2003
$
155
$
142
$
1,141
$
1,078
64
56
713
637
90
90
293
251
28
26
81
79
12
12
37
42
5
194
184
1,124
1,014
(39
)
(42
)
17
64
14
13
41
42
(2
)
(2
)
(7
)
(8
)
(2
)
1
(4
)
12
9
35
30
(51
)
(51
)
(18
)
34
2
(14
)
2
7
$
(53
)
$
(37
)
$
(20
)
$
27
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September 30
2004
December 31
(in Millions)
(Unaudited)
2003
$
1
$
1
109
178
27
117
79
100
71
19
182
117
14
14
78
67
561
613
3,180
3,124
(1,403
)
(1,344
)
1,777
1,780
90
87
82
83
59
61
359
333
9
20
599
584
$
2,937
$
2,977
$
145
$
131
13
13
212
235
3
4
14
27
26
60
73
461
495
168
134
564
563
19
20
107
96
15
16
66
55
939
884
773
775
10
10
432
432
323
381
(1
)
764
823
$
2,937
$
2,977
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Nine Months Ended
September 30
(in Millions)
2004
2003
$
(20
)
$
27
81
79
5
22
12
(2
)
90
45
90
87
(65
)
(103
)
(10
)
(5
)
(26
)
(29
)
(52
)
(42
)
14
24
(18
)
(28
)
26
(20
)
130
52
(72
)
(67
)
5
1
(2
)
(66
)
(69
)
199
(3
)
(194
)
(23
)
44
(38
)
(37
)
(64
)
12
(5
)
1
7
$
1
$
2
$
46
$
47
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AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
September 30
(in Millions)
2004
2003
$
381
$
398
(20
)
27
(38
)
(37
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$
323
$
388
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Exhibit
Number
Description
Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2004,
establishing the 2004 Series E Collateral Bonds
Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2004,
establishing the 5.00% Senior Notes, 2004 Series E due 2019
Chief Executive Officer Section 302 Form 10-Q Certification
Chief Financial Officer Section 302 Form 10-Q Certification
Chief Executive Officer Section 906 Certification of Periodic Report
Chief Financial Officer Section 906 Certification of Periodic Report
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Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED
GAS COMPANY
Date: November 4, 2004
/s/ DANIEL G. BRUDZYNSKI
Daniel G. Brudzynski
Chief Accounting Officer,
Vice President and Controller
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2004,
establishing the 2004 Series E Collateral Bonds
Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2004,
establishing the 5.00% Senior Notes, 2004 Series E due 2019
Chief Executive Officer Section 302 Form 10-Q Certification
Chief Financial Officer Section 302 Form 10-Q Certification
Chief Executive Officer Section 906 Certification of Periodic Report
Chief Financial Officer Section 906 Certification of Periodic Report
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EXHIBIT 4-5
Executed in 75 Counterparts
of which this is Counterpart No. ___
THIRTY-EIGHTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO
INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE AND
DEED OF TRUST
DATED AS OF MARCH 1, 1944
AS RESTATED IN
PART II OF THE TWENTY-NINTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF JULY 15, 1989
WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 1, 1994
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
TO
CITIBANK, N.A.
TRUSTEE
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2004
CREATING AN ISSUE OF FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS,
DESIGNATED AS
2004 SERIES E COLLATERAL BONDS
TERESA M. SEBASTIAN
2000 2ND AVENUE, 688WCB
DETROIT, MI 48226
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
THIRTY-EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2004
SUPPLEMENTAL TO INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE
AND DEED OF TRUST
DATED AS OF MARCH 1, 1944
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PAGE ---- ARTICLE I ARTICLE I ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ISSUE OF FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, OF THE SERIES DESIGNATED AND DISTINGUISHED AS "COLLATERAL BONDS"................. 5 SECTION 1............................................................. 5 SECTION 2............................................................. 12 SECTION 3............................................................. 13 SECTION 4............................................................. 13 SECTION 5............................................................. 14 ARTICLE II ISSUE OF COLLATERAL BONDS...................................... 15 ARTICLE III THE TRUSTEE................................................... 15 ARTICLE IV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS....................................... 15 |
THIS THIRTY- EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of the 1st day of October, 2004, between MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Michigan (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal place of business at 2000 2nd Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, and CITIBANK, N.A. (formerly First National City Bank), a national banking association incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the United States of America, having an office at 111 Wall Street in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, successor to CITY BANK FARMERS TRUST COMPANY (hereinafter with its predecessors as trustee called the "Mortgage Trustee" or the "Trustee"):
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust (the "Original Indenture"), dated as of March 1, 1944;
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee the Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, which became effective April 1, 1994, to provide for the modification and restatement of the Original Indenture as previously amended (as so amended, supplemented and modified the "Indenture"), and to secure the Company's First Mortgage Bonds, unlimited in aggregate principal amount except as therein otherwise provided, issued pursuant to the:
Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1991; Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 15, 1991; Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 5, 1993; Thirty-third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1995; Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1996; Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 18, 1998; Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2001; and Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 15, 2003
WHEREAS, at the date hereof there were outstanding First Mortgage Bonds of the Company issued under the Indenture, of 9 series in the principal amounts set forth below (including Collateral Bonds):
AMOUNT AMOUNT DESIGNATION OF SERIES INITIALLY ISSUED OUTSTANDING --------------------- ---------------- ----------- First Mortgage Bonds (Secured Term Notes, Series B) 8-1/4% Series due 2014 80,000,000 80,000,000 |
First Mortgage Bonds (Secured Term Notes, Series B) 7.15% Series due 2006 40,000,000 40,000,000 7.06% Series due 2012 40,000,000 40,000,000 First Mortgage Bonds (Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series C) 7.21% Series due 2007 30,000,000 30,000,000 Collateral Bonds (Remarketable Securities) Collateral Series A 75,000,000 75,000,000 (Senior Notes) Collateral Series C 55,000,000 52,219,000 Collateral Series D 55,000,000 55,000,000 6 1/8% Collateral 200,000,000 200,000,000 Bonds Due 2008 5.70% Collateral Bonds due 200,000,000 200,000,000 2033 |
and
WHEREAS, the Company desires in and by this Supplemental Indenture to establish an issue of bonds to be issued under the Indenture of the series established under the Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture, to designate the terms thereof, to specify the particulars necessary to describe and define the same and to specify such other provisions and agreements in respect thereof as are in the Indenture provided or permitted; and
WHEREAS, all the conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been done, performed and fulfilled, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in the form and with the terms hereof have been in all respects duly authorized;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in further consideration of the sum of One Dollar in lawful money of the United States of
America paid to the Company by the Trustee at or before the execution and delivery of this Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and of other good and valuable consideration, it is agreed by and between the Company and the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE I
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ISSUE OF
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, OF THE SERIES
DESIGNATED AND DISTINGUISHED AS "COLLATERAL BONDS"
SECTION 1. There is hereby established an issue of bonds to be issued under and secured by the Indenture, to be known as "First Mortgage Bonds," designated and distinguished as "Collateral Bonds" of the Company (herein collectively sometimes called the "Collateral Bonds") of the series established under the Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture. The Collateral Bonds may be issued without limitation as to aggregate principal amount except as provided in the Indenture (including the Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture) and in this Supplemental Indenture. The Collateral Bonds shall be registered bonds without coupons and shall be dated as of the date of the authentication thereof by the Mortgage Trustee.
A separate issue of Collateral Bonds, designated "2004 Series E Collateral Bonds," is being issued by the Company hereunder contemporaneously with the issuance of a separate series of senior debt securities of the Company designated as the Company's "5.00% Senior Notes, 2004 Series E due 2019" (the "Senior Notes") and is being issued and assigned and delivered to Citibank, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, together with any successor trustee(s), the "Senior Trustee") under the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1998, as amended, supplemented and modified, governing such senior debt securities (as so amended, supplemented and modified, the "Senior Indenture"), in such capacity, as collateral for the benefit of the holders of the Senior Notes. The series of such senior debt securities collateralized by any Collateral Bonds issued hereunder shall be referred to as the "Related Notes" with respect to such Collateral Bonds.
The issue of Collateral Bonds established hereby shall bear interest at such rate or rates and be payable on such date or dates, shall mature and be subject to mandatory or optional redemption on such date or dates and shall have such other terms and provisions not inconsistent with the Indenture as are set forth in the form of Collateral Bond, and the form of Trustee's Certificate to be endorsed on such bonds, as are set forth substantially in the following forms respectively (herein sometimes called the "Bond Form"):
No. R-1
Principal Amount
$120,000,000
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, 2004 SERIES E COLLATERAL BONDS
being a series of
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: OCTOBER 4, 2004
MATURITY DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2019
THE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, 2004 SERIES E COLLATERAL BONDS (HEREINAFTER, "COLLATERAL BONDS"), REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE BEING ISSUED AND DELIVERED BY THE COMPANY TO CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE (IN SUCH CAPACITY, THE "SENIOR TRUSTEE") UNDER AN INDENTURE, DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 1998, BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE SENIOR TRUSTEE, AS AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED AND MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME AND AS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE THERETO DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2004 (AS SO AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED AND MODIFIED, THE "SENIOR INDENTURE"). THE COLLATERAL BONDS ARE TO BE HELD IN TRUST AS COLLATERAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF $120,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 5.00% SENIOR NOTES, 2004 SERIES E DUE 2019 (THE "RELATED NOTES") ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE SENIOR INDENTURE.
THE COLLATERAL BONDS MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED (EXCEPT TO A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE UNDER THE SENIOR INDENTURE) UNTIL THE EARLIER OF THE RELEASE DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR THE PRIOR RETIREMENT OF THE RELATED NOTES THROUGH REDEMPTION, REPURCHASE OR OTHERWISE.
THE INTEREST RATE ON THE COLLATERAL BONDS SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE IDENTICAL TO THAT OF, AND SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN, THE RELATED NOTES.
THE INTEREST PAYMENT DATES IN RESPECT OF THE COLLATERAL BONDS SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF, AND SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN, THE RELATED NOTES.
THE COMPANY SHALL MAKE PAYMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL OF, AND PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON, THE COLLATERAL BONDS, TO THE SENIOR TRUSTEE, WHICH PAYMENTS SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE SENIOR TRUSTEE TO THE SATISFACTION OF OBLIGATIONS ON THE RELATED NOTES.
THE MATURITY DATE SPECIFIED ABOVE IS ALSO THE MATURITY DATE OF THE RELATED NOTES.
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY (hereinafter called the "Company"), a corporation of the State of Michigan, for value received, hereby promises to pay to CITIBANK, N.A., as trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Related Notes, or registered assigns (in such capacity, the "Senior Trustee"), the sum of One Hundred Twenty Million Dollars ($120,000,000) on the Maturity Date specified above, at the corporate trust office of the Mortgage Trustee hereinafter named in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, or at the principal office of any successor in trust, in lawful money of the United States of America, and to pay interest thereon at the Interest Rate(s) from time to time specified in or determined pursuant to the Related Notes, in like lawful money payable at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York on such interest payment date(s) and on the Maturity Date (each an "Interest Payment Date") as provided in the Related Notes, from the Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid, commencing on April 1, 2005, until the Company's obligation with respect to the payment of such principal sum shall be discharged as provided in the Indenture hereinafter mentioned and the Senior Indenture. If the date of the Collateral Bonds represented by this certificate is after a Record Date (as defined below) with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, then payment of interest shall commence on the second Interest Payment Date succeeding such date. If the Company shall default in the payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date, then interest shall be payable from the next preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid, or, if no such interest has been paid on the Collateral Bonds represented by this certificate, from the Original Issue Date. So long as there is no existing default in the payment of interest, the person in whose name the Collateral Bonds represented by this certificate were registered at the close of business on the relevant Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date
shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, except that if the Company shall default in the payment of interest due on such Interest Payment Date, such defaulted interest shall be paid to the person in whose name the Collateral Bonds represented by this Certificate are registered on the Record Date for the Interest Payment Date fixed by the Company for the payment of such defaulted interest, provided that in no case shall such Record Date be less than ten days after notice thereof shall have been mailed to all registered holders of Collateral Bonds. The term "Record Date" as used herein with respect to any Interest Payment Date otherwise shall mean the fifteenth calendar (whether or not a Business Day) prior to such Interest Payment Date.
"Business Day" means any day other than a day on which banking institutions in The State of New York or the State of Michigan are authorized or obligated pursuant to law or executive order to close. In the event that any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date is not a Business Day, then the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay).
The bonds represented by this certificate, of the series hereinafter specified, are bonds of the Company (herein called the "bonds") known as its "First Mortgage Bonds," issued and to be issued in one or more series under, and all equally and ratably secured by, an Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of March 1, 1944, duly executed by the Company to City Bank Farmers Trust Company (now known as Citibank, N.A., successor trustee, as "Mortgage Trustee") and Ralph E. Morton as restated in Part II of the Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 15, 1989, which became effective on April 1, 1994, to which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto executed on and after July 15, 1989 reference is hereby made for a description of the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the terms and conditions upon which the bonds are, and are to be, issued and secured, and the rights of the holders of the bonds and of the Mortgage Trustee in respect of such security (which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto, including the Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 2004, are hereinafter collectively called the "Indenture"). As provided in the Indenture, the bonds may be for various principal sums and are issuable in series, which may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary as therein provided. The bonds represented by this certificate are part of a Series designated "Collateral Bonds," herein called Collateral Bonds, created by the Thirty-fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 18, 1998, as supplemented by the Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 2004, as provided for in the Indenture.
With the consent of the Company and to the extent permitted by and as provided in the Indenture and the Senior Indenture, the rights and obligations of the Company and/or the rights of the holders of the issue of Collateral Bonds established by the Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture and/or the terms and provisions of the Indenture may be modified or altered by such affirmative vote or votes of the holders of the Related Notes then outstanding as are specified in the Senior Indenture.
The Collateral Bonds shall be redeemed if and to the extent Related Notes are redeemed, as provided in the Senior Indenture with respect to the Related Notes and in the Related Notes.
In case an Event of Default as defined in the Indenture or the Senior Indenture shall occur, the principal of the Collateral Bonds may become or be declared due and payable in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture and the Senior Indenture.
The Senior Trustee has agreed pursuant to the Senior Indenture to hold the Collateral Bonds as collateral for the benefit of the holders of the Related Notes under all circumstances and not to transfer (except to a successor trustee) such Collateral Bonds until the earlier of the Release Date or the prior retirement of the Related Notes through redemption, repurchase or otherwise. "Release Date" means the date on which all First Mortgage Bonds of the Company issued and outstanding under the Indenture, other than the Collateral Bonds, have been retired (at, before or after the maturity thereof) through payment, redemption or otherwise provided that no default or event of default has occurred and, at such time, is continuing under the Senior Indenture. On the Release Date, the Senior Trustee shall deliver to the Company for cancellation all Collateral Bonds, and the Company shall cause the Senior Trustee to provide notice to the Insurer (as defined in the Related Notes) and all holders of Related Notes of the occurrence of the Release Date. As a result, on the Release Date, the Collateral Bonds shall cease to secure the Related Notes, and, at the option of the Company, the Related Notes, either (i) will become unsecured general obligations of the Company or (ii) will be secured by substituted Collateral Bonds. Following the Release Date, the Company shall cause the Indenture to be closed, and the Company shall not issue any additional Collateral Bonds to be issued thereunder. From and after the Release Date, the Company's obligations in respect of the Collateral Bonds shall be satisfied and discharged.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or the interest on, the Collateral Bonds, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect of the Collateral Bonds or the Indenture, the Senior Indenture or any indenture supplemental to either thereof, or against any incorporator,
stockholder, director or officer, past, present or future, of the Company, as such, or any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability, whether at common law, in equity, by any constitution, statute or otherwise, of incorporators, stockholders, directors or officers being waived and released by the owner hereof and every owner of any Related Note by the acceptance of the Collateral Bonds or such Related Note, as the case may be, and as part of the consideration for the issue thereof, and being likewise waived and released pursuant to the Indenture and the Senior Indenture.
This bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose unless and until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually executed by the Mortgage Trustee or its successor in trust under the Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY has caused this certificate to be executed under its name with the signature of its duly authorized Officer, under its corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, attested with the signature of its Corporate Secretary.
Dated:
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
By: ______________________________
N.A. Khouri
Vice President and Treasurer
Attest:
By: ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Beale, Vice President and Corporate Secretary
The bonds represented by this certificate constitute Collateral Bonds of the series designated and described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A., as Mortgage Trustee
By: _____________________________
Authorized Officer
So long as there is no existing default in the payment of interest on the Collateral Bonds, all Collateral Bonds authenticated by the Trustee after the Record Date specified for any Interest Payment Date, and prior to such Interest Payment Date (unless the issue date hereinafter specified is after such Record Date) shall be dated the date of authentication, but shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date, and the person in whose name any Collateral Bond is registered at the close of business on any Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Collateral Bond subsequent to the Record Date and on or prior to such Interest Payment Date, except if and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date, in which case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the person in whose name such Collateral Bond is registered on the Record Date for the special Interest Payment Date fixed by the Company for the payment of such defaulted interest, provided that in no case shall such Record Date be less than ten days after notice thereof shall have been mailed to all registered holders of Collateral Bonds; and provided that interest payable on a maturity date shall be payable to the person to whom the principal thereof is payable. If the issue date of any Collateral Bond is after such Record Date, such Collateral Bond shall bear interest from the issue date but payment of interest shall commence on the second Interest Payment Date next succeeding the issue date. Any notice which is mailed as herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been properly and sufficiently given on the date of such mailing, whether or not the holder receives notice.
The terms "Interest Payment Date", "Record Date" and "Business Day" as used herein are defined in the Bond Form.
The term "issue date" as used herein with respect to the issue of Collateral Bonds established hereby shall mean the date of first authentication of such Collateral Bonds.
As used in this Section 1, the term "default in the payment of interest" means failure to pay interest on the applicable Interest Payment Date disregarding any period of grace permitted by Section 9.01 of the Indenture.
The Company shall make payments of the principal of, and premium or interest on, the Collateral Bonds to the Senior Trustee, which payments shall be applied by the Senior Trustee in satisfaction of obligations on the Related Notes in respect of such Collateral Bonds.
SECTION 2. The issue of Collateral Bonds established hereby shall be redeemed if and to the extent the Related Notes with respect to such
Collateral Bonds are redeemed, as provided in the Senior Indenture and in such Related Notes. The redemption price in respect of any Collateral Bonds (including principal, premium, if any, and interest thereon) shall be the redemption price applicable to the Related Notes with respect to such Collateral Bonds. Any notice required to be furnished to the holders of the Collateral Bonds or the Trustee relating to the redemption of such Collateral Bonds shall be considered furnished by the delivery of appropriate notice to the holders of the Related Notes or the Senior Trustee, as the case may be, as provided in the Senior Indenture and the Related Notes with respect to such Collateral Bonds. Any redemption payment made by the Company on the Related Notes (whether for principal, premium, if any, or interest) shall be applied by the Senior Trustee as payment of the redemption price in respect of the correspondingly redeemed Collateral Bonds. In the event the Related Notes with respect to the issue of Collateral Bonds established hereby are redeemed in part, an equivalent aggregate principal amount of the issue of Collateral Bonds established hereby shall be so redeemed, the Senior Trustee, as holder of the Collateral Bonds as collateral for such Related Notes, shall deliver to the Mortgage Trustee for cancellation an equivalent principal amount of the issue of Collateral Bonds established hereby corresponding to the Related Notes so redeemed, and the Company shall execute and the Mortgage Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge, to the Senior Trustee, as holder thereof, one or more new Collateral Bonds of authorized denominations for the unredeemed balance of any Collateral Bonds surrendered for redemption in connection with the redemption of the Related Notes.
SECTION 3. The Collateral Bonds shall be registered bonds without coupons. The Mortgage Trustee shall be the registrar and paying agent for the Collateral Bonds, which duties it hereby accepts. Collateral Bonds may be issued in the denomination of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 4. As further provided in the Bond Form, the Collateral Bonds shall not be assignable or transferable except as may be set forth under Article IV of the Senior Indenture, or, subject to compliance with applicable law, as may be involved in the course of the exercise of rights and remedies consequent upon an Event of Default under the Senior Indenture. Subject to the foregoing and after notice to the Insurer, the Collateral Bonds shall be exchangeable upon surrender thereof at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, for registered bonds of the same aggregate principal amount and other terms, but of different authorized denomination or denominations, such exchanges to be made without service charge (except for any stamp tax or other governmental charge).
Every bond so surrendered shall be accompanied by a proper transfer power duly executed by the registered owner or by duly authorized attorney transferring such bond to the Company, and the signature to such transfer power shall be guaranteed to the satisfaction of the Trustee. All bonds so surrendered shall be forthwith canceled and delivered to or upon the order of the Company. All bonds executed, authenticated and delivered in exchange for bonds so surrendered shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt as the bonds surrendered, and shall be secured by the same lien and be entitled to the same benefits and protection as the bonds in exchange for which they are executed, authenticated and delivered.
The Company shall not be required to make any such exchange or any registration of transfer (1) during a period of fifteen days next preceding any Interest Payment Date, but only if there is an existing default in the payment of interest on the Collateral Bonds on which such payment is due or (2) after the bond so presented for exchange or registration of transfer, or any portion thereof, has been called for redemption and notice thereof given to the registered owner.
SECTION 5. Pending the preparation of definitive Collateral Bonds, the Company may from time to time execute, and upon its written order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of such definitive bonds and subject to the same provisions, limitations and conditions, one or more temporary bonds, in registered form, of any denomination specified in the written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery thereof, and with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. Such temporary bonds shall be substantially of the tenor of the bonds to be issued as herein before recited.
If any such temporary Collateral Bonds shall at any time be so authenticated and delivered in lieu of definitive bonds, the Company shall upon request at its own expense prepare, execute and deliver to the Trustee and thereupon, upon the presentation and surrender of temporary bonds, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, without charge to the holder, definitive bonds of the same series and other terms, if any, and for the same principal sum in the aggregate as the temporary bonds surrendered. All temporary bonds so surrendered shall be forthwith canceled by the Trustee and delivered to or upon the order of the Company. Until exchanged for definitive bonds the temporary bonds shall in all respects be entitled to the lien and security of the Indenture and all supplemental indentures.
ARTICLE II
ISSUE OF COLLATERAL BONDS
Collateral Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $120,000,000 in respect of the Related Notes may be executed, authenticated and delivered from time to time as permitted by the provisions of the Indenture, including with respect to exchange and replacement of bonds. The Company further may, without the consent of the holders of the Collateral Bonds, "reopen" the issue of Collateral Bonds established hereby so as to increase the aggregate principal amount of such Collateral Bonds outstanding under the Indenture in compliance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture, to equal the aggregate principal amount of Related Notes outstanding upon a "reopening" of such series, so long as any such additional Collateral Bonds have the same tenor and terms as the issue of Collateral Bonds established hereby.
ARTICLE III
THE TRUSTEE
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the due execution hereof by the Company, or for or in respect of the recitals and statements contained herein, all of which recitals and statements are made solely by the Company.
Except as herein otherwise provided, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Supplemental Indenture other than as set forth in the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted on behalf of the Trustee, subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, as fully to all intents as if the same were herein set forth at length.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Except insofar as herein otherwise expressly provided, all the provisions, terms and conditions of the Indenture shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and made a part of, this Thirty-eighth Supplemental Indenture and the Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 15, 1989, by the Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 1, 1991, by the Thirty-first Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 15, 1991, by the Thirty-second Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 5, 1993, by the Thirty-third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 1995, by the Thirty-fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 1996, by the Thirty-fifth
Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 18, 1998, by the Thirty-sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 15, 2001, by the Thirty-seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 15, 2003 and by this Supplemental Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed; and the Indenture and said Supplemental Indentures shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
Except to the extent specifically provided therein, no provision of this Supplemental Indenture or any future supplemental indenture is intended to modify, and the parties do hereby adopt and confirm, the provisions of Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which amend and supersede provisions of the Indenture in effect prior to November 15, 1990.
Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture is intended, or shall be construed, to give to any person or corporation, other than the parties hereto and the holders of Collateral Bonds issued and to be issued under and secured by the Indenture, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained, all the covenants, conditions and provisions of this Supplemental Indenture being intended to be, and being, for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders of bonds issued and to be issued under the Indenture and secured thereby.
All covenants, promises and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each of such counterparts when so executed shall be deemed to be an original; but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed by its duly authorized Officer, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, and Citibank, N.A., as Mortgage Trustee as aforesaid, has caused the same to be executed by one of its authorized signatories and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, on the respective dates of their acknowledgments hereinafter set forth, as of the date and year first above written.
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
By: ______________________________
N.A. Khouri
Vice President and Treasurer
Signed, sealed, acknowledged and
delivered by MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED
GAS COMPANY in the presence of:
/s/ Kathleen M. Hier ------------------------------ Kathleen M. Hier /s/ Scott Bennett ------------------------------ Scott Bennett |
State of Michigan }
} ss.
County of Wayne }
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 30th day of September, 2004, by N.A. Khouri, as Vice President and Treasurer, of MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY, a Michigan corporation, on behalf of the corporation.
/s/ Jennifer Evans ---------------------------------------- Jennifer Evans Notary Public, Wayne County, MI ~ acting in Wayne County, MI My Commission Expires: December 28, 2004 |
CITIBANK, N.A., as Mortgage Trustee,
By:/s/ Wafaa Orfy --------------------------- Wafaa Orfy Vice President |
Signed, sealed, acknowledged and
delivered by CITIBANK, N.A.
in the presence of:
/s/ Nancy Forte ---------------------------------- Name: Nancy Forte /s/ John J. Byrnes ---------------------------------- Name: |
State of New York } } ss. County of New York } |
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 28th day of September, 2004, by Wafaa Orfy, as Vice President of Citibank, N.A., a national banking association, on behalf of the association, as Trustee, as in said instrument described.
/s/ Nanette Murphy ------------------------------------------- Notary Public, State of New York No. 01MU6086415 Qualified in Kings County Commission Expires January 21, 2007 |
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EXHIBIT 4-6
FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
FROM
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
TO
CITIBANK, N.A.
TRUSTEE
Dated as of October 1, 2004
SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURE
Dated as of June 1, 1998
Providing for
5.00% Senior Notes, 2004 Series E due 2019
This FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is made as of the 1st day of October, 2004, by and between MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan (the "Company"), and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1998 (the "Original Indenture"), as amended, supplemented and modified (as so amended, supplemented and modified, the "Indenture"), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its senior debt securities (the "Securities"); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the issuance of a series of its Securities pursuant to the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the power and authority conferred
upon and reserved to it under the provisions of the Original Indenture,
including Section 10.1 thereof, and pursuant to appropriate resolutions of the
Board of Directors, has duly determined to make, execute and deliver to the
Trustee this Supplemental Indenture to the Original Indenture as permitted by
Section 2.1 and Section 3.1 of the Original Indenture in order to establish the
form or terms of, and to provide for the creation and issue of, a series of its
Securities under the Original Indenture, which shall be known as the "5.00%
Senior Notes, 2004 Series E due 2019" (the "Senior Notes"); and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make such Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent and issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter and in the Original Indenture set forth against payment therefor, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company, have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE that, in order to establish the terms of a series of Securities, and for and in consideration of the premises and of the covenants contained in the Original Indenture and in this Supplemental Indenture and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows:
Article I
RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01.
This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
Section 1.02.
For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture:
(a) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture;
(b) All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture; and
(c) The terms "hereof," "herein," "hereby," "hereto," "hereunder," and "herewith" refer to this Supplemental Indenture.
Article II
THE SECURITIES
This Supplemental Indenture hereby establishes a series of Securities,
known as and entitled "5.00% Senior Notes, 2004 Series E due 2019." The
aggregate principal amount of the Securities shall be limited initially to One
Hundred Twenty Million Dollars ($120,000,000) (except for Senior Notes
authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Senior Notes); provided that the Company may, without the consent of the
Holders, "reopen" the series of Senior Notes so as to increase the aggregate
principal amount of the Senior Notes in compliance with the procedures set forth
in the Original Indenture, including Section 3.1 and Section 3.3 thereof, and
subject to limitations, if any, on the Company's ability to issue Collateral
Bonds securing the additional Senior Notes, so long as (i) any such additional
Senior Notes have the same tenor and terms as the Senior Notes then Outstanding
(ii) the Insurer shall have consented and (iii) the Insurer shall have issued a
replacement policy reflecting the increase in principal amount of Senior Notes.
The Senior Notes are not subject to repayment at the option of Holders thereof and are not subject to any sinking fund. As provided in the form of Senior Notes attached hereto as Appendix I, the Senior Notes are subject to optional redemption, as a whole or in part, by the Company prior to the Stated Maturity of the principal thereof on the terms set forth therein. Except as modified in the form of the Senior Notes, redemptions shall be effected in accordance with Article Twelve of the Original Indenture.
The Senior Notes shall have such other terms and provisions as are set forth in the form of the Senior Notes attached hereto as Appendix I (which is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture as if set forth in full at this place).
The Senior Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form and, as permitted by Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 of the Original Indenture, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The Senior Notes will initially be issued in global form (the "Global Notes") under a book-entry system, registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as depository ("DTC"), or its nominee, which is hereby designated as "U.S. Depositary" under the Indenture.
If (i) the U.S. Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or if at any time such U.S. Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange act of 1934, and, in either such case, the Company does not appoint a successor U.S. Depositary within 90 days thereafter, or (ii) there shall occurred and be continuing a Event of Default or an event which, with the giving of notice
or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, certificates for the Senior Notes will be registered and delivered to Holders of record. Upon receipt of a withdrawal request from the Company, the U.S. Depositary will notify its participants of the receipt of a withdrawal request from the Company and notify its participants that they may utilize the U.S. Depositary's withdrawal procedures if they wish to withdraw their securities from the U.S. Depositary. To the extent that the book-entry system is discontinued or, if the Company fails to appoint a successor U.S. Depositary, certificates for Senior Notes will be registered and delivered to Holders of record.
Article III
DELIVERY AND TRANSFER OF COLLATERAL BONDS
The Company hereby issues, delivers and transfers to the Trustee in connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, One Hundred Twenty Million Dollars ($120,000,000) aggregate principal amount of a related issue of Collateral Bonds of the Company designated "First Mortgage Bonds, 2004 Series E Collateral Bonds" (the "Related Issue of Collateral Bonds" and, together with all other First Mortgage Bonds issued under the First Mortgage Indenture as security for Securities issued under the Indenture, "Collateral Bonds"), which has been fully registered in the name of the Trustee in such capacity, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Senior Notes as security for any and all obligations of the Company in respect of the Senior Notes of this series under the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes, including but not limited to (1) the full and prompt payment of the interest on, principal of, and premium, if any, on the Senior Notes when and as the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes, either at the Stated Maturity, upon acceleration of the maturity or upon redemption of the Senior Notes, and (2) the full and prompt payment of any interest on the Senior Notes when and as the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes. The Trustee shall enforce all of its rights under the First Mortgage Indenture as a holder of the Related Issue of Collateral Bonds transferred to it as provided in this Article III for the benefit of the Insurer and the Holders of the Senior Notes and the proceeds of the enforcement of such rights shall be applied by the Trustee to satisfy the Company's obligations under the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes.
The Company shall make payments of the principal of, and premium or interest on, the Related Issue of Collateral Bonds to the Trustee, which payments shall be applied by the Trustee in satisfaction of all obligations then due on the Senior Notes.
The Related Issue of Collateral Bonds shall not be sold or transferred by the Trustee until the earlier of the Release Date or the prior retirement of the Senior Notes through redemption, repurchase or otherwise. The "Release Date" shall be the date that all First Mortgage Bonds of the Company issued and outstanding under the First Mortgage Indenture, other than the Collateral Bonds, have been retired (at, before or after the maturity thereof) through payment, redemption or otherwise, provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and, at such time, is continuing under the Indenture.
Article IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.01.
The covenant set forth in Section 11.10 of the Indenture shall apply to the Senior Notes only from and after the Release Date (unless Substituted Collateral Bonds are issued to secure the Senior Notes from and after the Release Date in which case such covenant shall not apply); provided, that, in any case, the Company may issue, assume or guarantee Indebtedness secured by a Lien not otherwise permitted under Section 11.10 so long as it effectively secures the Senior Notes equally and ratably with such Indebtedness.
Section 4.02.
The covenant set forth in Section 11.11 of the Indenture shall apply to the Senior Notes only from and after the Release Date (unless Substituted Collateral Bonds are issued to secure the Senior Notes from and after the Release Date in which case such covenant shall not apply).
Article V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.01.
The Trustee has accepted the amendment of the Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture and agrees to execute the trust created by the Indenture as hereby amended, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms and provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or with respect of any of the recitals or statements contained herein, all of which recitals or statements are made solely by the Company, or for or with respect to (a) the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or any of the terms or provisions hereof, (b) the proper authorization hereof by the Company by corporate action or otherwise, and (c) the due execution hereof by the Company.
Section 5.02.
This Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes shall be construed in connection with and as a part of the Indenture and shall be governed by the laws (other than the choice of law provisions) of the State of New York.
Section 5.03.
(a) If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture conflicts with another provision of the Indenture required to be included in indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (as enacted prior to the date of this Supplemental Indenture), by any of the provisions of Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of said act, such required provision shall control.
(b) In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Senior Notes issued hereunder should be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected, impaired, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
Section 5.04.
Whenever in this Supplemental Indenture either of the parties hereto is named or referred to, such name or reference shall be deemed to include the successors or assigns of such party, and all the covenants and agreements contained in this Supplemental Indenture by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of the Trustee shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of such parties, whether so expressed or not.
Section 5.05.
(a) This Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, and all such counterparts executed and delivered, each as an original, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
(b) The descriptive headings of the several Articles of this Supplemental Indenture were formulated, used and inserted in this Supplemental Indenture for convenience only and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed by its duly authorized Officer and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, and CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee as aforesaid, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed by one of its authorized signatories, as of October 1, 2004.
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
[Corporate Seal] By: ______________________________ N.A. Khouri Vice President and Treasurer CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee By: ___________________________ Wafaa Orfy Vice President 7 |
CUSIP: 594457BU6 APPENDIX I No. R-1 $120,000,000 |
THIS NOTE IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SENIOR INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A U.S. DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A U.S. DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART FOR A NOTE IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS
A WHOLE BY THE U.S. DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE U.S. DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE U.S. DEPOSITARY TO THE U.S. DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE U.S. DEPOSITARY OR BY THE U.S. DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Company (as defined below) 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 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 owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
5.00% Senior Notes
2004 Series E due 2019
Principal Amount: $120,000,000
Authorized Denomination: $1,000
Regular Record Date: close of business on the 15th calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date
Original Issue Date: October 4, 2004
Stated Maturity: October 1, 2019
Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing April 1, 2005
Interest Rate: 5.00% per annum
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan (the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Senior Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the
Company in The City of New York, New York, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($120,000,000) on October 1, 2019 (the "Stated Maturity"), in the coin or currency of the United States, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date shown above, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date as specified above, commencing on April 1, 2005 and on the Stated Maturity at the rate per annum shown above (the "Interest Rate") until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment and on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Senior Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date as specified above next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided that any interest payable at Stated Maturity or on a Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Except as otherwise provided in the Senior Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Senior Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities of this series shall be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Senior Indenture.
Payments of interest on this Senior Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for this Senior Note shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, on overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum borne by this Senior Note. In the event that any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay). "Business Day" means any day other than a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the State of Michigan are authorized or obligated pursuant to law or executive order to close.
Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of this series shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Securities of this series represented by a Global Security shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder of such Global Security, provided that, in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Security is first surrendered to the Paying Agent (as defined in the Senior Indenture). If any of the Securities of this series are no longer represented by a Global Security, (i) payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest due at the Stated Maturity or earlier redemption of such Securities shall be made at the office of the Paying Agent upon surrender of such Securities to the Paying Agent, and (ii) payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the Company, subject to such surrender where applicable, (A) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register or (B) by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Senior Trustee at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto.
UNTIL THE RELEASE DATE (AS DEFINED ON THE REVERSE HEREOF), THIS SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE SECURED BY FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS (THE "FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS") ISSUED AND DELIVERED BY THE COMPANY TO THE SENIOR TRUSTEE (AS DEFINED ON THE REVERSE HEREOF) UNDER THE COMPANY'S TWENTY-NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF JULY 15, 1989, PROVIDING FOR THE RESTATEMENT OF THE INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE AND DEED OF TRUST DATED AS OF MARCH 1, 1944 BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND CITIBANK, N.A. (THE "MORTGAGE TRUSTEE") which became effective April 1, 1994, AS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE THIRTY-EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (AS SO SUPPLEMENTED, THE "MORTGAGE INDENTURE"). ON THE RELEASE DATE, THE SENIOR NOTES SHALL CEASE TO BE SECURED BY SUCH FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS AND, AT THE COMPANY'S OPTION, EITHER (i) SHALL BECOME UNSECURED GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY OR (ii) SHALL BE SECURED BY FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS UNDER A SECURED MORTGAGE INDENTURE OTHER THAN THE MORTGAGE INDENTURE.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth herein. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Senior Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Senior Trustee under the Senior Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY has caused this
instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: October 4, 2004
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
By: ______________________________
N.A. Khouri
Vice President and Treasurer
Attest:
By: ______________________________________
Susan M. Beale
Vice President and Corporate Secretary
CERTIFICATION OF AUTHENTICATION
Dated: October 4, 2004
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Senior Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee
By: ______________________________
Authorized Officer
MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY
5.00% Senior Notes
2004 Series E due 2019
1. Senior Indenture. (a) This Senior Note is one of the duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (hereinafter called the "Securities") of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1998, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 18, 1998, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 1999, the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2001 and, Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 15, 2003, and the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 2004 between the Company and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the "Senior Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the "Senior Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Senior Indenture), to which Senior Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Senior Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any) and may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Senior Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated as the "5.00% Senior Notes, 2004 Series E due 2019" (the "Senior Notes") of the Company.
(b) The Senior Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of the Senior Notes or certain covenants with respect thereto upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.
2. Defined Terms. The following defined terms used herein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings specified below. Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Senior Indenture.
"Insurance Paying Agent" means U.S. Bank Trust National Association, New York, New York, or any successor thereto, as the Fiscal Agent under the Policy.
"Insurer" means MBIA Insurance Corporation, a New York-domiciled stock insurance corporation.
"Policy" means the financial guaranty insurance policy issued by the Insurer with respect to regularly scheduled payments due for principal of and interest on the Senior Notes as provided in such policy.
3. Transfer. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Senior Notes, but payment will be required of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any
Senior Notes except to the Insurer during a period beginning at the opening of
business fifteen (15) days before the day of the mailing of a notice pursuant to
Section 12.4 of the Indenture identifying the serial numbers of the Senior Notes
to be called for redemption, and ending at the close of business on the day of
the mailing, or (b) to transfer or exchange any Senior Notes theretofore
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
any Senior Note redeemed in part.
4. Redemption at the Company's Option. The Senior Notes shall be subject to redemption at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time (any such date of optional redemption, a "Redemption Date" for purposes of the Indenture), at an optional redemption price (which shall be a "Redemption Price" for purposes of the Indenture) equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date and (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Senior Notes to be redeemed on that Redemption Date (exclusive of interest accrued to the related Redemption Date) until Stated Maturity, in each case discounted from their respective scheduled payment dates to such Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 15 basis points as determined by the Reference Treasury Dealer, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date, using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security determined by the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Company as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Senior Notes 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 comparable maturity with the remaining term of the Senior Notes.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any Redemption Date,
(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 Senior Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations, or (c) if only
one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such quotation.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of: (a) UBS Securities LLC (or its affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers), and its successors; provided, however, that if UBS Securities LLC shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United Stated (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefore another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (b) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s) selected by the Senior Trustee after consultation with the Company.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any optional Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Senior Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Senior Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the applicable Redemption Price, on and after the applicable Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the principal amount of the Senior Notes called for redemption.
If money sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price with respect to the principal amount of and accrued interest on the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed on the applicable Redemption Date is deposited with the Senior Trustee or Paying Agent on or before the related Redemption Date and certain other conditions are satisfied, then on or after such date, interest will cease to accrue on the principal amount of the Senior Notes called for redemption.
If the Company elects to redeem all or a portion of the Senior Notes, the redemption will be conditional upon receipt by the Paying Agent or the Senior Trustee of monies sufficient to pay the Redemption Price. If the Senior Notes are only partially redeemed by the Company, the Senior Trustee shall select which Senior Notes are to be redeemed in a manner it deems fair and appropriate in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
In the event of redemption of the Senior Notes in part only, a new Senior Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion will be issued in the name or names of the Holders thereof upon the surrender thereof.
The Senior Notes will not have a sinking fund.
Notice of redemption shall be given as provided in Section 12.4 of the Indenture.
Any redemption of less than all of the Senior Notes shall, with respect to the principal thereof, be divisible by $1,000.
5. Special Insurance Provisions.
(a) Supplemental Indentures. The consent of the Insurer shall be required with respect to any indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture requiring the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes pursuant to Section 10.2 of the Senior Indenture.
(b) Events of Default and Remedies. So long as the Special Insurance Provisions of this paragraph 5 are applicable, an event of default under the Reimbursement and Indemnity Agreement between the Insurer and the Company, dated October 1, 2004, will constitute an Event of Default under the Senior Indenture. Subject to Section 1.7 of the Senior Indenture and to the Trust Indenture Act, including, without limitation, Sections 316(a)(1) and 317(a) thereof, if an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes occurs and is continuing, the Insurer shall be entitled to control and direct the enforcement of all rights and remedies granted to the Holders
of the Senior Notes or the Senior Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Senior Notes under the Senior Indenture, including, without limitation, (i) the right to accelerate the principal of the Senior Notes as provided in Section 6.2 of the Indenture and (ii) the right to annul any such declaration of acceleration, and the Insurer shall also be entitled to approve any waiver of an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes, the obligation of the Senior Trustee to comply with any direction to be subject to compliance with the conditions set forth in Sections 7.3(e) of the Senior Indenture (as if references in those Sections to Holders were references to the Insurer) and the protections provided to the Senior Trustee by Sections 315(d)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable with respect to any direction from the Insurer given pursuant thereto (as if references in said Section to Holders were references to the Insurer).
(c) Insurance Policy Payment Procedures.
(1) In the event that, on the second Business Day, and again on the Business Day, prior to the payment date on the Senior Notes, the Senior Trustee has not received sufficient moneys to pay all principal of and interest on the Senior Notes due on the second following or following, as the case may be, Business Day, the Senior Trustee shall immediately notify the Insurer or its designee on the same Business Day by telephone or telegraph, confirmed in writing by registered or certified mail, of the amount of the deficiency.
(2) If the deficiency is made up in whole or in part prior to or on the payment date, the Senior Trustee shall so notify the Insurer or its designee.
(3) In addition, if the Senior Trustee has notice that any Holder has been required to disgorge payments of principal or interest on the Senior Notes to a trustee in bankruptcy or creditors or others pursuant to a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such payment constitutes an avoidable preference to such Holder within the meaning of any applicable bankruptcy laws, then the Senior Trustee shall notify the Insurer or its designee of such fact by telephone or telegraphic notice, confirmed in writing by registered or certified mail.
(4) The Senior Trustee is hereby irrevocably designated, appointed, directed and authorized to act as attorney-in-fact for Holders of the Senior Notes as follows:
(i) If and to the extent there is a deficiency in amounts required to pay interest on the Senior Notes, the Senior Trustee shall (x) execute and deliver to the Insurance Paying Agent, in form satisfactory to the Insurance Paying Agent, an instrument appointing the Insurer as agent for such Holders in any legal proceeding related to the payment of such interest and an assignment to the Insurer of the claims for interest to which such deficiency relates and which are paid by the Insurer, (y) receive as designee of the respective Holders (and not as Senior Trustee) in accordance with the tenor of the Policy payment from the Insurance Paying Agent with respect to the claims for interest so assigned, and (z) disburse the same to such respective Holders; and
(ii) If and to the extent there is a deficiency in amounts
required to pay principal of the Senior Notes, the Senior Trustee shall
(x) execute and deliver to the Insurance Paying Agent in form satisfactory
to the Insurance Paying Agent an
instrument appointing the Insurer as agent for such Holders in any legal proceeding relating to the payment of such principal and an assignment to the Insurer of any of the Senior Notes surrendered to the Insurance Paying Agent to the extent of the principal amount thereof as has not previously been paid or for which moneys are not held by the Senior Trustee and available for such payment (but such assignment shall be delivered only if payment from the Insurance Paying Agent is received), (y) receive as designee of the respective Holders (and not as Senior Trustee) in accordance with the tenor of the Policy payment therefor from the Insurance Paying Agent, and (z) disburse the same to such Holders.
(5) Payments with respect to claims for interest on and principal of Senior Notes disbursed by the Senior Trustee from proceeds of the Policy shall not be considered to discharge the obligation of the Company with respect to such Senior Notes, and the Insurer shall become the owner of such Senior Notes and claims for the interest thereon in accordance with the tenor of the assignment made to it under the provisions of this subsection or otherwise.
(6) Irrespective of whether any such assignment is executed and delivered, the Company and the Senior Trustee hereby agree for the benefit of the Insurer that,
(i) They recognize that to the extent the Insurer makes payments, directly or indirectly (as by paying through the Senior Trustee), on account of principal of or interest on the Senior Notes, the Insurer will be subrogated to the rights of such Holders to receive the amount of such principal and interest from the Company, with respect thereon as provided and solely from the sources stated in the Senior Indenture and the Senior Notes; and
(ii) They will accordingly pay to the Insurer the amount of such principal and interest (including principal and interest recovered under subparagraph (ii) of the first paragraph of the Policy, which principal and interest shall be deemed past due and not to have been paid), with interest thereon as provided in the Senior Indenture and the Senior Notes, but only from the sources and in the manner provided herein for the payment of principal of and interest on the Senior Notes of Holders, and will otherwise treat the Insurer as the owner of such rights to the extent of the amount of such principal and interest.
(7) In connection with the issuance of additional Senior Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Insurer a copy of the disclosure document, if any, circulated with respect to such additional Senior Notes.
(8) Copies of any amendments made to the documents executed in connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes which are consented to by the Insurer shall be sent to Standard & Poor's Corporation.
(9) The Insurer shall receive notice of the resignation or removal of the Senior Trustee and the appointment of a successor thereto.
(d) Application of Term "Outstanding" to Senior Notes. In the event that the principal and/or interest due on the Senior Notes shall be paid by the Insurer pursuant to the Policy, the Senior Notes shall remain Outstanding for all purposes of the Senior Indenture, not be considered defeased or otherwise satisfied and not be considered paid by the Company, and the Senior Indenture and all covenants, agreements and other obligations of the Company to the Holders of Senior Notes shall continue to exist and such covenants, agreements and other obligations shall run to the benefit of the Insurer, and the Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of such Holders to the extent of such payment.
(e) Insurer as Third Party Beneficiary. The Insurer is hereby explicitly recognized as being a third-party beneficiary hereunder.
(f) Notices. Any notice that is required to be given to a Holder of the Senior Notes or to the Senior Trustee pursuant to the Senior Indenture shall also be provided to the Insurer. All notices required to be given to the Insurer under the Senior Indenture shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or certified mail addressed to MBIA Insurance Corporation, 113 King Street, Armonk, New York 10504, Attention: IPM-PCF.
(g) Application of Special Insurance Provisions. These Special Insurance Provisions shall apply notwithstanding anything in the Senior Indenture to the contrary, but only so long as the Policy shall be in full force and effect and the Insurer is not in default thereunder or the subject of bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings except that the Insurer's subrogation rights shall continue to apply to the extent of any payments made by the Insurer under the Policy.
(h) Amendments or Supplements. The Senior Trustee, in determining whether any amendments or supplements to the Senior Indenture may be made without the consent of the Holders, or in determining whether any action should be taken, shall consider the effect of such action on the rights of the Holders as if the Policy were not in effect.
6. Security; Release Date. Prior to the Release Date (as hereinafter defined), the Senior Notes shall be secured by First Mortgage Bonds designated as 2004 Series E Collateral Bonds (the "Collateral Bonds"), delivered by the Company to the Senior Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Senior Notes. Prior to the Release Date, the Company shall make payments of the principal of, and premium, if any, and or interest on, the Collateral Bonds to the Senior Trustee, which payments shall be applied by the Senior Trustee to satisfaction of all obligations then due on the Senior Notes. Reference is made to the Mortgage Indenture and the Senior Indenture for a description of the rights of the Senior Trustee as holder of the Collateral Bonds, the property mortgaged and pledged under the Mortgage Indenture and the rights of the Company and of the Mortgage Trustee in respect thereof, the duties and immunities of the Mortgage Trustee and the terms and conditions upon which the Collateral Bonds are secured and the circumstances under which additional First Mortgage Bonds may be issued.
FROM AND AFTER SUCH TIME AS ALL FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS (OTHER THAN COLLATERAL BONDS) ISSUED UNDER THE MORTGAGE INDENTURE HAVE BEEN RETIRED THROUGH PAYMENT, REDEMPTION OR OTHERWISE AT, BEFORE OR AFTER THE MATURITY THEREOF (THE "RELEASE DATE"), THE COLLATERAL BONDS SHALL CEASE TO SECURE THE SENIOR NOTES IN ANY MANNER
PROVIDED THAT NO DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT HAS OCCURRED AND AT SUCH TIME IS CONTINUING UNDER THE SENIOR INDENTURE. IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE AS PROVIDED IN THE SENIOR INDENTURE, THE COMPANY IS PERMITTED TO REDUCE THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF A SERIES OF COLLATERAL BONDS HELD BY THE SENIOR TRUSTEE, BUT IN NO EVENT PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE TO AN AMOUNT LESS THAN THE AGGREGATE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SERIES OF SENIOR NOTES INITIALLY ISSUED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH SUCH COLLATERAL BONDS.
7. Effect of Event of Default. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes shall occur and be continuing, the unpaid principal of the Senior Notes may, subject to the Special Insurance Provisions, be declared due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Senior Indenture.
8. Amendments and Waivers. The Senior Indenture may be modified by the Company and the Senior Trustee without consent of any Holder with respect to certain matters as described in the Indenture. So long as the Policy shall be in full force and effect and the Insurer is not in default thereunder or the subject to bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings, the Insurer must consent to any such amendment which impacts the Senior Notes insured. In addition, the Senior Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Senior Indenture at any time by the Company and the Senior Trustee with the consent of (a) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected and (b) so long as the Special Insurance Provisions of paragraph 5 above are applicable, the Insurer. The Senior Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Senior Indenture and certain past defaults under the Senior Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall bind such Holder and all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.
9. Obligations of Company. No reference herein to the Senior Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Senior Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium, if any, and interest on this Senior Note at the time, place, and rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
10. Denominations, Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Senior Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Senior Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Senior Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
(b) As provided in the Senior Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Senior Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Senior Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Senior Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Senior Notes of this series, and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same maturity and aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
(c) No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Senior Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Senior Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Senior Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Senior Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
11. No Liability of Certain Persons. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Senior Note or the Senior Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Senior Note, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Senior Note.
12. Governing Law. The Senior Indenture and this Senior Note shall for all purposes be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.
STATEMENT OF INSURANCE
The Insurer has issued a financial guarantee insurance policy (the "Policy") containing the following provisions, such policy being on file at Citibank, N.A., New York, New York:
The Insurer, in consideration of the payment of the premium and subject to
the terms of the Policy, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to
any owner, as hereinafter defined, of the following described Obligations, the
full and complete payment required to be made by or on behalf of the Company to
Citibank, N.A., or its successor (the "Paying Agent"), of an amount equal to (i)
the principal of (either at the stated maturity or by any advancement of
maturity pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund payment) and interest on, the
Obligations (as that term is defined below) as such payments shall become due
but shall not be so paid (except that in the event of any acceleration of the
due date of such principal by reason of mandatory or optional redemption or
acceleration resulting from default or otherwise, other than any advancement of
maturity pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund payment, the payments guaranteed
hereby shall be made in such amounts and at such times as such payments of
principal would have been due had there not been any such acceleration); and
(ii) the reimbursement of any such payment which is subsequently recovered from
any owner pursuant to a final judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction that such payment constitutes an avoidable preference to such owner within the meaning of any applicable bankruptcy law. The amounts referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be referred to herein collectively as the "Insured Amounts." "Obligations" shall mean:
$120,000,000 Michigan Consolidated Gas Company 5.00% Senior Notes, 2004 Series E Due 2019
Upon receipt of telephonic or telegraphic notice, such notice subsequently confirmed in writing by registered or certified mail, or upon receipt of written notice by registered or certified mail, by the Insurer from the Paying Agent or any owner of an Obligation the payment of an Insured Amount for which is then due, that such required payment has not been made, the Insurer on the due date of such payment or within one business day after receipt of notice of such nonpayment, whichever is later, will make a deposit of funds, in an account with U.S. Bank Trust National Association, in New York, New York, or its successor, sufficient for the payment of any such Insured Amounts which are then due. Upon presentment and surrender of such Obligations or presentment of such other proof of ownership of the Obligations, together with any appropriate instruments of assignment to evidence the assignment of the Insured Amounts due on the Obligations as are paid by the Insurer and appropriate instruments to effect the appointment of the Insurer as agent for such owners of the Obligations in any legal proceeding related to payment of Insured Amounts on the Obligations, such instruments being in a form satisfactory to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, U.S. Bank Trust National Association shall disburse to such owners or the Paying Agent payment of the Insured Amounts due on such Obligations, less any amount held by the Paying Agent for the payment of such Insured Amounts and legally available therefor. The Policy does not insure against loss of any prepayment premium which may at any time be payable with respect to any Obligation.
As used herein, the term "owner" shall mean the registered owner of any Obligation as indicated in the books maintained by the Paying Agent, the Company, or any designee of the Company for such purpose. The term "owner" shall not include the Company or any party whose agreement with the Company constitutes the underlying security for the Obligations.
Any service of process on the Insurer may be made to the Insurer at its offices located at 113 King Street, Armonk, New York 10504 and such service of process shall be valid and binding.
This Policy is non-cancellable for any reason. The premium on this Policy is not refundable for any reason including the payment prior to maturity of the Obligations.
THE FOLLOWING ABBREVIATIONS SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS THOUGH THE WORDS SET FORTH BELOW OPPOSITE EACH ABBREVIATION WERE WRITTEN OUT IN FULL WHERE SUCH ABBREVIATION APPEARS:
TEN COM -- as tenants in common (Name) CUST (Name) UNIF -- (Name) as Custodian TEN ENT -- as tenants by the GIFT MIN ACT (state) for (name) under the entirety (State) Uniform Gifts to Minors Act JF TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common |
ADDITIONAL ABBREVIATIONS MAY ALSO BE USED THOUGH NOT IN THE ABOVE LIST.
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to
(Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number)
and irrevocably appoint ______________________________ agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Dated: ________________ Your Signature: _______________________________ (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee: ___________________________________________________________ (Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, which requirements will include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.)
Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number: ____________________________________________
Exhibit 31-11
FORM 10-Q CERTIFICATION
I, Anthony F. Earley, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Michigan
Consolidated Gas Company, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ending
September 30, 2004 of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;
4.
The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
registrant and have:
a.
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being prepared;
b.
(Intentionally omitted)
c.
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this report based on such evaluation; and
d.
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the
registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
a.
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and
b.
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ ANTHONY F. EARLEY, JR.
Date: November 4, 2004
Anthony F. Earley, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Exhibit 31-12
FORM 10-Q CERTIFICATION
I, David E. Meador, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ending
September 30, 2004 of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;
4.
The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
registrant and have:
a.
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being prepared;
b.
(Intentionally omitted)
c.
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this report based on such evaluation; and
d.
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the
registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
a.
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and
b.
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ DAVID E. MEADOR
Date: November 4, 2004
David E. Meador
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Exhibit 32-11
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
I, Anthony F. Earley, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Michigan
Consolidated Gas Company (the Company), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to the best of my
knowledge and belief:
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company and will be retained by the Company and
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request
.
(1)
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period
ended September 30, 2004 (the Report) fully complies with the
requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and
(2)
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
Dated: November 4, 2004
/s/ ANTHONY F. EARLEY, JR.
Anthony F. Earley, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Exhibit 32-12
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
I, David E. Meador, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (the Company), certify, pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to the best
of my knowledge and belief:
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Michigan Consolidated Gas Company and will be retained by the
Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff
upon request.
(1)
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period
ended September 30, 2004 (the Report) fully complies with the
requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and
(2)
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
Dated: November 4, 2004
/s/ DAVID E. MEADOR
David E. Meador
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company