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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 24, 2006
ITC HOLDINGS CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 001-32576
     
Michigan   32-0058047
(State of Incorporation)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
39500 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 200, Novi, Michigan 48375
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (248) 374-7100
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of 3/24/2006
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of 3/28/2006
Amendment No. 1, dated as of 3/24/06 to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, 1/12/2005
Amendment No. 1, dated as of 3/24/06 to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, 1/19/2005
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Amendments to Credit Agreements and First Mortgage Bonds Series B
On March 24, 2006, ITC Holdings Corp. entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Holdings Amendment”) to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2005, among the registrant, certain financial institutions and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as administrative agent (the “Credit Agreement”). The Holdings Amendment extended the revolving credit maturity date under the Credit Agreement from March 19, 2007 to March 10, 2010. A copy of the Holdings Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.40 and incorporated herein by reference.
On March 24, 2006, International Transmission Company, ITC Holdings Corp.’s wholly owned operating subsidiary (“ITC Transmission ”), entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “ITC Amendment”) to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2005, among ITC Transmission , certain financial institutions and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as administrative agent (the “ITC Transmission Credit Agreement”). The ITC Amendment extended the revolving credit maturity date under the ITC Transmission Credit Agreement from March 19, 2007 to March 10, 2010. A copy of the ITC Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.41 and incorporated herein by reference. ITC Transmission also entered into a Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture (the “Second Amendment”) that extended the maturity date of its First Mortgage Bonds, Series B from March 19, 2007 to March 10, 2010. A Copy of the Second Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.9 and incorporated herein by reference.
Issuance of First Mortgage Bonds Series C
On March 28, 2006, ITC Transmission issued $100 million principal amount of its 6.125% First Mortgage Bonds, Series C, due March 31, 2036 (the “Series C Bonds”) in a private placement in reliance on exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. The Series C Bonds were sold by ITC Transmission to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC pursuant to a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated March 22, 2006, which required ITC Transmission to sell the Series C Bonds at the closing subject to satisfaction of customary terms and conditions specified in the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the Purchase Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The Series C Bonds were issued under ITC Transmission ‘s First Mortgage and Deed of Trust (the “First Mortgage and Deed of Trust”), dated as of July 15, 2003, between The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of March 28, 2006, between ITC Transmission and the Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the First Mortgage and Deed of Trust, the “Indenture”). The Series C Bonds are secured by a first mortgage lien on substantially all of ITC Transmission ‘s real and tangible personal property equally with all other securities previously issued or issued in the future under the First Mortgage and Deed of Trust, with such exceptions as are described in, and such releases as are permitted by, the Indenture.
Interest on the Series C Bonds is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 31 and September 30 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2006 at a fixed rate of 6.125% per annum. ITC Transmission may redeem the Series C Bonds at any time, in whole or in part, at a “Make Whole Price” equal to the

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greater of (1) the principal amount of the Series C Bonds being redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled principal and interest payments on the Series C Bonds discounted to the redemption date at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined in the Indenture), plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Series C Bonds to, but not including, the redemption date. The principal amount is payable in a lump sum on March 31, 2036.
The Series C Bonds and the Indenture contain customary events of default, including, without limitation, failure to pay principal on any Indenture Security (as defined in the Indenture) when due; failure to pay interest on any Indenture Security for 30 days after becoming due; and failure to comply with certain covenants and warranties contained in the Indenture for a period of 60 days after written notice from the trustee or the holders of 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Indenture Securities then outstanding. If an “Event of Default” (as defined in the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the “Holders” (as defined in the Indenture) of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Indenture Securities outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Indenture Securities to be due and payable immediately. A copy of the First Mortgage and Deed of Trust was filed as Exhibit 4.5 to ITC Holdings Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123657). A copy of the Third Supplemental Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.10.
The above description of the Holdings Amendment, the ITC Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture do not purport to be complete statements of the parties’ rights and obligations under those agreements. The above descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Holdings Amendment, the ITC Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the Third Supplemental Indenture, copies of which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and to the First Mortgage and Deed of Trust, a copy of which was previously filed by ITC Holdings Corp., and which are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)   Exhibits.
  4.9   Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 24, 2006, between International Transmission Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), as trustee.
 
  4.10   Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 28, 2006, between International Transmission Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), as trustee.
 
  10.40   Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 24, 2006, to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2005, among ITC Holdings Corp., as the Borrower, Various Financial Institutions and Other Persons from Time to Time Parties Hereto, as the Lenders, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, Cayman Island Branch and CIBC World Markets, as the Joint Lead Arrangers, and Comerica Bank, as the Documentation Agent.

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  10.41   Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 24, 2006, to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2005, among International Transmission Company, as the Borrower, Various Financial Institutions and Other Persons from Time to Time Parties Hereto, as the Lenders, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, Cayman Islands Branch and CIBC Inc., as the Joint Lead Arrangers, and Comerica Bank, as the Documentation Agent
 
  99.1   Purchase Agreement dated March 22, 2006 between International Transmission Company and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
March 30, 2006
         
  ITC HOLDINGS CORP.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Daniel J. Oginsky    
    Daniel J. Oginsky   
    Its: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Exhibit Description
 
   
4.9
  Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 24, 2006, between International Transmission Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), as trustee.
 
   
4.10
  Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 28, 2006, between International Transmission Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), as trustee.
 
   
10.40
  Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 24, 2006, to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2005, among ITC Holdings Corp., as the Borrower, Various Financial Institutions and Other Persons from Time to Time Parties Hereto, as the Lenders, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, Cayman Island Branch and CIBC World Markets, as the Joint Lead Arrangers, and Comerica Bank, as the Documentation Agent.
 
   
10.41
  Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 24, 2006, to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2005, among International Transmission Company, as the Borrower, Various Financial Institutions and Other Persons from Time to Time Parties Hereto, as the Lenders, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as the Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, Cayman Islands Branch and CIBC Inc., as the Joint Lead Arrangers, and Comerica Bank, as the Documentation Agent
 
   
99.1
  Purchase Agreement dated March 22, 2006 between International Transmission Company and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

EXHIBIT 4.9

SECOND AMENDMENT TO SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

Trustee


Dated as of March 24, 2006


Supplementing the First Mortgage and Deed of Trust Dated as of July 15, 2003

Amending the Second Supplemental Indenture and the First Mortgage Bonds, Series B



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ARTICLE ONE  DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION...........2


         Section 101.      Definitions.........................................2


ARTICLE TWO  AMENDMENTS........................................................2


         Section 201.      Amendments to the Second Supplemental Indenture.....2

         Section 202.      Amendment to the First Mortgage Bonds, Series B.....2


ARTICLE THREE   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.......................................2

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SECOND AMENDMENT TO SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 24, 2006, between International Transmission Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan (herein called the "COMPANY"), having its principal office at 39500 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 200, Novi, Michigan 48375 and THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (as successor to BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY), a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE"), the office of the Trustee at which on the date hereof its corporate trust business is principally administered being 2 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60630.

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a First Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of July 15, 2003 (the "ORIGINAL INDENTURE") providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its bonds, notes and other evidence of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (in the Original Indenture and herein called the "SECURITIES") and to provide security for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities;

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 15, 2003 (the "FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") to the Original Indenture providing for the issuance by the Company of $185,000,000 4.45% First Mortgage Bonds, Series A, due July 15, 2013;

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 15, 2003 (the "SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") to the Original Indenture providing for the issuance by the Company of First Mortgage Bonds, Series B, due February 28, 2006 (the "FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, SERIES B"), and an Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 19, 2005 (the Second Supplemental Indenture as so amended, the "AMENDED SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") providing for certain amendments to the First Mortgage Bonds, Series B;

WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the power and authority conferred upon and reserved to it under the provisions of the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and the Amended Second Supplemental Indenture (as so amended and supplemented, the "INDENTURE") and pursuant to appropriate resolutions of the Board of Directors, has duly determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee this Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture (the "SECOND AMENDMENT TO SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") in order to amend the Second Supplemental Indenture and the First Mortgage Bonds, Series B as set forth in Article Two hereof; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company, have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
WITNESSETH that, in order to amend the terms of the First Mortgage Bonds, Series B established in the Second Supplemental Indenture, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows:


ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 101. Definitions. Each capitalized term that is used herein and is defined in the Original Indenture shall have the meaning specified in the Original Indenture unless such term is otherwise defined herein.

ARTICLE TWO

AMENDMENTS

Section 201. Amendments to the Second Supplemental Indenture. (a) Section 201 of the Second Supplemental Indenture shall be amended to read as follows:

"Section 201. Title of the Series B Bonds. This Second Supplemental Indenture hereby creates a series of Securities designated as the "First Mortgage Bonds, Series B, due March 10, 2010" of the Company (the "SERIES B BONDS")."

(b) Exhibit A of the Amended Second Supplemental Indenture is amended by substituting "March 10, 2010" for each reference to "March 19, 2007."

Section 202. Amendment to the First Mortgage Bonds, Series B. Each of the First Mortgage Bonds, Series B heretofore issued and outstanding on the date hereof shall be amended by substituting "March 10, 2010" for each reference therein to "March 19, 2007."

ARTICLE THREE

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

The Trustee makes no undertaking or representations in respect of, and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for and in respect of, the validity or sufficiency of this Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture, the Series B Bonds or the proper authorization 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. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or the application by the Company of the Series B Bonds or of the proceeds thereof.

Except as expressly amended and supplemented hereby, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof and the Indenture is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture and all of its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

This Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture and the Series B Bonds shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York; except that (i) if this Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture shall become qualified and shall become subject to the Trust Indenture Act, this Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture and the Series B

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Bonds shall be governed by the Trust Indenture Act to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable and (ii) if the law of any jurisdiction wherein any portion of the Mortgaged Property is located shall mandatorily govern the creation of a mortgage lien on and security interest in, or perfection, priority or enforcement of the Lien of the Indenture or exercise of remedies with respect to, such portion of the Mortgaged Property, this Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture and the Series B Bonds shall be governed by the law of such jurisdiction to the extent mandatory.

This Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION
COMPANY

By: /s/ Daniel J. Oginsky
   ---------------------------------------
   Name:  Daniel J. Oginsky
   Title: Vice President and
          General Counsel

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee

By: /s/ Roxane Ellwanger
   ---------------------------------------
   Name:  Roxane Ellwanger
   Title: Assistant Vice President

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EXECUTION COPY

EXHIBIT 4.10


THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

Trustee


Dated as of March 28, 2006


Supplementing the First Mortgage and Deed of Trust Dated as of July 15, 2003

THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY PROVISIONS

Establishing a series of Securities designated 6.125% First Mortgage Bonds, Series C



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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION............4

     Section 101. Definitions..................................................4

ARTICLE TWO TITLE, FORM AND TERMS OF THE SERIES C BONDS........................6

     Section 201. Title of the Series C Bonds..................................6
     Section 202. Form and Terms of the Series C Bonds.........................6
     Section 203. Execution and Authentication.................................7
     Section 204. Depositary for Global Securities.............................7
     Section 205. Place of Payment.............................................7
     Section 206. Legends......................................................7
     Section 207. Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Series C Bonds......9
     Section 208. Book-Entry Provisions for Restricted Global Securities
                  and Regulation S Global Securities..........................10
     Section 209. Special Transfer Provisions.................................11

ARTICLE THREE REDEMPTION......................................................13

ARTICLE FOUR MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL..........................................14

ARTICLE FIVE REPORTS..........................................................15

ARTICLE SIX NET EARNINGS CERTIFICATE..........................................16

ARTICLE SEVEN LIEN............................................................16

ARTICLE EIGHT MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS........................................17

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THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 28, 2006, between International Transmission Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan (herein called the "COMPANY"), having its principal office at 39500 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 200, Novi, MI 48375 and THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (as successor to BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY), a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE"), the office of the Trustee at which on the date hereof its corporate trust business is principally administered being 2 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60630.

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a First Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of July 15, 2003 (the "ORIGINAL INDENTURE") providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its bonds, notes and other evidence of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (in the Original Indenture and herein called the "SECURITIES") and to provide security for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities; and for the purpose of amending and supplementing and further confirming the lien of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered the following Supplemental Indentures, each dated as hereinafter set forth:

Instrument                                                 Date
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First Supplemental Indenture                               July 15, 2003

Second Supplemental Indenture                              July 15, 2003

Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture                 January 19, 2005

Second Amendment to Second Supplemental Indenture          March 24, 2006

WHEREAS, the Original Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture listed in the foregoing paragraph were recorded in the offices set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference;

WHEREAS, there have heretofore been issued under the Indenture Securities of series and in principal amounts as follows:

                                                                Principal
     Title                                   Issued               Amount
     -----                                   ------            ------------

     4.45% First Mortgage Bonds, Series A,   July 16, 2003     $185,000,000
due July 15, 2013

     First Mortgage Bonds, Series B,         July 16, 2003     $ 15,000,000
due March 10, 2010
                                             January 4, 2004   $ 10,000,000

                                             January 19, 2005  $ 50,000,000


WHEREAS, in addition to the property described in the Original Indenture, the Company has acquired certain other property, rights and interests in property; 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 and pursuant to appropriate resolutions of the Board of Directors, has duly determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee this Third Supplemental Indenture (the "THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") to the Original Indenture as permitted by Sections 2.01, 3.01, 4.01, 4.02 and 14.01 of the Original Indenture in order to establish the form or terms of, and to provide for the creation and issuance of, a series of Securities to be designated and in such initial aggregate principal amount as further set out in Section 202 hereof; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Securities issued pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture, 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 Third Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company, have been done;

GRANTING CLAUSES

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH 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 Third Supplemental Indenture and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and in order to secure the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Securities from time to time Outstanding and the performance of the covenants therein and herein contained and to declare the terms and conditions on which such Securities are secured, the Company hereby grants, bargains, sells, conveys, assigns, transfers, mortgages, pledges, sets over and confirms to the Trustee, and grants to the Trustee a security interest in, the following (subject, however, to the terms and conditions set forth in the Original Indenture and herein):

GRANTING CLAUSE FIRST

All right, title and interest of the Company, as of the date of the execution and delivery of the Original Indenture, as originally executed and delivered, in and to all property, real, personal and mixed, located in the State of Michigan (other than Excepted Property), including without limitation all right, title and interest of the Company in and to the following property so located (other than Excepted Property): (a) all real property owned in fee, easements and other interests in real property which are specifically described or referred to in Exhibit A attached to the Original Indenture and Exhibit D hereto and incorporated by reference herein; (b) all licenses, permits to use the real property of others, franchises to use public roads, streets and other public properties, rights of way and other rights or interests relating to the occupancy or use of real property; (c) all facilities, machinery, equipment and fixtures for the transmission and distribution of electric energy including, but not limited to, all plants, air and water pollution control and sewage and solid waste disposal facilities, switchyards, towers, substations, transformers, poles, lines, cables, conduits, ducts, conductors, meters, regulators and all other property used or to be used for any or all of such purposes; (d) all buildings, offices, warehouses, structures or improvements in addition to those referred to or otherwise included in clauses (a) and (c) above; (e) all computers, data processing, data storage, data transmission and/or telecommunications facilities, equipment and apparatus necessary for the operation or maintenance of any facilities, machinery, equipment or fixtures described or referred to in clause (c) above; (f) all of

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the foregoing property in the process of construction; and (g) (except as expressly excepted in the Original Indenture or herein) all the right, title and interest of the Company in and to all other property of any kind or nature appertaining to and/or used and/or occupied and/or enjoyed in connection with any property hereinbefore described;

GRANTING CLAUSE SECOND

Subject to the applicable exceptions permitted by Section 8.09(d), Section 13.03 and Section 13.05 of the Original Indenture, all right, title and interest of the Company in all property of every kind and description and wheresoever situate, real, personal and mixed (other than Excepted Property), including the properties described in Exhibit D hereto, which may have been acquired by the Company after the date of the Original Indenture or be hereafter acquired, it being the intention of the Company that all such property acquired by the Company after the date of the execution and delivery of the Original Indenture, and any Indentures supplemental thereto, including this Third Supplemental Indenture, as originally executed and delivered, shall be as fully embraced within and subjected to the Lien hereof as if such property were owned by the Company as of the date of the execution and delivery of the Original Indenture, and any Indentures supplemental thereto, including this Third Supplemental Indenture, as originally executed and delivered;

GRANTING CLAUSE THIRD

Any Excepted Property, which may, from time to time after the date of the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture, as originally executed and delivered, by delivery or by an instrument supplemental to this Third Supplemental Indenture, be subjected to the Lien hereof by the Company, the Trustee being hereby authorized to receive the same at any time as additional security hereunder; it being understood that any such subjection to the Lien hereof of any Excepted Property as additional security may be made subject to such reservations, limitations or conditions respecting the use and disposition of such property or the proceeds thereof as shall be set forth in such instrument; and

GRANTING CLAUSE FOURTH

All tenements, hereditaments, servitudes and appurtenances belonging or in any wise appertaining to the aforesaid property, with the reversions and remainders thereof;

EXCEPTED PROPERTY

Expressly excepting and excluding, however, from the Lien of the Indenture all right, title and interest of the Company in and to all Excepted Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired;

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all such property, real, personal and mixed, unto the Trustee, its successors in trust and their assigns forever;

SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to (a) Liens existing at the date of the execution and delivery of the Original Indenture, as originally executed and delivered, (b) as to property acquired by the Company after the date of the execution and delivery of the Original Indenture, as originally executed and delivered, Liens existing or placed thereon at the time of the acquisition thereof (including, but not limited to, Purchase Money Liens) and (c) Permitted Liens;

IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, for the equal and ratable benefit and security of the Holders from time to time of all Outstanding Securities without any priority of any such Security over any other such Security;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the right, title and interest of the Trustee in and to the Mortgaged Property shall cease, terminate and become void in accordance with, and subject to the conditions set forth in, Article IX of the Original Indenture, and if, thereafter, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities shall have been paid to the Holders thereof, or shall have been paid to the Company pursuant to Section 6.03 of the Original Indenture, then and in that case the Original Indenture shall terminate, and, upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Company such instruments as the Company shall require to evidence

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such termination; otherwise the Original Indenture, and the estate and rights hereby granted, shall be and remain in full force and effect; and

THE PARTIES HEREBY COVENANT AND AGREE as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION

SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS. Each capitalized term that is used herein and is defined in the Original Indenture shall have the meaning specified in the Original Indenture unless such term is otherwise defined herein.

"ADJUSTED TREASURY RATE" means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date, plus 0.25%.

"AGENT MEMBER" has the meaning given to such term in Section 208(a) hereof.

"COMPARABLE TREASURY ISSUE" means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Series C Bonds 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 having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of such Series C Bonds.

"COMPARABLE TREASURY PRICE" means, with respect to any Redemption Date,
(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such business day, (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 Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

"DEFINITIVE SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in Section 202(e) hereof.

"DEPOSITARY" MEANS DTC, together with any Person succeeding thereto by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of its assets, including substantially all of its securities payment and transfer operations.

"DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 202(c) hereof.

"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, having a principal office at 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041-0099.

"GLOBAL SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in Section 202(c) hereof.

"INDENTURE" means the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented by any and all indentures supplemental thereto, including this Third Supplemental Indenture.

"INDEPENDENT INVESTMENT BANKER" means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

"INITIAL PURCHASER" means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

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"ISSUE DATE" means March 28, 2006, the date on which the Series C Bonds are originally issued under this Third Supplemental Indenture.

"NON-U.S. PERSON" has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation S.

"PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY" has the meaning given to such term in Section 202(c) hereof.

"QIB" means "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

"REFERENCE TREASURY DEALER" means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing is not a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a "PRIMARY TREASURY DEALER"), the Company will appoint another Primary Treasury Dealer as a substitute.

"REFERENCE TREASURY DEALER QUOTATIONS" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third business day next preceding such Redemption Date.

"REGULATION S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

"REGULATION S DEFINITIVE SECURITY" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 208(c) hereof.

"REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 202(c) hereof.

"REGULATION S SECURITIES" means Series C Bonds offered and sold as part of their initial distribution to persons outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

"RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE SECURITIES" means each of the Definitive Securities that are required to bear the Restricted Legend.

"RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 202(b) hereof.

"RESTRICTED LEGEND" has the meaning given to such term in Section 206(a) hereof.

"RESTRICTED SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in Section 206(a) hereof.

"RULE 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

"RULE 144A DEFINITIVE SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in
Section 208(c) hereof.

"SECURITIES ACT" means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

"SERIES C BONDS" has the meaning given to such term in Section 201 hereof.

"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of the Company that would be a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

"TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY" has the meaning given to such term in Section 202(c) hereof.

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ARTICLE TWO

TITLE, FORM AND TERMS OF THE SERIES C BONDS

Section 201. Title of the Series C Bonds. This Third Supplemental Indenture hereby creates a series of Securities designated as the "6.125% First Mortgage Bonds, Series C, due March 31, 2036" of the Company (the "SERIES C BONDS").

Section 202. Form and Terms of the Series C Bonds. For purposes of the Original Indenture, the Series C Bonds shall constitute a single series of Securities and may be issued in an unlimited principal aggregate amount, although the initial issuance of the Series C Bonds shall be in the principal amount of $100,000,000. In accordance with Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Original Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture hereby provides that the Series C Bonds (x) shall be payable in such amounts and in the manner as set forth therein (the form of which is substantially as set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto) and in the Original Indenture at the rates specified in the Series C Bonds, (y) and shall have the form and such other terms as set forth in this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Series C Bonds and the Original Indenture (except to the extent specifically provided for in this Third Supplemental Indenture or in the Series C Bonds).

(a) The Series C Bonds issued in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. The Series C Bonds may have such notations, legends or endorsements approved as to form by the Company and required, as applicable, by law, stock exchange or depository rule, agreements to which the Company is subject and/or usage. The terms of the Series C Bonds set forth in Exhibit B are herein incorporated by reference and are part of the terms of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

(b) The Series C Bonds will be offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the terms of a purchase agreement and will be resold initially only to (i) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (ii) Non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S. Each such purchaser of the Series C Bonds so initially resold will be deemed by their acceptance of the Series C Bonds to have represented and agreed as follows: it (A) (i) is a QIB, (ii) is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and (iii) is acquiring the bonds for its own account or for the account of a QIB or (B) is not a U.S. person and is purchasing the bonds in an offshore transaction pursuant to Regulation S.

(c) The Series C Bonds initially resold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued, and will only be available, in the form of one or more Global Securities substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto with such applicable legends as are provided for in Section 206 and 208 (each, a "RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY") duly executed by the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee as herein provided. The Restricted Global Security shall be in definitive, fully registered form without coupons and be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary and deposited with The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., at its corporate trust office, as custodian for the Depositary. The aggregate principal amount of any Restricted Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as provided in Section 209 hereof, which adjustments shall be conclusive as to the aggregate principal amount of any such Global Security.

(d) The Series C Bonds initially resold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued, and will only be available, initially in the form of one or more temporary global Securities substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto with such applicable legends as are provided for in Sections 206 and 208 (the "TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY") duly executed by the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee as herein provided. Except as herein provided, beneficial ownership interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security shall not be exchangeable for interests in the Restricted Global Security, the permanent Regulation S Global Securities substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (each, a "PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY") duly executed by the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee as herein provided or a Definitive Security prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance period and then only upon certification in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that beneficial ownership interests in such Temporary Regulation S Global Security are owned either by Non-U.S. Persons or U.S. Persons who purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities Act. The Temporary Regulation S Global Security and the Permanent Regulation S Global Security are

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collectively referred to herein as the "REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY." The Regulation S Global Securities shall be in definitive, fully registered form without coupons and be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary and deposited with The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., at its corporate trust office, as custodian for the Depositary, for credit initially and during the Distribution Compliance Period to the respective accounts of beneficial owners of such Series C Bonds (or to such other accounts as they may direct) at Euroclear S.A./N.V. or Clearstream Banking, Societe Anonyme. As used herein, the term "DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD," with respect to the Regulation S Global Securities offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which the Series C Bonds are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and
(ii) the Issue Date. The aggregate principal amount of any Regulation S Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as provided in Section 209 hereof, which adjustments shall be conclusive as to the aggregate principal amount of any such Global Security. The Restricted Global Security and Regulation S Global Security are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "GLOBAL SECURITIES."

(e) Series C Bonds issued pursuant to Section 208(c) in exchange for interests in a Global Security shall be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, but shall not bear the legend for Global Securities in Section 208(b) (the "DEFINITIVE SECURITIES"). Except as provided herein, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities shall not be entitled to physical delivery of Definitive Securities.

Section 203. Execution and Authentication. The Trustee, upon a Company Order and pursuant to the terms of the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, shall authenticate and deliver Series C Bonds for original issue in an initial aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of the Series C Bonds to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Series C Bonds is to be authenticated and the aggregate principal amount of Series C Bonds outstanding on the date of authentication. All of the Series C Bonds issued under the Indenture shall be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, and offers to purchase.

Section 204. Depositary for Global Securities. The Depositary for the Series C Bonds initially shall be DTC.

Section 205. Place of Payment. The Place of Payment in respect of the Series C Bonds will be at the principal office or agency of the Company in The City of New York, State of New York or at the office or agency of the Trustee in The City of New York, State of New York which, at the date hereof, is located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286.

Section 206. Legends.

(a) All Series C Bonds issued pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be "RESTRICTED SECURITIES" and shall bear a legend to the following effect (the "RESTRICTED LEGEND") except as permitted by the following paragraph (b) or (c), as appropriate:

"THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN

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AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS) OR
(V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE."

Each Restricted Definitive Security shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

"IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS."

Each Temporary Regulation S Global Security shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

"EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY OR ANY OTHER SECURITY REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE "40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(B)(2) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THEN ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. DURING SUCH 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY MAY ONLY BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED THROUGH EUROCLEAR S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIETE ANONYME AND ONLY (1) TO THE COMPANY, (2) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN A TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (4) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (1) THROUGH (4) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. HOLDERS OF INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATIONS S GLOBAL SECURITY WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE, IF THEN APPLICABLE.

BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY ONLY IF (1) SUCH EXCHANGE OCCURS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A, AND (2) THE TRANSFEROR OF THE TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT THE REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY IS BEING TRANSFERRED (A) TO A PERSON WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A, (B) TO A PERSON WHO IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A AND (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

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BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON WHO TAKES DELIVERY IN THE FORM OF AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY, WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, ONLY IF THE TRANSFEROR FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT IF SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S OR RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE) AND THAT, IF SUCH TRANSFER OCCURS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, THE INTEREST TRANSFERRED WILL BE HELD IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THROUGH EUROCLEAR S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIETE ANONYME."

(b) Upon any sale or transfer of a Restricted Security pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Depositary shall, subject to approval by the Company and the provisions of Section 3.05 of the Original Indenture, permit the Holder thereof to request the issuance of a Series C Bond that does not bear one or more of the legends set forth above and rescind any restrictions on the transfer of such Restricted Security, if the sale or exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 and the Holder certifies to that effect in writing to the Depositary.

(c) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period of any Series C Bonds acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Series C Bonds bear the Restricted Legend shall cease to apply (but requirements requiring such Series C Bonds to be in global form and bear the global legend in Section 208 shall continue to apply).

Section 207. Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Series C Bonds. All Series C Bonds issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Series C Bonds shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same interest therein, and entitled to the same benefits under the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, as the Series C Bonds surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

A Holder may transfer a Series C Bond, or request that a Series C Bond be exchanged for Series C Bonds in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Series C Bond surrendered for exchange of other authorized denominations, by surrender of such Series C Bonds to the Trustee with the form of transfer notice thereon duly completed and executed, and otherwise complying with the terms of the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, including providing evidence of compliance with any restrictions on transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, final acceptance and registration of the transfer by the Security Registrar in the Security Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer of a Series C Bond by a Holder as provided herein, the Company, the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Trustee shall deem and treat the person in whose name the Series C Bond is registered on the Security Register as the absolute owner and holder thereof for the purpose of receiving payment of all amounts payable with respect to such Series C Bond and for all other purposes, and none of the Company, the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Furthermore, the Depositary shall, by acceptance of a Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Depositary (or its agent) and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book-entry. When Series C Bonds are presented to the Security Registrar with a request to register the transfer thereof or to exchange them for other authorized denominations of a Series C Bond in a principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Series C Bonds surrendered for exchange, the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transactions are met.

To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges in accordance with the terms, conditions and restrictions hereof, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate, Series C Bonds at the Security Registrar's request. No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Series C Bonds, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Series C Bonds. All Series C Bonds surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with its then customary procedures.

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Section 208. Book-Entry Provisions for Restricted Global Securities and Regulation S Global Securities.

(a) Members of, or participants in, DTC ("AGENT MEMBERS") shall have no rights under the Original Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Series C Bonds with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by DTC, or The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as its custodian, and DTC may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or shall impair, as between DTC and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Global Security. Upon the issuance of any Global Security, the Security Registrar or its duly appointed agent shall record DTC as the registered holder of such Global Security.

Transfers of any Global Security shall be limited to transfers of such Restricted Global Security or Regulation S Global Security in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary. Each Global Security shall bear the following legend:

"UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON MADE TO CEDE & CO.), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF."

Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Security and any Regulation S Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC and the provisions of Section 209.

(c) Beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Security or a Regulation S Global Security shall be delivered to all beneficial owners thereof in the form of Rule 144A Definitive Securities ("RULE 144A DEFINITIVE SECURITIES") or Regulation S Definitive Securities ("REGULATION S DEFINITIVE SECURITIES"), as the case may be, if (i) DTC notifies the Trustee that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Restricted Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Trustee within 90 days of such notice, and (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security with a principal amount aggregating not less than a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Global Security advise the Trustee, the Company and DTC through Agent Members in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through DTC or its successor is no longer in their best interests.

(d) Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Securities that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Security will, upon such transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Security and become an interest in the other Global Security and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Security for as long as it remains such an interest.

(e) In connection with the transfer of an entire Restricted Global Security or an entire Regulation S Global Security to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 208, such Restricted Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate, to each beneficial owner

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identified by DTC in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Restricted Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be, an equal aggregate principal amount of Rule 144A Definitive Securities or Regulation S Definitive Securities, as the case may be, of authorized denominations. None of the Company, the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such registration instructions. Upon the issuance of Rule 144A Definitive Securities or Regulation S Definitive Securities, as the case may be, the Company and the Trustee shall recognize the Person in whose name the Rule 144A Definitive Securities or Regulation S Definitive Securities, as the case may be, are registered in the Security Register as Holders hereunder.

(f) Any Rule 144A Definitive Securities or Regulation S Definitive Securities, as the case may be, delivered in exchange for an interest in the Restricted Global Security pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 208 shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraph (d) of Section 209, bear the Restricted Legend.

(g) Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, any Regulation S Definitive Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Regulation S Global Security pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 208 shall bear the Restricted Legend.

(h) The registered holder of any Restricted Global Security or Regulation S Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under the Original Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Series C Bonds.

(i) Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable if the Trustee or the Company is unable to locate a qualified successor clearing agency.

Section 209. Special Transfer Provisions. The following provisions shall also apply to the Series C Bonds:

(a) Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Series C Bond required to bear the Restricted Legend to a QIB (excluding Non-U.S. Persons):

(i) The Security Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of Series C Bond stating, or has otherwise advised the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of Series C Bond stating, or has otherwise advised the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Series C Bond for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it, or the Person on whose behalf it is acting with respect to any such account, is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

(ii) Upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the documents required by clause (i) above and instructions given in accordance with DTC's and the Security Registrar's procedures therefor, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date of such transfer and an increase in the principal amount of a Restricted Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interests in such Regulation S Global Security being transferred, and the Trustee shall decrease the amount of such Regulation S Global Security so transferred.

(b) Transfers of Interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security, the Permanent Regulation S Global Security or the Regulation S Definitive Securities.

(i) After the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Security Registrar shall register any transfer of interests in any Regulation S Global Security or Regulation S Definitive Security without requiring any additional certification.

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(ii) Until the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security may only be sold, pledged or transferred through Euroclear S.A./N.V. ("EUROCLEAR") or Clearstream Banking, Societe Anonyme ("CLEARSTREAM") (as indirect participants in the Depositary) or Agent Members acting for and on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream only (x) for interests in a Permanent Regulation S Global Security and then only upon certification in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that interests in such Temporary Regulation S Global Security are owned by either Non-U.S. Persons or U.S. Persons who purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities Act or (y) for interests in the Restricted Global Security if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written transfer notice to the effect that the Series C Bonds are being transferred to a person (A) who the transferor reasonably believes to be a QIB; (B) purchasing for its own account or the account of a QIB in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A; and (C) in accordance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.

(c) Transfers to Non-U.S. Persons at Any Time. The following provisions shall apply with respect to any registration of any transfer of a Series C Bond to a Non-U.S. Person:

(i) Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Security Registrar shall register any proposed transfer of a Series C Bond to a Non-U.S. Person upon receipt of a certificate substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit C hereto from the proposed transferor.

(ii) After the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Security Registrar shall register any proposed transfer to any Non-U.S. Person upon receipt of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C from the proposed transferor. The Security Registrar shall promptly send a copy of such certificate to the Company.

(iii) Upon receipt by the Security Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by clause (ii) and (y) instructions in accordance with DTC's and the Security Registrar's procedures, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date of such transfer and a decrease in the principal amount of such Restricted Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in such Restricted Global Security to be transferred, and, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of instructions given in accordance with DTC's and the Security Registrar's procedures, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security to be transferred, and the Trustee shall decrease the amount of such Restricted Global Security.

(d) Restricted Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Series C Bonds not bearing the Restricted Legend, the Security Registrar shall deliver Series C Bonds that do not bear the Restricted Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Series C Bonds bearing the Restricted Legend, the Security Registrar shall deliver only Series C Bonds that bear the Restricted Legend unless there is delivered to the Security Registrar an opinion of counsel to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.

(e) General. By acceptance of any Series C Bond bearing the Restricted Legend, each Holder of such Series C Bond acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Series C Bond set forth in such Restricted Legend and otherwise in this Third Supplemental Indenture and agrees that it will transfer such Series C Bond only as provided in such Restricted Legend and otherwise in this Third Supplemental Indenture. In connection with any transfer of Series C Bonds, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Series C Bonds to furnish the Security Registrar or the Trustee such certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Article Two; provided that the Security Registrar shall not be required to determine the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.

Until such time as no Series C Bonds remain Outstanding, the Security Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 208 or this Section 209. The Trustee, if not the Security Registrar at such time, shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Security Registrar.

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The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Third Supplemental Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Series C Bonds (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when required by the terms of, this Third Supplemental Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the requirements hereof.

In the event that any Global Security or any portion thereof is exchanged for Definitive Securities, such other Definitive Securities may be exchanged (by transfer or otherwise) for Definitive Securities or for beneficial interests in a Global Security (if any is then outstanding) only in accordance with procedures substantially consistent with this Article Two (including any certification requirements) and applicable procedures adopted by the Company and the Trustee.

Until definitive Series C Bonds are ready for delivery, the Company may use temporary Series C Bonds. Temporary Series C Bonds shall be substantially in the form of definitive Series C Bonds but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Series C Bonds. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall deliver definitive Series C Bonds in exchange for temporary Series C Bonds.

The Company may issue some or all of the Securities in temporary or permanent global form. The Company may issue a Global Security only to the Depositary. The Depositary may transfer a Global Security only to its nominee or to a successor Depositary. A Global Security shall represent the amount of Series C Bonds specified in the Global Security. A Global Security may have variations that the Depositary requires or that the Company considers appropriate for such a security.

Beneficial owners of part or all of a Global Security are subject to the rules of the Depository as in effect from time to time.

The Company, the Trustee and their agents shall not be responsible for any acts or omissions of a Depositary, for any Depositary records of beneficial ownership interests or for any transactions between or among the Depositary, Agent Members and beneficial owners.

The Company at any time may deliver Series C Bonds to the Trustee for cancellation. The Paying Agent, if not the Trustee, shall forward to the Trustee any Series C Bonds surrendered to them for payment or conversion. The Trustee shall cancel all Series C Bonds surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of cancelled Series C Bonds according to its then customary practices. The Company may not issue new Series C Bonds to replace Series C Bonds that it has paid or which have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

ARTICLE THREE

REDEMPTION

The Series C Bonds may be redeemed, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Original Indenture, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders, given as provided in the Original Indenture, as a whole or in part, at any time at the option of the Company, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Series C Bonds being redeemed and (ii) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on the Series C Bonds that are due and payable on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the relevant Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Series C Bonds registered as such at the close of business on the relevant record date according to the terms and provisions of the Original Indenture.

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In the event of a partial redemption of the Series C Bonds, the Company will issue new Series C Bonds for the unredeemed portion in the name of each Holder of the partially redeemed Series C Bonds.

If less than all of the Series C Bonds are to be redeemed, the Series C Bonds will be redeemed by lot, pro rata by the Trustee or by such method of selection as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may, in any case, provide for the selection for redemption of Series C Bonds and portions of Series C Bonds in amounts of $1,000 or any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, the portion of Series C Bonds called for redemption will no longer accrue interest on and after the Redemption Date.

ARTICLE FOUR

MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL

(a) The Company covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Series C Bonds are Outstanding, the Company will expend during each calendar year, and certify to the Trustee in an Officer's Certificate, an amount not less than 2.00% of the average amount of depreciable property of the Company at the beginning and at the end of such calendar year for one or more of the following purposes:

(i) capital expenditures for the maintenance and repair of the utility properties of the Company subject to the Lien of the Original Indenture;

(ii) the construction or acquisition of Property Additions on which the Original Indenture is a first Lien, subject only to Permitted Liens and Prepaid Liens; or

(iii) the retirement, through purchase, payment or redemption, of Securities issued under and secured by the Indenture (including any future supplemental indenture pursuant to the Original Indenture).

(b) The term "amount of depreciable property" shall mean as of any date the amount of Property Additions included at such date on the books of the Company which is depreciable, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The average of the amount of depreciable property shall mean the arithmetical average of the amount of depreciable property at the beginning, and the amount thereof at the end, of such calendar year. Partial years shall be prorated.

If, in any calendar year, the required expenditures for the foregoing purposes are not made, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee on or before the first day of February next succeeding the close of such calendar year a sum in cash to the extent of any deficiency, after deducting (subject to the terms of the Indenture) any eligible credit for unused excess expenditures previously made for such purposes. Such cash may be applied to the redemption at the applicable Redemption Price, or to the repurchase, of Securities, or may be withdrawn to the extent of 100% of Property Additions.

(c) Excess expenditures in any calendar year may be used to comply with the requirements of any subsequent year or years and Property Additions may be certified to comply with the provisions of clause (b) above; provided, that Property Additions so used, and Securities retired through expenditures so used, cannot be used for other purposes under this Third Supplemental Indenture; provided, further that, (i) no Retired Securities or expenditures for Funded Property which shall have been made the basis for authentication of Securities or the release of Mortgaged Property or the withdrawal of deposited cash or Securities or any other amounts under any other provision of the Indenture, or which shall have been made out of any insurance moneys or moneys received from the condemnation, sale or other disposition of any of the Company's property subject to the Lien of the Indenture, or which shall have previously been used or applied or certified to the Trustee to comply with this Article Four or any other provision of the Indenture and (ii) no retirement of Securities which shall have been made with moneys applied to such purpose pursuant to any provision of this Article Four or of Section 4.04 or 8.06 of the Original Indenture, shall be certified or used or applied for the purpose of complying with this Article or

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withdrawing any moneys paid to the Trustee pursuant to this Article Four. This Article Four shall not require the annual retirement by the Company of any specific amount of Outstanding Securities.

(d) So long as any of the Series C Bonds are Outstanding, on or before the first day of February of each year beginning February 1, 2007, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate showing in reasonable detail:
(1) the Company's expenditures pursuant to each of subclauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) above, or otherwise deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this Article Four; (2) any eligible credit for excess expenditures from prior periods and the extent to which the Company elects to have such excess applied to the period next preceding delivery of such Officer's Certificate; and (3) the amount of cash the Company is depositing with the Trustee concurrently with the delivery of such Officer's Certificate to comply with the requirements of this Article Four. Such Officer's Certificate shall also state that it complies with the requirements of this Article Four.

(e) At the option of the Company, any moneys paid to and held by the Trustee under the provisions of subclause (b) of this Section shall, upon the written request of the Company pursuant to an Officer's Certificate, (1) be applied by the Trustee to the purchase in the open market of Securities of any series, at not exceeding the then applicable Redemption Price, if any, at which Securities of said series may then be redeemed or (2) be paid to or upon the order of the Company to the extent of (i) the principal amount of Securities of said series purchased or paid by the Company and delivered to the Trustee, cancelled or for cancellation and (ii) the accrued interest and the premium, if any, theretofore paid to the Trustee, as hereinabove provided, on such principal amount of Securities. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that it will pay to the Trustee from time to time in cash such additional sums, if any, as shall be paid or required to be paid by the Trustee as or for accrued interest and premium, if any, in respect of any Securities purchased or redeemed pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

(f) Any and all Securities, the retirement (through payment or purchase) of which shall be certified to the Trustee in compliance with the provisions of this Article Four, shall be delivered to the Trustee at or before the time the same shall be so certified and shall thereupon be cancelled and destroyed by the Trustee, unless theretofore cancelled and destroyed. All other Securities received by the Trustee pursuant to any provision of this Article Four shall thereupon be cancelled and destroyed by the Trustee.

ARTICLE FIVE

REPORTS

In addition to the reports the Company must provide pursuant to the Original Indenture, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that:

(a) whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Series C Bonds are outstanding, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and the Holders, within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and regulations all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company's certified independent accountants;

(b) whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Series C Bonds are outstanding, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and the Holders, within five calendar days of the occurrence thereof, an Officers' Certificate providing notice of any of the following events, including in reasonable detail a summary of such event or events and the Company's plans in respect thereof, if any:

(1) any change of control of the Company, including the name of the Person(s) acquiring control, the amount and source of the consideration used, the basis of the control, the date and description of the transaction resulting in the change of control, the percentage of beneficial ownership of voting securities of the Company owned by the Person gaining control, the identity of the Person from whom control was assumed and the effect of such change of control, if any, on any material agreements or arrangements of the Company;

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(2) any acquisition or disposition of any significant assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions;

(3) any bankruptcy or receivership of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

(4) any change in the Company's or any of its Significant Subsidiaries' auditors;

(5) any resignation of any director of the Company;

(6) any change in the fiscal year of the Company; and

(7) information with respect to the Company's results of operations, financial condition or prospects which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, would be material to a Holder;

provided, that at such time as the Company is required to file reports on Form 8-K, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and the Holders, within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and regulations the information required in current reports on Form 8-K that are required to be filed with the Commission in lieu of the information preceding this proviso of this clause (b);

(c) following the filing of any information with the Commission, the Company shall make such information available to prospective investors in any Series C Bonds upon their request; and

(d) furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors in the Series C Bonds, upon the request of such Holders, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Series C Bonds are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.

At the request of the Company, the Trustee shall assist the Company in the mailing to Holders of any of the aforesaid information, reports and certificates pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and/or (c) above. If the Trustee delivers the foregoing information to the Holders on behalf of the Company, the Company shall not be required to deliver such information. Should the Company deliver to the Trustee any such information, reports or certificates or any annual reports, information, documents and other reports pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act (if this Third Supplemental Indenture shall become qualified and subject to the Trust Indenture Act), delivery of such information, reports and certificates, or such annual reports, information, documents and other reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute notice or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's Certificates).

ARTICLE SIX

NET EARNINGS CERTIFICATE

Notwithstanding Section 1.04 or any other provision of the Original Indenture, the Net Earnings Certificate delivered in connection with the initial issuance of Series C Bonds on the Issue Date shall be made and signed by an Accountant if it is not signed by an independent public accountant.

ARTICLE SEVEN

LIEN

The Series C Bonds are entitled to the benefit of the Lien under the Indenture, including, without limitation, the Lien on the property referred to in Exhibit A to the Original Indenture.

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ARTICLE EIGHT

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

The Trustee makes no undertaking or representations in respect of, and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for and in respect of, the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Series C Bonds or the proper authorization 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. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or the application by the Company of the Series C Bonds or of the proceeds thereof.

Except as expressly amended and supplemented hereby, the Original Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof and the Original Indenture is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Third Supplemental Indenture and all of its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Original Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

This Third Supplemental Indenture and the Series C Bonds shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, except that (i) if this Third Supplemental Indenture shall become qualified and shall become subject to the Trust Indenture Act, this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Series C Bonds shall be governed by the Trust Indenture Act to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable and (ii) if the law of any jurisdiction wherein any portion of the Mortgaged Property is located shall mandatorily govern the creation of a mortgage lien on and security interest in, or perfection, priority or enforcement of the Lien of the Indenture or exercise of remedies with respect to, such portion of the Mortgaged Property, this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Series C Bonds shall be governed by the law of such jurisdiction to the extent mandatory.

This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY

By: /s/ Daniel J. Oginsky
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   Name:  Daniel J. Oginsky
   Title: Vice President and
          General Counsel

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee

By: /s/ Roxane Ellwanger
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   Name:  Roxane Ellwanger
   Title: Assistant Vice President


STATE OF MICHIGAN       )

                        ) ss.:_____________

COUNTY OF Oakland       )

On this 23rd day of March 2006, before me personally appeared Daniel J. Oginsky, to me known to be Vice President and General Counsel of INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY, one of the corporations that executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said Corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated that he was authorized to execute said instrument and that the seal affixed, if any, is the corporate seal of said Corporation.

On the 23rd day of March in the year 2006 before me personally came Daniel J. Oginsky to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at 10414 Greenbriar, Brighton, Michigan; that he is Vice President and General Counsel of INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY, the corporation described in and which executed the above instrument; and that he signed his name thereto by authority of the board of directors of said corporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.

/s/ Dorothy A. Golob

Notary Public

Oakland, County, Michigan

My Commission expires:   10/21/2010

Acting in the County of: Oakland


STATE OF ILLINOIS )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF COOK )

On the 20th day of March in the year 2006 before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Roxane Ellwanger, Assistant Vice President of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

/s/ A. Hernandez
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Print Name:

Notary Public in and for the State of Illinois Commission expires: 7/8/08

Drafted by:
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, New York 10005

When recorded return to:
The Bank of New York Trust Company
2 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, Illinois 60630
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Roxane Ellwanger


EXHIBIT A

The recording information for the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, each recorded in the Offices of the Register of Deeds in the Michigan Counties as indicated, is as follows:

County            Original Indenture      First Supp         Second Supp
----------        ------------------      -------------      -------------
Huron             L991; P520              L992; P26          L993; P26

Lapeer            L1751; P1               L1752; P1          L1754; P1

Livingston        L4026; P332             L4027; P2          L4033; P2

Macomb            L13839; P1              L13840; P1         L13850; P1

Monroe            L2520; P681             L2521; P1          L2524; P529

Oakland           L30354; P1              L30355; P1         L30356; P1

Sanilac           L774; P152              L775; P424         L777; P394

St. Clair         L2846; P627             L2847; P753        L2903; P236

Tuscola           L942; P378              L943; P1           L944; P124

Washtenaw         L4284; P485             L4284; P486        L4285; P136

Wayne             L38882; P1              L38882; P1324      L38882; P1991

                  L38882; P149            L38882; P1377      L38882; P2031

                  L38882; P289            L38882; P1433      L38882; P2066

                  L38882; P439            L38882; P1492      L38882; P2104

                  L38882; P584            L38882; P1549      L38882; P2145

                  L38882; P733            L38882; P1604      L38882; P2181

                  L38882; P880            L38882; P1661      L38882; P2220

                  L38882; P1028           L38882; P1714      L38882; P2255

                  L38882; P1175           L38882; P1771      L38882; P2294

                  L38877; P102            L38882; P1826      L38882; P2330

                  L38877; P247            L38882; P1882      L38882; P2368

                  L38877; P395            L38882; P1933      L38882; P2403

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EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF FACE OF SERIES C BONDS]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF

THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON MADE TO CEDE & CO.), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.]*

[THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION

EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (IV) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS) OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.]**

[IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE SECURITY

REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.]***


* To be included on the face of each Global Security.

** To be included on the face of each Restricted Global Security and Restricted Definitive Security.

*** To be included on the face of each Restricted Definitive Security.

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[EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS

TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY OR ANY OTHER SECURITY REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE "40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD" (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(B)(2) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THEN ONLY UPON CERTIFICATION IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH BENEFICIAL INTERESTS ARE OWNED EITHER BY NON-U.S. PERSONS OR U.S. PERSONS WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTERESTS IN A TRANSACTION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. DURING SUCH 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY MAY ONLY BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED THROUGH EUROCLEAR S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIETE ANONYME AND ONLY (1) TO THE COMPANY, (2) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (3) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN A TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (4) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (1) THROUGH (4) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. HOLDERS OF INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATIONS S GLOBAL SECURITY WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE, IF THEN APPLICABLE.

BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY ONLY IF (1) SUCH EXCHANGE OCCURS IN CONNECTION WITH A TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A, AND (2) THE TRANSFEROR OF THE TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT THE REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY IS BEING TRANSFERRED (A) TO A PERSON WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A, (B) TO A PERSON WHO IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A AND (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A PERSON WHO TAKES DELIVERY IN THE FORM OF AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY, WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, ONLY IF THE TRANSFEROR FIRST DELIVERS TO THE TRUSTEE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE (IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE) TO THE EFFECT THAT IF SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S OR RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE) AND THAT, IF SUCH TRANSFER OCCURS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, THE INTEREST TRANSFERRED WILL BE HELD IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THROUGH EUROCLEAR S.A./N.V. OR CLEARSTREAM BANKING, SOCIETE ANONYME.]****


**** To be included on the face of each Temporary Regulation S Global Security.

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INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY

6.125% FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, SERIES C DUE MARCH 31, 2036

$_______________

No.C__________ CUSIP _______________

ISIN _______________

INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan (herein called the "COMPANY," which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ____________________ or registered assigns, the principal sum of $________________ on March 31, 2036 and to pay interest thereon from March __, 2006, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on March 31 and September 30 in each year, commencing September 30, 2006, at the rate per annum provided in the title hereof, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and, subject to the terms of the Indenture hereinafter referenced, at the rate of 6.125% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) on any overdue installment of interest, from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Series C Bond is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the March 15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. 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 be paid to the Person in whose name this Series C Bond is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given as provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of 30-day months.

Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Series C Bonds will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, State of New York or at the office or place of business of the Trustee or its successor in trust under the Original Indenture hereinafter referenced, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts; [if this Security is not a Global Security, insert -- provided, however, that at the option of the Company payments of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register] [if this Security is a Global Security, insert--provided, however, that except with respect to payments of principal, payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds with respect to payments in respect of Global Securities if the Holders thereof have provided wire instructions in respect of such payments to the Company or the Paying Agent]. Holders must surrender Series C Bonds to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of the Series C Bonds set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture (hereinafter referenced), this Series C Bond shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture (hereinafter referenced), or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY has caused this

Series C Bond to be duly executed.

Dated:    INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY


          BY ______________________________

          Name:

Title:

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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

Date:     THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A,

          as Trustee,

          BY: ______________________________

          Authorized Signatory

B-4

[FORM OF REVERSE OF SERIES C BOND]

This 6.125% First Mortgage Bond, Series C is one of the duly authorized issue of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "SERIES C BONDS"), of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Original Indenture dated as of July 15, 2003, as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 28, 2006 (as so supplemented, the "INDENTURE"), duly executed and delivered by the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and any other indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Company and the Holders of the Series C Bonds and of the terms upon which the Series C Bonds are issued and are to be authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, which series is initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $100,000,000; provided that the Company may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Series C Bonds, issue additional Securities, including additional Series C Bonds, which additional Series C Bonds shall, if issued, increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Series C Bonds issued on the Issue Date. By the terms of the Indenture, additional Securities of other separate series, which may vary as to date, aggregate principal amount, Stated Maturity, interest rate or method of calculating the interest rate, redemption provisions and in other respects as therein provided, may be issued in an unlimited amount.

Series C Bonds may be redeemed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Original Indenture on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice prior to the Redemption Date thereof to the Holder thereof, given as provided in the Indenture, as a whole or in part, at any time at the option of the Company, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Series C Bonds being redeemed and (ii) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on the Series C Bonds that are due and payable on an interest payment date falling on or prior to the relevant Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of the Series C Bond registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the terms and provisions of the Indenture.

The Series C Bonds are subject to the further redemption provisions and procedures set forth in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Series C Bonds and (b) certain restrictive covenants upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Series C Bonds shall occur and be continuing, the unpaid principal of the Series C Bonds may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as a class). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages 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 Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of the Securities of this series shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of the Securities of this series and of any Securities of this series issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon the Securities of this series.

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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of the Series C Bonds or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Series C Bonds at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of the Series C Bonds is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of the Series C Bonds 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, if any, on the Series C Bonds 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 Series C Bonds of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Series C Bonds are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Series C Bonds are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Series C Bonds of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

Prior to due presentment of the Series C Bonds for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Series C Bonds are registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not the Series C Bonds be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Series C Bonds are not subject to any sinking fund.

The Series C Bonds are entitled to the benefit of the Lien under the Indenture.

Each Holder, by accepting a Series C Bond, agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Indenture, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

This Series C Bond shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, except that (i) if the Third Supplemental Indenture governing this Series C Bond shall become qualified and shall become subject to the Trust Indenture Act, this Series C Bond shall be governed by the Trust Indenture Act to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable and (ii) if the law of any jurisdiction wherein any portion of the Mortgaged Property is located shall mandatorily govern the creation of a mortgage lien on and security interest in, or perfection, priority or enforcement of the Lien of the Indenture or exercise of remedies with respect to, such portion of the Mortgaged Property, the Series C Bond shall be governed by the law of such jurisdiction to the extent mandatory.

All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Series C Bond shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

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FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

Insert Taxpayer Identification No.



please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee


the within Series C Bond and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing


attorney to transfer said Series C Bond on the books of the Security Registrar with full power of substitution in the premises.

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[THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED

ON ALL SERIES C BONDS,
EXCEPT REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITIES AND
REGULATION S DEFINITIVE SECURITIES]

In connection with any transfer of this Certificate occurring prior to the date that is the earlier of the date of an effective Registration Statement or the date two years after the later of the original issuance of this Series C Bond or the last date on which this Series C Bond was held by International Transmission Company or any affiliate of International Transmission Company, the undersigned confirms that without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising that:

[Check One]

[__] (a) the Series C Bonds are being transferred to a person whom we reasonably believe is a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) (a "QIB") that purchases for its own account or for the account of one or more QIBs to whom notice has been given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act;

or

[__] (b) the Series C Bonds are being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished that comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Series C Bond and the Indenture.

If neither of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Security Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Series C Bond in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 209 of the Third Supplemental Indenture shall have been satisfied.

Date: [___________, __] By: ________________

[Name of Transferor]

NOTE: The signature must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.

Signature Guarantee: ______________________

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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EXHIBIT C

[Form of Regulation S Transfer Certificate]

[Date]

International Transmission Company (the "COMPANY")

39500 Orchard Hill Place

Novi, Michigan 48375

Attention: General Counsel

The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (the "TRUSTEE")

2 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, Illinois 60630

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration/Roxane Ellwanger

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with our proposed transfer of $__________ aggregate principal amount of 6.125% First Mortgage Bonds, Series C, due March 31, 2036 (the "SERIES C BONDS") of the Company, we confirm that:

(i) the offer of the Series C Bonds was not made to a person in the United States;

(ii) either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

(iii) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(a) or Rule 904(a) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(iv) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

In addition, if the sale is made during the Distribution Compliance Period and the provisions of Rule 903(b)(2) or Rule 904(b)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 903(b)(2) or Rule 904(b)(1), as the case may be.

The Company and the Trustee are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

Very truly yours,

[Name of Transferor]

By: ______________________________ Authorized Signature

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EXHIBIT D

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES

The following properties of the Company, owned as of the date hereof, have been acquired by the Company subsequent to the date of the Original Indenture:


EXHIBIT 10.40

AMENDMENT NO. 1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this "AMENDMENT") dated as of March 24, 2006, among ITC HOLDINGS CORP., a Michigan corporation duly organized and validly existing under the law of the State of Michigan (the "BORROWER"); the institutions identified on the signature pages hereto as Lenders (each a "LENDER" and, collectively, the "LENDERS"); and CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT").

The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of January 12, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT").

The parties wish to amend the Credit Agreement to extend the existing Revolving Credit Maturity Date by three years. Accordingly, the parties agree as follows:

Section 1. DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise defined in this Amendment terms defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement, are used herein as defined therein.

Section 2. AMENDMENTS. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, but effective as of the date hereof, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

2.1. General. References in the Credit Agreement (including references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to "this Agreement" (and indirect references such as "hereunder", "hereby", "herein" and "hereof" ) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

2.2. Extension of Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The definition of "Revolving Credit Maturity Date" in Section 1.1 is hereby amended by changing "March 19, 2007" to "March 10, 2010".

Section 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that (a) the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 7 of the Credit Agreement and Section 2 of the Pledge Agreement are true and complete on the date hereof (except that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of an earlier date shall be true and correct as of such earlier date) as if made on and as of the date hereof and as if each reference in said Section 7 to "this Agreement" included reference to this Amendment and (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. The amendments to the Credit Agreement set forth in Section 2 hereof shall become effective, as of the date hereof, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:


(a) Execution. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and all of the Lenders;

(b) Extension Fees. The Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender that shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a counterpart of this Amendment before such amendments become effective, an amendment fee in an amount separately agreed;

(c) Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall have received the fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent in connection herewith for which invoices have been timely presented; and

(d) Other Items. The Administrative Agent shall have received such legal opinions and corporate and other documents relating to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby as Agent or the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request;

provided that if such conditions are not satisfied on or before March 31, 2006 then this Amendment shall cease to have any force or effect.

Section 5. MISCELLANEOUS. Except as herein provided, the Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same amendatory instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

ITC HOLDINGS CORP.,
as the Borrower

By /s/ Daniel J. Oginsky
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Daniel J. Oginsky
  Title: Vice President and
         General Counsel

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CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
as Administrative Agent

By /s/ Gerald Girardi
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Gerald Girardi
  Title: Canadian Imperial Bank of
         Commerce Authorized
         Signatory

CIBC INC.,
as a Lender

By /s/ Gerald Girardi
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Gerald Girardi
  Title: Canadian Imperial Bank of
         Commerce Authorized
         Signatory

CREDIT SUISSE,
CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as a Lender

By /s/ Sarah Wu
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Sarah Wu
  Title: Director


By /s/ Nupur Kumar
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Nupur Kumar
  Title: Associate

COMERICA BANK
as a Lender

By /s/ Blake Arnett
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Blake Arnett
  Title: Assistant Vice President

LASALLE BANK MIDWEST N.A.
as a Lender

By /s/ Jason W. Bierbein
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Jason W. Bierbein
  Title: VP

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EXECUTION COPY

EXHIBIT 10.41

AMENDMENT NO. 1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of March 24, 2006 (the "AMENDMENT"), among INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY, a Michigan corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Michigan (the "BORROWER"); the institutions identified on the signature pages hereto as Lenders (individually, each a "LENDER" and, collectively, the "LENDERS"); and CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT").

The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to the First Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of January 19, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT").

The parties wish to amend the Credit Agreement to extend the existing Revolving Credit Maturity Date as hereinafter provided. Accordingly, the parties agree as follows:

Section 1. DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise defined in this Amendment, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein.

Section 2. AMENDMENTS. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, but effective as of the date hereof, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

2.1. References in the Credit Agreement (including references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to "this Agreement" (and indirect references such as "hereunder", "hereby", "herein" and "hereof") shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

2.2. The definition of "Revolving Credit Maturity Date" in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by changing "March 19, 2007" to "March 10, 2010".

2.3. Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clauses (f) and (g) therefrom in their respective entireties and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(f) Liens to secure Indebtedness under the First Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of July 15, 2003, between ITC and The Bank of New York

Trust


Company, N.A., as trustee thereunder, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time;

(g) the replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by clauses
(a) through (f) above upon or in the same assets theretofore subject to such Lien or the replacement, extension or renewal (without increase in the amount or change in any direct or contingent obligor except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder) of the Indebtedness secured thereby; and

(h) additional Liens so long as the aggregate principal amount of the obligations so secured during the term of this Agreement does not exceed $10,000,000 at any time."

2.4. Exhibit D to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by changing "March 19, 2007" where it appears therein to "March 10, 2010".

Section 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement are true and complete on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof (except that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of an earlier date shall be true and correct as of such earlier date) and as if each reference in said Section 6 to "this Agreement" included reference to this Amendment and (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. The amendments to the Credit Agreement set forth in Section 2 hereof shall become effective, as of the date hereof, upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) Execution. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and all of the Lenders;

(b) Extension Fees. The Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender that shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a counterpart of this Amendment before such amendments become effective, an amendment fee in an amount separately agreed;

(c) Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall have received the fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent in connection herewith for which invoices have been timely presented;

(d) Extension of Bonds. The First Mortgage Bonds, Series B, held by the Administrative Agent shall have been duly amended to extend the maturity dates thereof to March 10, 2010.

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(e) Other Items. The Administrative Agent shall have received such legal opinions and corporate and other documents relating to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby as Agent or the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request;

provided that if such conditions are not satisfied on or before March 31, 2006 then this Amendment shall cease to have any force or effect.

Section 5. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND OUTSTANDING FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, SERIES B. The Lenders hereby (a) consent to amendments of the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Outstanding First Mortgage Bonds, Series B on the date hereof to provide for the extension of the maturity date of all First Mortgage Bonds, Series B from March 19, 2007 to March 10, 2010 and (b) authorize the Administrative Agent to approve such amendments as may be required by the Indenture as a condition to the effectiveness of such amendments.

Section 6. MISCELLANEOUS. Except as herein provided, the Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same amendatory instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY,
as the Borrower

By /s/ Daniel J. Oginsky
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Daniel J. Oginsky
  Title: Vice President and
         General Counsel

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CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
as the Administrative Agent

By /s/ Gerald Girardi
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Gerald Girardi
  Title: Canadian Imperial Bank of
         Commerce Authorized
         Signatory

CIBC INC.,
as a Lender

By /s/ Gerald Girardi
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Gerald Girardi
  Title: Canadian Imperial Bank of
         Commerce Authorized
         Signatory

CREDIT SUISSE,
CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as a Lender

By /s/ Sarah Wu
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Sarah Wu
  Title: Director


By /s/ Nupur Kumar
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Nupur Kumar
  Title: Associate

COMERICA BANK
as a Lender

By /s/ Blake Arnett
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Blake Arnett
  Title: Assistant Vice President

LASALLE BANK MIDWEST N.A.
as a Lender

By /s/ Jason W. Bierbein
  --------------------------------
  Name:  Jason W. Bierbein
  Title:

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Exhibit 99.1

$100,000,000

INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY

6.125% FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, SERIES C, DUE MARCH 31, 2036

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

March 22, 2006

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC ("CREDIT SUISSE")
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

Dear Sirs:

1. Introductory. International Transmission Company, a Michigan corporation (the "COMPANY"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the initial "PURCHASER") U.S. $100,000,000 principal amount of its 6.125% First Mortgage Bonds, Series C, due March 31, 2036 ("OFFERED SECURITIES") to be issued under a First Mortgage and Deed of Trust (the "ORIGINAL INDENTURE"), dated as of July 15, 2003, as amended and supplemented by two indentures supplemental thereto, and as to be amended and supplemented by a third supplemental indenture thereto, dated as of March 28, 2006 (the "THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), as Trustee (the Original Indenture, as so amended and supplemented, the "INDENTURE"). The United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is herein referred to as the "SECURITIES ACT."

The Company hereby agrees with the Purchaser as follows:

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Purchaser that:

(a) A preliminary offering circular (the "PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR") relating to the Offered Securities to be offered by the Purchaser and a final offering circular (the "FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR") disclosing the offering price and other final terms of the Offered Securities and dated as of the date of this Agreement (even if finalized and issued subsequent to the date of this Agreement) have been or will be prepared by the Company. "GENERAL DISCLOSURE PACKAGE" means the Preliminary Offering Circular, together with any Issuer Free Writing Communication (as hereinafter defined) existing at the Applicable Time (as hereinafter defined) and the information which is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule B to this Agreement (including the term sheet listing the final terms of the Offered Securities and their offering, set forth in Schedule C to this Agreement, which is referred to as the "TERMS COMMUNICATION"). "APPLICABLE TIME" means 3:03 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) on the date of this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, the Final Offering Circular does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances


under which they were made, not misleading. At the Applicable Time neither
(i) the General Disclosure Package, nor (ii) any individual Supplemental Marketing Material (as hereinafter defined), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary or Final Offering Circular, the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material based upon written information furnished to the Company by Credit Suisse specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

"FREE WRITING COMMUNICATION" means a written communication (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Offered Securities and is made by means other than the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular. "ISSUER FREE WRITING COMMUNICATION" means a Free Writing Communication prepared by or on behalf of the Company, used or referred to by the Company or containing a description of the final terms of the Offered Securities or of their offering, in the form retained in the Company's records. "SUPPLEMENTAL MARKETING MATERIAL" means any Issuer Free Writing Communication other than any Issuer Free Writing Communication specified in Schedule B to this Agreement.

(b) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Michigan, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to have all requisite power and authority or to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to (x) result, individually or in the aggregate, in a material adverse effect on the properties, business, results of operations, conditions (financial or otherwise) or the affairs of the Company, (y) interfere with the marketability of the Offered Securities or (z) draw into question the validity of this Agreement or the Indenture or the transactions described in the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular under the caption "Use of Proceeds" (any of the events set forth in clause (x),
(y) or (z), a "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT").

(c) The Company has no subsidiaries.

(d) The Indenture has been duly authorized; the Offered Securities have been duly authorized; and when the Offered Securities are delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), the Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and such Offered Securities will have been duly executed, issued and delivered by the Company and will be consistent with the information in the General Disclosure Package; and will conform to the description thereof contained in the Final Offering Circular and the Indenture and such Offered Securities, when such Offered Securities are authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered against payment therefore in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles, and the Offered Securities will be entitled to the benefit and security afforded by the Indenture.

(e) The Company has good and sufficient title to all the properties described as owned by it in, and subject to the lien of, the Indenture (the "PROPERTIES"), subject only to Permitted Liens (as defined in the Indenture) and to minor defects and irregularities customarily found in properties of like size and character that do not materially impair the use of the property affected thereby in the operation of the business of the Company; the descriptions in the Indenture of the Properties are accurate in all material respects; and the Indenture constitutes a valid first mortgage lien on the Properties, which include substantially all of the real property and tangible personal property of the Company (other than those expressly excepted), subject only to the exceptions enumerated above in this Section.

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(f) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company holds leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases except where the failure to have such valid and enforceable leases would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g) The capitalization of the Company is, as of the date specified, as set forth in the section of the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular entitled "Capitalization."

(h) The Company has obtained the approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with respect to the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities; and no other consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body, including the Michigan Public Service Commission, or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company.

(i) The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties, or (ii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company is subject, or (iii) the charter or by-laws of the Company, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, for such breaches, violations or defaults that do not and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.

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

(k) The Company possesses adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business it now operates and has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company, would individually or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(l) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(m) The Company owns, possesses or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS") necessary to conduct the business the Company now operates, or presently employs, and has not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

(n) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company is not in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), does not own or operate any real property that, to the knowledge of the Company, is contaminated with any substance requiring investigation or remediation under any environmental laws, is not, to the knowledge of the Company, liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws and has not received (and is not aware of any pending investigation that would lead to) any claim relating

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to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

(o) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company or any of its properties that, if determined adversely to the Company, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the Company's knowledge, contemplated.

(p) The financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular present fairly the financial position of the Company, as of the dates shown and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis.

(q) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company, and, except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

(r) The Company is not an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT"); and the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package, will not be an "investment company" as defined in the Investment Company Act.

(s) No securities of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act) as the Offered Securities are listed on any national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("EXCHANGE ACT"), or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system.

(t) The offer and sale of the Offered Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by reason of Section 4(2) thereof and Regulation S thereunder; and it is not necessary to qualify an indenture in respect of the Offered Securities under the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TRUST INDENTURE ACT").

(u) Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf (i) has, within the six-month period prior to the date hereof, offered or sold in the United States or to any U.S. person (as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) the Offered Securities or any security of the same class or series as the Offered Securities or (ii) has offered or will offer or sell the Offered Securities (A) in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act or (B) with respect to any such securities sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S ("REGULATION S") under the Securities Act, by means of any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S. The Company, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. The Company has not entered and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Offered Securities except for this Agreement.

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(v) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.

(w) The Company (i) makes and keeps books, records, and accounts, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and (ii) maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (1) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States or any other criteria applicable to such statements and to maintain accountability for assets;
(3) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(x) Deloitte & Touche LLP, the accountants who have audited certain financial statements of the Company, whose report appears in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular and who will deliver the letters referred to in Sections 7(a) and (i) hereof, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.

(y) No "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act (i) has imposed (or has informed either the Company or its parent company ("ITC Holdings") that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on either the Company's or ITC Holdings' retaining any rating assigned to either the Company or ITC Holdings on any securities of either the Company or ITC Holdings or (ii) has indicated to either the Company or ITC Holdings that it is considering (a) the downgrading, suspension, or withdrawal of, or any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change in, any rating so assigned or (b) any negative change in the outlook for any rating of either the Company or ITC Holdings, or any securities of either the Company or ITC Holdings.

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Purchaser or counsel for the Purchaser in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty to the Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and an agreement with the Purchaser.

3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to the Purchaser and the Purchaser agrees herein to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 99.015% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from March 28, 2006 to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of Offered Securities set forth opposite the name of the Purchaser in Schedule A hereto.

The Company will deliver against payment of the purchase price the Offered Securities to be offered and sold by the Purchaser in reliance on Regulation S (the "REGULATION S SECURITIES") in the form of one or more global securities in registered form without interest coupons (the "OFFERED REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITIES") which will be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") for the respective accounts of the DTC participants for Euroclear S.A./N.V. ("EUROCLEAR"), and Clearstream Banking, Societe Anonyme ("CLEARSTREAM, LUXEMBOURG") and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. The Company will deliver against payment of the purchase price the Offered Securities to be purchased by the Purchaser hereunder and to be offered and sold by the Purchaser in reliance on Rule 144A ("RULE 144A") under the Securities Act (the "144A SECURITIES") in the form of one or more permanent global securities in definitive form without interest coupons (the "RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITIES") deposited with the Trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for

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DTC. The Offered Regulation S Global Securities and the Restricted Global Securities shall be assigned separate CUSIP numbers. The Restricted Global Securities shall include the legend regarding restrictions on transfer set forth under "Transfer Restrictions" in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular. Until the termination of the distribution compliance period (as defined in Regulation S) with respect to the offering of the Offered Securities, interests in the Offered Regulation S Global Securities may only be held by the DTC participants for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. Interests in any permanent global Securities will be held only in book-entry form through Euroclear, Clearstream, Luxembourg or DTC, as the case may be, except in the limited circumstances described in the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Final Offering Circular.

Payment for the Regulation S Securities and the 144A Securities shall be made by the Purchaser in Federal (same day) funds by official check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank specified in writing by the Company, at the office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, New York at 10:00 A.M. (New York time), on March 28, 2006, or at such other time not later than five full business days thereafter as Credit Suisse and the Company jointly determine, such time being herein referred to as the "Closing Date," against delivery to the Trustee as custodian for DTC of (i) the Offered Regulation S Global Securities representing all of the Regulation S Securities for the respective accounts of the DTC participants for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg and (ii) the Restricted Global Securities representing all of the 144A Securities. The Offered Regulation S Global Securities and the Restricted Global Securities will be made available for checking at the above office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date.

4. Representations by Purchaser; Resale by Purchaser. (a) The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company that it is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

(b) The Purchaser acknowledges that the Offered Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Purchaser represents and agrees that it has offered and sold the Offered Securities, and will offer and sell the Offered Securities (i) as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 144A. Accordingly, neither the Purchaser nor its affiliates, nor any persons acting on its or their behalf, have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offered Securities, and the Purchaser, its affiliates and all persons acting on its or their behalf have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. The Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of sale of the Offered Securities, other than a sale pursuant to Rule 144A, the Purchaser will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases the Offered Securities from it during the restricted period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

"The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the date of the commencement of the offering and the closing date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S (or Rule 144A if available) under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S."

Terms used in this subsection (b) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

(c) The Purchaser agrees that it and each of its affiliates has not entered and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Offered Securities except with the prior written consent of the Company.

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(d) The Purchaser agrees that it and each of its affiliates will not offer or sell the Offered Securities in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act, including, but not limited to (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising. The Purchaser agrees, with respect to resales made in reliance on Rule 144A of any of the Offered Securities, to deliver either with the confirmation of such resale or otherwise prior to settlement of such resale a notice to the effect that the resale of such Offered Securities has been made in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.

5. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the Purchaser that:

(a) The Company will advise Credit Suisse promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Preliminary or Final Offering Circular and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without Credit Suisse's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If, at any time prior to the completion of the resale of the Offered Securities by the Purchaser, there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Preliminary Offering Circular, Final Offering Circular or any document included in the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at such time, not misleading, the Company promptly will notify Credit Suisse of such event and promptly will prepare, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission. Neither Credit Suisse's consent to, nor the Purchaser's delivery to offerees or investors of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6. The first sentence of this subsection does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary Offering Circular, Final Offering Circular or any document included in the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Credit Suisse specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(b) The Company will furnish to Credit Suisse copies of the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Final Offering Circular and each document comprising a part of the General Disclosure Package and all amendments and supplements to such documents and each item of Supplemental Marketing Material, if any, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as Credit Suisse requests. At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished, upon request of Credit Suisse and, upon request of holders and prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities to such holders and purchasers, copies of the information required to be delivered to holders and prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) in order to permit compliance with Rule 144A in connection with resales by such holders of the Offered Securities. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Purchaser all such documents.

(c) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States and Canada as Credit Suisse designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the resale of the Offered Securities by the Purchaser, provided that the Company will not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any such state or jurisdiction.

(d) During the period of three years hereafter, the Company will furnish to Credit Suisse, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to Credit Suisse as soon as available, a copy of each report, notice or communication sent to the Company's stockholders.

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(e) During the period of two years after the Closing Date, the Company will, upon request, furnish to Credit Suisse and any holder of Offered Securities a copy of the restrictions on transfer applicable to the Offered Securities.

(f) During the period of two years after the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Offered Securities that have been reacquired by any of them.

(g) The Company will pay all expenses incidental to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture including (i) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its professional advisers; (ii) all expenses in connection with the execution, issue, authentication, packaging and initial delivery of the Offered Securities, the preparation and printing of this Agreement, the Offered Securities, the Indenture, the Preliminary Offering Circular, any other documents comprising part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular, all amendments and supplements thereto, each item of Supplemental Marketing Material and any other document relating to the issuance, offer, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities; (iii) the cost of any advertising approved by the Company in connection with the issue of the Offered Securities; (iv) for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States and Canada as Credit Suisse designates and the printing of memoranda relating thereto; (v) for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Offered Securities; and (vi) for expenses incurred in distributing the Preliminary Offering Circular, any other documents comprising part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular (including any amendments and supplements thereto) and any Supplemental Marketing Materials to the Purchaser. The Company will also pay or reimburse the Purchaser (to the extent incurred by it) for all reasonably incurred travel expenses of the Purchaser and the Company's officers and employees and any other expenses of the Purchaser and the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities from the Purchaser. Such amount may be deducted from the purchase price for the Offered Securities set forth in Section 3 hereof.

(h) In connection with the offering, until Credit Suisse shall have notified the Company of the completion of the resale of the Offered Securities, neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has or will, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase for any account in which it or any of its affiliates has a beneficial interest any Offered Securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any Offered Securities; and neither it nor any of its affiliates will make bids or purchases for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in, or of raising the price of, the Offered Securities.

(i) For a period of 30 days after the date of the initial offering of the Offered Securities by the Purchaser, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any United States dollar-denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a maturity of more than one year from the date of issue, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse. The Company will not at any time offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any securities under circumstances where such offer, sale, pledge, contract or disposition would cause the exemption afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or the safe harbor of Regulation S thereunder to cease to be applicable to the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.

6. Free Writing Communications. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of Credit Suisse, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Communication.

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(b) The Company consents to the use by the Purchaser of a Free Writing Communication that contains only (A) information describing the preliminary terms of the Offered Securities or their offering or (B) information that describes the final terms of the Offered Securities or their offering and, in each case that is included in the Terms Communication or is subsequently included in the Final Offering Circular, it being understood and agreed that any such Free Writing Communication (other than the Terms Communication) shall not be an Issuer Free Writing Communication for purposes of this Agreement.

7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Purchaser. The obligations of the Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Offered Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) The Purchaser shall have received a letter, dated the date of this Agreement, of Deloitte & Touche LLP in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser concerning the financial information with respect to the Company set forth in the General Disclosure Package.

(b) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company which, in the judgment of Credit Suisse, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company or ITC Holdings (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls as would, in the judgment of Credit Suisse, be likely to prejudice materially the success of the proposed issue, sale or distribution of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any material suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (v) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; (vi) any major disruption of settlements of securities or clearance services in the United States; or (vii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of Credit Suisse, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.

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(c) The Purchaser shall have received an opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date, of the General Counsel for the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit A with only such changes as are in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser.

(d) The Purchaser shall have received an opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date, of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit B with only such changes as are in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser.

(e) The Purchaser shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Dykema Gossett PLLC, Michigan counsel for the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit C with only such changes as are in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser.

(f) The Purchaser shall have received from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, counsel for the Purchaser, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the validity of the Offered Securities, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular, the exemption from registration for the offer and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company to the Purchaser and the resales by the Purchaser as contemplated hereby and other related matters as Credit Suisse may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(g) The Purchaser shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C., special regulatory counsel for the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit D with only such changes as are in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser.

(h) The Purchaser shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, and that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.

(i) The Purchaser shall have received a letter, dated the Closing Date, of Deloitte & Touche LLP which meets the requirements of subsection
(a) of this Section, except that (x) such letter shall also apply to the financial information set forth in the Final Offering Circular and (y) the specified date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.

The Company will furnish the Purchaser with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Purchaser shall reasonably request. Credit Suisse may in its sole discretion waive compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Purchaser hereunder.

8. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, its officers, partners, members, directors and its affiliates and each person, if any, who controls the Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Purchaser may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular, in each case as amended or supplemented, or any Issuer Free Writing Communication at any time, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, including any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of or based upon the Company's failure to perform its obligations under
Section 5(a) of this Agreement, and will

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reimburse the Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Purchaser in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Purchaser specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

(b) The Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Circular or Final Offering Circular, in each case as amended or supplemented, or any Issuer Free Writing Communication at any time or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Purchaser specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Purchaser consists of the following information in the Preliminary and Final Offering Circular: under the caption "Plan of Distribution" paragraphs three, ten and thirteen; provided, however, that the Purchaser shall not be liable for any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of or based upon the Company's failure to perform its obligations under Section 5(a) of this Agreement.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection
(a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes (i) an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchaser on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but

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also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Purchaser on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchaser on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total discounts and commissions received by the Purchaser from the Company under this Agreement. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Purchaser and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Purchaser shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Securities purchased by it were resold exceeds the amount of any damages which the Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; and the obligations of the Purchaser under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Purchaser may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Purchaser set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Purchaser is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 8 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Purchaser is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (vii) of
Section 7(b), the Company will reimburse the Purchaser for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by it in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.

10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Purchaser will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Purchaser at c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at International Transmission Company, 39500 Orchard Hill Place, Suite 200, Novi, Michigan 48375, Attention: Daniel J. Oginsky; provided, however, that any notice to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Purchaser.

11. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder, except that holders of Offered Securities shall be entitled to enforce the agreements for their benefit contained in the second and third sentences of Section 5(b) hereof against the Company as if such holders were parties thereto.

12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

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13. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:

(a) the Purchaser has been retained solely to act as initial purchaser in connection with the initial purchase, offering and resale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Purchaser has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Preliminary Offering Circular or Final Offering Circular, irrespective of whether the Purchaser has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;

(b) the purchase price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Purchaser and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(c) the Company has been advised that the Purchaser and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Purchaser has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

(d) the Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Purchaser for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Purchaser shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.

14. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Purchaser's understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Purchaser in accordance with its terms.

Very truly yours,

INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY

By /s/ Daniel J. Oginsky
  --------------------------------
     Vice President,
     Secretary and General Counsel

The foregoing Purchase Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

By /s/ John E. Logan
  --------------------------------
                          Director

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SCHEDULE A

                                                                                   PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
                                                                                   -------------------
INITIAL PURCHASER                                                                  OFFERED SECURITIES
-----------------                                                                  ------------------

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC....................................                $100,000,000
                                                                                      ------------
                                 Total................................                $100,000,000
                                                                                      ============

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SCHEDULE B

LIST OF ISSUER FREE WRITING COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING DOCUMENTS DELIVERED WITH
THE PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR

Terms Communication set forth in Schedule C.

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SCHEDULE C

FORM OF TERMS COMMUNICATION

INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY

6.125% FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, SERIES C, DUE MARCH 31, 2036

FINAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
March 22, 2006

ISSUER:                             International Transmission Company

MARKET TYPE:                        First Mortgage Bonds

RATINGS:                            Standard & Poor's:  BBB+
                                    Moody's:  A3

TRADE DATE:                         March 22, 2006


SETTLEMENT DATE:                    March 28, 2006  (T+4)


PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:                   $100,000,000



COUPON DATES:                       March 31 and September 30 each year


INTEREST ACCRUAL
COMMENCEMENT DATE:                  March 28, 2006


FIRST PAYMENT DATE:                 September 30, 2006 (Long 1st Coupon)


FINAL MATURITY:                     March 31, 2036


CALL DATE & TERMS:                  Make-Whole Call at T +25 bps


UST BENCHMARK:                      T 5.375% due 02/15/2031


TREASURY PRICE:                     107-25+


TREASURY YIELD:                     4.833%


RE-OFFER SPREAD:                    +130 bps


RE-OFFER YIELD TO INVESTOR:         6.133%


COUPON:                             6.125%


PRICE TO INVESTOR:                  $99,890,000


UNDERWRITING FEE:                   $875,000


NET PROCEEDS:                       $99,015,000


DAY COUNT:                          30/360


DENOMINATIONS:                      $1,000

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LEAD MANAGER:                       Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC


CUSIPS:                             144A:  46051M AC 6
                                    Regulation S:  U4604M AB 6

THE BONDS HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE BONDS MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT TO QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS IN RELIANCE ON THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144A AND TO CERTAIN NON U.S. PERSONS IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT SELLERS OF THE BONDS MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A. BEFORE YOU INVEST, YOU SHOULD READ THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR. CREDIT SUISSE CAN ARRANGE TO SEND YOU THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR. PLEASE CALL CREDIT SUISSE AT 1-800-221-1037 TO REQUEST IT.

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