FORM 10-K
(X) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED)
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
OR
( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (No Fee Required)
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-2967
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Missouri 43-0559760
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
1901 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (314) 621-3222 Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered ------------------- ----------------------------------------- Common Stock, $5 par value New York Stock Exchange Preferred Stock, without par value (entitled to cumulative dividends): Stated value $100 per share - } $7.44 Series $4.50 Series } New York Stock Exchange $6.40 Series $4.00 Series } $4.56 Series $3.50 Series } |
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X . No .
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any agreement to this Form 10-K. (X)
Aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates as of March 9, 1994, based on closing prices most recently available as reported in The Wall Street Journal (excluding Preferred Stock for which quotes are not publicly available): $3,831,643,261.
Shares of Common Stock, $5 par value, outstanding as of March 9, 1994:
102,123,834 shares (excluding 42,990 treasury shares).
Documents Incorporated by References.
Portions of the registrant's 1993 Annual Report to Stockholders (the "1993 Annual Report") are incorporated by reference into Parts I, II and IV.
PART I Page ---- Item 1 - Business General........................................................ 1 Construction Program and Financing............................. 1 Rates.......................................................... 2 Fuel Supply.................................................... 2 Regulation..................................................... 3 Industry Issues................................................ 4 Operating Statistics/1/........................................ 5 Other Statistical Information.................................. 5 Item 2 - Properties....................................................... 6 Item 3 - Legal Proceedings................................................ 7 Item 4 - Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders/2/ Executive Officers of the Registrant (Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K)....... 8 PART II Item 5 - Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters/1/......................................... 10 Item 6 - Selected Financial Data/1/....................................... 10 Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations/1/................................... 10 Item 8 - Financial Statements and Supplementary Data/1/................... 10 Item 9 - Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure/2/ PART III Item 10 - Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant/1/............ 11 Item 11 - Executive Compensation/1/........................................ 11 Item 12 - Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management/1/.............................................. 11 Item 13 - Certain Relationships and Related Transactions/1/................ 11 PART IV Item 14 - Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K....................................................... 12 SIGNATURES................................................................. 23 EXHIBITS................................................................... 24 |
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS.
GENERAL
The registrant, Union Electric Company (the "Company"), incorporated in Missouri in 1922, is successor to a number of companies, the oldest of which was organized in 1881. The Company, which is the largest electric utility in the State of Missouri, supplies electric service in territories in Missouri and Illinois having an estimated population of 2,600,000 within an area of approximately 24,500 square miles, including the greater St. Louis area. Natural gas purchased from non-affiliated pipeline companies is distributed in 90 Missouri communities and in the City of Alton, Illinois and vicinity.
For the year 1993, 95.2% of total operating revenues was derived from the sale of electric energy and 4.8% from the sale of natural gas. Electric operating revenues as a percentage of total operating revenues for the years 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992 were 96%, 95.9%, 95.7%, and 95.7% respectively.
The Company employed 6,417 persons at December 31, 1993. Approximately 70% of the Company's employees are represented by local unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Labor agreements representing approximately 4,400 employees will expire in 1996. One agreement covering 107 employees expires in 1994, and one agreement covering 21 employees will expire in 1997.
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND FINANCING
The Company is engaged in a construction program under which expenditures averaging approximately $310 million are anticipated during each of the next five years. Capital expenditures for compliance with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 are included in the construction program -- also see "Regulation", below. The Company does not anticipate a need for additional electric generating capacity before the year 2000.
During the five-year period ended 1993 gross additions to the property of the Company, including allowance for funds used during construction and excluding nuclear fuel, were approximately $1.2 billion (including $266 million in 1993) and property retirements were $190 million.
In addition to the funds required for construction during the 1994-1998 period, $174 million will be required to repay long-term debt and preferred stock as follows: $31 million in 1994, $38 million in 1995, $60 million in 1996, and $45 million in 1997. Amounts for years subsequent to 1994 do not include nuclear fuel lease payments since the amounts of such payments are not currently determinable.
For information on the Company's external cash sources, see "Liquidity and Capital Resources" under "Management's Discussion and Analysis" on Page 18 of the 1993 Annual Report pages incorporated herein by reference.
Financing Restrictions. Under the most restrictive earnings test contained in the Company's principal Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust ("Mortgage") relating to its First Mortgage Bonds ("Bonds"), no Bonds may be issued (except in certain refunding operations) unless the Company's net earnings available for interest after depreciation for 12 consecutive months within the 15 months preceding such issuance are at least two times annual interest charges on all Bonds and prior lien bonds then outstanding and to be issued (all calculated as provided in the Mortgage). Such ratio for the 12 months ended December 31, 1993 was 6.3, which would permit the Company to issue an additional $2.9 billion of Bonds (7% annual interest rate assumed). Additionally, the Mortgage permits issuance of new bonds up to (a) 60% of defined property additions, or (b) the amount of previous bonds retired or to be retired, or (c) the amount of cash put up for such purpose. At December 31, 1993, the aggregate amount of Bonds issuable under (a) and (b) above was approximately $1.5 billion. The Company's Articles of Incorporation restrict the Company from selling Preferred Stock unless its net earnings for a period of 12 consecutive months within 15 months preceding such sale are at least two and one-half times the annual dividend requirements on its Preferred Stock then outstanding and to be issued. Such ratio for the 12 months ended December 31, 1993 was 22.0, which would permit the Company to issue an additional $1.5 billion stated value of Preferred Stock (7% annual dividend rate assumed). Certain other financing arrangements require the Company to obtain prior consents to various actions by the Company, including any future borrowings, except for permitted financings such as borrowings under revolving credit agreements, the nuclear fuel lease, unsecured short-term borrowings (subject to certain conditions), and the issuance of additional Bonds.
RATES
For the year 1993, approximately 89%, 8%, and 3% of the Company's electric operating revenues were based on rates regulated by Missouri Public Service Commission, Illinois Commerce Commission, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") of the Department of Energy, respectively.
For additional information on rates, see the penultimate paragraph of Note 10 to the "Notes to Financial Statements" on Page 32 of the 1993 Annual Report pages incorporated herein by reference.
FUEL SUPPLY
Cost of Fuels Year - ------------- ------------------------------------------------ 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Per Million BTU - Coal 153.284c 150.941c 151.926c 155.222c 152.905c - Nuclear 56.848c 61.818c 79.043c 79.730c 78.045c - System 126.362c 126.711c 130.117c 135.973c 133.141c Per kWh of Steam Generation 1.331c 1.310c 1.348c 1.392c 1.356c |
Coal. Because of uncertainties of supply due to potential work stoppages, equipment breakdowns and other factors, the Company has a policy of maintaining a coal inventory of 75 days, based on normal annual burn practices. See "Regulation" for additional reference to the Company's coal requirements.
Nuclear. The components of the nuclear fuel cycle required for nuclear generating units are as follows: (1) uranium; (2) conversion of uranium into uranium hexafluoride; (3) enrichment of uranium hexafluoride; (4) conversion of enriched uranium hexafluoride into uranium dioxide and the fabrication into nuclear fuel assemblies; and (5) disposal and/or reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel.
The Company has contracts to fulfill its needs for uranium, enrichment, and fabrication services through 2002. The Company's contract for conversion services is sufficient to supply the Callaway Plant through 1995. Additional contracts will have to be entered into in order to supply nuclear fuel during the remainder of the estimated life of the Plant, at prices which cannot now be accurately predicted. The Callaway Plant normally requires re-fueling at 18- month intervals and re-fuelings are presently scheduled for the spring of 1995 and fall of 1996.
Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for the permanent storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel. DOE currently charges one mill per kilowatt-hour sold for future disposal of spent fuel. Electric rates charged to customers provide for recovery of such costs. DOE is not expected to have its permanent storage facility for spent fuel available until at least 2010. The Company has sufficient storage capacity at the Callaway Plant site until 2004 and has viable storage alternatives under consideration that would provide additional storage facilities. Each alternative will likely require Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval and may require other regulatory approvals. The delayed availability of DOE's disposal facility is not expected to adversely affect the continued operation of the Callaway Plant.
Oil and Gas. The actual and prospective use of such fuels is minimal, and the Company has not experienced and does not expect to experience difficulty in obtaining adequate supplies.
REGULATION
The Company is subject to regulation by the Missouri Commission and Illinois Commission as to rates, service, accounts, issuance of equity securities, issuance of debt having a maturity of more than twelve months, and various other matters. The Company is also subject to regulation by the FERC as to rates and charges in connection with the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce and the sale of such energy at wholesale in interstate commerce, and certain other matters. Authorization to issue debt having a maturity of twelve months or less is obtained from the FERC.
Operation of the Company's Callaway Plant is subject to regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The Company's Facility Operating License for the Callaway Plant expires on October 18, 2024.
The Company's Osage hydroelectric plant and its Taum Sauk pumped-storage hydro plant, as licensed projects under the Federal Power Act, are subject to certain federal regulations affecting, among other things, the general operation and maintenance of the projects. The Company's license for the Osage Plant expires on February 28, 2006, and its license for the Taum Sauk Plant expires on June 30, 2010. The Company's Keokuk Plant and dam located in the Mississippi River between Hamilton, Illinois and Keokuk, Iowa, are operated under authority, unlimited in time, granted by an Act of Congress in 1905.
The Company is exempt from the provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, except Section 9(a)(2) relating to the acquisition of securities of other public utility companies and Section 11(b)(2) with respect to concluding matters relating to the 1974 acquisition of the common stock of a former subsidiary. When the Securities and Exchange Commission approved such acquisition it reserved jurisdiction to pass upon the right of the Company to retain its gas properties.
The Company is regulated, in certain of its operations, by air and water pollution and hazardous waste regulations at the city, county, state and federal levels. The Company is in substantial compliance with such existing regulations.
Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the Company is required to reduce total annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by approximately two-thirds by the year 2000. Significant reductions in nitrogen oxide will also be required. With switching to low-sulfur coal and early banking of emission credits, the Company anticipates that it can comply with the requirements of the law with no significant increase in revenue needs because the related capital costs, currently estimated at about $300 million, will be largely offset by lower fuel costs. The Company's Clean Air Act compliance program is subject to approval by regulatory authorities.
As of December 31, 1993, the Company was designated a potentially responsible party (PRP) by federal and state environmental protection agencies for five hazardous waste sites. Other hazardous waste sites have been identified for which the Company may be responsible but has not been designated a PRP. The Company is presently investigating the remedial costs that will be required for all of these sites. Such costs are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position.
Other aspects of the Company's business are subject to the jurisdiction of various regulatory authorities.
INDUSTRY ISSUES
The Company is facing issues common to the electric and gas utility industries which have emerged during the past several years. These issues include: changes in the structure of the industry as a result of amendments to federal laws regulating ownership of generating facilities and access to transmission systems; continually developing environmental laws, regulations and issues; public concern about the siting of new facilities; increasing public attention on the potential public health consequences of exposure to electric and magnetic fields emanating from power lines and other electric sources; proposals for demand side management programs; and public concerns about the disposal of nuclear wastes and about global climate issues. The Company is monitoring these issues and is unable to predict at this time what impact, if any, these issues will have on its operations or financial condition.
OPERATING STATISTICS
The information on Page 33 in the Company's 1993 Annual Report is incorporated herein by reference.
OTHER STATISTICAL INFORMATION
1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 ------ ------ ------ -------- -------- KILOWATTHOUR OUTPUT (in millions) Fossil fuel generation........... 19,582 21,266 22,144 22,882 23,043 Nuclear generation............... 8,381 8,084 9,979 7,998 8,344 Hydro generation................. 1,971 1,509 1,148 1,610 1,042 Purchased from Electric Energy, Inc..................... 673 527 465 466 236 Net interchange and other purchases................. 3,360 1,819 194 ( 259) ( 127) ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Total Output................... 33,967 33,205 33,930 32,697 32,538 Less line losses and system use.. 2,389 2,300 2,320 2,252 2,392 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ KilowattHour Sales............. 31,578 30,905 31,610 30,445 30,146 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Common Stock dividends as a percentage of earnings..................... 84 80 72 77 77 |
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.
The following table sets forth information with respect to the Company's generating facilities and capability at the time of the expected 1994 peak.
Gross Kilowatt Energy Installed Source Plant Location Capability ------ ----- -------- -------------- Coal Labadie Franklin County, Mo. 2,340,000 Rush Island Jefferson County, Mo. 1,212,000 Sioux St. Charles County, Mo. 990,000 Meramec St. Louis County, Mo. 925,000 --------- Total Coal 5,467,000 Nuclear Callaway Callaway County, Mo. 1,170,000 Hydro Osage Lakeside, Mo. 212,000 Keokuk Keokuk, Ia. 119,000 --------- Total Hydro 331,000 Oil and Venice Venice, Ill. 456,000 Natural Other Various 379,000 Gas --------- Total Oil and Natural Gas 835,000 Pumped- storage Taum Sauk Reynolds County, Mo. 350,000 --------- TOTAL 8,153,000 ========= |
In planning its construction program, the Company is presently utilizing a forecast of kilowatthour sales growth of approximately 1.8% and peak load growth of 1.0%, each compounded annually, and is providing for a minimum reserve margin of approximately 18% to 20% above its anticipated peak load requirements.
See "Operating Statistics", incorporated by reference in Part I of this Form 10-K, for information on loads and capability during the five-year period ended 1993.
See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" under "Management's Discussion and Analysis" on Pages 17 and 18 of the 1993 Annual Report pages incorporated herein by reference for information on the 1992 purchase and sale of certain properties.
The Company is a member of one of the nine regional electric reliability councils organized for coordinating the planning and operation of the nation's bulk power supply - MAIN (Mid-America Interconnected Network) operating primarily in Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri. The Company has interconnections for the exchange of power, directly and through the facilities of
others, with fifteen private utilities and with Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., the City of Columbia, Missouri, the Southwestern Power Administration and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The Company owns 40% of the capital stock of Electric Energy, Inc. ("EEI"), the balance of which is held by three other sponsoring companies -- Kentucky Utilities Company ("KU"), Central Illinois Public Service ("CIPS"), and Illinois Power Company ("IP"). EEI owns and operates a generating plant with a nominal capacity of 1,000 mW. As of January 1, 1994, 60% of the plant's output is committed to the Paducah Project of the DOE, 20% is committed to KU, 10% to the Company, and 5% each to IP and CIPS.
As of December 31, 1993, the Company owned approximately 3,297 circuit miles of electric transmission lines and 731 substations with a transformer capacity of approximately 44,324,000 kVA. The Company owns four propane-air plants with an aggregate daily natural gas equivalent capacity of 31,590 million cubic feet and 2,599 miles of gas mains. Other properties of the Company include distribution lines, underground cable, steam distribution facilities in Jefferson City, Missouri and office buildings, warehouses, garages and repair shops.
The Company has fee title to all principal plants and other important units of property, or to the real property on which such facilities are located (subject to mortgage liens securing outstanding indebtedness of the Company and to permitted liens and judgment liens, as defined), except that (i) a portion of the Osage Plant reservoir, certain facilities at the Sioux Plant, certain of the Company's substations and most of its transmission and distribution lines and gas mains are situated on lands occupied under leases, easements, franchises, licenses or permits; (ii) the United States and/or the State of Missouri own, or have or may have, paramount rights to certain lands lying in the bed of the Osage River or located between the inner and outer harbor lines of the Mississippi River, on which certain generating and other properties of the Company are located; and (iii) the United States and/or State of Illinois and/or State of Iowa and/or City of Keokuk, Iowa own, or have or may have, paramount rights with respect to, certain lands lying in the bed of the Mississippi River on which a portion of the Company's Keokuk Plant is located.
Substantially all of the Company's property and plant is subject to the direct first lien of an Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated June 15, 1937, as amended and supplemented. As part of the 1983 merger of the Company with its utility subsidiaries, the Company assumed the mortgage indenture of each subsidiary. Currently, the prior liens of two former subsidiary indentures extend to the property and franchises acquired by the Company from such subsidiaries. Such indentures also contain provisions subjecting to the prior lien thereof after-acquired property of the Company constituting (with certain exceptions) additions, extensions, improvements, repairs, and replacements appurtenant to property acquired in the merger. In addition, one such indenture contains a provision subjecting to the prior lien thereof after- acquired property of the Company situated in the territory served by the former subsidiary prior to the merger.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Company is involved in legal and administrative proceedings before various courts and agencies with respect to matters arising in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve substantial amounts. Management is of the opinion that the final disposition of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position.
INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTIVE OFFICERS REQUIRED BY ITEM 401(b) OF REGULATION
S-K:
Date First Age At Elected or Name 12/31/93 Present Position Appointed ---- -------- ---------------- ---------- Charles W. Mueller 55 President 7/1/93 Chief Executive Officer 1/1/94 and Director 6/11/93 Donald E. Brandt 39 Senior Vice President 7/1/88 Charles A. Bremer 49 Senior Vice President 7/1/88 Robert O. Piening 56 Senior Vice President 7/1/88 Donald F. Schnell 61 Senior Vice President 7/1/88 Charles J. Schukai 59 Senior Vice President 7/1/88 M. Patricia Barrett 56 Vice President 3/1/91 James J. Beisman 60 Vice President 4/24/84 Donald W. Capone 58 Vice President 7/1/88 William J. Carr 56 Vice President 10/1/88 William E. Jaudes 56 Vice President and 4/23/85 General Counsel 4/22/80 R. Alan Kelley 41 Vice President 7/1/88 Herbert W. Loeh 61 Vice President 4/24/84 Michael J. Montana 47 Vice President 7/1/88 Gary L. Rainwater 47 Vice President 7/1/93 Garry L. Randolph 45 Vice President 3/1/91 William A. Sanford 60 Vice President 10/6/78 Robert J. Schukai 55 Vice President 7/1/88 William C. Shores 55 Vice President 7/1/88 |
Date First Age At Elected or Name 12/31/93 Present Position Appointed ---- -------- ---------------- ---------- Jerrel D. Smith 63 Vice President 7/1/88 Ronald C. Zdellar 49 Vice President 7/1/88 Joseph M. Pfeifer 59 Controller 7/1/88 James C. Thompson 54 Secretary 12/1/82 Jerre E. Birdsong 39 Treasurer 7/1/93 |
All officers are elected or appointed annually by the Board of Directors following the election of such Board at the annual meeting of stockholders held in April. There are no family relationships between the foregoing officers of the Company except that Charles J. Schukai and Robert J. Schukai are brothers. Each of the above-named executive officers has been employed by the Company for more than five years in executive or management positions.
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
Information required to be reported by this item is included on page 37 of the 1993 Annual Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
Information for the 1989-1993 period required to be reported by this item is included on pages 34 and 35 of the 1993 Annual Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Information required to be reported by this item is included on pages 16, 17 and 18 of the 1993 Annual Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
The financial statements of the Company on pages 20 through 32, the report thereon of Price Waterhouse appearing on page 19 and the Selected Quarterly Information on page 18 of the 1993 Annual Report are incorporated herein by reference.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.
Any information concerning directors required to be reported by this item is included under "Item (1): Election of Directors" in the Company's 1994 definitive proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A and is incorporated herein by reference.
Information concerning executive officers required by this item is reported in Part I of this Form 10-K.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
Any information required to be reported by this item is included under "Compensation" in the Company's 1994 definitive proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.
Any information required to be reported by this item is included under "Security Ownership of Management" in the Company's 1994 definitive proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
Any information required to be reported by this item is included under "Item (1): Election of Directors" in the Company's 1994 definitive proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A and is incorporated herein by reference.
PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
(a) The following documents are filed as a part of this report:
1. Financial Statements: *
Page From 1993 Annual Report -------------- Report of Independent Accountants................................ 19 Statement of Income - Years 1993, 1992 and 1991.................. 20 Statement of Cash Flows - Years 1993, 1992, and 1991............. 21 Balance Sheet - December 31, 1993 and 1992....................... 22 Long-Term Debt - December 31, 1993 and 1992...................... 24 Preferred Stock - December 31, 1993 and 1992..................... 25 Statement of Retained Earnings - Years 1993, 1992, and 1991...... 26 Statement of Other Paid-in Capital - Years 1993, 1992, and 1991.. 26 Notes to Financial Statements.................................... 27 |
*Incorporated by reference from the indicated pages of the 1993 Annual Report
2. Financial Statement Schedules:
The following schedules, for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1992, and 1991, should be read in conjunction with the aforementioned financial statements (schedules not included have been omitted because they are not applicable or the required data is shown in the aforementioned financial statements).
Pages Herein ------------ Report of Independent Accountants on Financial Statement Schedules...................................... 13 Property, Plant and Equipment (Schedule V)................ 14 Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization of Property Plant and Equipment (Schedule VI)............... 19 Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Schedule VIII)......... 22 |
3. Exhibits: See EXHIBITS, Page 24
(b) Reports on Form 8-K. None
To the Board of Directors
of Union Electric Company
Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our report dated February 2, 1994 appearing on page 19 of the 1993 Annual Report to Stockholders of Union Electric Company (which report and financial statements are incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K) also included an audit of the Financial Statement Schedules listed in Item 14(a) of this Form 10-K. In our opinion, these Financial Statement Schedules present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related financial statements.
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One Boatmen's Plaza
St. Louis, Missouri
February 2, 1994
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHEDULE V - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E Col. F ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Balance at Balance beginning Additions at end Classification of period at cost Retirements Other changes of period -------------- -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- ---------- Utility properties Electric Tangible Plant in Service Steam production - nuclear $3,170,695,412 $ 68,771,856 $ 9,436,019 $3,230,031,249 - fossil 1,509,261,860 80,681,927 11,488,513 1,578,455,274 Hydraulic production 79,536,054 6,396,399 505,924 85,426,529 Pumped storage production 47,056,488 20,654 2,528 47,074,614 Internal combustion production 41,765,954 109,752 41,875,706 Transmission 387,511,875 3,071,663 1,548,210 389,035,328 Distribution 2,058,669,180 122,754,362 17,654,622 2,163,768,920 General 359,443,868 23,458,032 5,554,585 377,347,315 Construction work in progress 131,581,139 13,366,597 144,947,736 Nuclear Fuel 100,098,274 1,166,889 101,265,163 Settlement of uranium litigation (2,481,311) (4,175,812) (2,600,303) (4,056,820) Plant held for future use 3,575,699 (97,953) 3,477,746 -------------- ------------ -------------- Total 7,886,714,492 315,524,366 43,590,098 8,158,648,760 Intangible 162,009 162,009 Electric plant acquisition adjustments 31,794,574 31,794,574 -------------- -------------- Total 7,918,671,075 315,524,366 43,590,098 8,190,605,343 Steam Heating Tangible Plant in service Production 838,724 38 2,736 836,026 Distribution 148,544 (9,352) 297 138,895 General 7,083 - 7,083 -------------- ------------ -------------- Total 994,351 (9,314) 3,033 982,004 Gas Tangible Plant in service Production 3,315,011 3,749 3,318,760 Transmission 8,023,837 82,877 1,940 8,104,774 Distribution 119,455,966 10,870,865 656,137 129,670,694 General 8,000,033 261,603 189,229 8,072,407 Construction work in progress 1,554,634 210,580 1,765,214 -------------- ------------ -------------- Total 140,349,481 11,429,674 847,306 150,931,849 Intangible 16,113 16,113 -------------- -------------- Total 140,365,594 11,429,674 847,306 150,947,962 Total utility properties 8,060,031,020 326,944,726 44,440,437 8,342,535,309 Non-utility properties 2,043,058 59,293 172,894 1,929,457 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total property, plant and equipment $8,062,074,078 $327,004,019 $44,613,331 $8,344,464,766 ============== ============ =========== ============== |
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHEDULE V - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E Col. F ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Balance at Balance beginning Additions at end Classification of period at cost Retirements Other changes of period -------------- -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- (Note a) (Note b) Utility properties Electric Tangible Plant in Service Steam production - nuclear $3,102,218,802 $ 67,953,292 $ (523,318) $ $3,170,695,412 - fossil 1,462,662,377 48,892,797 2,293,314 1,509,261,860 Hydraulic production 74,568,374 5,077,588 109,908 79,536,054 Pumped storage production 47,012,501 43,987 47,056,488 Internal combustion production 41,750,260 17,049 1,355 41,765,954 Transmission 381,158,465 3,311,667 607,330 3,649,073 387,511,875 Distribution 1,961,141,126 120,294,446 65,470,390 42,703,998 2,058,669,180 General 314,248,918 54,933,708 10,456,441 717,683 359,443,868 Construction work in progress 128,972,686 3,605,458 997,005 131,581,139 Nuclear Fuel 90,258,053 9,840,221 100,098,274 Settlement of uranium litigation (4,388,328) (786,524) (2,693,541) (2,481,311) Plant held for future use 3,003,617 572,082 3,575,699 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Total 7,602,606,851 313,755,771 76,718,884 47,070,754 7,886,714,492 Intangible 161,316 693 162,009 Electric plant acquisition adjustments 57,431 31,737,143 31,794,574 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Total 7,602,825,598 313,755,771 76,718,884 78,808,590 7,918,671,075 Steam Heating Tangible Plant in service Production 798,687 40,037 838,724 Distribution 148,544 148,544 General 935 6,148 7,083 Construction work in progress 38,057 (38,057) -------------- ------------ -------------- Total 986,223 8,128 994,351 Gas Tangible Plant in service Production 3,304,552 10,459 3,315,011 Transmission 7,773,883 251,421 1,467 8,023,837 Distribution 111,963,290 8,127,065 634,389 119,455,966 General 6,995,296 1,268,767 264,030 8,000,033 Construction work in progress 1,050,691 503,943 1,554,634 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total 131,087,712 10,161,655 899,886 140,349,481 Intangible 16,113 16,113 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total 131,103,825 10,161,655 899,886 140,365,594 |
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UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHEDULE V - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E Col. F ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Balance at Balance beginning Additions at end Classification of period at cost Retirements Other changes of period - -------------------------------------------------------- -------------- -------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ (Note a) (Note b) Utility properties (Continued) Water Tangible Plant in service Source of supply $ 705,580 $ 707 $ 706,287 $ $ Pumping 516,272 33 516,305 Water treatment 4,305,018 3,218 4,308,236 Distribution 10,167,518 222,201 10,389,719 General 203,921 1,688 205,609 Construction work in progress 134,221 (91,721) 42,500 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total 16,032,530 136,126 16,168,656 -------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- -------------- Total utility properties 7,750,948,176 324,061,680 93,787,426 78,808,590 8,060,031,020 Non-utility properties 1,739,939 303,119 2,043,058 -------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- -------------- Total property, plant and equipment $7,752,688,115 $324,364,799 $93,787,426 $78,808,590 $8,062,074,078 ============== ============ =========== =========== ============== |
Notes:
(a) Includes $58,027,040 property, plant and equipment related to Iowa and northern Illinois electric properties sold by the registrant in December, 1992.
(b) Reflects Missouri retail electric properties of Arkansas Power & Light Company purchased by the registrant in March, 1992.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHEDULE V - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1991
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E Col. F ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Balance at Balance beginning Additions at end Classification of period at cost Retirements Other changes of period -------------- -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- ------------- Utility properties Electric Tangible Plant in Service Steam production - nuclear $3,094,353,470 $ 7,702,850 $ (162,482) $3,102,218,802 - fossil 1,425,379,802 41,317,274 4,034,699 1,462,662,377 Hydraulic production 74,162,004 621,065 214,695 74,568,374 Pumped storage production 47,082,603 9,651 79,753 47,012,501 Internal combustion production 41,727,782 40,240 17,762 41,750,260 Transmission 377,970,150 4,271,553 1,083,238 381,158,465 Distribution 1,878,005,858 95,819,951 12,684,683 1,961,141,126 General 297,576,309 27,296,281 10,623,672 314,248,918 Construction work in progress 79,522,762 49,449,924 128,972,686 Nuclear Fuel 61,635,597 28,622,456 90,258,053 Settlement of uranium litigation (8,971,602) (3,278,525) (7,861,799) (4,388,328) Plant held for future use 2,067,406 936,211 3,003,617 -------------- ------------ ------------ --------------- Total 7,370,512,141 252,808,931 20,714,221 7,602,606,851 Intangible 161,316 161,316 Electric plant acquisition adjustments 57,431 57,431 -------------- ------------ ------------ --------------- Total 7,370,730,888 252,808,931 20,714,221 7,602,825,598 Steam Heating Tangible Plant in service Production 798,694 (7) 798,687 Distribution 230,585 82,041 148,544 General 935 935 Construction work in progress 19,221 18,836 38,057 -------------- ------------ ------------ --------------- Total 1,049,435 18,829 82,041 986,223 Gas Tangible Plant in service Production 3,398,931 44,474 138,853 3,304,552 Transmission 7,922,516 (137,070) 11,563 7,773,883 Distribution 104,504,018 8,159,834 700,562 111,963,290 General 6,789,956 575,854 370,514 6,995,296 Construction work in progress 818,000 232,691 1,050,691 -------------- ------------ ------------ --------------- Total 123,433,421 8,875,783 1,221,492 131,087,712 Intangible 16,113 16,113 -------------- ------------ ------------ --------------- Total 123,449,534 8,875,783 1,221,492 131,103,825 |
(Continued on following page)
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHEDULE V - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1991
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E Col. F ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Balance at Balance beginning Additions at end Classification of period at cost Retirements Other changes of period - -------------- --------------- -------------- ----------- ------------- ----------- Utility properties (Continued) Water Tangible Plant in service Source of supply $ 686,544 $ 19,036 $ $ 705,580 Pumping 499,201 17,071 516,272 Water treatment 4,224,000 81,018 4,305,018 Distribution 9,694,562 490,774 17,818 10,167,518 General 261,045 (40,951) 16,173 203,921 Construction work in progress (3,553) 137,774 134,221 -------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- Total 15,361,799 704,722 33,991 16,032,530 -------------- ------------ ---------- -------------- Total utility properties 7,510,591,656 262,408,265 22,051,745 7,750,948,176 Non-utility properties 1,654,048 94,678 8,787 1,739,939 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total property, plant and equipment $7,512,245,704 $262,502,943 $22,060,532 $7,752,688,115 ============== ============ =========== ============== |
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHEDULE VI - ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION OF PROPERTY,
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E Col. F ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Balance at Additions Balance beginning charged to costs at end Classification of period and expenses Retirements Other changes of period - -------------- --------------- ---------------- ----------- ------------- -------------- (Note) Utility properties Electric Plant in Service Steam production - nuclear $ 950,993,945 $114,480,737 $ 8,518,171 $1,056,956,511 - fossil 764,026,298 47,379,480 13,427,715 797,978,063 Hydraulic production 37,114,176 931,306 503,069 37,542,413 Pumped storage production 16,582,2 531,947 (4,427) 17,118,663 Internal combustion production 29,643,399 1,668,361 31,311,760 Transmission 141,345,314 7,219,469 1,249,784 147,314,999 Distribution 805,218,005 76,167,490 19,151,468 862,234,027 General 71,271,014 13,539,428 5,066,561 79,743,881 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total 2,816,194,440 261,918,218 47,912,341 3,030,200,317 Electric Plant Acquisition Adjustments 1,295,892 1,595,484 2,891,376 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total 2,817,490,332 263,513,702 47,912,341 3,033,091,693 Steam heating 484,601 29,704 3,033 511,272 Gas 42,199,703 4,263,481 1,077,015 45,386,169 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total utility properties 2,860,174,636 267,806,887 48,992,389 3,078,989,134 Non-utility properties 524,879 10,733 15,745 519,867 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total $2,860,699,515 $267,817,620 $49,008,134 $3,079,509,001 ============== ============ =========== ============== |
Note:
Includes $46,441,378 amortization of nuclear fuel and $9,076,951 principally
reflecting depreciation of transportation and related work equipment
charged to clearing accounts and amortization of electric plant acquisition
adjustments.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHEDULE VI - ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION OF PROPERTY,
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E Col. F ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Balance at Additions Balance beginning charged to costs at end Classification of period and expenses Retirements Other changes of period -------------- -------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------- -------------- (Note a) (Note b) (Note c) Utility properties Electric Plant in Service Steam production - nuclear $ 834,616,960 $115,634,995 $ (741,990) $ $ 950,993,945 - fossil 722,896,343 45,187,050 4,057,095 764,026,298 Hydraulic production 36,332,295 891,683 109,802 37,114,176 Pumped storage production 16,043,664 531,605 (7,020) 16,582,289 Internal combustion production 27,977,045 1,667,709 1,355 29,643,399 Transmission 133,835,861 7,233,871 674,542 950,124 141,345,314 Distribution 753,168,218 74,025,958 36,900,047 14,923,876 805,218,005 General 66,100,794 12,496,969 7,701,494 374,745 71,271,014 -------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- -------------- Total 2,590,971,180 257,669,840 48,695,325 16,248,745 2,816,194,440 Electric Plant Acquisition Adjustments 20,108 1,275,784 1,295,892 -------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- -------------- Total 2,590,991,288 258,945,624 48,695,325 16,248,745 2,817,490,332 Steam heating 455,131 29,470 484,601 Gas 39,220,401 3,966,488 987,186 42,199,703 Water 2,947,321 118,423 3,065,744 -------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- -------------- Total utility properties 2,633,614,141 263,060,005 52,748,255 16,248,745 2,860,174,636 Non-utility properties 522,105 2,774 524,879 -------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- -------------- Total $2,634,136,246 $263,062,779 $52,748,255 $16,248,745 $2,860,699,515 ============== ============ =========== =========== ============== |
Notes:
(a) Includes $47,815,755 amortization of nuclear fuel and $7,827,375
principally reflecting depreciation of transportation and related work
equipment charged to clearing accounts and amortization of electric plant
acquisition adjustments.
(b) Includes $24,135,487 accumulated depreciation related to Iowa and northern Illinois electric properties sold by the registrant in December, 1992.
(c) Reflects accumulated depreciation and amortization on Missouri retail electric properties of Arkansas Power & Light Company purchased by the registrant in March, 1992.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHEDULE VI - ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION OF PROPERTY,
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1991
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E Col. F ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Balance at Additions Balance beginning charged to costs at end Classification of period and expenses Retirements Other changes of period -------------- ---------- ---------------- ----------- ------------- --------- (Note) Utility properties Electric Plant in Service Steam production--nuclear $ 695,036,068 $139,470,579 $ (110,313) $ 834,616,960 --fossil 683,952,846 43,728,690 4,785,193 722,896,343 Hydraulic production 35,842,894 816,670 327,269 36,332,295 Pumped storage production 15,591,199 532,232 79,767 16,043,664 Internal combustion production 26,330,755 1,667,312 21,022 27,977,045 Transmission 128,681,002 7,072,203 1,917,344 133,835,861 Distribution 700,522,940 69,165,240 16,519,962 753,168,218 General 65,150,878 11,371,633 10,421,717 66,100,794 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total 2,351,108,582 273,824,559 33,961,961 2,590,971,180 Electric Plant Acquisition Adjustments 8,624 11,484 20,108 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total 2,351,117,206 273,836,043 33,961,961 2,590,991,288 Steam heating 507,418 29,754 82,041 455,131 Gas 36,663,491 3,738,412 1,181,502 39,220,401 Water 2,695,066 282,121 29,866 2,947,321 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total utility properties 2,390,983,181 277,886,330 35,255,370 2,633,614,141 Non-utility properties 530,892 8,787 522,105 -------------- ------------ ----------- -------------- Total $2,391,514,073 $277,886,330 $35,264,157 $2,634,136,246 ============== ============ =========== ============== |
Note: Includes $71,964,150 amortization of nuclear fuel and $5,967,364 principally reflecting depreciation of transportation and related work equipment charged to clearing accounts.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHEDULE VIII - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1992 AND 1991
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Additions ---------------------------- (1) (2) Balance at Charged to Balance at beginning costs and Charged to end of Description of period expenses other accounts Deductions period ----------- ---------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ---------- (Note) Year ended December 31, 1993 Reserves deducted in the balance sheet from assets to which they apply: Allowance for doubtful accounts $5,857,615 $10,800,000 $10,463,436 $6,194,179 ========== =========== =========== ========== Year ended December 31, 1992 Reserves deducted in the balance sheet from assets to which they apply: Allowance for doubtful accounts $6,232,575 $11,252,000 $11,626,960 $5,857,615 ========== =========== =========== ========== Year ended December 31, 1991 Reserves deducted in the balance sheet from assets to which they apply: Allowance for doubtful accounts $5,483,582 $11,980,000 $11,231,007 $6,232,575 ========== =========== =========== ========== |
Note: Uncollectible accounts charged off, less recoveries.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Registrant)
CHARLES W. MUELLER
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Date March 29, 1994 By /s/ James C. Thompson ------------------------ ------------------------------------- (James C. Thompson, Attorney-in-Fact) |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title --------- ----- CHARLES W. MUELLER President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) DONALD E. BRANDT Senior Vice President (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) SAM B. COOK Director WILLIAM E. CORNELIUS Director THOMAS A. HAYS Director THOMAS H. JACOBSEN Director RICHARD A. LIDDY Director JOHN PETERS MacCARTHY Director PAUL L. MILLER, JR. Director ROBERT H. QUENON Director HARVEY SALIGMAN Director JANET MCAFEE WEAKLEY Director By /s/ James C. Thompson March 29, 1994 ---------------------------------------- (James C. Thompson, Attorney-in-Fact) |
EXHIBITS
Exhibits Filed Herewith ----------------------- Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 3(i) - Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of the State of Missouri. 4.6 - Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1993, creating First Mortgage Bonds, 6 3/4% Series due 2008. 4.7 - Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1993, creating First Mortgage Bonds, 7.15% Series due 2023. 4.8 - Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1993, creating First Mortgage Bonds, 5.45% Series due 2028. 4.9 - Supplemental Indenture dated January 1, 1994, creating First Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series due 2024. 12(a) - Statement re Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges, 12 Months Ended December 31, 1993. 12(b) - Statement re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements, 12 Months Ended December 31, 1993. 13 - Those pages of the 1993 Annual Report incorporated herein by reference. 23 - Consent of Independent Accountants. 24 - Powers of Attorney. |
The following exhibits heretofore have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to requirements of the Acts administered by the Commission. Such exhibits are identified by the references following the listing of each such exhibit, and they are hereby incorporated herein by reference under Rule 24 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.
Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 3(ii) - By-Laws of the Company as amended to June 12, 1992. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 3.4.) 4.1 - Order of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated October 16, 1945 in File No. 70-1154 permitting the issue of Preferred Stock, $3.70 Series. (Registration No. 2-27474, Exhibit 3-E.) 4.2 - Order of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated April 30, 1946 in File No. 70-1259 permitting the issue of Preferred Stock, $3.50 Series. (Registration No. 2-27474, Exhibit 3-F.) 4.3 - Order of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated October 20, 1949 in File No. 70-2227 permitting the issue of Preferred Stock, $4.00 Series. (Registration No. 2-27474, Exhibit 3-G.) 4.4 - Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust of the Company dated June 15, 1937, as amended May 1, 1941, and Second Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1941. (Registration No. 2-4940, Exhibit B-1.) 4.5 - Supplemental Indentures to Mortgage Dated as of File Reference Exhibit No. ----------- -------------- ----------- April 1, 1965 Form 8-K, April 1965 3 May 1, 1966 2-56062 2.33 March 1, 1967 2-58274 2.9 April 1, 1971 Form 8-K, April 1971 6 February 1, 1974 Form 8-K, February 1974 3 July 7, 1980 2-69821 4.6 May 1, 1990 Form 10-K, 1990 4.6 December 1, 1991 33-45008 4.4 December 4, 1991 33-45008 4.5 January 1, 1992 Form 10-K, 1991 4.6 October 1, 1992 Form 10-K, 1992 4.6 December 1, 1992 Form 10-K, 1992 4.7 February 1, 1993 Form 10-K, 1992 4.8 |
Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 4.10 - Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust of Missouri Power & Light Company dated July 1, 1946 and Supplemental Indentures dated July 1, 1946, November 1, 1949, June 1, 1951, July 1, 1954, December 1, 1959, July 1, 1962, March 1, 1966, April 1, 1967, June 15, 1969, April 15, 1973, December 1, 1974, May 1, 1976 and July 1, 1979. (Registration No. 2-87469, Exhibit 4.1.) 4.11 - Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 30, 1983 to the Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated July 1, 1946, of Missouri Power & Light Company. (1983 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.23.) 4.12 - Instrument of Substitution of Individual Trustee dated as of November 1, 1988 under the Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated July 1, 1946 of Union Electric Company (successor to Missouri Power & Light Company). (1988 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.8.) 4.13 - Indenture of Mortgage or Deed of Trust of Missouri Edison Company dated July 1, 1945 and Supplemental Indentures dated January 1, 1952, June 1, 1961, June 1, 1965, August 1, 1975, September 1, 1976, November 1, 1977, February 1, 1981 and July 1, 1982. (Registration No. 2-87469, Exhibit 4.2.) 4.14 - Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 30, 1983 to the Indenture of Mortgage or Deed of Trust dated as of July 1, 1945 of Missouri Edison Company. (1983 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.24.) 4.15 - Instrument of Substitution of Trustee dated as of March 1, 1985 under the Indenture of Mortgage or Deed of Trust dated July 1, 1945 of Union Electric Company (successor to Missouri Edison Company). (1984 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.10.) 4.16 - Instrument of Substitution of Trustee dated as of October 14, 1986 under the Indenture of Mortgage or Deed of Trust dated July 1, 1945 of Union Electric Company (successor to Missouri Edison Company). (September 30, 1986 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 4.2.) 4.17 - Series A Agreement of Sale dated as of June 1, 1984 between the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority of the State of Missouri and the Company, together with Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 1, 1984 between Citibank, N.A. and the Company and Series A Trust Indenture dated as of June 1, 1984 between the Authority and Mercantile Trust Company National Association, as trustee. (Registration No. 2-96198, Exhibit 4.25.) 4.18 - Reimbursement Agreement dated as of April 21, 1992 among Swiss Bank Corporation, various financial institutions, and the Company, providing for an alternate letter of credit to serve as a source of payment for bonds issued under the Series A Trust Indenture dated as of June 1, 1984. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.23.) -26- |
Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 4.19 - Series B Agreement of Sale dated as of June 1, 1984 between the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority of the State of Missouri and the Company, together with Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 1, 1984 between Chemical Bank and the Company and Series B Trust Indenture dated as of June 1, 1984 between the Authority and Mercantile Trust Company National Association, as trustee. (Registration No. 2-96198, Exhibit 4.26.) 4.20 - Reimbursement Agreement dated as of April 22, 1988 between Union Bank of Switzerland and the Company, providing for an alternate letter of credit to serve as a source of payment for bonds issued under the Series B Trust Indenture dated as of June 1, 1984. (June 30, 1988 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 4.2.) 4.21 - Amendment and Extension Agreement dated as of June 1, 1990 to the Reimbursement Agreement dated as of April 22, 1988 between Union Bank of Switzerland and the Company. (1990 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.29.) 4.22 - Amendment and Extension Agreement dated as of June 1, 1991 to the amended Reimbursement Agreement dated as of April 22, 1988 between Union Bank of Switzerland and the Company. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.27.) 4.23 - Amendment Agreement dated as of June 1, 1992 to the amended Reimbursement Agreement dated as of April 22, 1988 between Union Bank of Switzerland and the Company. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.28.) 4.24 - Series 1985 A Reaffirmation Agreement and Second Supplement to Agreement of Sale dated as of June 1, 1985 between the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority of the State of Missouri and the Company, together with Series 1985 A Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 1, 1985 between Union Bank of Switzerland and the Company and Series 1985 A Trust Indenture dated as of June 1, 1985 between the Authority and Mercantile Trust Company National Association, as trustee and Texas Commerce Bank National Association, as co-trustee. (June 30, 1985 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 4.1.) 4.25 - Amendment and Extension Agreement dated as of June 1, 1988 revising the Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 1, 1985 between Union Bank of Switzerland and the Company. (June 30, 1988 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 4.4.) 4.26 - Amendment and Extension Agreement dated as of June 1, 1990 revising the Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 1, 1985, as amended, between Union Bank of Switzerland and the Company. (1990 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.37.) 4.27 - Amendment and Extension Agreement dated as of June 1, 1991 to the amended Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 1, 1985 between Union Bank of Switzerland and the Company. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.32.) -27- |
Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- |
4.28 - Amendment Agreement dated as of June 1, 1992 to the amended Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 1, 1985 between Union Bank of Switzerland and the Company. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.33.)
4.29 - Series 1985 B Reaffirmation Agreement and Third Supplement to Agreement of Sale dated as of June 1, 1985 between the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority of the State of Missouri and the Company, together with Series 1985 B Reimbursement Agreement dated as of June 1, 1985 between The Long- term Credit Bank of Japan, Limited and the Company and Series 1985 B Trust Indenture dated as of June 1, 1985 between the Authority and Mercantile Trust Company National Association, as trustee and Texas Commerce Bank National Association, as co-trustee. (June 30, 1985 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 4.2.)
4.30 - Reimbursement Agreement dated as of February 1, 1993 between Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and the Company, providing for an alternate letter of credit to serve as a source of payment for bonds issued under the Series 1985 B Trust Indenture dated as of June 1, 1985. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.35.)
4.31 - Loan Agreement dated as of May 1, 1990 between the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority of the State of Missouri and the Company, together with Indenture of Trust dated as of May 1, 1990 between the Authority and Mercantile Bank of St. Louis, N.A., as trustee. (1990 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.40.)
4.32 - Loan Agreement dated as of December 1, 1991 between the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority and the Company, together with Indenture of Trust dated as of December 1, 1991 between the Authority and Mercantile Bank of St. Louis, N.A., as trustee. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.37.)
4.33 - Loan Agreement dated as of December 1, 1992, between the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority and the Company, together with Indenture of Trust dated as of December 1, 1992 between the Authority and Mercantile Bank of St. Louis, N.A., as trustee. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.38.)
4.34 - Fuel Lease dated as of February 24, 1981 between the Company, as
lessee, and Gateway Fuel Company, as lessor, covering nuclear fuel.
(1980 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.20.)
4.35 - Amendments to Fuel Lease dated as of May 8, 1984 and October 15, 1984, respectively, between the Company, as lessee, and Gateway Fuel Company, as lessor, covering nuclear fuel. (Registration No. 2- 96198, Exhibit 4.28.)
4.36 - Amendment to Fuel Lease dated as of October 15, 1986 between the Company, as lessee, and Gateway Fuel Company, as lessor, covering nuclear fuel. (September 30, 1986 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 4.3.)
4.37 - Credit Agreement dated as of August 15, 1989 among the Company, Certain Lenders, The First National Bank of Chicago, as Agent and Swiss Bank Corporation, Chicago Branch, as Co-Agent. (September 30, 1989 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 4.)
4.38 - Credit Agreement dated as of November 8, 1991 between the Company, Certain Banks and Chemical Bank, as Agent. (1991 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.44.)
4.39 - Amendment dated as of October 26, 1992, to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 8, 1991 between the Company, Certain Banks and Chemical Bank, as Agent. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.44.)
10.1 - Deferred Compensation Plan for Members of the Board of Directors.
(1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.1.)
10.2 - Retirement Plan for Certain Directors. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.2.)
10.3 - Deferred Compensation Plan for Members of the General Executive Staff. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.3.)
10.4 - Executive Incentive Plan. (1992 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.4.)
Note: Reports of the Company on Forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K are on file with the SEC under file number 1-2967.
Exhibit 3(i)
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 351.106, R.S.Mo. 1986, as amended, the undersigned Corporation adopts the following Restated Articles of Incorporation.
That the name of the Corporation shall be UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY.
That the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri shall be 1901 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, and the name of the registered agent at such address shall be William E. Jaudes.
That the aggregate number of shares which the Corporation has the authority to issue is 182,500,000 classified into 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock without par value, 7,500,000 shares of Preference Stock with the par value of $1 per share, and 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock with the par value of $5 per share.
(a) The Preferred Stock has heretofore been, or shall be, issued in series as follows:
(1) The Preferred Stock has heretofore been issued and is outstanding in the following amounts and series: 330,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $7.64 Series; 330,001 shares of Preferred Stock, $7.44 Series; 300,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $6.40 Series; 7,020 shares of Preferred Stock, $6.30 Series; 14,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $5.50 Series A; 3,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $5.50 Series B; 20,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $4.75 Series; 200,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $4.56 Series; 213,595 shares of Preferred Stock, $4.50 Series; 40,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $4.30 Series; 150,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $4.00 Series; 40,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $3.70 Series; 130,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $3.50 Series; and 1,657,500 shares of Preferred Stock, $1.735 Series. The respective annual dividend rates per share for such series; the respective dates (hereinafter in this paragraph (1) called "cumulative dates") from which dividends on all shares of such series issued prior to the record date for the first dividend payment date shall be cumulative; the respective redemption prices per share for such series (exclusive of accrued and unpaid dividends); and the respective amounts (hereinafter in this paragraph (1) called "liquidation prices") per share (exclusive of accrued and unpaid dividends) for such series payable to the holders thereof in case of voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation; all as heretofore fixed by the Board of Directors as follows:
Voluntary Involuntary Sinking Dividend Cumulative Redemption Liquidation Liquidation Fund Series Rate Date Price Price Price Provisions - --------- -------- ---------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ----------- $7.64 7.64 1/19/93 (i) (i) 100.00 None $7.44 7.44 12/20/72 101.00 101.00 100.00 None $6.40 6.40 11/15/67 101.50 101.50 100.00 None $6.30 6.30 12/30/83 100.00 100.00 100.00 (ii) $5.50 A 5.50 12/30/83 110.00 110.00 100.00 None $5.50 B 5.50 12/30/83 103.50 103.50 100.00 None $4.75 4.75 12/30/83 102.176 102.176 100.00 None $4.56 4.56 11/15/63 102.47 102.47 100.00 None $4.50 4.50 5/15/41 110.00 105.50 100.00 None $4.30 4.30 12/30/83 105.00 105.00 100.00 None $4.00 4.00 8/15/49 105.625 105.625 100.00 None $3.70 3.70 8/15/45 104.75 104.75 100.00 None $3.50 3.50 5/15/46 110.00 110.00 100.00 None $1.735 1.735 8/11/93 (iii) (iii) 25.00 None |
(i) Not redeemable prior to February 15, 2003; $103.82 if redeemed on February 15, 2003 or thereafter and prior to February 15, 2004; $103.40 if redeemed on February 15, 2004 or thereafter and prior to February 15, 2005; $102.97 if redeemed on February 15, 2005 or thereafter and prior to February 15, 2006; $102.55 if redeemed on February 15, 2006 or thereafter and prior to February 15, 2007; $102.12 if redeemed on February 15, 2007 or thereafter and prior to February 15, 2008; $101.70 if redeemed on February 15, 2008 or thereafter and prior to February 15, 2009; $101.27 if redeemed on February 15, 2009 or thereafter and prior to February 15, 2010; $100.85 if redeemed on February 15, 2010 or thereafter and prior to February 15, 2011; $100.42 if redeemed on February 15, 2011 or thereafter and prior to February 15, 2012; $100.00 if redeemed on February 15, 2012 or thereafter.
(ii) That so long as any shares of Preferred Stock, $6.30 Series, shall be outstanding, the Company shall retire annually by redemption at $100.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption, on June 1 in each year beginning with June 1, 1984, 260 shares of Preferred Stock, $6.30 Series; that shares of Preferred Stock, $6.30 Series, selected for redemption shall be selected pro rata from the holders thereof; and that shares of Preferred Stock, $6.30 Series, redeemed pursuant to this paragraph shall become authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock of the Company.
(iii) Not redeemable prior to August 1, 1998; $25.00 on August 1, 1998 or thereafter.
(2) Additional shares of the Preferred Stock may, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (6) of subdivision (k) below, be issued as additional shares of Preferred Stock of any of the series designated above or as shares of one or more other series of Preferred Stock, with such distinctive serial designations as shall be set forth in the resolution or resolutions from time to time adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of such stock or in such other instrument providing for the issue of such stock as may be required by law; and in any such resolution or resolutions or such other instrument, as the case may be, with respect to each particular series of the Preferred Stock (other than the series designated above) the Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to fix, to the extent which may be permitted by law,
(i) the annual dividend rate for the particular series which shall not exceed $8 per share, and the date from which dividends on all shares of such series issued prior to the record date for the first dividend payment date shall be cumulative;
(ii) the redemption price per share for the particular series which (exclusive of accrued and unpaid dividends) shall not exceed $120 per share;
(iii) the amount or amounts per share (exclusive of accrued and unpaid dividends) for the particular series payable to the holders thereof in case of dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, but such amount or amounts shall not exceed $120 per share;
(iv) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which shares of the particular series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the terms of adjustment thereof, if any;
(v) the terms and amount of any sinking fund created for the purchase or redemption of the particular series of Preferred Stock; and
(vi) any other characteristics of, and any restrictive or other provisions relating to, the shares of each particular series not inconsistent with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, as the Board of Directors may by law be permitted to fix.
All shares of Preferred Stock of any one series shall be identical with each other in all respects except as to the date from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative; and all shares of all series shall be of equal rank as to dividends and assets with each other, regardless of series, and shall be identical with each other in all other respects except as hereinbefore provided.
(b) Before any dividends on the Common Stock shall be paid or declared or set apart for payment, the holders of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding shall be entitled to receive, but only when and as declared, out of any funds legally available for the declaration of
dividends, cumulative cash dividends at the respective annual rates hereinbefore specified with respect to the series of Preferred Stock designated above, or, in the case of Preferred Stock of any other series, at the annual dividend rate for the particular series theretofore fixed by the Board of Directors as hereinbefore provided, payable quarter-yearly on the fifteenth days of February, May, August, and November in each year, to stockholders of record on the respective dates, not exceeding forty days preceding such dividend payment dates, fixed for the purpose by the Board of Directors in advance of the payment of each particular dividend. Such dividends on shares of the Preferred Stock shall be cumulative,
(1) if issued prior to the record date for the first dividend on the shares of such series, then, in the case of the series of Preferred Stock designated above, from the respective dates hereinbefore specified with respect thereto, or, in the case of Preferred Stock of any other series, from the date theretofore fixed for the purpose by the Board of Directors as hereinbefore provided;
(2) if issued during the period commencing immediately after a record date for a dividend and terminating at the close of the payment date for such dividend, then from said last mentioned dividend payment date; and
(3) otherwise from the quarter-yearly dividend payment date next preceding the date of issue of such shares;
so that if dividends on all outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock shall not have been paid for all past quarter-yearly dividend periods, and the full dividends thereon for the current quarter-yearly dividend period shall not have been paid, or declared and set apart for payment, the deficiency shall be fully paid or dividends equal thereto declared and set apart for payment, but without interest on cumulative dividends, before any dividends shall be declared or any distribution made on the Common Stock. The holders of the Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends thereon other than the dividends referred to in this subdivision (b).
(c) The Corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors, may redeem the whole or any part of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, or the whole or any part of any series thereof, at any time or from time to time, by paying, in the case of the series of Preferred Stock designated above, the respective redemption prices hereinbefore specified with respect thereto, or, in the case of Preferred Stock of any other series, by paying such redemption price therefor as shall have been fixed by the Board of Directors as hereinbefore provided, together with a sum, in the case of each share so to be redeemed, computed at the annual dividend rate for the series of which the particular share is a part from the date from which dividends on such share became cumulative to the date fixed for such redemption, less the aggregate of the dividends theretofore or on such redemption date paid thereon. Notice of every such redemption shall be given by publication, published at least once in each of two calendar weeks in a daily newspaper printed in the English language and published and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and in a like newspaper published and of general circulation in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, the first
publication to be at least thirty days and not more than sixty days prior to the date fixed for such redemption. At least thirty days' and not more than sixty days' previous notice of every such redemption shall also be mailed to the holders of record of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at their respective addresses as the same shall appear on the books of the Corporation; but no failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any shares of the Preferred Stock so to be redeemed. In case of the redemption of a part only of any series of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the Corporation shall select by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may determine, the shares so to be redeemed. The Board of Directors shall have full power and authority, subject to the limitations and provisions herein contained, to prescribe the manner in which and the terms and conditions upon which the Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If such notice of redemption shall have been duly given by publication, and if on or before the redemption date specified in such notice all funds necessary for such redemption shall have been set aside so as to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for the shares of the Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered for redemption, the shares represented thereby shall no longer be deemed outstanding in the hands of the persons who are the holders thereof immediately preceding such redemption, the right of such holders to receive dividends thereon shall cease to accrue from and after the date of redemption so fixed, and all rights of such holders with respect to such shares of Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of such holders to receive the amount payable upon redemption thereof, but without interest; provided, however, that the Corporation may, after giving the first notice by publication of any such redemption, or giving irrevocable instructions therefor, and prior to the redemption date specified in such notice, deposit in trust, for the account of the holders of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed, with a bank or trust company in good standing, organized under the laws of the United States of America or of the State of New York, doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, having a capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $5,000,000, all funds necessary for such redemption, and thereupon all shares of the Preferred Stock with respect to which such deposit shall have been made shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding in the hands of such holders, and all rights of such holders with respect to such shares of Preferred Stock shall forthwith upon such deposit in trust cease and terminate, except only the right of such holders to receive the amount payable upon the redemption thereof, but without interest. All or any shares of the Preferred Stock redeemed at any time may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors and to the extent permitted by law, be reissued or otherwise disposed of at any time or from time to time subject to the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation, as amended.
(d) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then before any distribution shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock, the holders of shares of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding shall be entitled to be paid in cash, in the case of the series of Preferred Stock designated above, the respective amounts hereinbefore specified with respect thereto, and, in the case of Preferred Stock of any other series, such amount as shall have been fixed by the Board of Directors as hereinbefore provided, together with a sum in the case of each such share, computed at the annual dividend
rate for the series of which the particular share is a part from the date from which dividends on such shares became cumulative to the date fixed for the payment of such distributive amounts, less the aggregate of the dividends theretofore or on such date paid thereon. After such payment to the holders of the Preferred Stock, the remaining assets and funds of the Corporation shall be divided and distributed among the holders of the Common Stock then outstanding according to their respective shares.
(e) Unless and until four quarter-yearly dividends payable on the Preferred Stock shall be in default, in whole or in part, every stockholder shall have one vote for each share of Preferred Stock, and one vote for each share of Common Stock, held by him, on all matters, including the election of Directors, except as otherwise provided by law or by these Articles of Incorporation, as amended. If and when four quarter-yearly dividends (whether or not consecutive) payable on the Preferred Stock shall be in default, in whole or in part, every stockholder shall have one vote for each share of Preferred Stock, and one vote for each share of Common Stock, held by him, on all matters except the election of Directors, and in such case the number of Directors of the Corporation shall thereupon, and until such default shall have been remedied, be two more than the number specified in and pursuant to Article Fifth of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, the holders of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting separately as a class, shall become entitled to elect the two additional members of the Board of Directors, and at each annual election of Directors thereafter during the continuance of such default the holders of the Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, shall be entitled to elect two members of the Board of Directors and the holders of the Common Stock, voting separately as a class, shall be entitled to elect the remaining Directors of the Corporation. However, if and when all dividends then in default on the Preferred Stock then outstanding shall thereafter be paid (and such dividends shall be declared and paid out of any funds legally available therefor as soon as reasonably practicable), the Preferred Stock shall thereupon be divested of such special right herein provided for to elect such members of the Board of Directors, the voting power of the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock shall revert to the status existing before the occurrence of such default, and the number of Directors of the Corporation shall again be the number specified in and pursuant to Article Fifth of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended; but always subject to the same provisions for vesting such special rights in the Preferred Stock in case of any similar future default or defaults. A meeting of the holders of the Preferred Stock, at which the holders of the Preferred Stock shall vote as a class, shall be held at any time after the accrual of such special right to elect such two additional members of the Board of Directors, upon notice similar to that provided in the By-laws for a special meeting, upon call by the holders of not less than 1,000 shares of the Preferred Stock or upon call by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request in writing of any holder of Preferred Stock addressed to him at the principal office of the Corporation. Upon termination of such special right at any time by reason of the payment of all accumulated and defaulted dividends on such stock, the terms of office of all persons who may have been elected Directors of the Corporation by vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, as a class, pursuant to such special right shall forthwith terminate.
Whenever Directors are elected by the stockholders by classes, pursuant to this subdivision (e), in case of any vacancy in the Board of Directors, through death, resignation,
disqualification or other cause, occurring among the Directors elected by the holders of the Common Stock, as a class, the remaining Directors elected by the vote of the holders of the Common Stock, as a class, by affirmative vote of the majority thereof, may elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired term of the Director whose place shall be vacant; and in case of any such vacancy in the Board of Directors occurring among the Directors elected by the holders of the Preferred Stock, as a class, the holders of the Preferred Stock then outstanding and entitled to vote may, at a meeting of such holders called in the manner provided by this subdivision (e), elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired term of the Director whose place shall be vacant. In all other cases any such vacancy shall be filled by the affirmative vote of the majority of the remaining Directors, and the Directors so elected shall hold office until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
(f) In all elections for Directors, each shareholder shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as shall equal the number of voting shares held by him multiplied by the number of Directors to be elected, and may cast the whole number of votes, either in person or by proxy, for one candidate or distribute such votes among two or more candidates; provided, however, that in case the Directors are to be elected by particular classes of stock as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, in the event of default in the payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock, each holder of the particular class of stock shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as shall equal the number of shares of such class held by him multiplied by the number of Directors to be elected by such class, and may cast the whole number of such votes for one candidate for Director to be elected by such class or may distribute such votes among two or more candidates for Directors to be elected by such class.
(g) Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at such meeting; provided, that in no event shall a quorum consist of less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, but less than such quorum shall have the right successively to adjourn the meeting to a specified date not longer than ninety days after such adjournment, without notice other than announcement at the meeting.
(h) No holder of Preferred Stock shall be entitled as such as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock or securities convertible into stock, of any class whatever, whether now or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for cash, property, services or otherwise.
(i) Upon the issuance for money or other consideration of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation or of any securities convertible into shares of capital stock of the Corporation, of any class whatever which may be authorized from time to time, no holder of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be entitled as such as a matter of right to subscribe for, purchase or receive any proportionate or other share of the capital stock or securities so issued, but all or any portion of such capital stock may be disposed of by the
Corporation, as and when determined by the Board of Directors, free of any such rights, whether by offering the same to shareholders or by sale or other disposition as the Board of Directors may deem advisable; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors shall determine to issue and sell any shares of Common Stock (including, for the purposes of this paragraph, any security convertible into Common Stock, but excluding shares of such Common Stock and securities convertible into such Common Stock theretofore reacquired by the Corporation after having been duly issued, or issued to satisfy any conversion or option rights theretofore granted by the Corporation) solely for money and other than by:
(1) a public offering thereof, or
(2) an offering thereof to or through underwriters or dealers who shall agree promptly to make a public offering thereof, or
(3) The issue thereof in connection with (a) any dividend reinvestment, stock purchase or other plan in which the holders of the Common, Preferred or Preference Stock or customers of the Corporation or of any subsidiary of the Corporation may participate or (b) any stock ownership, stock purchase, stock option, stock bonus, savings, pension or other plan in connection with which employees or former employees (including officers and directors) of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation may purchase or acquire Common Stock (or securities of the Corporation convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) or any trust related to, or any agent acting with respect to, any such plan may purchase or acquire Common Stock (or securities of the Corporation convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, such employees or former employees or, in case of any such trust, for the purpose of investing the funds of the trust, or
(4) any other offering thereof which shall have been authorized or approved by the affirmative consent (given in writing without a meeting or by vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose) of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding and entitled to vote,
such shares of Common Stock shall first be offered pro rata to the holders of record of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock (excluding outstanding shares of such Common Stock held for the benefit of holders of scrip certificates or other instruments representing fractional interests in a full share of such Common Stock) upon terms which, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, shall be not less favorable (without deduction of such reasonable compensation for the sale, underwriting or purchase of such shares by underwriters or dealers as may lawfully be paid by the Corporation) to the purchaser than the terms upon which such shares are offered to others than such holders of the Common Stock; provided that the Corporation shall not be obligated to offer or to issue any fractional interest in a full share of Common Stock; and provided further that the time within which such preemptive rights shall be exercised may be limited to such time as to the Board of Directors may seem proper, not less,
however, than fourteen days after the mailing of notice that such preemptive rights are available and may be exercised.
(j) So long as any shares of the Preferred Stock are outstanding, no
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation which would change the express
preferences, priorities or character of the Preferred Stock or the rate of
dividend to be paid thereon in any manner substantially prejudicial to the
holders thereof shall be made, except as hereinafter in subdivisions (k) and
(n) provided and except an amendment changing the number of the Board of
Directors, without the affirmative consent (given in writing without a meeting
or by vote at a meeting duly called for the purpose) of the holders of at least
three-fourths of the aggregate number of shares of the Preferred Stock then
outstanding; but such amendment may be made with such affirmative consent,
together with such additional vote or consent of stockholders as from time to
time may be required by law.
(k) So long as any of the shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative consent (given in writing without a meeting or by vote at a meeting duly called for the purpose) of the holders of at least two-thirds of the aggregate number of shares of the Preferred Stock then outstanding:
(1) sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of the Preferred Stock or of stock of any other class ranking on a parity with or having any preference over the Preferred Stock as to assets or dividends, unless the net earnings of the Corporation available for the payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock and on all such other classes of stock, computed in accordance with good accounting practice, for a period of any twelve consecutive calendar months within the fifteen calendar months immediately preceding the first day of the month in which such additional stock is issued are at least two and one-half times the annual dividend requirements on all shares of the Preferred Stock and of all other classes of stock ranking on a parity with or having any preference over the Preferred Stock as to assets or dividends, to be outstanding immediately after such proposed additional issue; and, in determining such net earnings available for the payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock and on all such other classes of stock, any dividend received by the Corporation during such period on stock of any subsidiary of the Corporation in excess of the net earnings of such subsidiary for such period available therefor, computed in accordance with good accounting practice, shall be included only to the extent of such net earnings of such subsidiary; or
(2) create any class of stock which shall be preferred as to dividends or assets over the Preferred Stock; or
(3) increase the authorized number of shares of the Preferred Stock; or
(4) reclassify outstanding shares of stock of any class ranking junior to the Preferred Stock as to assets or dividends, wholly or partially, into shares of stock of
any class ranking on a parity with or having any preference over the Preferred Stock as to assets or dividends; or
(5) make any distribution out of capital or capital surplus (other than dividends payable in stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock as to assets and dividends) to holders of stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Preferred Stock as to assets or dividends; or
(6) issue any shares of the Preferred Stock or any other stock ranking on a parity with or having any preference over the Preferred Stock as to assets or dividends, if the stated capital to be represented by the Preferred Stock and such other stock outstanding immediately after such issue would exceed the stated capital to be represented by shares of stock to be then outstanding ranking junior to the Preferred Stock as to assets and dividends, increased by the amount of any capital surplus or reduced by the amount of any deficit. For the purpose of this subdivision (6), stated capital represented by any preferred stock having a par value shall be the par value thereof, and stated capital represented by any preferred stock without par value shall be the amount of stated capital fixed by the Board of Directors with respect thereto at the time of issue thereof, or the amount payable to the holders thereof (exclusive of accrued and unpaid dividends) in preference to the Common Stock upon involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whichever is greater;
but any such action requiring such affirmative consent of the holders of the
Preferred Stock, as provided in this subdivision (k), may be taken with such
vote or consent of stockholders as may at the time be required by law, but with
at least the affirmative consent (given in writing without a meeting or by vote
at a meeting duly called for the purpose) of the holders of two-thirds of the
aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding. Stock shall
not be considered to be outstanding for any of the purposes of this subdivision
(k) or of subdivision (j) above, if the Board of Directors shall have
determined to redeem such stock and if the first publication of notice of
redemption shall have been made, or irrevocable instructions given therefor,
and all funds necessary for such redemption shall have been deposited in trust
for such purpose.
(l) No amendment to the Articles of Incorporation which would change the provisions of the foregoing subdivisions (f), (g) or (i) in any manner substantially prejudicial to the holders of any class of stock, shall be made without the affirmative consent (given in writing without a meeting or by vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose) of the holders of at least two- thirds of the aggregate number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote; but such amendment may be made with such affirmative consent, together with such additional vote or consent of shareholders as from time to time may be required by law.
(m) No amendment to the Articles of Incorporation providing for the creation or increase of Preferred Stock of any class shall be made without the affirmative consent (given in
writing without a meeting or by vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose) of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation then outstanding; but such amendment may be made with such affirmative consent, together with such additional vote or consent of holders of Preferred Stock of the Corporation as shall at the time be required by the Articles of Incorporation, as amended.
(n) Subject to the provisions of subdivisions (j), (k), (l) and (m) hereof, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal, to the extent now or hereafter permitted by law, any provision in its Articles of Incorporation, as amended, (including the authorizing of preferred stock junior to the Preferred Stock as to dividends and assets and the changing of any authorized but unissued shares of the Preferred Stock to shares of another class or classes of preferred stock ranking on a parity with the Preferred Stock as to assets and dividends but which may have different dividend rates, redemption prices and other terms and provisions as may at the time be permitted by law) with such vote or consent of stockholders as from time to time may be required by law, and all rights herein conferred upon the shareholders are granted subject to this reservation.
(o) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (k) hereof, the Corporation may issue and dispose of its authorized but unissued shares without par value, from time to time, for such consideration as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors, and authority is hereby expressly conferred on the Board of Directors so to fix such consideration. The Board of Directors is also hereby expressly authorized to determine, at or before the time of issue thereof, what part of the consideration which shall be received by the Corporation upon the issue from time to time of shares of its capital stock without par value shall be capital, and, in the absence of any such determination, the entire consideration received for any particular shares shall be capital. Any and all shares without par value issued for the consideration so fixed shall be deemed fully paid and be non-assessable, and the holder of such shares shall not be liable thereon to the Corporation or its creditors.
(p) The Preference Stock shall have, or be subject to, as the case may be, the following preferences, rights, privileges and restrictions:
Manner of Issue - Series - The Board of Directors is empowered to cause the Preference Stock to be issued from time to time as shares of one or more series of Preference Stock, and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of each particular series, before issuance, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to fix:
(1) the distinctive serial designation of the shares of such series and the number of shares which shall constitute such series;
(2) the annual dividend rate for the particular series, the dates of payment of dividends on shares of such series and the dates from which they are cumulative;
(3) the redemption price per share and the terms of redemption for the shares of a particular series;
(4) the amount or amounts per share (exclusive of accrued and unpaid dividends) for the particular series payable to the holders thereof in case of dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation;
(5) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which shares of the particular series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any stock of junior rank, with respect to dividends and assets, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the terms of adjustment thereof, if any;
(6) the terms and amount of any sinking fund created for the purchase or redemption of the shares of any particular series; and
(7) any other characteristics of, and any restrictive or other provisions relating to, the shares of each particular series not inconsistent with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, as the Board of Directors may by law be permitted to fix.
All shares of Preference Stock shall be of junior rank, with respect to dividends and assets, to all shares of Preferred Stock and of senior rank in such respects to all shares of Common Stock. All shares of Preference Stock of any one series shall be identical with each other in all respects except, in the event portions of the shares of a single series are issued at different times, the date from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative; and all shares of all series shall be of equal rank as to dividends and assets with each other, regardless of series, and shall be identical with each other in all respects except as hereinabove provided.
Dividends - Dividends on Preference Stock of any series shall be payable at annual rates and on dates fixed by the Board of Directors at the time of the creation of such series, payable quarter-yearly on such dates as shall be fixed for such payments by the Board of Directors. The right of holders of Preference Stock to receive dividends shall be subject to the dividend and sinking fund provisions of the Preferred Stock. Dividends on the Preference Stock shall be cumulative, and no dividends shall be declared or paid, or any distribution made, on Common Stock, other than a dividend payable in Common Stock, unless and until full dividends on the outstanding Preference Stock shall have been paid, or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside, with respect to all past dividend periods and the current dividend period. Dividends on shares of any series of Preference Stock shall accrue from and be cumulative from such date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors at the time of the creation of such series, except that dividends on shares of Preference Stock of any series, which are issued after the initial issue of shares of such series, shall accrue from and be cumulative from such date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors at the time of issuance of such additional shares.
Redemption - If so provided by the Board of Directors upon the creation of any series of Preference Stock, the Corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors, or in accordance with the requirements of any sinking fund for the Preference Stock or any series thereof, may redeem the whole or any part of the Preference Stock at any time outstanding, or
the whole or any part of any series thereof, at such time or times and from time to time as may be determined by the Board of Directors and at such redemption price or prices as may have been fixed by the Board of Directors at the time of the creation of the shares so to be redeemed, together with an amount equal to all unpaid dividends accrued thereon to the date fixed for such redemption, and otherwise upon the terms and conditions fixed by the Board of Directors for any such redemption; provided, however, that no redemption of any Preference Stock shall be effected unless (1) full dividends on all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock for all past dividend periods shall have been paid, or declared and a sufficient sum set apart for the payment thereof, and (2) all obligations of the Corporation, if any, with respect to the redemption or purchase of shares of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock in accordance with the requirements of any sinking fund have been met.
Liquidation, Dissolution and Winding Up of the Affairs of the Corporation - In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, but only after full payment has been made to the holders of the Preferred Stock of all amounts to which they are entitled by these Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or a sufficient sum set apart for such payment, the holders of shares of each series of Preference Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation, before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of the Common Stock, the amount fixed by the Board of Directors in creating such series, plus an amount equal to all unpaid dividends accrued thereon to the date fixed for such payment to the holders of Preference Stock.
Voting Rights - Except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation, as amended, each holder of Preference Stock shall be entitled at all meetings of shareholders of the Corporation to one vote for each share of such stock held by him; and the holders of Preference Stock shall vote together with the holders of the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock as a single class, except in those instances where these Articles of Incorporation, as amended, grant to the holders of Preferred Stock or Common Stock the right to vote as a separate class. The voting rights of the holders of Preference Stock in an election of directors shall be identical with the voting rights of the holders of Common Stock in such election, as set forth in these Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and the provision for filling vacancies in the Board of Directors that are by said amended Articles applicable to holders of the Common Stock shall be equally applicable to holders of the Preference Stock.
Whenever four quarter-yearly dividends payable on the Preference Stock shall be in default, and during the continuance of such default, the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be entitled to elect the same number of directors as was authorized by the Articles of Incorporation immediately prior to such default, and the Preference Stock, as a class, shall be entitled to elect two additional directors.
Notwithstanding any other provision in those Articles of Incorporation, as amended, the affirmative approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Preference Stock of all series thereof then outstanding present and voting at a meeting, voting as a single class without regard to series, shall be required for any amendment of these Articles of Incorporation, as
amended, altering adversely any existing provision of the Preference Stock or for an increase in the authorized amount of the Preference Stock or the creation, or an increase in the authorized amount of any class of stock ranking, as to dividends and assets, on a parity with or prior to the Preference Stock.
Preemptive Rights - No holder of shares of any series of the Preference Stock shall, as such, have any preemptive or preferential right to subscribe to or purchase shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation, now or hereafter authorized, or any securities convertible into, or warrants or other evidences of optional rights to purchase, or subscribe to, shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation, now or hereafter authorized.
That the name and place of residence of each incorporator are:
NAME RESIDENCE ---- --------- L. H. Egan St. Louis, Missouri F. J. Boehm St. Louis, Missouri L. E. Young St. Louis, Missouri H. Spoehrer St. Louis, Missouri Wm. Avery St. Louis, Missouri C. E. Michel St. Louis, Missouri H. W. Eales St. Louis, Missouri G. K. Miltenberger St. Louis, Missouri R. S. King St. Louis, Missouri |
That, except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, the number of the Board of Directors shall be fixed at eleven or at the number and in the manner provided by the By-laws of the Company, as amended, and written notice shall be given to the Secretary of State of Missouri of the number of the Board of Directors within thirty (30) calendar days of the fixing of such number. The Board of Directors shall have the power to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws of the Company.
That the Corporation shall have perpetual existence.
That the purposes for which the Corporation is formed are:
To acquire the properties, rights, privileges, franchises, business and other assets of Union Electric Company, a corporation of the State of Missouri;
To manufacture, produce, develop, generate, store, acquire, lease, purchase, sell, control, use, dispose of, transmit, distribute and supply or otherwise utilize electricity and electrical energy or any other power or force in any form and for any purpose whatsoever;
To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, use, operate, sell, pledge, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of machinery, generators, motors, lamps, plants, apparatus, devices, supplies and articles of every kind pertaining to or in anywise connected with the production, use, distribution, regulation, control or application of electricity or electrical energy for any and all purposes;
To construct, purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, develop, use, operate, sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of hydraulic, electric and other works, water powers and the sites thereof, plants, power houses, buildings, machinery, equipments, apparatus, devices, processes, transmission and distribution lines, transforming and distributing stations and any and all rights of way and lands connected therewith or useful therefore; and to acquire any and all rights, or other property necessary and useful in connection with acquiring, owning and operating any or all of said works, water powers or plants;
To construct, purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, use, operate, sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of reservoirs, dams, diversion structures, canals, ditches, flumes, water conduits, pipe lines, distributing or transmission lines and systems, and such other works, plants, equipments, appliances and appurtenances as may be necessary, useful or appropriate for impounding, storing, conveying, distributing and utilizing water for power, irrigation, fire, sanitary, domestic, manufacturing and other uses, and to appropriate, divert, use, apply, sell and otherwise dispose of water for such uses; to make applications, locations, entries, selections or filings in connection therewith;
To apply for, purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, use, operate, sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of permits or licenses issued by the United States or any state, territory or subdivision thereof for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining dams, water conduits, reservoirs, power houses, transmission or distribution lines, or other works or projects necessary or convenient for the development and improvement of navigation, and for the development, transmission and utilization of power across, along, from or in any of the navigable waters of the United States, or upon any part of the public lands and reservations of the United States, or for the purpose of utilizing the surplus water or water power from any dam of the United States or any state, territory or subdivision thereof;
To transform power generated by hydraulic or other plants into electrical or other energy and to transmit or otherwise dispose thereof for any and all purposes;
To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, use, operate, sell, pledge, mortgage, lease, or otherwise dispose of all water rights, water powers and water privileges;
To manufacture, acquire, purchase, sell and distribute for all purposes, natural and artificial gas, and to acquire, construct, purchase, own, maintain, operate, sell and lease all
necessary and convenient works, conduits, plants, apparatus and connections for holding, receiving, purifying, manufacturing, selling, utilizing and distributing natural or artificial gas; to manufacture and sell or otherwise dispose of chemicals or other products derived wholly or in part from gas or gas works;
To manufacture, purchase, sell and distribute steam and hot water for heating and other purposes, and to acquire, construct, purchase, own, maintain, operate, sell and lease all necessary and convenient works, plants, apparatus and connections for manufacturing, selling and distributing steam and hot water;
To manufacture, purchase, sell and distribute ice and refrigeration; and to construct, purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, use, operate, sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of ice and refrigerating plants;
To purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, use, operate, sell, mortgage, pledge, lease, or otherwise dispose of such real and personal estate, property rights, rights of way, easements, privileges, grants, consents and franchises, as may be necessary, appropriate or useful in connection with the business, objects and purposes of the Corporation;
To engage as a public utility in furtherance of each and all of the foregoing purposes, which are now or may hereafter become subject to the laws governing or regulating public utilities, and to that end to be authorized to transmit, conduct or distribute, for public or private use, electrical energy, water, gas, steam and/or refrigeration under or over, along or across highways, streets, alleys, bridges and other public places;
To apply for, purchase or otherwise acquire, and to hold, use, own, operate and to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of, and to grant or receive licenses in respect of or otherwise to turn to account any and all inventions, improvements, patents, patent rights, processes, trademarks, and trade-names, secured by or issued under the laws of the United States of America or of any other government or country;
To purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise hold and possess or otherwise dispose of, shares of capital stock, or any bonds, securities or evidence of indebtedness created by any other corporation or corporations of this state, country, nation or government, and while owner of said stock to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership including the right to vote thereon; and, to the extent now or hereafter permitted by law, to acquire by purchase, subscription, contract or otherwise, and to hold, sell, exchange, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or turn to account or realize upon, and generally deal in and with, all forms of securities, including, but not by way of limitation, shares, stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip, mortgages, evidences of indebtedness, commercial paper, certificates of indebtedness and certificates of interest issued or created in any and all parts of the world by corporations, associations, partnerships, firms, trustees, syndicates, individuals, governments, states, municipalities and other political and governmental divisions and subdivision, or by any combinations, organizations or entities whatsoever, or issued or created by others, irrespective of their form or the name by which they may be described, and all trust,
participation and other certificates of and receipts evidencing interest in any such securities, and to issue in exchange therefor or in payment thereof, in any manner permitted by law, its own stock, bonds, debentures or its other obligations or securities, or to make payment therefor by any other lawful means of payment whatsoever; to exercise any and all rights, powers and privileges of individual ownership or interest in respect of any and all such securities or evidences of interest therein, including the right to vote thereon and to consent and otherwise act with respect thereto; to do any and all acts and things for the preservation, protection, improvement and enhancement in value of any and all such securities or evidences of interest therein, and to aid by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise those issuing, creating or responsible for any such securities or evidences of interest therein; to acquire or become interested in any such securities or evidences of interest therein, as aforesaid by original subscription, underwriting, loan, participation in syndicates or otherwise and irrespective of whether or not such securities or evidences of interest therein be fully paid or subject to further payments; to make payments thereon as called for or in advance of calls or otherwise, and to underwrite or subscribe for the same conditionally or otherwise and either with a view to investment or for resale or for any other lawful purpose;
To borrow money, to issue bonds, notes, debentures, or other obligations, secured or unsecured, of the Corporation, from time to time, for moneys borrowed or in payment for property acquired or for any of the other objects or purposes of the Corporation; to secure the same by mortgage or mortgages upon, or by deed or deeds of trust of, or by a pledge of, or other lien upon any or all of the property real or personal, rights, privileges and franchises of the Corporation wheresoever situated, acquired or to be acquired; and to sell or otherwise dispose of any or all such bonds, notes, debentures or obligations in such manner and upon such terms as may be deemed judicious, but only to the extent then permitted to the Corporation under the laws of the State of Missouri;
In general, to do any and all of the things hereinbefore set forth, and such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attaining of the objects and purposes of the Corporation; and in carrying on its business and for the purpose of attaining or furthering any of its objects, to enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind with any person, partnership, association, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or other body whatsoever; and to do such acts and things, and to exercise any and all such powers to the same extent as a natural person might or could lawfully do in so far as the same are authorized by the laws of the State of Missouri, now or hereafter applicable to the Corporation;
To conduct its business in all or any of its branches so far as permitted by law, in the State of Missouri and elsewhere; and, for and in connection with such business, to acquire, hold, possess, purchase, lease, mortgage and convey real and personal property to the extent permitted by law; and
To purchase, hold, sell and transfer shares of its own capital stock to such extent and in such manner as may now or hereafter be permitted by law.
That the Restated Articles of Incorporation correctly set forth without change the corresponding provisions of the Articles of Incorporation as heretofore amended, and supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto.
Dated February , 1994
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
And ___________________________________________ Secretary STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this _________ day of February, 1994, before me appeared William E. Jaudes, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn did say that he is Vice President and General Counsel of Union Electric Company, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said Corporation and that said instrument was signed and sealed on behalf of said Corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said William E. Jaudes acknowl-edged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.
EXHIBIT 4.6
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
TO
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY
AS TRUSTEE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated May 1, 1993
First Mortgage Bonds,
6-3/4% Series due 2008
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated May 1, 1993
Inserted for convenience only and not as a part of the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1993
Page ---- Parties...................................................... 1 Recitals..................................................... 1 Granting Clauses............................................. 8 Habendum..................................................... 10 Subject to Certain Exceptions................................ 10 Grant in Trust............................................... 11 General Covenant............................................. 11 ARTICLE I Description of The New Bonds Sec. 1. General description of the New Bonds............... 11 Sec. 2. Denominations and dating the New Bonds, privilege of exchange and other matters.................... 12 Sec. 3. Form of face of the New Bond....................... 12 Form of Trustee's Certificate.................... 14 Form of reverse of the New Bond.................. 14 Sec. 4. Execution of and form of the New Bonds in temporary form................................... 17 |
ARTICLE II
Issue of The New Bonds
Page ---- Sec. 1. Limitation as to principal amount............................. 17 Sec. 2. Initial issue of $148,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the New Bonds........................... 17 ARTICLE III Redemption of the New Bonds Sec. 1. New Bonds not redeemable...................................... 18 No improvement, maintenance or analogous fund for the New Bonds...................................... 18 ARTICLE IV Covenants Sec. 1. Of seisin and title........................................... 18 Sec. 2. Earnings test required for issue of additional Bonds.......... 18 Sec. 3. Exclusion of $22,500,000 from net bondable value of property additions available for purposes of the Original Indenture.. 18 Sec. 4. Against issuance of additional prior lien bonds secured by unfunded prior liens except under certain conditions........ 19 Sec. 5. Against acquisition of property subject to unfunded prior liens except under certain conditions....................... 19 |
ARTICLE V
The Trustee
Page ---- Acceptance of trusts by Trustee.................................... 20 Trustee not responsible for validity of Supplemental Indenture..... 20 ARTICLE VI Consents and Agreements of Holders of The New Bonds to Certain Matters Consent and Agreement to amendments contained in Article VII of the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974 on effective date of this Article...................................................... 20 Definition of "Nuclear fuel"....................................... 21 Definition of "Permitted liens".................................... 21 Definition of "Property additions"................................. 21 Relating to subdivision (4) of subparagraph (f) of Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture............................. 21 Relating to subparagraph (a) of Section 2 of Article VII of the Original Indenture................................................ 22 Effective date of Article VI....................................... 22 |
ARTICLE VII
Reservations by Company to Amend
Original Indenture
Page ---- Sec. 1. Substitution of 60% for 80% wherever appearing in Article XV of the Original Indenture.................................... 22 Sec. 2. Reservation of right to amend Article XV of the Original Indenture by adding a new Section 9 thereto.................. 22 ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 1. Meanings of terms in Supplemental Indenture................... 24 Sec. 2. Execution of Supplemental Indenture in counterparts........... 24 Testimonium............................................................. 24 Execution............................................................... 25 Acknowledgements........................................................ 26 |
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated the 1st day of May, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-three (1993) made by and between UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Company"), party of the first part, and BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), as Trustee under the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated June 15, 1937, hereinafter mentioned, party of the second part:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee its Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated June 15, 1937, to secure the payment of the principal of and the interest (and premium, if any) on all bonds at any time issued and outstanding thereunder; and indentures supplemental thereto dated June 15, 1937, May 1, 1941, March 17, 1942, April 13, 1945, April 27, 1945, October 1, 1945, April 11, 1947, April 13, 1949, September 13, 1950, December 1, 1950, September 20, 1951, May 1, 1952, March 1, 1954, May 1, 1955, August 31, 1955, April 1, 1956, July 1, 1956, August 1, 1957, February 1, 1958, March 1, 1958, November 5, 1958, March 16, 1959, June 24, 1959, December 11, 1959, August 17, 1960, September 1, 1960, October 24, 1960, June 30, 1961, July 1, 1961, August 9, 1962, September 30, 1963, November 1, 1963, March 12, 1965, April 1, 1965, April 14, 1966, May 1, 1966, February 17, 1967, March 1, 1967, February 19, 1968, March 15, 1968, August 21, 1968, April 7, 1969, May 1, 1969, September 12, 1969, October 1, 1969, March 26, 1970, April 1, 1970, June 12, 1970, January 1, 1971, April 1, 1971, September 15, 1971, December 3, 1973, February 1, 1974, April 25, 1974, February 3, 1975, March 1, 1975, June 11, 1975, May 12, 1976, August 16, 1976, April 26, 1977, October 15, 1977, November 7, 1977, December 1, 1977, August 1, 1978, October 12, 1979, November 1, 1979, July 7, 1980, August 1, 1980, August 20, 1980, February 1, 1981, October 8, 1981, August 27, 1982, September 1, 1982, December 15, 1982, March 1, 1983, June 21, 1984, December 12, 1984, June 11, 1985, March 1, 1986, May 1, 1986, May 1, 1990, December 1, 1991, December 4, 1991, January 1, 1992, September 30, 1992, October 1, 1992, December 1, 1992, February 1, 1993 and February 18, 1993, respectively, have heretofore been entered into between the Company and the Trustee (said Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended and supplemented by said Supplemental Indentures being hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Original Indenture"); and
WHEREAS, Bonds have heretofore been issued by the Company under the Original Indenture as follows:
(1) $80,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 3/4% Series due 1962, all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(2) $90,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 3/8% Series due 1971, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1941 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1941"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(3) $13,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 2 3/4% Series due 1975 (herein called the "Bonds of 1975 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1945 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1945"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(4) $25,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 2 7/8% Series due 1980 (herein called the "Bonds of 1980 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1950 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1950"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(5) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 1/4% Series due 1982 (herein called the "Bonds of 1982 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1952 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1952"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(6) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 3 3/4% Series due 1986 (herein called the "Bonds of 1986 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 1956 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(7) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/8% Series due 1988 (herein called the "Bonds of 1988 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1958 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1958"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(8) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/4% Series due 1990 (herein called the "Bonds of 1990 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 1, 1960 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 1, 1960"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(9) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/4% Series due 1991 (herein called the "Bonds of 1991 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 1961 (hereinafter called the
"Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1961"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(10) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 1/2% Series due 1993 (herein called the "Bonds of 1993 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated November 1, 1963 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of November 1, 1963"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(11) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 1/2% Series due 1995 (herein called the "Bonds of 1995 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1965 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1965"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(12) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5 1/2% Series due 1996 (herein called the "Bonds of 1996 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1966 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1966"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(13) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5 1/2% Series due 1997 (herein called the "Bonds of 1997 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1967 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1967"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(14) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series due 1998 (herein called the "Bonds of 1998 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 15, 1968 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 15, 1968"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(15) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 3/8% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of May 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1969 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1969"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(16) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/4% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of October 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1969 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1969"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(17) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9.95% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of November 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated November 1, 1979 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of November 1, 1979"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(18) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9% Series due 2000 (herein called the "Bonds of 2000 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1970 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1970"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(19) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 7/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of January 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated January 1, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(20) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 5/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of April 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1971"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(21) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of October 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 15, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 15, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(22) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/8% Series due 2004 (herein called the "Bonds of 2004 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1974"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(23) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 10 1/2% Series due 2005 (herein called the "Bonds of 2005 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1975 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1975"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(24) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 7/8% Series due 2006 (herein called the "Bonds of 2006 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 16, 1976 (hereinafter called the
"Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(25) $27,085,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5.80% Environmental Improvement Series 1977, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 15, 1977 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 15, 1977"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(26) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 5/8% Series due 2007 (herein called the "Bonds of 2007 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1977 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1977"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(27) $55,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9.35% Series due 2008 (herein called the "Bonds of 2008 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1978 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1978"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(28) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1980, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1980 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1980"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(29) $150,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 15 3/8% Series due 1991 (herein called the "Bonds of February 1991 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1981 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1981"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(30) $125,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 15% Series due 1992 (herein called the "Bonds of 1992 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 1, 1982 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 1, 1982"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(31) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 13% Series due 2013 (herein called the "Bonds of 2013 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1983 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1983"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(32) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9 3/8% Series due 2016 (herein called the "Bonds of 2016 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1986 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1986"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(33) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 7/8% Series due 1996 (herein called the "Bonds of 1996 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1986 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1986"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(34) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1990A, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1990 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1990"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(35) $125,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/4% Series due 2021 (herein called the "Bonds of 2021 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1991 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1991"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(36) $75,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8.33% Series due 2002 (herein called the "Bonds of 2002 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 4, 1991 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 4, 1991"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(37) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7.65% Series due 2003 (herein called the "Bonds of 2003 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated January 1, 1992 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1992"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(38) $204,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, consisting of $100,000,000 principal amount of 6 3/4% Series due 1999 and $104,000,000 principal amount of 8 1/4% Series due 2022 (herein called the "Bonds of 1999 Series" and "Bonds of 2022 Series", respectively), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1992 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1992"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof; and
(39) $170,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, consisting of $85,000,000 principal amount of 7 3/8% Series due 2004 and
$85,000,000 principal amount of 8% Series due 2022 (herein called the "Bonds of December 2004 Series" and "Bonds of December 2022 Series", respectively, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1992, (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1992), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof; and
(40) $188,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 6 7/8% Series due 2004 (herein called the "Bonds of August 2004 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
and
WHEREAS, the Company on August 31, 1955 acquired all of the properties of Union Electric Power Company, the Subsidiary as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture, upon the dissolution of the Subsidiary; the Company, by Supplemental Indenture dated August 31, 1955, conveyed all of the properties so acquired (other than property of the character defined as excepted property in the granting clauses of the Original Indenture) to the Trustee upon the terms and trusts in the Original Indenture and the indentures supplemental thereto set forth for the equal and proportionate benefit and security of all present and future holders of the Bonds and coupons issued and to be issued thereunder, all the shares of stock of the Subsidiary were released from the lien of the Original Indenture; and the Company became entitled to change the general designation of the Bonds so as to omit the words "and Collateral Trust"; and
WHEREAS, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company were duly amended on April 23, 1956, to change its corporate name from "Union Electric Company of Missouri" to "Union Electric Company"; and
WHEREAS, the Articles of Agreement of the Trustee were duly amended effective on January 4, 1982 to change its corporate name from "St. Louis Union Trust Company" to "Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis", and further amended on December 9, 1988 to change its corporate name from "Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis" to "Boatmen's Trust Company"; and
WHEREAS, the Company is entitled at this time to have authenticated and delivered additional Bonds on the basis of the deposit of cash upon compliance with and pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of Article III of the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires by this Supplemental Indenture to provide for the creation of a new series of Bonds under the Original Indenture, to have the designation provided in Article I, Section 1 hereof (herein called the "New
Bonds"), and the Original Indenture provides that certain terms and provisions, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, of the Bonds of any particular series may be expressed in and provided by the execution of an appropriate supplemental indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company also desires by this Supplemental Indenture to continue in effect with respect to the holders of the New Bonds the amendments of the Original Indenture contained in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, as set forth in Article VII hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Company also desires by this Supplemental Indenture to reserve the right to amend the provisions of Article XV of the Original Indenture to establish new procedures concerning amendments thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture specifically to convey, transfer and assign to the Trustee and to subject to the lien of the Original Indenture additional properties acquired by the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the powers 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 resolved and determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee a Supplemental Indenture in the form hereof for the purposes herein provided; and
WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have been done, performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained and of the acceptance of this trust by the Trustee and of the sum of One Dollar duly paid by the Trustee to the Company at or before the time of the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and of other valuable considerations, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in order further to secure the payment of the principal of and interest (and premium, if any) on all Bonds at any time issued and outstanding under the Original Indenture, according to their tenor and effect, the Company has executed and delivered this Supplemental Indenture and has granted, bargained, sold, warranted, aliened, remised, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over and confirmed and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell warrant, alien, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, set over and confirm unto Boatmen's Trust Company, as Trustee, and to its successors in trust under the Original Indenture forever, all and singular the following described properties (in addition to all
other properties heretofore subjected to the lien of the Original Indenture and not heretofore released from the lien thereof) - that is to say:
FIRST.
ALL power houses, plants, buildings and other structures, dams, dam sites, substations, heating plants, gas works, holders and tanks, together with all and singular the electric, heating, gas and mechanical appliances appurtenant thereto of every nature whatsoever, now owned by the Company, including all and singular the machinery, engines, boilers, furnaces, generators, dynamos, turbines and motors, and all and every character of mechanical appliance for generating or producing electricity, steam, gas and other agencies for light, heat, cold, or power or other purposes, and all transmission and distribution systems used for the transmission and distribution of electricity, steam, gas and other agencies for light, heat, cold or power or any other purpose whatsoever, whether underground or overhead, surface or otherwise, now owned by the Company, including all poles, towers, posts, wires, cables, conduits, manholes, mains, pipes, tubes, drains, furnaces, switchboards, transformers, conductors, insulators, supports, meters, lamps, fuses, junction boxes, regulator stations, and other electric, steam and gas fixtures and apparatus; all of the aforementioned property being located in the City of St. Louis, the counties of Adair, Audrain, Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Daviess, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Howard, Iron, Jefferson, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Maries, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Moniteau, Montgomery, Morgan, New Madrid, Osage, Pemiscot, Perry, Phelps, Pike, Pulaski, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Charles, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Schuyler, Scott, Stoddard, Warren, Washington, and Wayne, Missouri, the counties of Adams, Alexander, Calhoun, Franklin, Hancock, Henderson, Jackson, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, St. Clair, Union, and Washington, Illinois, and the counties of Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Lee, and Washington, Iowa, upon real estate owned by the Company, or occupied by it under rights to so occupy, which real estate is described in the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated June 15, 1937, in the Supplemental Indentures dated May 1, 1941, March 17, 1942, April 13, 1945, April 27, 1945, October 1, 1945, April 11, 1947, April 13, 1949, September 13, 1950, December 1, 1950, September 20, 1951, May 1, 1952, March 1, 1954, May 1, 1955, August 31, 1955, April 1, 1956, July 1, 1956, August 1, 1957, February 1, 1958, March 1, 1958, November 5, 1958, March 16, 1959, June 24, 1959, December 11, 1959, August 17, 1960, September 1, 1960, October 24, 1960, June 30, 1961, July 1, 1961, August 9, 1962, September 30, 1963, November 1, 1963, March 12, 1965, April 1, 1965, April 14, 1966, May 1, 1966, February 17, 1967, March 1, 1967, February 19, 1968, March 15, 1968, August 21, 1968, April 7, 1969, May 1, 1969, September 12, 1969, October 1, 1969, March 26, 1970, April 1, 1970, January 1, 1971, April 1, 1971, September 15, 1971, December 3, 1973, February
1, 1974, April 25, 1974, February 3, 1975, March 1, 1975, June 11, 1975, May 12, 1976, August 16, 1976, April 26, 1977, October 15, 1977, November 7, 1977, December 1, 1977, August 1, 1978, October 12, 1979, November 1, 1979, July 7, 1980, August 1, 1980, August 20, 1980, February 1, 1981, October 8, 1981, August 27, 1982, September 1, 1982, December 15, 1982, March 1, 1983, June 21, 1984, December 12, 1984, June 11, 1985, March 1, 1986, May 1, 1986, May 1, 1990, December 1, 1991, December 4, 1991, January 1, 1992, September 30, 1992, October 1, 1992, December 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, February 18, 1993, and in this Supplemental Indenture, or attached to or connected with such real estate or transmission or distribution systems of the Company leading from or into such real estate.
SECOND.
ALSO (except as in the Original Indenture expressly excepted) all franchises and all permits, ordinances, easements, privileges, immunities and licenses, all rights to construct, maintain and operate overhead, surface and underground systems for the distribution and transmission of electricity, steam, gas or other agencies for the supply to itself or others of light, heat, cold or power, all rights-of-way, all waters, water rights and flowage rights and all grants and consents, now owned or, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, which it may hereafter acquire.
ALSO, (except as in the Original Indenture expressly excepted) all inventions, patent rights and licenses of every kind now owned by the Company or, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, which it may hereafter acquire.
THIRD.
ALSO, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, all other property, real, personal and mixed (except as therein or herein expressly excepted) of every nature and kind and wheresoever situated now or hereafter possessed by or belonging to the Company, or to which it is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in any manner entitled at law or in equity.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all said properties, real, personal and mixed, mortgaged, pledged and conveyed by the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be, unto the Trustee and its successors and assigns forever;
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the exceptions and reservations and matters hereinabove recited, to existing leases, to existing liens upon rights of way for transmission or distribution line purposes, as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture, and any extensions thereof, and subject to existing easements for streets, alleys, highways, rights-of- way and railroad purposes over, upon and
across certain of the property hereinbefore described, and subject also to all the terms, conditions, agreements, covenants, exceptions and reservations expressed or provided in the deeds or other instruments respectively under and by virtue of which the Company acquired the properties hereinabove described, and to undetermined liens and charges, if any, incidental to construction or other existing permitted liens as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture;
IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts in the Original
Indenture and the indentures supplemental thereto, including this
Supplemental Indenture, set forth, for the equal and proportionate
benefit and security of all present and future holders of the Bonds and
coupons issued and to be issued thereunder, or any of them, without
preference of any of said Bonds and coupons of any particular series
over the Bonds and coupons of any other series, by reason of priority in
the time of the issue, sale or negotiation thereof, or by reason of the
purpose of issue or otherwise howsoever, except as otherwise provided in
Section 2 of Article IV of the Original Indenture.
AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED, by and between the parties hereto, for the benefit of those who shall hold the Bonds and coupons, or any of them to be issued under the Original Indenture, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW BONDS
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a new series of Bonds to be executed, authenticated and delivered under and secured by the Original Indenture which shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1 of Article II of the Original Indenture, be designated as "First Mortgage Bonds, 6 3/4% Series due 2008" (the "New Bonds") of the Company. The New Bonds shall be executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of, and shall in all respects be subject to all of the terms, conditions and covenants of, the Original Indenture.
The New Bonds shall mature May 1, 2008, and shall bear interest at
the rate per annum set forth in the form of the New Bond contained in
Section 3 of this Article I, payable semi-annually on the first day of
May and the first day of November in each year. The New Bonds shall be
payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest in any coin or
currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is
legal tender for public and private debts, and shall be payable at the
office of the Company in the City of St. Louis, Missouri; provided,
however, that at the option of the Company, interest on the New Bonds
may be paid by checks mailed to the registered holder in whose name such
Bonds are registered at the address as it shall appear on the transfer
register of the Company.
SECTION 2. The New Bonds shall be registered Bonds without coupons, of the denomination of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.
The New Bonds shall be transferable and exchangeable for the New Bonds of other denominations, as in the Original Indenture provided, except that payment of a service charge therefor will not be required by the Company.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6 of Article II of the Original Indenture, the New Bonds shall be dated the date of authentication and shall bear interest from the interest payment date to which interest on the New Bonds has been paid next preceding the date thereof, unless such date is an interest payment date to which interest has been paid, in which case they shall bear interest from the date thereof, or unless the date thereof is prior to November 1, 1993, in which case they shall bear interest from May 1, 1993; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of this Section with respect to failure by the Company to pay any interest on an interest payment date, the holder of any New Bond dated after a record date (as hereinafter defined) for the payment of interest and prior to the date of payment of such interest shall not be entitled to payment of such interest and shall have no claim against the Company with respect thereto.
The person in whose name any New Bond is registered at the close of business on any record date with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Bond upon any transfer or exchange thereof subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date, in which case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the person in whose name such Bond is registered on the date of payment of such defaulted interest or on a subsequent record date for such payment if one shall have been established as hereinafter provided. A subsequent record date may be established by the Company by notice mailed to the holders of the New Bonds not less than ten days preceding such record date, which record date shall be not more than thirty days prior to the subsequent interest payment date. The term "record date" as used in this Section with respect to any regular interest payment date shall mean the April 15 or October 15, as the case may be, next preceding such interest payment date, or, if such April 15 or October 15 shall be a legal holiday in the State of New York or in the State of Missouri or a day on which banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or the City of St. Louis, Missouri, are authorized by law to close, the next preceding day which shall not be a legal holiday or a day on which such institutions are so authorized to close.
SECTION 3. The New Bonds and the Trustee's certificate on the New Bonds shall be substantially in the following forms respectively:
[FORM OF FACE OF NEW BOND]
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri)
First Mortgage Bond, 6 3/4% Series Due 2008 Due May 1, 2008 No. $
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Company", which term shall include any successor corporation as defined in the Amended Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ................................... ............................. or registered assigns, the sum of .................................................................. Dollars, on the first day of May 2008 in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and to pay interest thereon, in like coin or currency, at the rate of six and three-fourths per centum (6 3/4%) per annum, payable semi-annually, on May 1 and November 1 in each year until maturity, or, if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal hereof, until the Company's obligation with respect to the payment of such principal shall be discharged as provided in the Amended Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof. Such interest shall be payable from the May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date hereof to which interest has not been paid, unless the date hereof is a May 1 or November 1 to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date hereof, or unless the date hereof is prior to the first payment of interest, in which case from May 1, 1993. The interest so payable will be paid to the person in whose name this Bond, or the Bond in exchange or substitution for which this Bond shall have been issued, shall have been registered at the close of business on the April 15 or October 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date of payment, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Amended Indenture. The principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on, this Bond are payable at the office of the Company in the City of St. Louis, Missouri; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest on this Bond may be paid by check mailed to the registered holder of this Bond at such holder's address as it shall appear on the books of the Company to be kept for that purpose.
This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Amended Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until Boatmen's Trust Company, the Trustee under the Amended Indenture, or a successor trustee thereto under the Amended Indenture, or an agent therefor, shall have signed the form of certificate endorsed hereon.
The provisions of this Bond are continued on the reverse hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Union Electric Company has caused this Bond to be signed in its name by its Chairman of the Board or President or a Vice President by his manual signature or a facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof) to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary by his manual signature or a facsimile thereof.
Dated,
Union Electric Company,
By...................................
Vice President.
[Corporate Seal]
Attest:
..............................
Secretary.
[form of trustee's certificate]
This Bond is one of the Bonds, of the series designated therein, described in the within-mentioned Amended Indenture and Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1993.
Boatmen's Trust Company, Trustee.
By Union Electric Company, Agent
[form of reverse of new bond]
This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the Company (herein called the "Bonds"), in unlimited aggregate principal amount, of the series hereinafter specified, all issued and to be issued under and equally secured by indenture of mortgage and deed of trust, dated June 15, 1937, executed by the Company to Boatmen's Trust Company, (herein called the "Trustee"), as trustee, as amended by indentures supplemental thereto dated May 1, 1941, April 1,
1971, February 1, 1974, and July 7, 1980, between the Company and the Trustee (said mortgage and deed of trust, as so amended, being herein called the "Amended Indenture"), to which Amended Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the properties mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights of the bearers or registered owners of the Bonds and of the Trustee in respect thereto, and the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are, and are to be, secured. To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the Amended Indenture, modifications or alterations of the Amended Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto, and of the rights and obligations of the Company and of the holders of the Bonds may be made with the consent of the Company by an affirmative vote of not less than 80% in amount of the Bonds entitled to vote then outstanding, at a meeting of Bondholders called and held as provided in the Amended Indenture, and by an affirmative vote of not less than 80% in amount of the Bonds of any series entitled to vote then outstanding and affected by such modification or alteration, in case one or more but less than all of the series of Bonds then outstanding under the Amended Indenture are so affected. The Company has reserved the right to amend the Amended Indenture without any consent or other action by holders of bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including the Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1993, to provide that the Amended Indenture may be modified or altered with the consent of the holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds; and if less than all series of Bonds are affected with the consent also of the holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of each series so affected. Additionally, the Company has reserved the right to amend the Amended Indenture, as supplemented, to authorize amendments thereto by an appropriate written consent of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding without a meeting of such Bondholders. No such modification or alteration shall be made which will affect the terms of payment of the principal of, or interest or premium on, this Bond, which are unconditional. The Bonds may be issued in series, for various principal sums, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary as in the Amended Indenture provided. This Bond is one of a series designated as the "First Mortgage Bonds, 6 3/4% Series due 2008" (herein called the "Bonds of this Series") of the Company, issued under and secured by the Amended Indenture and described in the indenture (hereinafter called the "New Supplemental Indenture") dated May 1, 1993, between the Company and the Trustee, supplemental to the Amended Indenture.
The Bonds of this Series are not entitled to the benefit of any improvement, maintenance or analogous fund.
The Bonds of this Series are not subject to redemption prior to maturity.
In case an event of default, as defined in the Amended Indenture, shall occur, the principal of all the Bonds at any such time outstanding under the Amended Indenture may be declared or may become due and payable, upon the conditions and in the manner and with the effect provided in the Amended Indenture. The Amended Indenture provides that such declaration may in certain events be waived by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding.
This Bond is transferable by the registered owner hereof, in person or by duly authorized attorney, on the books of the Company to be kept for that purpose at the office of the Company in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, upon surrender and cancellation of this Bond and on presentation of a duly executed written instrument of transfer, and thereupon a new Bond or Bonds of the same series, of the same aggregate principal amount and in authorized denominations will be issued to the transferee or transferees in exchange herefor, without payment of any charge other than stamp taxes and other governmental charges incident thereto; and this Bond with or without others of like series, may in like manner be exchanged for one or more new Bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations but of the same aggregate principal amount; all subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Amended Indenture.
The Bonds of this Series are to be issued initially under a book- entry only system and, except as hereinafter provided, will be registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ("DTC") or its nominee, which shall be considered to be the holder of all of the Bonds of this Series for all purposes of the Mortgage, including, without limitation, payment by the Company of principal of and interest on such Bonds of this Series and receipt of notices and exercise of rights of holders of such Bonds of this Series. There shall be a single global bond of this series which shall be immobilized in the custody of DTC or its designee with the owners of book-entry interest in Bonds of this Series ("Book-Entry Interests") having no right to receive Bonds of this Series in the form of physical securities or certificates. Ownership of Book-Entry Interests shall be shown by book-entry on the system maintained and operated by DTC, its participants (the "Participants") and certain persons acting through the Participants. Transfers of ownership of Book-Entry Interests are to be made only by DTC and the Participants by that book-entry system, the Company and the Trustee having no responsibility therefor so long as Bonds of this Series are registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. DTC is to maintain records of the positions of Participants in Bonds of this Series, and the Participants and persons acting through Participants are to maintain records of the purchasers and owners of Book-Entry Interests. If DTC or its nominee determines not to continue to act as a depository for the Bonds of this Series in connection with a book-entry only system, another depository, if available, may act instead and the single global bond of this series will be transferred into the name of such other depository or its nominee, in which case the above provisions will continue to apply but to the new depository. If the book-entry only system for Bonds of this Series is
discontinued by the Company for any reason, upon surrender and cancellation of the single global bond of this series registered in the name of the then depository or its nominee, new registered Bonds of this Series will be issued in authorized denominations to the holders of Book-Entry Interests in principal amounts coinciding with the amounts of such Book-Entry Interests shown on the book-entry system immediately prior to the discontinuance thereof. Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall be responsible for the accuracy of the interests shown on that system.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, on or the interest on, this Bond, or for any claim based hereon or on the Amended Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, or against any stockholder, director or officer, past, present or future, of the Company, or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether for amounts unpaid on stock subscriptions or by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability, whether at common law, in equity, by any constitution, statute or otherwise, of incorporators, stockholders, directors or officers being released by every owner hereof by the acceptance of this Bond and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, and being likewise released by the terms of the Amended Indenture.
[end of form of reverse of new bond]
SECTION 4. Until New Bonds in definitive form are ready for delivery, the Company may execute, and upon its request in writing the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu thereof, New Bonds in temporary form, as provided in Section 9 of Article II of the Original Indenture. New Bonds in temporary form may, in lieu of the specific redemption prices, if any, required to be set forth in New Bonds in definitive form, include a reference to this Supplemental Indenture for a statement of such redemption prices.
ARTICLE II.
ISSUE oF THE NEW BONDS
SECTION 1. The principal amount of the New Bonds which may be authenticated and delivered hereunder are not limited except as the Original Indenture limits the principal amount of Bonds which may be issued thereunder.
SECTION 2. The New Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of One Hundred Forty Eight Million Dollars ($148,000,000), being the initial issue of the New Bonds, may forthwith at any time or from time to time be executed by the
Company and delivered to the Trustee and shall be authenticated by the Trustee and delivered (either before or after the filing or recording hereof) to or upon the order of the Company, upon compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions of Article III and Article XVIII of the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION OF THE NEW BONDS
SECTION 1. The New Bonds shall not be redeemable prior to maturity.
There shall be no improvement, maintenance or analogous fund for the New Bonds.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS.
The Company hereby covenants, warrants and agrees;
SECTION 1. That the Company is lawfully seized and possessed of all of the mortgaged property described in the granting clauses of this Supplemental Indenture; that it has good right and lawful authority to mortgage the same as provided in this Supplemental Indenture; and that such mortgaged property is, at the actual date of the issue of the New Bonds, free and clear of any deed of trust, mortgage, lien, charge or encumbrance thereon or affecting the title thereto prior to the Original Indenture, except as set forth in the granting clauses of the Original Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding, whenever any officers' certificate is required to be filed or deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3(b) of Article III of the Original Indenture upon an application for the authentication of additional Bonds pursuant to Article III of the Original Indenture, such officers' certificate shall include, in addition to the matters required to be stated therein by said Section 3(b), the statement with respect to the net earnings of the Company available for interest after property retirement appropriations required by Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956.
SECTION 3. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding, the Company will not apply for the authentication and delivery of additional Bonds pursuant to Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture or the withdrawal
of cash from the trust estate or the reduction of the amount of cash
required to be paid into the trust estate or to satisfy the maintenance
and improvement funds under any provision of the Original Indenture or
the Supplemental Indentures creating prior series of Bonds, on the basis
of the amount of $15,000,000 excluded from net bondable value of
property additions not subject to an unfunded prior lien pursuant to
Section 3 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1945,
or on the basis of the amount of $7,500,000 excluded from net bondable
value of property additions not subject to an unfunded prior lien
pursuant to Section 3 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July
1, 1956.
SECTION 4. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding, the Company will not issue or permit to be issued any prior lien bonds secured by an unfunded prior lien in addition to the prior lien bonds secured by such unfunded prior lien at the time of first acquisition by the Company of property subject thereto (other than in lieu of lost, stolen or mutilated bonds or on the exchange for bonds already outstanding of an equal principal amount of other bonds of the same issue and the same series, if any, and of the same maturity), except upon compliance with the provisions of Section 16 of Article IV of the Original Indenture, nor unless the net earnings of the Company available for interest after property retirement appropriations (determined as provided in Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956), for any twelve consecutive calendar months during the period of fifteen calendar months immediately preceding the first day of the month in which the additional prior lien bonds are to be issued, have been, in the aggregate, equal to not less than twice the annual interest charges on the indebtedness specified in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) of Section 2(a) of said Article V; provided that, if the application for the issue of such additional prior lien bonds is upon the basis of payment at maturity of prior lien bonds theretofore sold or otherwise disposed of or the redemption or purchase thereof after a date two years prior to the date of maturity, the additional requirement imposed by this Section 4 with respect to net earnings of the Company available for interest after property retirement appropriations shall not apply. Any officers' certificate with respect to net earnings of the Company, required to be filed with the Trustee as a condition precedent to the issue of such additional prior lien bonds, shall include, in addition to the matters otherwise required to be stated therein, the matters required to be stated in an officers' certificate pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of Section 2(a) of said Article V.
SECTION 5. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding,
the Company will not acquire, by purchase, merger or otherwise, any
property subject to a lien or liens which will on acquisition be an
unfunded prior lien or prior liens, except upon compliance with the
provisions of Section 14 of Article IV of the Original Indenture, nor
unless the net earnings of such property available for interest after
property retirement appropriations (determined in the manner provided in
Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of
July 1, 1956), for any twelve consecutive calendar months during the period of fifteen calendar months immediately preceding the first day of the month in which the first acquisition of property subject to such lien or liens occurs, have been, in the aggregate, equal to not less than twice the amount of annual interest charges, on all outstanding indebtedness secured by such lien or liens. Any officers' certificate with respect to net earnings of such property, required to be filed with the Trustee as a condition precedent to the acquisition of such property, shall include, in addition to the matters otherwise required to be stated therein, the matters required to be stated in an officers' certificate pursuant to Section 2 of said Article V applicable, however, only to the net earnings of such property and to the indebtedness secured by such liens to which such property is subject.
ARTICLE V.
THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts hereby declared and provided, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Original Indenture and in this Supplemental Indenture set forth, and upon the following terms and conditions:
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the due execution hereof by the Company or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely.
ARTICLE VI.
CONSENTS AND AGREEMENTS OF HOLDERS OF THE NEW BONDS
TO CERTAIN MATTERS
The Company, and the holders of the New Bonds by their acceptance and holding thereof, hereby consent and agree as follows:
(A) When the provisions of this Article VI shall become effective as provided in Subdivision (B) hereof, the provisions of the Original Indenture shall become and shall be deemed to have been, amended, effective on said date, by the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, in the following respects:
(1) by inserting the following paragraph after the definition of "Nonbondable property" in Article I of the Original Indenture;
"Nuclear fuel:
The term 'Nuclear fuel' shall mean (a) any fuel element, including nuclear fuel and associated means (and any similar or analogous device or substance), whether or not classified as fuel and whether or not chargeable to operating expenses, comprising or intended to comprise or formerly comprising the core, or other part of a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device, (b) any fuel element, including nuclear fuel and associated means (and any similar or analogous device or substance) while in the process of fabrication or preparation and special nuclear or other materials held for use in such fabrication or preparation, (c) any substances or materials formerly comprising such nuclear fuel and associated means (or any similar or analogous device or substance) and which substances or materials are undergoing or have undergone reprocessing and (d) uranium, thorium, plutonium, and any other substance or material from time to time used or selected for use by the Company as fuel material, or as potential fuel material, in a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device."
(2) by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (e) of the definition of "Permitted liens" in Article I of the Original Indenture, changing the period at the end of subparagraph (f) of such definition to "; and", and adding a new subparagraph (g) reading as follows:
"(g) any controls, liens, restrictions, regulations, easements, exceptions or reservations of any governmental authority applying particularly to 'Nuclear fuel'."
(3) by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (d) of the third paragraph of the definition of "Property additions" in Article I of the Original Indenture, changing the period at the end of subparagraph (e) to "; and" and adding a new subparagraph (f) reading as follows:
"(f) anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, the term 'Property additions' shall include 'Nuclear fuel'."
(4) by inserting after the words "such property additions" when first used in subdivision (4) of subparagraph (f) of Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture the following:
", provided that, in the case of property additions constituting all or part of a facility for the production of electricity by use of a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device, or Nuclear fuel materials, assemblies or components for use therein, in respect of which the
application is made prior to receipt of necessary authority to
operate such facility, such opinion need only state that (i) the
Company has necessary authority to own such property additions and
(ii) in the case of property additions for which construction
authority is necessary, the Company has necessary authority to
construct the same."
and
(5) by inserting after the words "any machinery or equipment," in subparagraph (a) of Section 2 of Article VII of the Original Indenture the following:
"or any Nuclear fuel materials, assemblies or components,"
(B) The provisions of this Article VI shall become effective on the earliest date on which either (a) no Bonds of a Series prior to the Bonds of 2004 Series (as described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974) shall be outstanding or (b) the amendment to the Original Indenture provided in Article VII of the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, shall have become effective upon vote of the holders of Bonds as provided in Article XV of the Original Indenture, provided that no vote of the holders of the Bonds of 2004 Series or Bonds of any series created thereafter shall be required for effecting such amendments.
ARTICLE VII.
RESERVATIONS BY COMPANY TO
AMEND ORIGINAL INDENTURE.
SECTION 1. The Company reserves the right, subject to appropriate corporate action, but without any consent or other action by holders of Bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including this Supplemental Indenture, to make such amendments to the Original Indenture, as supplemented, as shall be necessary in order to amend Article XV thereof so as to substitute "sixty percent. (60%)" for "eighty percent. (80%)" wherever appearing in said Article XV.
SECTION 2. The Company reserves the right, subject to appropriate corporate action, but without any consent or other action by holders of Bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including this Supplemental Indenture, to make such amendments to the Original Indenture, as supplemented, as shall
be necessary in order to amend Article XV thereof by adding thereto a
Section 9 to read as follows:
"SECTION 9. (A) Anything in this Article XV contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall receive the written consent (in any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Bondholders or by their attorneys appointed in writing) of the holders of sixty percent. (60%) or more in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding hereunder, and, if the rights of one or more, but less than all, series of Bonds then outstanding are to be affected by action taken pursuant to such consent, then also by consent of the holders of at least sixty per cent. (60%) in principal amount of each series of Bonds so to be affected and outstanding hereunder (at the time the last such needed consent is delivered to the Trustee) in lieu of the holding of a meeting pursuant to this Article XV and in lieu of all action at such a meeting and with the same force and effect as a resolution duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of this Article XV.
(B) Instruments of consent shall be witnessed or in the alternative may (a) have the signature guaranteed by a bank or trust company or a registered dealer in securities, (b) be acknowledged before a Notary Public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements, or (c) have their genuineness otherwise established to the satisfaction of the Trustee.
The amount of Bonds payable to bearer, and the series and serial numbers thereof, held by a person executing an instrument of consent (or whose attorney has executed an instrument of consent in his behalf), and the date of his holding the same may be proved by exhibiting the Bonds to and obtaining a certificate executed by (i) any bank or trust or insurance company, or (ii) any trustee, secretary, administrator or other proper officer of any pension, welfare, hospitalization or similar fund or funds, or (iii) the United States of America, any Territory thereof, the District of Columbia, any State of the United States or any public instrumentality of the United States, or of any State or of any Territory, or (iv) any other person or corporation satisfactory to the Trustee. A Bondholder in any of the foregoing categories may sign a certificate in his own behalf.
Each such certificate shall be dated and shall state, in effect,
that as of the date thereof, a coupon Bond or Bonds bearing a
specified serial number or numbers was deposited with or exhibited to
the signer of such certificate. The holding by the person named in
any such certificate of any Bond specified therein shall be presumed
to continue unless (1) any certificate bearing a later date issued in
respect of the same Bond shall be produced, (2) the Bond specified
in such certificate (or any Bond or Bonds issued in exchange or
substitution for such Bond) shall be produced by another holder, or
(3) the Bond specified in such certificate shall be registered as to
principal in the name of another holder or shall have been
surrendered in exchange for
a fully registered bond registered in the name of another holder. The Trustee may nevertheless, in his discretion, require further proof in cases where it deems further proof desirable. The ownership of registered Bonds shall be proved by the registry books.
(C) Until such time as the Trustee shall receive the written consent of the necessary per cent. in principal amount of the Bonds required by the provisions of subsection (A) above for action contemplated by such consent, any holder of a Bond, the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Bonds the holders of which have consented to such action, may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its principal office and upon proof of holding as provided in subsection (B) above, revoke such consent so far as it concerns such Bond. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the holder of any Bond shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of such Bond (and any Bond issued in lieu thereof or exchanged therefor), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent is made upon such Bond, and in any event any action taken by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds specified in subsection (A) above in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Bonds."
ARTICLE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
SECTION 1. Except as otherwise defined herein, all terms contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall, for all purposes thereof, have the meanings given to such terms in Article I of the Original Indenture.
SECTION 2. This Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Union Electric Company has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed on its behalf by its Chairman of the Board or President or one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and said seal and this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries; and said Boatmen's Trust Company, in evidence of its acceptance of the trust hereby created, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed on its behalf by its President or one of its Vice Presidents, and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and said seal and
this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by its Secretary, or one of its Assistant Secretaries; all as of the 1st day of May, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-three.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY,
1901 Chouteau Avenue [Corporate Seal] St. Louis, Missouri. By Donald E. Brandt Attested: Senior Vice President. James C. Thompson Secretary. |
Signed, sealed and delivered by
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
in the presence of:
Mark E. Blair
G. L. Waters
As Witnesses.
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY,
510 Locust Street, [Corporate Seal] St. Louis, Missouri. By H. E. Bradford Attested: Senior Vice President. |
Jerry L. Rector
Assistant Secretary.
Signed, sealed and delivered by
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY
in the presence of:
Lisa A. Winborn
P. C. QuiBelle
As Witnesses.
STATE OF MISSOURI, } } SS.: CITY OF ST. LOUIS, } |
On this 3rd day of May, 1993, before me appeared DONALD E. BRANDT, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Senior Vice President of UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said DONALD E. BRANDT acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the City and State aforesaid, the day and year last above written.
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MISSOURI, } } SS.: CITY OF ST. LOUIS, } |
On this 3rd day of May, 1993, before me appeared H. E. BRADFORD, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Senior Vice President of BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY, a corporation, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation, as the trustee thereunder by authority of its Board of Directors, and said H. E. BRADFORD, acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation as the trustee under said instrument.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the City and State aforesaid, the day and year last above written.
EXHIBIT 4.7
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
TO
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY
AS TRUSTEE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated August 1, 1993
First Mortgage Bonds,
7.15% Series due 2023
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AUGUST 1, 1993
INSERTED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY AND NOT AS A PART OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AUGUST 1, 1993
Page ---- Parties...................................................... 1 Recitals..................................................... 1 Granting Clauses............................................. 8 Habendum..................................................... 11 Subject to Certain Exceptions................................ 11 Grant in Trust............................................... 11 General Covenant............................................. 11 ARTICLE I Description of The New Bonds Sec. 1. General description of the New Bonds............. 11 Sec. 2. Denominations and dating the New Bonds, privilege of exchange and other matters.................. 12 Sec. 3. Form of face of the New Bond..................... 13 Form of Trustee's Certificate.................... 14 Form of reverse of the New Bond.................. 15 Sec. 4. Execution of and form of the New Bonds in temporary form................................. 18 |
ARTICLE II
Issue of The New Bonds
Page ---- Sec. 1. Limitation as to principal amount.............................. 18 Sec. 2. Initial issue of $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the New Bonds.............................. 18 ARTICLE III Redemption of the New Bonds Sec. 1. New Bonds redeemable........................................... 19 No improvement, maintenance or analogous fund for the New Bonds......................................... 19 Sec. 2. Notice of Redemption........................................... 19 ARTICLE IV Covenants Sec. 1. Of seisin and title............................................ 19 Sec. 2. Earnings test required for issue of additional Bonds........... 20 Sec. 3. Exclusion of $22,500,000 from net bondable value of property additions available for purposes of the Original Indenture..... 20 Sec. 4. Against issuance of additional prior lien bonds secured by unfunded prior liens except under certain conditions........... 20 Sec. 5. Against acquisition of property subject to unfunded prior liens except under certain conditions................................ 21 |
ARTICLE V
The Trustee
Page ---- Acceptance of trusts by Trustee............................................. 21 Trustee not responsible for validity of Supplemental Indenture.............. 22 ARTICLE VI Consents and Agreements of Holders of The New Bonds to Certain Matters Consent and Agreement to amendments contained in Article VII of the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974 on effective date of this Article............................................................. 22 Definition of "Nuclear fuel".............................................. 22 Definition of "Permitted liens"........................................... 23 Definition of "Property additions"........................................ 23 Relating to subdivision (4) of subparagraph (f) of Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture.................................... 23 Relating to subparagraph (a) of Section 2 of Article VII of the Original Indenture................................................................ 23 Effective date of Article VI.............................................. 23 |
ARTICLE VII
Reservations by Company to Amend
Original Indenture
Page ---- Sec. 1. Substitution of 60% for 80% wherever appearing in Article XV of the Original Indenture................................. 24 Sec. 2. Reservation of right to amend Article XV of the Original Indenture by adding a new Section 9 thereto............... 24 ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 1. Meanings of terms in Supplemental Indenture................. 26 Sec. 2. Execution of Supplemental Indenture in counterparts......... 26 Testimonium.......................................................... 26 Execution............................................................ 27 Acknowledgements..................................................... 28 |
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated the 1st day of August, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-three (1993) made by and between UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Company"), party of the first part, and BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), as Trustee under the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated June 15, 1937, hereinafter mentioned, party of the second part:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee its Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated June 15, 1937, to secure the payment of the principal of and the interest (and premium, if any) on all bonds at any time issued and outstanding thereunder; and indentures supplemental thereto dated June 15, 1937, May 1, 1941, March 17, 1942, April 13, 1945, April 27, 1945, October 1, 1945, April 11, 1947, April 13, 1949, September 13, 1950, December 1, 1950, September 20, 1951, May 1, 1952, March 1, 1954, May 1, 1955, August 31, 1955, April 1, 1956, July 1, 1956, August 1, 1957, February 1, 1958, March 1, 1958, November 5, 1958, March 16, 1959, June 24, 1959, December 11, 1959, August 17, 1960, September 1, 1960, October 24, 1960, June 30, 1961, July 1, 1961, August 9, 1962, September 30, 1963, November 1, 1963, March 12, 1965, April 1, 1965, April 14, 1966, May 1, 1966, February 17, 1967, March 1, 1967, February 19, 1968, March 15, 1968, August 21, 1968, April 7, 1969, May 1, 1969, September 12, 1969, October 1, 1969, March 26, 1970, April 1, 1970, June 12, 1970, January 1, 1971, April 1, 1971, September 15, 1971, December 3, 1973, February 1, 1974, April 25, 1974, February 3, 1975, March 1, 1975, June 11, 1975, May 12, 1976, August 16, 1976, April 26, 1977, October 15, 1977, November 7, 1977, December 1, 1977, August 1, 1978, October 12, 1979, November 1, 1979, July 7, 1980, August 1, 1980, August 20, 1980, February 1, 1981, October 8, 1981, August 27, 1982, September 1, 1982, December 15, 1982, March 1, 1983, June 21, 1984, December 12, 1984, June 11, 1985, March 1, 1986, May 1, 1986, May 1, 1990, December 1, 1991, December 4, 1991, January 1, 1992, September 30, 1992, October 1, 1992, December 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, February 18, 1993, and May 1, 1993 respectively, have heretofore been entered into between the Company and the Trustee (said Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended and supplemented by said Supplemental Indentures being hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Original Indenture"); and
WHEREAS, Bonds have heretofore been issued by the Company under the Original Indenture as follows:
(1) $80,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 3/4% Series due 1962, all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(2) $90,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 3/8% Series due 1971, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1941 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1941"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(3) $13,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 2 3/4% Series due 1975 (herein called the "Bonds of 1975 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1945 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1945"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(4) $25,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 2 7/8% Series due 1980 (herein called the "Bonds of 1980 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1950 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1950"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(5) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 1/4% Series due 1982 (herein called the "Bonds of 1982 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1952 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1952"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(6) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 3 3/4% Series due 1986 (herein called the "Bonds of 1986 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 1956 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(7) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/8% Series due 1988 (herein called the "Bonds of 1988 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1958 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1958"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(8) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/4% Series due 1990 (herein called the "Bonds of 1990 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 1, 1960 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 1, 1960"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(9) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/4% Series due 1991 (herein called the "Bonds of 1991 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 1961 (hereinafter called the
"Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1961"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(10) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 1/2% Series due 1993 (herein called the "Bonds of 1993 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated November 1, 1963 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of November 1, 1963"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(11) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 1/2% Series due 1995 (herein called the "Bonds of 1995 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1965 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1965"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(12) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5 1/2% Series due 1996 (herein called the "Bonds of 1996 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1966 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1966"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(13) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5 1/2% Series due 1997 (herein called the "Bonds of 1997 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1967 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1967"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(14) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series due 1998 (herein called the "Bonds of 1998 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 15, 1968 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 15, 1968"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(15) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 3/8% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of May 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1969 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1969"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(16) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/4% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of October 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1969 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1969"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(17) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9.95% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of November 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated November 1, 1979 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of November 1, 1979"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(18) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9% Series due 2000 (herein called the "Bonds of 2000 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1970 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1970"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(19) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 7/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of January 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated January 1, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(20) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 5/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of April 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(21) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of October 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 15, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 15, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(22) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/8% Series due 2004 (herein called the "Bonds of 2004 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1974"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(23) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 10 1/2% Series due 2005 (herein called the "Bonds of 2005 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1975 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1975"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(24) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 7/8% Series due 2006 (herein called the "Bonds of 2006 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 16, 1976 (hereinafter called the
"Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(25) $27,085,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5.80% Environmental Improvement Series 1977, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 15, 1977 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 15, 1977"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(26) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 5/8% Series due 2007 (herein called the "Bonds of 2007 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1977 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1977"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(27) $55,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9.35% Series due 2008 (herein called the "Bonds of 2008 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1978 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1978"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(28) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1980, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1980 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1980"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(29) $150,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 15 3/8% Series due 1991 (herein called the "Bonds of February 1991 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1981 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1981"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(30) $125,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 15% Series due 1992 (herein called the "Bonds of 1992 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 1, 1982 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 1, 1982"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(31) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 13% Series due 2013 (herein called the "Bonds of 2013 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1983 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1983"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(32) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9 3/8% Series due 2016 (herein called the "Bonds of 2016 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1986 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1986"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(33) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 7/8% Series due 1996 (herein called the "Bonds of 1996 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1986 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1986"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(34) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1990A, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1990 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1990"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(35) $125,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/4% Series due 2021 (herein called the "Bonds of 2021 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1991 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1991"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(36) $75,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8.33% Series due 2002 (herein called the "Bonds of 2002 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 4, 1991 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 4, 1991"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(37) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7.65% Series due 2003 (herein called the "Bonds of 2003 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated January 1, 1992 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1992"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(38) $204,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, consisting of $100,000,000 principal amount of 6 3/4% Series due 1999 and $104,000,000 principal amount of 8 1/4% Series due 2022 (herein called the "Bonds of 1999 Series" and "Bonds of 2022 Series", respectively), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1992 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1992"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof; and
(39) $170,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, consisting of $85,000,000 principal amount of 7 3/8% Series due 2004 and
$85,000,000 principal amount of 8% Series due 2022 (herein called the "Bonds of December 2004 Series" and "Bonds of December 2022 Series", respectively, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1992, (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1992), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(40) $188,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 6 7/8% Series due 2004 (herein called the "Bonds of August 2004 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof; and
(41) $148,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 6 3/4% Series due 2008 (herein called the "Bonds of May 2008 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
and
WHEREAS, the Company on August 31, 1955 acquired all of the properties of Union Electric Power Company, the Subsidiary as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture, upon the dissolution of the Subsidiary; the Company, by Supplemental Indenture dated August 31, 1955, conveyed all of the properties so acquired (other than property of the character defined as excepted property in the granting clauses of the Original Indenture) to the Trustee upon the terms and trusts in the Original Indenture and the indentures supplemental thereto set forth for the equal and proportionate benefit and security of all present and future holders of the Bonds and coupons issued and to be issued thereunder, all the shares of stock of the Subsidiary were released from the lien of the Original Indenture; and the Company became entitled to change the general designation of the Bonds so as to omit the words "and Collateral Trust"; and
WHEREAS, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company were duly amended on April 23, 1956, to change its corporate name from "Union Electric Company of Missouri" to "Union Electric Company"; and
WHEREAS, the Articles of Agreement of the Trustee were duly amended effective on January 4, 1982 to change its corporate name from "St. Louis Union Trust Company" to "Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis", and further amended on December 9, 1988 to change its corporate name from "Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis" to "Boatmen's Trust Company"; and
WHEREAS, the Company is entitled at this time to have authenticated and delivered additional Bonds on the basis of the deposit of cash upon compliance
with and pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of Article III of the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires by this Supplemental Indenture to provide for the creation of a new series of Bonds under the Original Indenture, to have the designation provided in Article I, Section 1 hereof (herein called the "New Bonds"), and the Original Indenture provides that certain terms and provisions, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, of the Bonds of any particular series may be expressed in and provided by the execution of an appropriate supplemental indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company also desires by this Supplemental Indenture to continue in effect with respect to the holders of the New Bonds the amendments of the Original Indenture contained in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, as set forth in Article VII hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Company also desires by this Supplemental Indenture to reserve the right to amend the provisions of Article XV of the Original Indenture to establish new procedures concerning amendments thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture specifically to convey, transfer and assign to the Trustee and to subject to the lien of the Original Indenture additional properties acquired by the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the powers 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 resolved and determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee a Supplemental Indenture in the form hereof for the purposes herein provided; and
WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have been done, performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained and of the acceptance of this trust by the Trustee and of the sum of One Dollar duly paid by the Trustee to the Company at or before the time of the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and of other valuable considerations, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in order further to secure the payment of the principal of and interest (and premium, if any) on all Bonds at any time issued and outstanding under the Original Indenture, according to their
tenor and effect, the Company has executed and delivered this Supplemental Indenture and has granted, bargained, sold, warranted, aliened, remised, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over and confirmed and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell warrant, alien, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, set over and confirm unto Boatmen's Trust Company, as Trustee, and to its successors in trust under the Original Indenture forever, all and singular the following described properties (in addition to all other properties heretofore subjected to the lien of the Original Indenture and not heretofore released from the lien thereof) - that is to say:
FIRST.
ALL power houses, plants, buildings and other structures, dams, dam sites, substations, heating plants, gas works, holders and tanks, together with all and singular the electric, heating, gas and mechanical appliances appurtenant thereto of every nature whatsoever, now owned by the Company, including all and singular the machinery, engines, boilers, furnaces, generators, dynamos, turbines and motors, and all and every character of mechanical appliance for generating or producing electricity, steam, gas and other agencies for light, heat, cold, or power or other purposes, and all transmission and distribution systems used for the transmission and distribution of electricity, steam, gas and other agencies for light, heat, cold or power or any other purpose whatsoever, whether underground or overhead, surface or otherwise, now owned by the Company, including all poles, towers, posts, wires, cables, conduits, manholes, mains, pipes, tubes, drains, furnaces, switchboards, transformers, conductors, insulators, supports, meters, lamps, fuses, junction boxes, regulator stations, and other electric, steam and gas fixtures and apparatus; all of the aforementioned property being located in the City of St. Louis, the counties of Adair, Audrain, Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Daviess, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Howard, Iron, Jefferson, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Maries, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Moniteau, Montgomery, Morgan, New Madrid, Osage, Pemiscot, Perry, Pettis, Phelps, Pike, Pulaski, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Charles, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Saline, Schuyler, Scott, Stoddard, Warren, Washington, and Wayne, Missouri, the counties of Adams, Alexander, Calhoun, Franklin, Hancock, Henderson, Jackson, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, St. Clair, Union, and Washington, Illinois, and the counties of Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Lee, and Washington, Iowa, upon real estate owned by the Company, or occupied by it under rights to so occupy, which real estate is described in the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated June 15, 1937, in the Supplemental Indentures dated May 1, 1941, March 17, 1942, April 13, 1945, April 27, 1945, October 1, 1945, April 11, 1947, April 13, 1949, September 13, 1950, December 1, 1950, September 20, 1951, May 1, 1952, March 1, 1954, May 1, 1955, August 31, 1955, April 1, 1956, July 1, 1956, August 1, 1957, February
1, 1958, March 1, 1958, November 5, 1958, March 16, 1959, June 24, 1959, December 11, 1959, August 17, 1960, September 1, 1960, October 24, 1960, June 30, 1961, July 1, 1961, August 9, 1962, September 30, 1963, November 1, 1963, March 12, 1965, April 1, 1965, April 14, 1966, May 1, 1966, February 17, 1967, March 1, 1967, February 19, 1968, March 15, 1968, August 21, 1968, April 7, 1969, May 1, 1969, September 12, 1969, October 1, 1969, March 26, 1970, April 1, 1970, January 1, 1971, April 1, 1971, September 15, 1971, December 3, 1973, February 1, 1974, April 25, 1974, February 3, 1975, March 1, 1975, June 11, 1975, May 12, 1976, August 16, 1976, April 26, 1977, October 15, 1977, November 7, 1977, December 1, 1977, August 1, 1978, October 12, 1979, November 1, 1979, July 7, 1980, August 1, 1980, August 20, 1980, February 1, 1981, October 8, 1981, August 27, 1982, September 1, 1982, December 15, 1982, March 1, 1983, June 21, 1984, December 12, 1984, June 11, 1985, March 1, 1986, May 1, 1986, May 1, 1990, December 1, 1991, December 4, 1991, January 1, 1992, September 30, 1992, October 1, 1992, December 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, February 18, 1993, May 1, 1993 and in this Supplemental Indenture, or attached to or connected with such real estate or transmission or distribution systems of the Company leading from or into such real estate.
SECOND.
ALSO (except as in the Original Indenture expressly excepted) all franchises and all permits, ordinances, easements, privileges, immunities and licenses, all rights to construct, maintain and operate overhead, surface and underground systems for the distribution and transmission of electricity, steam, gas or other agencies for the supply to itself or others of light, heat, cold or power, all rights-of-way, all waters, water rights and flowage rights and all grants and consents, now owned or, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, which it may hereafter acquire.
ALSO, (except as in the Original Indenture expressly excepted) all inventions, patent rights and licenses of every kind now owned by the Company or, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, which it may hereafter acquire.
THIRD.
ALSO, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, all other property, real, personal and mixed (except as therein or herein expressly excepted) of every nature and kind and wheresoever situated now or hereafter possessed by or belonging to the Company, or to which it is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in any manner entitled at law or in equity.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all said properties, real, personal and mixed, mortgaged, pledged and conveyed by the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be, unto the Trustee and its successors and assigns forever;
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the exceptions and reservations and matters hereinabove recited, to existing leases, to existing liens upon rights of way for transmission or distribution line purposes, as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture, and any extensions thereof, and subject to existing easements for streets, alleys, highways, rights-of- way and railroad purposes over, upon and across certain of the property hereinbefore described, and subject also to all the terms, conditions, agreements, covenants, exceptions and reservations expressed or provided in the deeds or other instruments respectively under and by virtue of which the Company acquired the properties hereinabove described, and to undetermined liens and charges, if any, incidental to construction or other existing permitted liens as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture;
IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts in the Original
Indenture and the indentures supplemental thereto, including this
Supplemental Indenture, set forth, for the equal and proportionate
benefit and security of all present and future holders of the Bonds and
coupons issued and to be issued thereunder, or any of them, without
preference of any of said Bonds and coupons of any particular series
over the Bonds and coupons of any other series, by reason of priority in
the time of the issue, sale or negotiation thereof, or by reason of the
purpose of issue or otherwise howsoever, except as otherwise provided in
Section 2 of Article IV of the Original Indenture.
AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED, by and between the parties hereto, for the benefit of those who shall hold the Bonds and coupons, or any of them to be issued under the Original Indenture, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW BONDS
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a new series of Bonds to be executed, authenticated and delivered under and secured by the Original Indenture which shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1 of Article II of the Original Indenture, be designated as "First Mortgage Bonds, 7.15% Series due 2023" (the "New Bonds") of the Company. The New Bonds shall be executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of, and shall in all respects be subject to all of the terms, conditions and covenants of, the Original Indenture.
The New Bonds shall mature August 1, 2023, and shall bear interest at
the rate per annum set forth in the form of the New Bond contained in
Section 3 of
this Article I, payable semi-annually on the first day of February and the first day of August in each year. The New Bonds shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and shall be payable at the office of the Company in the City of St. Louis, Missouri; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest on the New Bonds may be paid by checks mailed to the registered holder in whose name such Bonds are registered at the address as it shall appear on the transfer register of the Company.
SECTION 2. The New Bonds shall be registered Bonds without coupons, of the denomination of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.
The New Bonds shall be transferable and exchangeable for the New Bonds of other denominations, as in the Original Indenture provided, except that payment of a service charge therefor will not be required by the Company.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6 of Article II of the Original Indenture, the New Bonds shall be dated the date of authentication and shall bear interest from the interest payment date to which interest on the New Bonds has been paid next preceding the date thereof, unless such date is an interest payment date to which interest has been paid, in which case they shall bear interest from the date thereof, or unless the date thereof is prior to February 1, 1994, in which case they shall bear interest from August 1, 1993; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of this Section with respect to failure by the Company to pay any interest on an interest payment date, the holder of any New Bond dated after a record date (as hereinafter defined) for the payment of interest and prior to the date of payment of such interest shall not be entitled to payment of such interest and shall have no claim against the Company with respect thereto.
The person in whose name any New Bond is registered at the close of business on any record date with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Bond upon any transfer or exchange thereof subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date, in which case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the person in whose name such Bond is registered on the date of payment of such defaulted interest or on a subsequent record date for such payment if one shall have been established as hereinafter provided. A subsequent record date may be established by the Company by notice mailed to the holders of the New Bonds not less than ten days preceding such record date, which record date shall be not more than thirty days prior to the subsequent interest payment date. The term "record date" as used in this Section with respect to any regular interest payment date shall mean the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding such interest payment date, or, if such January 15 or
July 15 shall be a legal holiday in the State of New York or in the State of Missouri or a day on which banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or the City of St. Louis, Missouri, are authorized by law to close, the next preceding day which shall not be a legal holiday or a day on which such institutions are so authorized to close.
SECTION 3. The New Bonds and the Trustee's certificate on the New Bonds shall be substantially in the following forms respectively:
[FORM OF FACE OF NEW BOND]
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri)
First Mortgage Bond, 7.15% Series Due 2023 Due August 1, 2023 No. $
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Company", which term shall include any successor corporation as defined in the Amended Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ................................... ............................. or registered assigns, the sum of .................................................................. Dollars, on the first day of August 2023 in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and to pay interest thereon, in like coin or currency, at the rate of seven and fifteen one-hundredths per centum (7.15%) per annum, payable semi-annually, on February 1 and August 1 in each year until maturity, or, if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal hereof, until the Company's obligation with respect to the payment of such principal shall be discharged as provided in the Amended Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof. Such interest shall be payable from the February 1 or August 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date hereof to which interest has not been paid, unless the date hereof is a February 1 or August 1 to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date hereof, or unless the date hereof is prior to the first payment of interest, in which case from August 1, 1993. The interest so payable will be paid to the person in whose name this Bond, or the Bond in exchange or substitution for which this Bond shall have been issued, shall have been registered at the close of business on the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date of payment, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Amended Indenture. The principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on, this Bond are payable at the office of the Company in the City of
St. Louis, Missouri; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest on this Bond may be paid by check mailed to the registered holder of this Bond at such holder's address as it shall appear on the books of the Company to be kept for that purpose.
This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Amended Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until Boatmen's Trust Company, the Trustee under the Amended Indenture, or a successor trustee thereto under the Amended Indenture, or an agent therefor, shall have signed the form of certificate endorsed hereon.
The provisions of this Bond are continued on the reverse hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Union Electric Company has caused this Bond to be signed in its name by its Chairman of the Board or President or a Vice President by his manual signature or a facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof) to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary by his manual signature or a facsimile thereof.
Dated,
Union Electric Company,
By....................................
Vice President.
[Corporate Seal]
Attest:
..............................
Secretary.
[form of trustee's certificate]
This Bond is one of the Bonds, of the series designated therein, described in the within-mentioned Amended Indenture and Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1993.
Boatmen's Trust Company, Trustee.
By Union Electric Company, Agent
[form of reverse of new bond]
This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the Company (herein called the "Bonds"), in unlimited aggregate principal amount, of the series hereinafter specified, all issued and to be issued under and equally secured by indenture of mortgage and deed of trust, dated June 15, 1937, executed by the Company to Boatmen's Trust Company, (herein called the "Trustee"), as trustee, as amended by indentures supplemental thereto dated May 1, 1941, April 1, 1971, February 1, 1974, and July 7, 1980, between the Company and the Trustee (said mortgage and deed of trust, as so amended, being herein called the "Amended Indenture"), to which Amended Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the properties mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights of the bearers or registered owners of the Bonds and of the Trustee in respect thereto, and the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are, and are to be, secured. To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the Amended Indenture, modifications or alterations of the Amended Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto, and of the rights and obligations of the Company and of the holders of the Bonds may be made with the consent of the Company by an affirmative vote of not less than 80% in amount of the Bonds entitled to vote then outstanding, at a meeting of Bondholders called and held as provided in the Amended Indenture, and by an affirmative vote of not less than 80% in amount of the Bonds of any series entitled to vote then outstanding and affected by such modification or alteration, in case one or more but less than all of the series of Bonds then outstanding under the Amended Indenture are so affected. The Company has reserved the right to amend the Amended Indenture without any consent or other action by holders of bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including the Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1993, to provide that the Amended Indenture may be modified or altered with the consent of the holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds; and if less than all series of Bonds are affected with the consent also of the holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of each series so affected. Additionally, the Company has reserved the right to amend the Amended Indenture, as supplemented, to authorize amendments thereto by an appropriate written consent of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding without a meeting of such Bondholders. No such modification or alteration shall be made which will affect the terms of payment of the principal of, or interest or premium on, this Bond, which are unconditional. The Bonds may be issued in series, for various principal sums, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary as in the Amended Indenture provided. This Bond is one of a series designated as the "First Mortgage Bonds, 7.15% Series due 2023" (herein called the "Bonds of this Series") of the Company, issued under and secured by the Amended Indenture and described in the indenture (hereinafter called the
"New Supplemental Indenture") dated August 1, 1993, between the Company and the Trustee, supplemental to the Amended Indenture.
The Bonds of this Series are not entitled to the benefit of any improvement, maintenance or analogous fund.
The Bonds of this Series will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time, upon the payment of redemption prices applicable to the respective periods set forth below; provided, however, that none of such Bonds shall be redeemed prior to August 1, 2003.
12-Month 12-Month Period General Period General Beginning Redemption Beginning Redemption August 1, Price (%) August 1, Price (%) --------- ------------ --------- ------------ 2003........... 103.01 2013........... 100.00 2004........... 102.71 2014........... 100.00 2005........... 102.41 2015........... 100.00 2006........... 102.11 2016........... 100.00 2007........... 101.81 2017........... 100.00 2008........... 101.51 2018........... 100.00 2009........... 101.21 2019........... 100.00 2010........... 100.90 2020........... 100.00 2011........... 100.60 2021........... 100.00 2012........... 100.30 2022........... 100.00 |
in each case, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.
Such redemption in every case shall be effected upon notice sent by the Company to the registered owner hereof, postage prepaid, at least thirty and not more than sixty days prior to the date of redemption, all subject to the conditions of, and as more fully set forth in, the Amended Indenture and the New Supplemental Indenture.
In case an event of default, as defined in the Amended Indenture, shall occur, the principal of all the Bonds at any such time outstanding under the Amended Indenture may be declared or may become due and payable, upon the conditions and in the manner and with the effect provided in the Amended Indenture. The Amended Indenture provides that such declaration may in certain events be waived by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding.
This Bond is transferable by the registered owner hereof, in person or by duly authorized attorney, on the books of the Company to be kept for that purpose at the office of the Company in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, upon surrender and cancellation of this Bond and on presentation of a duly executed written instrument of transfer, and thereupon a new Bond or Bonds of the same series, of the same aggregate principal amount and in authorized denominations will be issued to the transferee or transferees in exchange herefor, without
payment of any charge other than stamp taxes and other governmental charges incident thereto; and this Bond with or without others of like series, may in like manner be exchanged for one or more new Bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations but of the same aggregate principal amount; all subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Amended Indenture.
The Bonds of this Series are to be issued initially under a book- entry only system and, except as hereinafter provided, will be registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ("DTC") or its nominee, which shall be considered to be the holder of all of the Bonds of this Series for all purposes of the Mortgage, including, without limitation, payment by the Company of principal of and interest on such Bonds of this Series and receipt of notices and exercise of rights of holders of such Bonds of this Series. There shall be a single global bond of this series which shall be immobilized in the custody of DTC or its designee with the owners of book-entry interest in Bonds of this Series ("Book-Entry Interests") having no right to receive Bonds of this Series in the form of physical securities or certificates. Ownership of Book-Entry Interests shall be shown by book-entry on the system maintained and operated by DTC, its participants (the "Participants") and certain persons acting through the Participants. Transfers of ownership of Book-Entry Interests are to be made only by DTC and the Participants by that book-entry system, the Company and the Trustee having no responsibility therefor so long as Bonds of this Series are registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. DTC is to maintain records of the positions of Participants in Bonds of this Series, and the Participants and persons acting through Participants are to maintain records of the purchasers and owners of Book-Entry Interests. If DTC or its nominee determines not to continue to act as a depository for the Bonds of this Series in connection with a book-entry only system, another depository, if available, may act instead and the single global bond of this series will be transferred into the name of such other depository or its nominee, in which case the above provisions will continue to apply but to the new depository. If the book-entry only system for Bonds of this Series is discontinued by the Company for any reason, upon surrender and cancellation of the single global bond of this series registered in the name of the then depository or its nominee, new registered Bonds of this Series will be issued in authorized denominations to the holders of Book-Entry Interests in principal amounts coinciding with the amounts of such Book-Entry Interests shown on the book-entry system immediately prior to the discontinuance thereof. Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall be responsible for the accuracy of the interests shown on that system.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, on or the interest on, this Bond, or for any claim based hereon or on the Amended Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, or against any stockholder, director or officer, past, present or future, of the Company, or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor
corporation, whether for amounts unpaid on stock subscriptions or by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability, whether at common law, in equity, by any constitution, statute or otherwise, of incorporators, stockholders, directors or officers being released by every owner hereof by the acceptance of this Bond and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, and being likewise released by the terms of the Amended Indenture.
[end of form of reverse of new bond]
SECTION 4. Until New Bonds in definitive form are ready for delivery, the Company may execute, and upon its request in writing the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu thereof, New Bonds in temporary form, as provided in Section 9 of Article II of the Original Indenture. New Bonds in temporary form may, in lieu of the specific redemption prices, if any, required to be set forth in New Bonds in definitive form, include a reference to this Supplemental Indenture for a statement of such redemption prices.
ARTICLE II.
ISSUE oF THE NEW BONDS
SECTION 1. The principal amount of the New Bonds which may be authenticated and delivered hereunder are not limited except as the Original Indenture limits the principal amount of Bonds which may be issued thereunder.
SECTION 2. The New Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000), being the initial issue of the New Bonds, may forthwith at any time or from time to time be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee and shall be authenticated by the Trustee and delivered (either before or after the filing or recording hereof) to or upon the order of the Company, upon compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions of Article III and Article XVIII of the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION OF THE NEW BONDS
SECTION 1. The New Bonds shall, subject to the provisions of Article V of the Original Indenture, be redeemable at any time or from time to time prior to maturity, at the option of the Board of Directors of the Company or pursuant to Section 8 of Article VIII of the Original Indenture, either as a whole or in part, at the then applicable redemption price set forth in the form of New Bonds in Section 3 of Article I of this Supplemental Indenture, together, in each case, with accrued interest to the redemption date.
In case of the redemption of less than all the outstanding New Bonds, the particular New Bonds or portions (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of the New Bonds of a denomination larger than $1,000 to be redeemed shall be determined by lot in such manner as the Trustee in its discretion shall deem proper, as in the Original Indenture provided.
Irrespective of the provisions of this Section 1, the New Bonds shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company at any time prior to August 1, 2003.
There shall be no improvement, maintenance or analogous fund for the New Bonds.
SECTION 2. Subject to the provisions of Article V of the Original Indenture, notice of redemption shall be delivered by the Company at least thirty and not more than sixty days prior to the date of redemption, to the registered owners of the New Bonds to be redeemed at their addresses as they appear on the transfer register of the Company, except that failure to so mail a notice shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for redemption of any other New Bonds.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS.
The Company hereby covenants, warrants and agrees;
SECTION 1. That the Company is lawfully seized and possessed of all of the mortgaged property described in the granting clauses of this Supplemental Indenture; that it has good right and lawful authority to mortgage the same as provided in this Supplemental Indenture; and that such mortgaged property is, at
the actual date of the issue of the New Bonds, free and clear of any deed of trust, mortgage, lien, charge or encumbrance thereon or affecting the title thereto prior to the Original Indenture, except as set forth in the granting clauses of the Original Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding, whenever any officers' certificate is required to be filed or deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3(b) of Article III of the Original Indenture upon an application for the authentication of additional Bonds pursuant to Article III of the Original Indenture, such officers' certificate shall include, in addition to the matters required to be stated therein by said Section 3(b), the statement with respect to the net earnings of the Company available for interest after property retirement appropriations required by Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956.
SECTION 3. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding, the Company will not apply for the authentication and delivery of additional Bonds pursuant to Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture or the withdrawal of cash from the trust estate or the reduction of the amount of cash required to be paid into the trust estate or to satisfy the maintenance and improvement funds under any provision of the Original Indenture or the Supplemental Indentures creating prior series of Bonds, on the basis of the amount of $15,000,000 excluded from net bondable value of property additions not subject to an unfunded prior lien pursuant to Section 3 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1945, or on the basis of the amount of $7,500,000 excluded from net bondable value of property additions not subject to an unfunded prior lien pursuant to Section 3 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956.
SECTION 4. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding, the Company will not issue or permit to be issued any prior lien bonds secured by an unfunded prior lien in addition to the prior lien bonds secured by such unfunded prior lien at the time of first acquisition by the Company of property subject thereto (other than in lieu of lost, stolen or mutilated bonds or on the exchange for bonds already outstanding of an equal principal amount of other bonds of the same issue and the same series, if any, and of the same maturity), except upon compliance with the provisions of Section 16 of Article IV of the Original Indenture, nor unless the net earnings of the Company available for interest after property retirement appropriations (determined as provided in Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956), for any twelve consecutive calendar months during the period of fifteen calendar months immediately preceding the first day of the month in which the additional prior lien bonds are to be issued, have been, in the aggregate, equal to not less than
twice the annual interest charges on the indebtedness specified in
subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) of Section 2(a) of said
Article V; provided that, if the application for the issue of such
additional prior lien bonds is upon the basis of payment at maturity of
prior lien bonds theretofore sold or otherwise disposed of or the
redemption or purchase thereof after a date two years prior to the date
of maturity, the additional requirement imposed by this Section 4 with
respect to net earnings of the Company available for interest after
property retirement appropriations shall not apply. Any officers'
certificate with respect to net earnings of the Company, required to be
filed with the Trustee as a condition precedent to the issue of such
additional prior lien bonds, shall include, in addition to the matters
otherwise required to be stated therein, the matters required to be
stated in an officers' certificate pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
Section 2(a) of said Article V.
SECTION 5. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding,
the Company will not acquire, by purchase, merger or otherwise, any
property subject to a lien or liens which will on acquisition be an
unfunded prior lien or prior liens, except upon compliance with the
provisions of Section 14 of Article IV of the Original Indenture, nor
unless the net earnings of such property available for interest after
property retirement appropriations (determined in the manner provided in
Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956),
for any twelve consecutive calendar months during the period of fifteen
calendar months immediately preceding the first day of the month in
which the first acquisition of property subject to such lien or liens
occurs, have been, in the aggregate, equal to not less than twice the
amount of annual interest charges, on all outstanding indebtedness
secured by such lien or liens. Any officers' certificate with respect
to net earnings of such property, required to be filed with the Trustee
as a condition precedent to the acquisition of such property, shall
include, in addition to the matters otherwise required to be stated
therein, the matters required to be stated in an officers' certificate
pursuant to Section 2 of said Article V applicable, however, only to the
net earnings of such property and to the indebtedness secured by such
liens to which such property is subject.
ARTICLE V.
THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts hereby declared and provided, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Original Indenture and in this Supplemental Indenture set forth, and upon the following terms and conditions:
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the due execution hereof by the Company or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely.
ARTICLE VI.
CONSENTS AND AGREEMENTS OF HOLDERS OF THE NEW BONDS
TO CERTAIN MATTERS
The Company, and the holders of the New Bonds by their acceptance and holding thereof, hereby consent and agree as follows:
(A) When the provisions of this Article VI shall become effective as provided in Subdivision (B) hereof, the provisions of the Original Indenture shall become and shall be deemed to have been, amended, effective on said date, by the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, in the following respects:
(1) by inserting the following paragraph after the definition of "Nonbondable property" in Article I of the Original Indenture;
"Nuclear fuel:
The term 'Nuclear fuel' shall mean (a) any fuel element, including nuclear fuel and associated means (and any similar or analogous device or substance), whether or not classified as fuel and whether or not chargeable to operating expenses, comprising or intended to comprise or formerly comprising the core, or other part of a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device, (b) any fuel element, including nuclear fuel and associated means (and any similar or analogous device or substance) while in the process of fabrication or preparation and special nuclear or other materials held for use in such fabrication or preparation, (c) any substances or materials formerly comprising such nuclear fuel and associated means (or any similar or analogous device or substance) and which substances or materials are undergoing or have undergone reprocessing and (d) uranium, thorium, plutonium, and any other substance or material from time to time used or selected for use by the Company as fuel material, or as potential fuel material, in a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device."
(2) by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (e) of the definition of "Permitted liens" in Article I of the Original Indenture, changing the period at the end of subparagraph (f) of such definition to "; and", and adding a new subparagraph (g) reading as follows:
"(g) any controls, liens, restrictions, regulations, easements, exceptions or reservations of any governmental authority applying particularly to 'Nuclear fuel'."
(3) by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (d) of the third paragraph of the definition of "Property additions" in Article I of the Original Indenture, changing the period at the end of subparagraph (e) to "; and" and adding a new subparagraph (f) reading as follows:
"(f) anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, the term 'Property additions' shall include 'Nuclear fuel'."
(4) by inserting after the words "such property additions" when first used in subdivision (4) of subparagraph (f) of Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture the following:
", provided that, in the case of property additions constituting all or part of a facility for the production of electricity by use of a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device, or Nuclear fuel materials, assemblies or components for use therein, in respect of which the application is made prior to receipt of necessary authority to operate such facility, such opinion need only state that (i) the Company has necessary authority to own such property additions and (ii) in the case of property additions for which construction authority is necessary, the Company has necessary authority to construct the same."
and
(5) by inserting after the words "any machinery or equipment," in subparagraph (a) of Section 2 of Article VII of the Original Indenture the following:
"or any Nuclear fuel materials, assemblies or components,"
(B) The provisions of this Article VI shall become effective on the earliest date on which either (a) no Bonds of a Series prior to the Bonds of 2004 Series (as described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974) shall be outstanding or (b) the amendment to the Original Indenture provided in Article VII of the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1,
1974, shall have become effective upon vote of the holders of Bonds as provided in Article XV of the Original Indenture, provided that no vote of the holders of the Bonds of 2004 Series or Bonds of any series created thereafter shall be required for effecting such amendments.
ARTICLE VII.
RESERVATIONS BY COMPANY TO
AMEND ORIGINAL INDENTURE.
SECTION 1. The Company reserves the right, subject to appropriate corporate action, but without any consent or other action by holders of Bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including this Supplemental Indenture, to make such amendments to the Original Indenture, as supplemented, as shall be necessary in order to amend Article XV thereof so as to substitute "sixty percent. (60%)" for "eighty percent. (80%)" wherever appearing in said Article XV.
SECTION 2. The Company reserves the right, subject to appropriate corporate action, but without any consent or other action by holders of Bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including this Supplemental Indenture, to make such amendments to the Original Indenture, as supplemented, as shall be necessary in order to amend Article XV thereof by adding thereto a Section 9 to read as follows:
"SECTION 9. (A) Anything in this Article XV contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall receive the written consent (in any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Bondholders or by their attorneys appointed in writing) of the holders of sixty percent. (60%) or more in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding hereunder, and, if the rights of one or more, but less than all, series of Bonds then outstanding are to be affected by action taken pursuant to such consent, then also by consent of the holders of at least sixty per cent. (60%) in principal amount of each series of Bonds so to be affected and outstanding hereunder (at the time the last such needed consent is delivered to the Trustee) in lieu of the holding of a meeting pursuant to this Article XV and in lieu of all action at such a meeting and with the same force and effect as a resolution duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of this Article XV.
(B) Instruments of consent shall be witnessed or in the alternative may (a) have the signature guaranteed by a bank or trust company or a registered dealer in securities, (b) be acknowledged before a Notary Public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements, or (c) have their genuineness otherwise established to the satisfaction of the Trustee.
The amount of Bonds payable to bearer, and the series and serial numbers thereof, held by a person executing an instrument of consent (or whose attorney has executed an instrument of consent in his behalf), and the date of his holding the same may be proved by exhibiting the Bonds to and obtaining a certificate executed by (i) any bank or trust or insurance company, or (ii) any trustee, secretary, administrator or other proper officer of any pension, welfare, hospitalization or similar fund or funds, or (iii) the United States of America, any Territory thereof, the District of Columbia, any State of the United States or any public instrumentality of the United States, or of any State or of any Territory, or (iv) any other person or corporation satisfactory to the Trustee. A Bondholder in any of the foregoing categories may sign a certificate in his own behalf.
Each such certificate shall be dated and shall state, in effect,
that as of the date thereof, a coupon Bond or Bonds bearing a
specified serial number or numbers was deposited with or exhibited to
the signer of such certificate. The holding by the person named in
any such certificate of any Bond specified therein shall be presumed
to continue unless (1) any certificate bearing a later date issued in
respect of the same Bond shall be produced, (2) the Bond specified
in such certificate (or any Bond or Bonds issued in exchange or
substitution for such Bond) shall be produced by another holder, or
(3) the Bond specified in such certificate shall be registered as to
principal in the name of another holder or shall have been
surrendered in exchange for a fully registered bond registered in the
name of another holder. The Trustee may nevertheless, in his
discretion, require further proof in cases where it deems further
proof desirable. The ownership of registered Bonds shall be proved
by the registry books.
(C) Until such time as the Trustee shall receive the written consent of the necessary per cent. in principal amount of the Bonds required by the provisions of subsection (A) above for action contemplated by such consent, any holder of a Bond, the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Bonds the holders of which have consented to such action, may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its principal office and upon proof of holding as provided in subsection (B) above, revoke such consent so far as it concerns such Bond. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the holder of any Bond shall be conclusive and binding upon
such holder and upon all future holders of such Bond (and any Bond issued in lieu thereof or exchanged therefor), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent is made upon such Bond, and in any event any action taken by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds specified in subsection (A) above in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Bonds."
ARTICLE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
SECTION 1. Except as otherwise defined herein, all terms contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall, for all purposes thereof, have the meanings given to such terms in Article I of the Original Indenture.
SECTION 2. This Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Union Electric Company has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed on its behalf by its Chairman of the Board or President or one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and said seal and this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries; and said Boatmen's Trust Company, in evidence of its acceptance of the trust hereby created, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed on its behalf by its President or one of its Vice Presidents, and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and said seal and
this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by its Secretary, or one of its Assistant Secretaries; all as of the 1st day of August, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-three.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY,
1901 Chouteau Avenue [Corporate Seal] St. Louis, Missouri. By Donald E. Brandt Attested: Senior Vice President. James C. Thompson Secretary. |
Signed, sealed and delivered by
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
in the presence of:
Mark E. Blair
G. L. Waters
As Witnesses.
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY,
510 Locust Street, [Corporate Seal] St. Louis, Missouri. By H. E. Bradford Attested: Senior Vice President. |
Jerry L. Rector
Assistant Secretary.
Signed, sealed and delivered by
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY
in the presence of:
Lisa A. Godiner
P. C. QuiBelle
As Witnesses.
STATE OF MISSOURI, } } SS.: CITY OF ST. LOUIS, } |
On this 4th day of August, 1993, before me appeared DONALD E. BRANDT, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Senior Vice President of UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said DONALD E. BRANDT acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the City and State aforesaid, the day and year last above written.
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MISSOURI, } } SS.: CITY OF ST. LOUIS, } |
On this 4th day of August, 1993, before me appeared H. E. BRADFORD, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Senior Vice President of BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY, a corporation, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation, as the trustee thereunder by authority of its Board of Directors, and said H. E. BRADFORD, acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation as the trustee under said instrument.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the City and State aforesaid, the day and year last above written.
EXHIBIT 4.8
[Conformed Copy]
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
TO
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY
AS TRUSTEE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated October 1, 1993
First Mortgage Bonds,
Environmental Improvement Series 1993
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated October 1, 1993
Inserted for convenience only and not as a part of the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1993
Page ---- Parties.............................................................. 1 Recitals............................................................. 1 Granting Clauses..................................................... 9 Habendum............................................................. 11 Subject to Certain Exceptions........................................ 11 Grant in Trust....................................................... 12 General Covenant..................................................... 12 |
ARTICLE I
Description of Bonds of Series 1993 Sec. 1. General description of Bonds of Series 1993................. 12 Sec. 2. Denominations and dating of Bonds of Series 1993............ 12 Sec. 3. Form of Bonds of Series 1993................................ 13 Form of Trustee's Certificate............................... 19 |
ARTICLE II
Issue of Bonds of Series 1993
Page ---- Sec. 1. Limitation as to principal amount........................... 19 Sec. 2. Issue of Bonds of Series 1993............................... 19 ARTICLE III Redemption Sec. 1. Bonds of Series 1993 redeemable............................ 19 Sec. 2. Notice of Redemption....................................... 20 Sec. 3. Credits on Bonds of Series 1993............................ 20 ARTICLE IV Covenants Sec. 1. Of seisin and title........................................ 20 Sec. 2. Earnings test required for issue of additional Bonds....... 21 Sec. 3. Exclusion of $22,500,000 from net bondable value of property additions available for purposes of the Original Indenture....................................... 21 |
Sec. 4. Against issuance of additional prior lien bonds secured by unfunded prior liens except under certain conditions.. 21 Sec. 5. Against acquisition of property subject to unfunded prior liens except under certain conditions.................... 22
ARTICLE V
The Trustee
Page ---- Acceptance of trusts by Trustee.......................................... 22 Trustee not responsible for validity of Supplemental Indenture........... 22 ARTICLE VI Consents and Agreements of Holders of Bonds of Series 1993 to Certain Matters Consent and Agreement to amendments contained in Article VII of the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974 on effective date of this Article........................................ 23 Definition of "Nuclear fuel"............................................ 23 Definition of "Permitted liens"......................................... 23 Definition of "Property additions"...................................... 23 Relating to subdivision (4) of subparagraph (f) of Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture................................... 24 Relating to subparagraph (a) of Section 2 of Article VII of the Original Indenture............................................................. 24 Effective date of Article VI............................................. 24 |
ARTICLE VII
Reservations by Company to Amend
Original Indenture
Page ---- Sec. 1. Substitution of 60% for 80% wherever appearing in Article XV of the Original Indenture................................... 24 Sec. 2. Reservation of right to amend Article XV of the Original Indenture by adding a new Section 9 thereto................. 25 ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 1. Meanings of terms in Supplemental Indenture................... 26 Sec. 2. Execution of Supplemental Indenture in counterparts........... 26 Testimonium............................................................ 27 Execution.............................................................. 28 Acknowledgements....................................................... 29 |
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated the 1st day of October, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-three (1993) made by and between UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Company"), party of the first part, and BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), as Trustee under the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated June 15, 1937, hereinafter mentioned, party of the second part:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee its Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated June 15, 1937, to secure the payment of the principal of and the interest (and premium, if any) on all bonds at any time issued and outstanding thereunder; and indentures supplemental thereto dated June 15, 1937, May 1, 1941, March 17, 1942, April 13, 1945, April 27, 1945, October 1, 1945, April 11, 1947, April 13, 1949, September 13, 1950, December 1, 1950, September 20, 1951, May 1, 1952, March 1, 1954, May 1, 1955, August 31, 1955, April 1, 1956, July 1, 1956, August 1, 1957, February 1, 1958, March 1, 1958, November 5, 1958, March 16, 1959, June 24, 1959, December 11, 1959, August 17, 1960, September 1, 1960, October 24, 1960, June 30, 1961, July 1, 1961, August 9, 1962, September 30, 1963, November 1, 1963, March 12, 1965, April 1, 1965, April 14, 1966, May 1, 1966, February 17, 1967, March 1, 1967, February 19, 1968, March 15, 1968, August 21, 1968, April 7, 1969, May 1, 1969, September 12, 1969, October 1, 1969, March 26, 1970, April 1, 1970, June 12, 1970, January 1, 1971, April 1, 1971, September 15, 1971, December 3, 1973, February 1, 1974, April 25, 1974, February 3, 1975, March 1, 1975, June 11, 1975, May 12, 1976, August 16, 1976, April 26, 1977, October 15, 1977, November 7, 1977, December 1, 1977, August 1, 1978, October 12, 1979, November 1, 1979, July 7, 1980, August 1, 1980, August 20, 1980, February 1, 1981, October 8, 1981, August 27, 1982, September 1, 1982, December 15, 1982, March 1, 1983, June 21, 1984, December 12, 1984, June 11, 1985, March 1, 1986, May 1, 1986, May 1, 1990, December 1, 1991, December 4, 1991, January 1, 1992, September 30, 1992, October 1, 1992, December 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, February 18, 1993, May 1, 1993, and August 1, 1993, respectively, have heretofore been entered into between the Company and the Trustee (said Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended and supplemented by said Supplemental Indentures being hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Original Indenture"); and
WHEREAS, Bonds have heretofore been issued by the Company under the Original Indenture as follows:
(1) $80,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 3/4% Series due 1962, all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(2) $90,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 3/8% Series due 1971, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1941 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1941"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(3) $13,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 2 3/4% Series due 1975 (herein called the "Bonds of 1975 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1945 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1945"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(4) $25,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 2 7/8% Series due 1980 (herein called the "Bonds of 1980 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1950 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1950"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(5) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 1/4% Series due 1982 (herein called the "Bonds of 1982 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1952 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1952"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(6) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 3 3/4% Series due 1986 (herein called the "Bonds of 1986 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 1956 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(7) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/8% Series due 1988 (herein called the "Bonds of 1988 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1958 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1958"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(8) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/4% Series due 1990 (herein called the "Bonds of 1990 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 1, 1960 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 1, 1960"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(9) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/4% Series due 1991 (herein called the "Bonds of 1991 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 1961 (hereinafter called the
"Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1961"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(10) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 1/2% Series due 1993 (herein called the "Bonds of 1993 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated November 1, 1963 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of November 1, 1963"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(11) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 1/2% Series due 1995 (herein called the "Bonds of 1995 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1965 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1965"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(12) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5 1/2% Series due 1996 (herein called the "Bonds of 1996 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1966 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1966"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(13) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5 1/2% Series due 1997 (herein called the "Bonds of 1997 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1967 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1967"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(14) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series due 1998 (herein called the "Bonds of 1998 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 15, 1968 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 15, 1968"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(15) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 3/8% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of May 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1969 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1969"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(16) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/4% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of October 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1969 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1969"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(17) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9.95% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of November 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated November 1, 1979 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of November 1, 1979"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(18) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9% Series due 2000 (herein called the "Bonds of 2000 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1970 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1970"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(19) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 7/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of January 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated January 1, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(20) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 5/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of April 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(21) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of October 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 15, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 15, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(22) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/8% Series due 2004 (herein called the "Bonds of 2004 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1974"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(23) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 10 1/2% Series due 2005 (herein called the "Bonds of 2005 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1975 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1975"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(24) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 7/8% Series due 2006 (herein called the "Bonds of 2006 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 16, 1976 (hereinafter called the
"Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(25) $27,085,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5.80% Environmental Improvement Series 1977, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 15, 1977 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 15, 1977"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(26) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 5/8% Series due 2007 (herein called the "Bonds of 2007 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1977 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1977"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(27) $55,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9.35% Series due 2008 (herein called the "Bonds of 2008 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1978 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1978"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(28) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1980, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1980 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1980"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(29) $150,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 15 3/8% Series due 1991 (herein called the "Bonds of February 1991 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1981 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1981"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(30) $125,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 15% Series due 1992 (herein called the "Bonds of 1992 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 1, 1982 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 1, 1982"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(31) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 13% Series due 2013 (herein called the "Bonds of 2013 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1983 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1983"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(32) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9 3/8% Series due 2016 (herein called the "Bonds of 2016 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1986 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1986"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(33) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 7/8% Series due 1996 (herein called the "Bonds of 1996 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1986 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1986"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(34) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1990A, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1990 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1990"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(35) $125,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/4% Series due 2021 (herein called the "Bonds of 2021 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1991 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1991"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(36) $75,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8.33% Series due 2002 (herein called the "Bonds of 2002 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 4, 1991 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 4, 1991"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(37) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7.65% Series due 2003 (herein called the "Bonds of 2003 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated January 1, 1992 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1992"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(38) $204,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, consisting of $100,000,000 principal amount of 6 3/4% Series due 1999 and $104,000,000 principal amount of 8 1/4% Series due 2022 (herein called the "Bonds of 1999 Series" and "Bonds of 2022 Series", respectively), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1992 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1992"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof; and
(39) $170,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, consisting of $85,000,000 principal amount of 7 3/8% Series due 2004 and
$85,000,000 principal amount of 8% Series due 2022 (herein called the "Bonds of December 2004 Series" and "Bonds of December 2022 Series", respectively, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1992, (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1992), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(40) $188,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 6 7/8% Series due 2004 (herein called the "Bonds of August 2004 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(41) $148,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 6 3/4% Series due 2008 (herein called the "Bonds of May 2008 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof; and
(42) $75,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7.15% Series due 2023 (herein called the Bonds of August 2023 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the"Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
and
WHEREAS, the Company on August 31, 1955 acquired all of the properties of Union Electric Power Company, the Subsidiary as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture, upon the dissolution of the Subsidiary; the Company, by Supplemental Indenture dated August 31, 1955, conveyed all of the properties so acquired (other than property of the character defined as excepted property in the granting clauses of the Original Indenture) to the Trustee upon the terms and trusts in the Original Indenture and the indentures supplemental thereto set forth for the equal and proportionate benefit and security of all present and future holders of the Bonds and coupons issued and to be issued thereunder, all the shares of stock of the Subsidiary were released from the lien of the Original Indenture; and the Company became entitled to change the general designation of the Bonds so as to omit the words "and Collateral Trust"; and
WHEREAS, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company were duly amended on April 23, 1956, to change its corporate name from "Union Electric Company of Missouri" to "Union Electric Company"; and
WHEREAS, the Articles of Agreement of the Trustee were duly amended effective on January 4, 1982 to change its corporate name from "St. Louis Union
Trust Company" to "Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis", and further amended on December 9, 1988 to change its corporate name from "Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis" to "Boatmen's Trust Company"; and
WHEREAS, the Company is entitled at this time to have authenticated and delivered additional Bonds in substitution for a like amount of "refundable bonds", upon compliance with and pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 of Article III of the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to enter into a Loan Agreement (the "Agreement") with the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority of the State of Missouri (the "Authority") to provide for the payment of a proposed issue by the Authority of $44,000,000 principal amount of Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds (Union Electric Company Project) Series 1993, dated October 1, 1993 (the "Revenue Bonds"), issued pursuant to an Indenture of Trust dated as of October 1, 1993 (the "Trust Indenture") between the Authority and Mercantile Bank of St. Louis National Association, as trustee, for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, construction, installation and equipping of certain facilities of the Company comprising solid waste disposal facilities (the "Project"), pursuant to the provisions of Section 260.005 to 260.125, inclusive, R.S.Mo. 1986 as amended, and Appendix B(1) thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires by this Supplemental Indenture to provide for the creation of a new series of Bonds under the Original Indenture, to have the designation provided in Article I, Section 1 hereof (herein called the "Bonds of Series 1993"), and the Original Indenture provides that certain terms and provisions, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, of the Bonds of any particular series may be expressed in and provided by the execution of an appropriate supplemental indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company has determined to issue to the Authority, in satisfaction of the payments required to be made by the Company pursuant to the Agreement, the Bonds of Series 1993 in the principal amount of $44,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the Authority will assign all its right, title and interest in the Bonds of Series 1993 to the trustee under the Trust Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company also desires by this Supplemental Indenture to continue in effect with respect to the holders of the Bonds of Series 1993 the amendments of the Original Indenture contained in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, as set forth in Article VII hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Company also desires by this Supplemental Indenture to reserve the right to amend the provisions of Article XV of the Original Indenture to establish new procedures concerning amendments thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture specifically to convey, transfer and assign to the Trustee and to subject to the lien of the Original Indenture additional properties acquired by the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the powers 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 resolved and determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee a Supplemental Indenture in the form hereof for the purposes herein provided; and
WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have been done, performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained and of the acceptance of this trust by the Trustee and of the sum of One Dollar duly paid by the Trustee to the Company at or before the time of the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and of other valuable considerations, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in order further to secure the payment of the principal of and interest (and premium, if any) on all Bonds at any time issued and outstanding under the Original Indenture, according to their tenor and effect, the Company has executed and delivered this Supplemental Indenture and has granted, bargained, sold, warranted, aliened, remised, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over and confirmed and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell warrant, alien, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, set over and confirm unto Boatmen's Trust Company, as Trustee, and to its successors in trust under the Original Indenture forever, all and singular the following described properties (in addition to all other properties heretofore subjected to the lien of the Original Indenture and not heretofore released from the lien thereof) - that is to say:
FIRST.
ALL power houses, plants, buildings and other structures, dams, dam sites, substations, heating plants, gas works, holders and tanks, together with all and singular the electric, heating, gas and mechanical appliances appurtenant thereto
of every nature whatsoever, now owned by the Company, including all and singular the machinery, engines, boilers, furnaces, generators, dynamos, turbines and motors, and all and every character of mechanical appliance for generating or producing electricity, steam, gas and other agencies for light, heat, cold, or power or other purposes, and all transmission and distribution systems used for the transmission and distribution of electricity, steam, gas and other agencies for light, heat, cold or power or any other purpose whatsoever, whether underground or overhead, surface or otherwise, now owned by the Company, including all poles, towers, posts, wires, cables, conduits, manholes, mains, pipes, tubes, drains, furnaces, switchboards, transformers, conductors, insulators, supports, meters, lamps, fuses, junction boxes, regulator stations, and other electric, steam and gas fixtures and apparatus; all of the aforementioned property being located in the City of St. Louis, the counties of Adair, Audrain, Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Daviess, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Howard, Iron, Jefferson, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Maries, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Moniteau, Montgomery, Morgan, New Madrid, Osage, Pemiscot, Perry, Pettis, Phelps, Pike, Pulaski, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Charles, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Saline, Schuyler, Scott, Stoddard, Warren, Washington, and Wayne, Missouri, the counties of Adams, Alexander, Calhoun, Franklin, Hancock, Henderson, Jackson, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, St. Clair, Union, and Washington, Illinois, and the counties of Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Lee, and Washington, Iowa, upon real estate owned by the Company, or occupied by it under rights to so occupy, which real estate is described in the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated June 15, 1937, in the Supplemental Indentures dated May 1, 1941, March 17, 1942, April 13, 1945, April 27, 1945, October 1, 1945, April 11, 1947, April 13, 1949, September 13, 1950, December 1, 1950, September 20, 1951, May 1, 1952, March 1, 1954, May 1, 1955, August 31, 1955, April 1, 1956, July 1, 1956, August 1, 1957, February 1, 1958, March 1, 1958, November 5, 1958, March 16, 1959, June 24, 1959, December 11, 1959, August 17, 1960, September 1, 1960, October 24, 1960, June 30, 1961, July 1, 1961, August 9, 1962, September 30, 1963, November 1, 1963, March 12, 1965, April 1, 1965, April 14, 1966, May 1, 1966, February 17, 1967, March 1, 1967, February 19, 1968, March 15, 1968, August 21, 1968, April 7, 1969, May 1, 1969, September 12, 1969, October 1, 1969, March 26, 1970, April 1, 1970, January 1, 1971, April 1, 1971, September 15, 1971, December 3, 1973, February 1, 1974, April 25, 1974, February 3, 1975, March 1, 1975, June 11, 1975, May 12, 1976, August 16, 1976, April 26, 1977, October 15, 1977, November 7, 1977, December 1, 1977, August 1, 1978, October 12, 1979, November 1, 1979, July 7, 1980, August 1, 1980, August 20, 1980, February 1, 1981, October 8, 1981, August 27, 1982, September 1, 1982, December 15, 1982, March 1, 1983, June 21, 1984, December 12, 1984, June 11, 1985, March 1, 1986, May 1, 1986, May 1, 1990, December 1, 1991, December 4, 1991, January 1, 1992, September 30, 1992, October 1, 1992, December 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, February 18, 1993, May 1, 1993, August 1, 1993 and
in this Supplemental Indenture, or attached to or connected with such real estate or transmission or distribution systems of the Company leading from or into such real estate.
SECOND.
ALSO (except as in the Original Indenture expressly excepted) all franchises and all permits, ordinances, easements, privileges, immunities and licenses, all rights to construct, maintain and operate overhead, surface and underground systems for the distribution and transmission of electricity, steam, gas or other agencies for the supply to itself or others of light, heat, cold or power, all rights-of-way, all waters, water rights and flowage rights and all grants and consents, now owned or, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, which it may hereafter acquire.
ALSO, (except as in the Original Indenture expressly excepted) all inventions, patent rights and licenses of every kind now owned by the Company or, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, which it may hereafter acquire.
THIRD.
ALSO, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, all other property, real, personal and mixed (except as therein or herein expressly excepted) of every nature and kind and wheresoever situated now or hereafter possessed by or belonging to the Company, or to which it is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in any manner entitled at law or in equity.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all said properties, real, personal and mixed, mortgaged, pledged and conveyed by the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be, unto the Trustee and its successors and assigns forever;
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the exceptions and reservations and matters hereinabove recited, to existing leases, to existing liens upon rights of way for transmission or distribution line purposes, as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture, and any extensions thereof, and subject to existing easements for streets, alleys, highways, rights-of- way and railroad purposes over, upon and across certain of the property hereinbefore described, and subject also to all the terms, conditions, agreements, covenants, exceptions and reservations expressed or provided in the deeds or other instruments respectively under and by virtue of which the Company acquired the properties hereinabove described, and to undetermined liens and charges, if any, incidental to construction or other existing permitted liens as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture;
IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts in the Original
Indenture and the indentures supplemental thereto, including this
Supplemental Indenture, set forth, for the equal and proportionate
benefit and security of all present and future holders of the Bonds and
coupons issued and to be issued thereunder, or any of them, without
preference of any of said Bonds and coupons of any particular series
over the Bonds and coupons of any other series, by reason of priority in
the time of the issue, sale or negotiation thereof, or by reason of the
purpose of issue or otherwise howsoever, except as otherwise provided in
Section 2 of Article IV of the Original Indenture.
AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED, by and between the parties hereto, for the benefit of those who shall hold the Bonds and coupons, or any of them to be issued under the Original Indenture, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DESCRIPTION OF BONDS OF SERIES 1993
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a new series of Bonds to be executed, authenticated and delivered under and secured by the Original Indenture which shall be Bonds of Series 1993. The Bonds of Series 1993 shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1 of Article II of the Original Indenture, be designated as "First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1993" of the Company. The Bonds of Series 1993 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with provisions of, and shall in all respects be subject to all of the terms, conditions and covenants of, the Original Indenture.
The Bonds of Series 1993 shall mature on the first day of October 2028, and shall bear interest at the rate of five and forty five one- hundredths percent (5.45%) per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of April and the first day of October in each year.
The Bonds of Series 1993 shall be payable as to principal and interest in any coin or currency of the United States of America, which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and shall be paid by a check or checks mailed to the trustee under the Trust Indenture in whose name such Bonds are registered at the address as it shall appear on the transfer register of the Company.
SECTION 2. The Bonds of Series 1993 shall be registered Bonds without coupons, of the denomination of $5,000 or any multiple thereof.
Each Bond of Series 1993 shall be dated as of the date of its authentication and delivery (except that if any such Bond shall be authenticated and delivered on any interest payment date it shall be dated as of the date next following such
interest payment date), and shall bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date of such Bond, or, in case of any such Bond authenticated and delivered on the initial authentication and delivery of such Bonds, from October 1, 1993.
SECTION 3. The Bonds of Series 1993 and the Trustee's certificate on the Bonds of Series 1993 shall be substantially in the following forms respectively:
[FORM OF BOND]
This Bond is not transferable except as provided in the Indenture of Trust dated as of October 1, 1993, between the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority of the State of Missouri and Mercantile Bank of St. Louis National Association, as trustee.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri)
First Mortgage Bond,
Environmental Improvement Series 1993
Due October 1, 2028
No. R- $ Illinois Commerce Commission Identification No. 5864
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Company", which term shall include any successor corporation as defined in the Amended Indenture hereinafter defined), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Mercantile Bank of St. Louis National Association ("Mercantile"), as trustee under an Indenture of Trust dated as of October 1, 1993 of the State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority of the State of Missouri (the "Authority") or registered assigns, the sum of Forty-four Million Dollars, on the first day of October 2028 in any coin or currency of the United States of America, which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and to pay interest thereon, in like coin or currency, at the rate of five and forty five one-hundredths percent (5.45%) per annum, payable semi-annually, on April 1 and October 1 in each year until maturity, or, if this Bond shall be duly called for redemption, until the redemption date, or, if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal hereof, until the Company's obligation with respect to the payment of such principal shall be discharged as provided in the indenture of mortgage and deed of trust, dated June 15, 1937, executed by the Company to Boatmen's Trust Company, (herein called the "Trustee"), as trustee, as amended by indentures supplemental thereto dated
May 1, 1941, April 1, 1971, February 1, 1974, and July 7, 1980, between the Company and the Trustee (said mortgage and deed of trust, as so amended, being herein called the "Amended Indenture"). Such interest shall be payable from the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date hereof to which interest has not been paid, unless the date hereof is an April 1 or October 1 to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date hereof, or unless the date hereof is prior to the first payment of interest, in which case from October 1, 1993. The interest so payable will be paid to the person in whose name this Bond, or the Bond in exchange or substitution for which this Bond shall have been issued, shall have been registered at the close of business on the March 15 or September 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date of payment, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Amended Indenture. Both principal of, and interest on, this Bond are payable at the office of the Company in the City of St. Louis, Missouri; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest on this Bond may be paid by check mailed to the registered holder of this Bond at such holder's address as it shall appear on the books of the Company to be kept for that purpose.
This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Amended Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until Boatmen's Trust Company, the Trustee under the Amended Indenture, or a successor trustee thereto under the Amended Indenture, or an agent therefor, shall have signed the form of certificate endorsed hereon.
The Company has entered into a Loan Agreement (the "Agreement") with the Authority to provide for the payment of an issue by the Authority of $44,000,000 principal amount of Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds (Union Electric Company Project) Series 1993, dated October 1, 1993 (the "Revenue Bonds"), issued pursuant to an Indenture of Trust dated as of October 1, 1993 between the Authority and Mercantile as Trustee (the "Trust Indenture"), for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, construction, installation and equipping of certain facilities of the Company comprising solid waste disposal facilities (the "Project"), pursuant to the provisions of Sections 260.005 to 260.125, inclusive, R.S.Mo. 1986 as amended, and Appendix B(1) thereto.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the Company (herein called the "Bonds"), limited to an aggregate principal amount of $44,000,000, of the series hereinafter specified, all of which were issued to the Authority in satisfaction of payments required to be made by the Company pursuant to the Agreement and are to be assigned by the Authority to the trustee under the Trust Indenture and all issued and to be issued under and equally secured by the Amended Indenture, to which Amended Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the properties mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights of the bearers or registered owners of the Bonds and of the Trustee in respect
thereto, and the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are, and are to be, secured. To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the Amended Indenture, modifications or alterations of the Amended Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto, and of the rights and obligations of the Company and of the holders of the Bonds may be made with the consent of the Company by an affirmative vote of not less than 80% in amount of the Bonds entitled to vote then outstanding, at a meeting of Bondholders called and held as provided in the Amended Indenture, and by an affirmative vote of not less than 80% in amount of the Bonds of any series entitled to vote then outstanding and affected by such modification or alteration, in case one or more but less than all of the series of Bonds then outstanding under the Amended Indenture are so affected. The Company has reserved the right to amend the Amended Indenture without any consent or other action by holders of bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including the Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1993, to provide that the Amended Indenture may be modified or altered with the consent of the holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds; and if less than all series of Bonds are affected with the consent also of the holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of each series so affected. Additionally, the Company has reserved the right to amend the Amended Indenture, as supplemented, to authorize amendments thereto by an appropriate written consent of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding without a meeting of such Bondholders. No such modification or alteration shall be made which will affect the terms of payment of the principal of, or interest on, this Bond, which are unconditional. The Bonds may be issued in series, for various principal sums, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary as in the Amended Indenture provided. This Bond is one of a series designated as the "First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1993" of the Company, issued under and secured by the Amended Indenture and described in the indenture (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1993") dated October 1, 1993, between the Company and the Trustee, supplemental to the Amended Indenture.
The Bonds are subject to redemption as a whole at any time prior to maturity at the option of the Company, at the principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to the redemption date, if any of the following events shall have occurred.
(i) unreasonable, or excessive liabilities, including Federal, state or other property or income taxes not imposed on October 1, 1993, are imposed upon the Authority or the Company with respect to the operation of a substantial portion of the Project and the Company determines to discontinue operation of such portion of the Project; or
(ii) a substantial portion of the Project shall be damaged or destroyed, or use or control thereof shall be taken by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, to such extent that the Company determines that it is not practical or desirable to restore or replace such portion;
any such redemption to be made within 90 days from the time the Company files with the registered owner of the Bonds a certificate evidencing the occurrence of one of the foregoing events and requesting redemption of the Bonds, which certificate and request must be filed, if at all, within 270 days following the occurrence of such event.
The Bonds are subject to redemption at the option of the Company on or after October 1, 2008, in whole at any time or in part on any interest payment date, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date:
Redemption Date Redemption (Dates Inclusive) Price ----------------- ---------- October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009........... 102% October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010........... 101% October 1, 2010 and thereafter....................... 100% |
The Bonds are also subject to mandatory redemption at any time, as a whole or in part as provided below, on any day within 120 days after the Company receives written notice from a registered owner, beneficial owner, former registered owner or former beneficial owner of a Revenue Bond or Mercantile of a final determination by the Internal Revenue Service or a court of competent jurisdiction that, as a result of a failure by the Company to perform any of its agreements in the Agreement or the inaccuracy of any of its representations in the Agreement or any certificate submitted pursuant to the Trust Indenture, the interest paid or to be paid on any Revenue Bond (except to a "substantial user" of the Project or a "related person" within the meaning of Section 147(a) of the Code) is or was includible in the gross income of the Revenue Bond's owner for federal income tax purposes. No such determination will be considered final unless the registered owner, beneficial owner, former registered owner or former beneficial owner involved in the determination gives the Company, the Trustee and Mercantile prompt written notice of the commencement of the proceedings resulting in the determination and offers the Company, subject to the Company's agreeing to pay all expenses of the proceeding and to indemnify the registered owner, beneficial owner, former registered owner or former beneficial owner against all liabilities that might result from it, the opportunity to control the defense of the proceeding and either the Company does not agree within 30 days to pay the expenses, indemnify the registered owner, beneficial owner, former registered owner or former beneficial owner and control the defense or the Company exhausts or chooses not to exhaust available procedures to contest or obtain review of the result of the proceedings. Fewer than all the Bonds may be
redeemed if redemption of fewer than all would result in the interest payable on the Bonds remaining outstanding being not includible in the gross income for federal income tax purposes of any owner other than a "substantial user" or "related person". If fewer than all Bonds are redeemed, the Trustee will select the Bonds to be redeemed by lot as provided in the Amended Indenture or by such other method acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified in an Opinion of Tax Counsel. If this redemption occurs in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture, such failure by the Company to perform any of its agreements in the Agreement or inaccuracy of any of its representations in the Agreement or any certificate submitted pursuant to the Amended Indenture shall not in and of itself constitute an event or default under the Trust Indenture or the Amended Indenture.
The Bonds are also subject to mandatory redemption at the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption if the Trustee or the Company is notified that an "Event of Default" under the Trust Indenture has occurred and is continuing and Mercantile has declared the principal amount of all Revenue Bonds then outstanding due and payable in accordance with the Trust Indenture.
The Company may, by notice to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to any date on which any principal payment is due on this Bond, elect to receive a credit in respect of such principal payment (a) for any Bonds of 1993 Series then due which have been redeemed prior to such principal payment date or otherwise acquired and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation by said Trustee prior to the giving of such notice, or (b) for any Revenue Bonds which have been purchased, delivered for cancellation or previously redeemed, which in each case have not theretofore been applied as a credit against such principal payment. Each Bond with respect to which the Company elects to receive a credit will be credited by the Trustee at 100% of the principal amount thereof against such principal payment, provided further that in the case of a credit with respect to any Revenue Bonds, the principal amount thereof shall be established by an officers' certificate (as defined in the Amended Indenture) concurred in by the trustee under the Trust Indenture, included with the above-mentioned notice to the Trustee. The principal amount of Bonds to be paid on the due date of such principal payment will be reduced by the amount of any such credit or credits in respect of Bonds previously redeemed or delivered as provided above.
Upon cancellation in full or in part of any of the Revenue Bonds (or provision for payment thereof having been made in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Indenture) and payment of all fees and charges of the trustee thereunder, such trustee shall deliver to the Trustee, for cancellation a corresponding amount of Bonds remaining in its possession.
Such redemption in every case shall be effected upon notice delivered by the Company at least sixty days prior to the date of redemption, to the registered
owner of the Bonds at its address as the same shall appear on the transfer register of the Company, all subject to the conditions of, and as more fully set forth in, the Amended Indenture and Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1993.
In case an event of default, as defined in the Amended Indenture, shall occur, the principal of all the bonds at any such time outstanding under the Amended Indenture may be declared or may become due and payable, upon the conditions and in the manner and with the effect provided in the Amended Indenture. The Amended Indenture provides that such declaration may in certain events be waived by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the bonds outstanding.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or on the interest on, this Bond, or for any claim based hereon or on the Amended Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, or against any stockholder, director or officer, past, present or future, of the Company, or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether for amounts unpaid on stock subscriptions or by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability, whether at common law, in equity, by any constitution, statute or otherwise, of incorporators, stockholders, directors or officers being released by every owner hereof by the acceptance of this Bond and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, and being likewise released by the terms of the Amended Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Union Electric Company has caused this Bond to be signed in its name by its Chairman of the Board or President or a Vice President by his manual signature or a facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof) to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary by his manual signature or a facsimile thereof.
Dated,
Union Electric Company,
By......................................
Vice President
Attest:
...............................
Secretary
[form of trustee's certificate]
This Bond is one of the Bonds, of the series designated therein, described in the within-mentioned Amended Indenture and Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1993.
Boatmen's Trust Company, Trustee.
By Union Electric Company, Agent
ARTICLE II.
ISSUE of BONDS of SERIES 1993
SECTION 1. The principal amount of the Bonds of Series 1993 which may be authenticated and delivered hereunder is limited to the aggregate principal amount of Forty-four Million Dollars ($44,000,000) consisting of Bonds maturing on the first day of October 2028.
SECTION 2. Bonds of Series 1993 in the principal amount as set forth above may forthwith be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee and shall be authenticated by the Trustee and delivered (either before or after the filing or recording hereof) to or upon the order of the Company, upon compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions of Article III and Article XVIII of the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION
SECTION 1. The Bonds of Series 1993 shall, subject to the provisions of Article V of the Original Indenture, be redeemable at any time or from time to time prior to maturity, at the option of the Board of Directors of the Company, either as a whole or in part, at the then applicable redemption price set forth in the form of Bonds of Series 1993 in Section 3 of Article I of this Supplemental Indenture, together, in each case, with accrued interest to the redemption date. In the event that less than all of such Bonds of Series 1993 are to be redeemed, the Bonds to be redeemed shall be determined by lot in such manner as the Trustee in its discretion shall deem proper, as in the Original Indenture provided.
The Bonds of Series 1993 are also subject to mandatory redemption as set forth in the form of Bonds of Series 1993 in Section 3 of Article I of this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2. Subject to the provisions of Article V of the Original Indenture, notice of redemption shall be delivered by the Company at least sixty days prior to the date of redemption, to the registered owner of such Bonds at its address as the same shall appear on the transfer register of the Company.
SECTION 3. As provided in the Trust Indenture, any amounts of money held in the Bond Fund provided in said Indenture and available for such purpose, which are at the request of the Company applied to the payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Revenue Bonds on any payment or redemption date, shall be applied as a credit on amounts otherwise due under Bonds of Series 1993; provided that the amount of such credit shall be established by an officers' certificate (as defined in the Original Indenture), concurred in by the trustee under the Trust Indenture, which shall be filed with the Trustee prior to the application of any such credit.
Upon cancellation in full or in part of any of the Revenue Bonds (or provision for payment thereof having been made in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Indenture) and payment of all fees and charges of the trustee thereunder, such trustee shall deliver to Boatmen's Trust Company, Trustee for the First Mortgage Bonds of the Company, for cancellation a corresponding amount of Bonds of Series 1993 remaining in its possession or shall request such Trustee to issue a new Bond of Series 1993 reflecting any such cancellation.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS.
The Company hereby covenants, warrants and agrees;
SECTION 1. That the Company is lawfully seized and possessed of all of the mortgaged property described in the granting clauses of this Supplemental Indenture; that it has good right and lawful authority to mortgage the same as provided in this Supplemental Indenture; and that such mortgaged property is, at the actual date of the issue of the Bonds of Series 1993, free and clear of any deed of trust, mortgage, lien, charge or encumbrance thereon or affecting the title thereto prior to the Original Indenture, except as set forth in the granting clauses of the Original Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2. That, so long as any of the Bonds of Series 1993 are outstanding, whenever any officers' certificate is required to be filed or deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3(b) of Article III of the Original Indenture upon an application for the authentication of additional Bonds pursuant to Article III of the Original Indenture, such officers' certificate shall include, in addition to the matters required to be stated therein by said Section 3(b), the statement with respect to the net earnings of the Company available for interest after property retirement appropriations required by Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956.
SECTION 3. That, so long as any of the Bonds of Series 1993 are outstanding, the Company will not apply for the authentication and delivery of additional bonds pursuant to Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture or the withdrawal of cash from the trust estate or the reduction of the amount of cash required to be paid into the trust estate or to satisfy the maintenance and improvement funds under any provision of the Original Indenture or the Supplemental Indentures creating prior series of bonds, on the basis of the amount of $15,000,000 excluded from net bondable value of property additions not subject to an unfunded prior lien pursuant to Section 3 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1945, or on the basis of the amount of $7,500,000 excluded from net bondable value of property additions not subject to an unfunded prior lien pursuant to Section 3 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956.
SECTION 4. That, so long as any of the Bonds of Series 1993 are
outstanding, the Company will not issue or permit to be issued any prior
lien bonds secured by an unfunded prior lien in addition to the prior
lien bonds secured by such unfunded prior lien at the time of first
acquisition by the Company of property subject thereto (other than in
lieu of lost, stolen or mutilated bonds or on the exchange for bonds
already outstanding of an equal principal amount of other bonds of the
same issue and the same series, if any, and of the same maturity),
except upon compliance with the provisions of Section 16 of Article IV
of the Original Indenture, nor unless the net earnings of the Company
available for interest after property retirement appropriations
(determined as provided in Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental
Indenture of July 1, 1956), for any twelve consecutive calendar months
during the period of fifteen calendar months immediately preceding the
first day of the month in which the additional prior lien bonds are to
be issued, have been, in the aggregate, equal to not less than twice the
annual interest charges on the indebtedness specified in subparagraphs
(i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) of Section 2(a) of said Article V;
provided that, if the application for the issue of such additional prior
lien bonds is upon the basis of payment at maturity of prior lien bonds
theretofore sold or otherwise disposed of or the redemption or purchase
thereof after a date two years prior to the date of maturity, the
additional requirement imposed by this Section 4 with respect to net
earnings of the Company available for interest after property retirement
appropriations shall not
apply. Any officers' certificate with respect to net earnings of the Company, required to be filed with the Trustee as a condition precedent to the issue of such additional prior lien bonds, shall include, in addition to the matters otherwise required to be stated therein, the matters required to be stated in an officers' certificate pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of Section 2(a) of said Article V.
SECTION 5. That, so long as any of the Bonds of Series 1993 are outstanding, the Company will not acquire, by purchase, merger or otherwise, any property subject to a lien or liens which will on acquisition be an unfunded prior lien or prior liens, except upon compliance with the provisions of Section 14 of Article IV of the Original Indenture, nor unless the net earnings of such property available for interest after property retirement appropriations (determined in the manner provided in Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956), for any twelve consecutive calendar months during the period of fifteen calendar months immediately preceding the first day of the month in which the first acquisition of property subject to such lien or liens occurs, have been, in the aggregate, equal to not less than twice the amount of annual interest charges, on all outstanding indebtedness secured by such lien or liens. Any officers' certificate with respect to net earnings of such property, required to be filed with the Trustee as a condition precedent to the acquisition of such property, shall include, in addition to the matters otherwise required to be stated therein, the matters required to be stated in an officers' certificate pursuant to Section 2 of said Article V applicable, however, only to the net earnings of such property and to the indebtedness secured by such liens to which such property is subject.
ARTICLE V.
THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts hereby declared and provided, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Original Indenture and in this Supplemental Indenture set forth, and upon the following terms and conditions:
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the due execution hereof by the Company or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely.
ARTICLE VI.
CONSENTS AND AGREEMENTS OF HOLDERS OF BONDS OF
SERIES 1993 TO CERTAIN MATTERS
The Company, and the holders of the Bonds of Series 1993 by their acceptance and holding thereof, hereby consent and agree as follows:
(A) When the provisions of this Article VI shall become effective as provided in Subdivision (B) hereof, the provisions of the Original Indenture shall become and shall be deemed to have been, amended, effective on said date, by the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, in the following respects:
(1) by inserting the following paragraph after the definition of "Nonbondable property" in Article I of the Original Indenture;
"Nuclear fuel:
The term 'Nuclear fuel' shall mean (a) any fuel element, including nuclear fuel and associated means (and any similar or analogous device or substance), whether or not classified as fuel and whether or not chargeable to operating expenses, comprising or intended to comprise or formerly comprising the core, or other part of a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device, (b) any fuel element, including nuclear fuel and associated means (and any similar or analogous device or substance) while in the process of fabrication or preparation and special nuclear or other materials held for use in such fabrication or preparation, (c) any substances or materials formerly comprising such nuclear fuel and associated means (or any similar or analogous device or substance) and which substances or materials are undergoing or have undergone reprocessing and (d) uranium, thorium, plutonium, and any other substance or material from time to time used or selected for use by the Company as fuel material, or as potential fuel material, in a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device."
(2) by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (e) of the definition of "Permitted liens" in Article I of the Original Indenture, changing the period at the end of subparagraph (f) of such definition to "; and", and adding a new subparagraph (g) reading as follows:
"(g) any controls, liens, restrictions, regulations, easements, exceptions or reservations of any governmental authority applying particularly to 'Nuclear fuel'."
(3) by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (d) of the third paragraph of the definition of "Property additions" in Article I of the Original
Indenture, changing the period at the end of subparagraph (e) to "; and" and adding a new subparagraph (f) reading as follows:
"(f) anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, the term 'Property additions' shall include 'Nuclear fuel'."
(4) by inserting after the words "such property additions" when first used in subdivision (4) of subparagraph (f) of Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture the following:
", provided that, in the case of property additions constituting all or part of a facility for the production of electricity by use of a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device, or Nuclear fuel materials, assemblies or components for use therein, in respect of which the application is made prior to receipt of necessary authority to operate such facility, such opinion need only state that (i) the Company has necessary authority to own such property additions and (ii) in the case of property additions for which construction authority is necessary, the Company has necessary authority to construct the same."
and
(5) by inserting after the words "any machinery or equipment," in subparagraph (a) of Section 2 of Article VII of the Original Indenture the following:
"or any Nuclear fuel materials, assemblies or components,"
(B) The provisions of this Article VI shall become effective on the earliest date on which either (a) no Bonds of a Series prior to the Bonds of 2004 Series shall be outstanding or (b) the amendment to the Original Indenture provided in Article VII of the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, shall have become effective upon vote of the holders of Bonds as provided in Article XV of the Original Indenture, provided that no vote of the holders of the Bonds of 2004 Series or Bonds of any series created thereafter shall be required for effecting such amendments.
ARTICLE VII.
RESERVATIONS BY COMPANY TO
AMEND ORIGINAL INDENTURE.
SECTION 1. The Company reserves the right, subject to appropriate corporate action, but without any consent or other action by holders of Bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any
supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including this Supplemental Indenture, to make such amendments to the Original Indenture, as supplemented, as shall be necessary in order to amend Article XV thereof so as to substitute "sixty percent. (60%)" for "eighty percent. (80%)" wherever appearing in said Article XV.
SECTION 2. The Company reserves the right, subject to appropriate corporate action, but without any consent or other action by holders of Bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including this Supplemental Indenture, to make such amendments to the Original Indenture, as supplemented, as shall be necessary in order to amend Article XV thereof by adding thereto a Section 9 to read as follows:
"SECTION 9. (A) Anything in this Article XV contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall receive the written consent (in any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Bondholders or by their attorneys appointed in writing) of the holders of sixty percent. (60%) or more in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding hereunder, and, if the rights of one or more, but less than all, series of Bonds then outstanding are to be affected by action taken pursuant to such consent, then also by consent of the holders of at least sixty per cent. (60%) in principal amount of each series of Bonds so to be affected and outstanding hereunder (at the time the last such needed consent is delivered to the Trustee) in lieu of the holding of a meeting pursuant to this Article XV and in lieu of all action at such a meeting and with the same force and effect as a resolution duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of this Article XV.
(B) Instruments of consent shall be witnessed or in the alternative may (a) have the signature guaranteed by a bank or trust company or a registered dealer in securities, (b) be acknowledged before a Notary Public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements, or (c) have their genuineness otherwise established to the satisfaction of the Trustee.
The amount of Bonds payable to bearer, and the series and serial numbers thereof, held by a person executing an instrument of consent (or whose attorney has executed an instrument of consent in his behalf), and the date of his holding the same may be proved by exhibiting the Bonds to and obtaining a certificate executed by (i) any bank or trust or insurance company, or (ii) any trustee, secretary, administrator or other proper officer of any pension, welfare, hospitalization or similar fund or funds, or (iii) the United States of America, any Territory thereof, the District of Columbia, any State of the United States or any public instrumentality of the United States, or of any State or of any Territory, or (iv) any other person or corporation satisfactory to the Trustee. A Bondholder in any of the foregoing categories may sign a certificate in his own behalf.
Each such certificate shall be dated and shall state, in effect, that
as of the date thereof, a coupon Bond or Bonds bearing a specified
serial number or numbers was deposited with or exhibited to the
signer of such certificate. The holding by the person named in any
such certificate of any Bond specified therein shall be presumed to
continue unless (1) any certificate bearing a later date issued in
respect of the same Bond shall be produced, (2) the Bond specified
in such certificate (or any Bond or Bonds issued in exchange or
substitution for such Bond) shall be produced by another holder, or
(3) the Bond specified in such certificate shall be registered as to
principal in the name of another holder or shall have been
surrendered in exchange for a fully registered bond registered in the
name of another holder. The Trustee may nevertheless, in his
discretion, require further proof in cases where it deems further
proof desirable. The ownership of registered Bonds shall be proved
by the registry books.
(C) Until such time as the Trustee shall receive the written consent of the necessary per cent. in principal amount of the Bonds required by the provisions of subsection (A) above for action contemplated by such consent, any holder of a Bond, the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Bonds the holders of which have consented to such action, may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its principal office and upon proof of holding as provided in subsection (B) above, revoke such consent so far as it concerns such Bond. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the holder of any Bond shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of such Bond (and any Bond issued in lieu thereof or exchanged therefor), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent is made upon such Bond, and in any event any action taken by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds specified in subsection (A) above in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Bonds."
ARTICLE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
SECTION 1. All terms contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall, for all purposes thereof, have the meanings given to such terms in Article I of the Original Indenture.
SECTION 2. This Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Union Electric Company has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed on its behalf by its Chairman of the Board or President or one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and said seal and this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries; and said Boatmen's Trust Company, in evidence of its acceptance of the trust hereby created, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed on its behalf by its President or one of its Vice Presidents, and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and said seal and
this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by its Secretary, or one of its Assistant Secretaries; all as of the 1st day of October, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-three.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY,
1901 Chouteau Avenue [Corporate Seal] St. Louis, Missouri. By Donald E. Brandt Attested: Senior Vice President. James C. Thompson Secretary. |
Signed, sealed and delivered by
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
in the presence of:
Mark E. Blair
G. L. Waters
As Witnesses.
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY,
510 Locust Street, [Corporate Seal] St. Louis, Missouri. By H. E. Bradford Attested: Senior Vice President. |
Jerry L. Rector
Assistant Secretary.
Signed, sealed and delivered by
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY
in the presence of:
Lisa A. Godiner
P. C. QuiBelle
As Witnesses.
STATE OF MISSOURI, } } SS.: CITY OF ST. LOUIS, } |
On this 8th day of October, 1993, before me appeared DONALD E. BRANDT, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Senior Vice President of UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said DONALD E. BRANDT acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the City and State aforesaid, the day and year last above written.
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF MISSOURI, } } SS.: CITY OF ST. LOUIS, } |
On this 8th day of October, 1993, before me appeared H. E. BRADFORD, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Senior Vice President of BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY, a corporation, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation, as the trustee thereunder by authority of its Board of Directors, and said H. E. BRADFORD, acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation as the trustee under said instrument.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the City and State aforesaid, the day and year last above written.
EXHIBIT 4.9
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
TO
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY
AS TRUSTEE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated January 1, 1994
First Mortgage Bonds,
7% Series due 2024
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED JANUARY 1, 1994
INSERTED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY AND NOT AS A PART OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED JANUARY 1, 1994
Page ---- Parties.......................................................... 1 Recitals......................................................... 1 Granting Clauses................................................. 9 Habendum......................................................... 11 Subject to Certain Exceptions.................................... 11 Grant in Trust................................................... 11 General Covenant................................................. 11 |
ARTICLE I
Description of The New Bonds
Sec. 1. General description of the New Bonds..................... 12 Sec. 2. Denominations and dating the New Bonds, privilege of exchange and other matters.......................... 12 Sec. 3. Form of face of the New Bond............................. 13 Form of Trustee's Certificate............................ 15 Form of reverse of the New Bond.......................... 15 Sec. 4. Execution of and form of the New Bonds in temporary form......................................... 18 |
ARTICLE II
Issue of The New Bonds
Page ---- Sec. 1. Limitation as to principal amount.................................. 18 Sec. 2. Initial issue of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the New Bonds................................ 18 |
ARTICLE III
Redemption of the New Bonds
Sec. 1. New Bonds redeemable............................................... 19 No improvement, maintenance or analogous fund for the New Bonds........................................... 19 Sec. 2. Notice of Redemption............................................... 19 |
ARTICLE IV
Covenants
Sec. 1. Of seisin and title................................................ 19 Sec. 2. Earnings test required for issue of additional Bonds............... 20 Sec. 3. Exclusion of $22,500,000 from net bondable value of property additions available for purposes of the Original Indenture....... 20 Sec. 4. Against issuance of additional prior lien bonds secured by unfunded prior liens except under certain conditions............. 20 Sec. 5. Against acquisition of property subject to unfunded prior liens except under certain conditions.................................. 21 |
ARTICLE V
The Trustee
Page ---- Acceptance of trusts by Trustee........................................... 21 Trustee not responsible for validity of Supplemental Indenture............ 22 ARTICLE VI Consents and Agreements of Holders of The New Bonds to Certain Matters Consent and Agreement to amendments contained in Article VII of the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974 on effective date of this Article............................................................. 22 Definition of "Nuclear fuel".............................................. 22 Definition of "Permitted liens"........................................... 23 Definition of "Property additions"........................................ 23 Relating to subdivision (4) of subparagraph (f) of Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture.................................... 23 Relating to subparagraph (a) of Section 2 of Article VII of the Original Indenture................................................................ 23 Effective date of Article VI.............................................. 23 |
ARTICLE VII
Reservations by Company to Amend
Original Indenture
Page ---- Sec. 1. Substitution of 60% for 80% wherever appearing in Article XV of the Original Indenture................................. 24 Sec. 2. Reservation of right to amend Article XV of the Original Indenture by adding a new Section 9 thereto............... 24 ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 1. Meanings of terms in Supplemental Indenture................. 26 Sec. 2. Execution of Supplemental Indenture in counterparts......... 26 Testimonium.......................................................... 26 Execution............................................................ 27 Acknowledgements..................................................... 28 |
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated the 1st day of January, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-four (1994) made by and between UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Company"), party of the first part, and BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), as Trustee under the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated June 15, 1937, hereinafter mentioned, party of the second part:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee its Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated June 15, 1937, to secure the payment of the principal of and the interest (and premium, if any) on all bonds at any time issued and outstanding thereunder; and indentures supplemental thereto dated June 15, 1937, May 1, 1941, March 17, 1942, April 13, 1945, April 27, 1945, October 1, 1945, April 11, 1947, April 13, 1949, September 13, 1950, December 1, 1950, September 20, 1951, May 1, 1952, March 1, 1954, May 1, 1955, August 31, 1955, April 1, 1956, July 1, 1956, August 1, 1957, February 1, 1958, March 1, 1958, November 5, 1958, March 16, 1959, June 24, 1959, December 11, 1959, August 17, 1960, September 1, 1960, October 24, 1960, June 30, 1961, July 1, 1961, August 9, 1962, September 30, 1963, November 1, 1963, March 12, 1965, April 1, 1965, April 14, 1966, May 1, 1966, February 17, 1967, March 1, 1967, February 19, 1968, March 15, 1968, August 21, 1968, April 7, 1969, May 1, 1969, September 12, 1969, October 1, 1969, March 26, 1970, April 1, 1970, June 12, 1970, January 1, 1971, April 1, 1971, September 15, 1971, December 3, 1973, February 1, 1974, April 25, 1974, February 3, 1975, March 1, 1975, June 11, 1975, May 12, 1976, August 16, 1976, April 26, 1977, October 15, 1977, November 7, 1977, December 1, 1977, August 1, 1978, October 12, 1979, November 1, 1979, July 7, 1980, August 1, 1980, August 20, 1980, February 1, 1981, October 8, 1981, August 27, 1982, September 1, 1982, December 15, 1982, March 1, 1983, June 21, 1984, December 12, 1984, June 11, 1985, March 1, 1986, May 1, 1986, May 1, 1990, December 1, 1991, December 4, 1991, January 1, 1992, September 30, 1992, October 1, 1992, December 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, February 18, 1993, May 1, 1993, August 1, 1993, and October 1, 1993 respectively, have heretofore been entered into between the Company and the Trustee (said Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended and supplemented by said Supplemental Indentures being hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Original Indenture"); and
WHEREAS, Bonds have heretofore been issued by the Company under the Original Indenture as follows:
(1) $80,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 3/4% Series due 1962, all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(2) $90,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 3/8% Series due 1971, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1941 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1941"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(3) $13,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 2 3/4% Series due 1975 (herein called the "Bonds of 1975 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1945 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1945"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(4) $25,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 2 7/8% Series due 1980 (herein called the "Bonds of 1980 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1950 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1950"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(5) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Bonds, 3 1/4% Series due 1982 (herein called the "Bonds of 1982 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1952 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1952"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(6) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 3 3/4% Series due 1986 (herein called the "Bonds of 1986 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 1956 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(7) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/8% Series due 1988 (herein called the "Bonds of 1988 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1958 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1958"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(8) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/4% Series due 1990 (herein called the "Bonds of 1990 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 1, 1960 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 1, 1960"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(9) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 3/4% Series due 1991 (herein called the "Bonds of 1991 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 1961 (hereinafter called the
"Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1961"), all of which have been paid at maturity prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(10) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 1/2% Series due 1993 (herein called the "Bonds of 1993 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated November 1, 1963 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of November 1, 1963"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(11) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 4 1/2% Series due 1995 (herein called the "Bonds of 1995 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1965 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1965"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(12) $30,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5 1/2% Series due 1996 (herein called the "Bonds of 1996 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1966 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1966"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(13) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5 1/2% Series due 1997 (herein called the "Bonds of 1997 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1967 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1967"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(14) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series due 1998 (herein called the "Bonds of 1998 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 15, 1968 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 15, 1968"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(15) $35,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 3/8% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of May 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1969 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1969"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(16) $40,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/4% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of October 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1969 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1969"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(17) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9.95% Series due 1999 (herein called the "Bonds of November 1999 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated November 1, 1979 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of November 1, 1979"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(18) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9% Series due 2000 (herein called the "Bonds of 2000 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1970 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1970"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(19) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 7/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of January 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated January 1, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(20) $50,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7 5/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of April 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of April 1, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(21) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/8% Series due 2001 (herein called the "Bonds of October 2001 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 15, 1971 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 15, 1971"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(22) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/8% Series due 2004 (herein called the "Bonds of 2004 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1974"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(23) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 10 1/2% Series due 2005 (herein called the "Bonds of 2005 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1975 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1975"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(24) $70,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 7/8% Series due 2006 (herein called the "Bonds of 2006 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 16, 1976 (hereinafter called the
"Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(25) $27,085,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 5.80% Environmental Improvement Series 1977, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 15, 1977 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 15, 1977"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(26) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 5/8% Series due 2007 (herein called the "Bonds of 2007 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1977 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1977"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(27) $55,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9.35% Series due 2008 (herein called the "Bonds of 2008 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1978 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1978"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(28) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1980, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1980 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1980"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(29) $150,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 15 3/8% Series due 1991 (herein called the "Bonds of February 1991 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1981 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1981"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(30) $125,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 15% Series due 1992 (herein called the "Bonds of 1992 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated September 1, 1982 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of September 1, 1982"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(31) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 13% Series due 2013 (herein called the "Bonds of 2013 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1983 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1983"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(32) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 9 3/8% Series due 2016 (herein called the "Bonds of 2016 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated March 1, 1986 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of March 1, 1986"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(33) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 7/8% Series due 1996 (herein called the "Bonds of 1996 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1986 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1986"), all of which have been redeemed prior to the date of the execution hereof;
(34) $60,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1990A, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1990 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1990"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(35) $125,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/4% Series due 2021 (herein called the "Bonds of 2021 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1991 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1991"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(36) $75,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 8.33% Series due 2002 (herein called the "Bonds of 2002 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 4, 1991 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 4, 1991"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(37) $100,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7.65% Series due 2003 (herein called the "Bonds of 2003 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated January 1, 1992 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1992"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(38) $204,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, consisting of $100,000,000 principal amount of 6 3/4% Series due 1999 and $104,000,000 principal amount of 8 1/4% Series due 2022 (herein called the "Bonds of 1999 Series" and "Bonds of 2022 Series", respectively), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1992 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1992"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(39) $170,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, consisting of $85,000,000 principal amount of 7 3/8% Series due 2004 and
$85,000,000 principal amount of 8% Series due 2022 (herein called the "Bonds of December 2004 Series" and "Bonds of December 2022 Series", respectively, which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated December 1, 1992, (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of December 1, 1992), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(40) $188,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 6 7/8% Series due 2004 (herein called the "Bonds of August 2004 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of February 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(41) $148,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 6 3/4% Series due 2008 (herein called the "Bonds of May 2008 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of May 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
(42) $75,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 7.15% Series due 2023 (herein called the "Bonds of 2023 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of August 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof; and
(43) $44,000,000 principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Environmental Improvement Series 1993 (herein called the "Bonds of 2028 Series"), which are described in the Supplemental Indenture dated October 1, 1993 (hereinafter called the "Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1993"), all of which are outstanding at the date of the execution hereof;
and
WHEREAS, the Company on August 31, 1955 acquired all of the properties of Union Electric Power Company, the Subsidiary as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture, upon the dissolution of the Subsidiary; the Company, by Supplemental Indenture dated August 31, 1955, conveyed all of the properties so acquired (other than property of the character defined as excepted property in the granting clauses of the Original Indenture) to the Trustee upon the terms and trusts in the Original Indenture and the indentures supplemental thereto set forth for the equal and proportionate benefit and security of all present and future holders of the Bonds and coupons issued and to be issued thereunder, all the shares of stock of the Subsidiary were released from the lien of the Original Indenture; and the Company became entitled to change the general designation of the Bonds so as to omit the words "and Collateral Trust"; and
WHEREAS, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company were duly amended on April 23, 1956, to change its corporate name from "Union Electric Company of Missouri" to "Union Electric Company"; and
WHEREAS, the Articles of Agreement of the Trustee were duly amended effective on January 4, 1982 to change its corporate name from "St. Louis Union Trust Company" to "Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis", and further amended on December 9, 1988 to change its corporate name from "Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis" to "Boatmen's Trust Company"; and
WHEREAS, the Company is entitled at this time to have authenticated and delivered additional Bonds on the basis of "refundable bonds" upon compliance with and pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 of Article III of the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires by this Supplemental Indenture to provide for the creation of a new series of Bonds under the Original Indenture, to have the designation provided in Article I, Section 1 hereof (herein called the "New Bonds"), and the Original Indenture provides that certain terms and provisions, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, of the Bonds of any particular series may be expressed in and provided by the execution of an appropriate supplemental indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company also desires by this Supplemental Indenture to continue in effect with respect to the holders of the New Bonds the amendments of the Original Indenture contained in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, as set forth in Article VII hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Company also desires by this Supplemental Indenture to reserve the right to amend the provisions of Article XV of the Original Indenture to establish new procedures concerning amendments thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture specifically to convey, transfer and assign to the Trustee and to subject to the lien of the Original Indenture additional properties acquired by the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company, in the exercise of the powers 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 resolved and determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee a Supplemental Indenture in the form hereof for the purposes herein provided; and
WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument have been done,
performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained and of the acceptance of this trust by the Trustee and of the sum of One Dollar duly paid by the Trustee to the Company at or before the time of the execution of this Supplemental Indenture, and of other valuable considerations, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in order further to secure the payment of the principal of and interest (and premium, if any) on all Bonds at any time issued and outstanding under the Original Indenture, according to their tenor and effect, the Company has executed and delivered this Supplemental Indenture and has granted, bargained, sold, warranted, aliened, remised, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over and confirmed and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell warrant, alien, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, set over and confirm unto Boatmen's Trust Company, as Trustee, and to its successors in trust under the Original Indenture forever, all and singular the following described properties (in addition to all other properties heretofore subjected to the lien of the Original Indenture and not heretofore released from the lien thereof) - that is to say:
FIRST.
ALL power houses, plants, buildings and other structures, dams, dam sites, substations, heating plants, gas works, holders and tanks, together with all and singular the electric, heating, gas and mechanical appliances appurtenant thereto of every nature whatsoever, now owned by the Company, including all and singular the machinery, engines, boilers, furnaces, generators, dynamos, turbines and motors, and all and every character of mechanical appliance for generating or producing electricity, steam, gas and other agencies for light, heat, cold, or power or other purposes, and all transmission and distribution systems used for the transmission and distribution of electricity, steam, gas and other agencies for light, heat, cold or power or any other purpose whatsoever, whether underground or overhead, surface or otherwise, now owned by the Company, including all poles, towers, posts, wires, cables, conduits, manholes, mains, pipes, tubes, drains, furnaces, switchboards, transformers, conductors, insulators, supports, meters, lamps, fuses, junction boxes, regulator stations, and other electric, steam and gas fixtures and apparatus; all of the aforementioned property being located in the City of St. Louis, the counties of Adair, Audrain, Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Daviess, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Howard, Iron, Jefferson, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Macon, Madison, Maries, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Moniteau, Montgomery, Morgan, New Madrid, Osage, Pemiscot, Perry, Pettis, Phelps, Pike, Pulaski, Ralls, Randolph,
Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Charles, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Saline, Schuyler, Scott, Stoddard, Warren, Washington, and Wayne, Missouri, the counties of Adams, Alexander, Calhoun, Franklin, Hancock, Henderson, Jackson, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, St. Clair, Union, and Washington, Illinois, and the counties of Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Lee, and Washington, Iowa, upon real estate owned by the Company, or occupied by it under rights to so occupy, which real estate is described in the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated June 15, 1937, in the Supplemental Indentures dated May 1, 1941, March 17, 1942, April 13, 1945, April 27, 1945, October 1, 1945, April 11, 1947, April 13, 1949, September 13, 1950, December 1, 1950, September 20, 1951, May 1, 1952, March 1, 1954, May 1, 1955, August 31, 1955, April 1, 1956, July 1, 1956, August 1, 1957, February 1, 1958, March 1, 1958, November 5, 1958, March 16, 1959, June 24, 1959, December 11, 1959, August 17, 1960, September 1, 1960, October 24, 1960, June 30, 1961, July 1, 1961, August 9, 1962, September 30, 1963, November 1, 1963, March 12, 1965, April 1, 1965, April 14, 1966, May 1, 1966, February 17, 1967, March 1, 1967, February 19, 1968, March 15, 1968, August 21, 1968, April 7, 1969, May 1, 1969, September 12, 1969, October 1, 1969, March 26, 1970, April 1, 1970, January 1, 1971, April 1, 1971, September 15, 1971, December 3, 1973, February 1, 1974, April 25, 1974, February 3, 1975, March 1, 1975, June 11, 1975, May 12, 1976, August 16, 1976, April 26, 1977, October 15, 1977, November 7, 1977, December 1, 1977, August 1, 1978, October 12, 1979, November 1, 1979, July 7, 1980, August 1, 1980, August 20, 1980, February 1, 1981, October 8, 1981, August 27, 1982, September 1, 1982, December 15, 1982, March 1, 1983, June 21, 1984, December 12, 1984, June 11, 1985, March 1, 1986, May 1, 1986, May 1, 1990, December 1, 1991, December 4, 1991, January 1, 1992, September 30, 1992, October 1, 1992, December 1, 1992, February 1, 1993, February 18, 1993, May 1, 1993, August 1, 1993, October 1, 1993 and in this Supplemental Indenture, or attached to or connected with such real estate or transmission or distribution systems of the Company leading from or into such real estate.
SECOND.
ALSO (except as in the Original Indenture expressly excepted) all franchises and all permits, ordinances, easements, privileges, immunities and licenses, all rights to construct, maintain and operate overhead, surface and underground systems for the distribution and transmission of electricity, steam, gas or other agencies for the supply to itself or others of light, heat, cold or power, all rights-of-way, all waters, water rights and flowage rights and all grants and consents, now owned or, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, which it may hereafter acquire.
ALSO, (except as in the Original Indenture expressly excepted) all inventions, patent rights and licenses of every kind now owned by the Company
or, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, which it may hereafter acquire.
THIRD.
ALSO, subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Original Indenture, all other property, real, personal and mixed (except as therein or herein expressly excepted) of every nature and kind and wheresoever situated now or hereafter possessed by or belonging to the Company, or to which it is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in any manner entitled at law or in equity.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all said properties, real, personal and mixed, mortgaged, pledged and conveyed by the Company as aforesaid, or intended so to be, unto the Trustee and its successors and assigns forever;
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the exceptions and reservations and matters hereinabove recited, to existing leases, to existing liens upon rights of way for transmission or distribution line purposes, as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture, and any extensions thereof, and subject to existing easements for streets, alleys, highways, rights-of- way and railroad purposes over, upon and across certain of the property hereinbefore described, and subject also to all the terms, conditions, agreements, covenants, exceptions and reservations expressed or provided in the deeds or other instruments respectively under and by virtue of which the Company acquired the properties hereinabove described, and to undetermined liens and charges, if any, incidental to construction or other existing permitted liens as defined in Article I of the Original Indenture;
IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts in the Original
Indenture and the indentures supplemental thereto, including this
Supplemental Indenture, set forth, for the equal and proportionate
benefit and security of all present and future holders of the Bonds and
coupons issued and to be issued thereunder, or any of them, without
preference of any of said Bonds and coupons of any particular series
over the Bonds and coupons of any other series, by reason of priority in
the time of the issue, sale or negotiation thereof, or by reason of the
purpose of issue or otherwise howsoever, except as otherwise provided in
Section 2 of Article IV of the Original Indenture.
AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED, by and between the parties hereto, for the benefit of those who shall hold the Bonds and coupons, or any of them to be issued under the Original Indenture, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW BONDS
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a new series of Bonds to be executed, authenticated and delivered under and secured by the Original Indenture which shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1 of Article II of the Original Indenture, be designated as "First Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series due 2024" (the "New Bonds") of the Company. The New Bonds shall be executed, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of, and shall in all respects be subject to all of the terms, conditions and covenants of, the Original Indenture.
The New Bonds shall mature January 15, 2024, and shall bear interest
at the rate per annum set forth in the form of the New Bond contained in
Section 3 of this Article I, payable semi-annually on the fifteenth day
of January and the fifteenth day of July in each year. The New Bonds
shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest in any
coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of
payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and shall be
payable at the office of the Company in the City of St. Louis, Missouri;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest on the
New Bonds may be paid by checks mailed to the registered holder in whose
name such Bonds are registered at the address as it shall appear on the
transfer register of the Company.
SECTION 2. The New Bonds shall be registered Bonds without coupons, of the denomination of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.
The New Bonds shall be transferable and exchangeable for the New Bonds of other denominations, as in the Original Indenture provided, except that payment of a service charge therefor will not be required by the Company.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6 of Article II of the Original Indenture, the New Bonds shall be dated the date of authentication and shall bear interest from the interest payment date to which interest on the New Bonds has been paid next preceding the date thereof, unless such date is an interest payment date to which interest has been paid, in which case they shall bear interest from the date thereof, or unless the date thereof is prior to July 15, 1994, in which case they shall bear interest from January 15, 1994; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of this Section with respect to failure by the Company to pay any interest on an interest payment date, the holder of any New Bond dated after a record date (as hereinafter defined) for the payment of interest and prior to the date of payment of such interest shall not be entitled to payment of such interest and shall have no claim against the Company with respect thereto.
The person in whose name any New Bond is registered at the close of business on any record date with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Bond upon any transfer or exchange thereof subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date, in which case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the person in whose name such Bond is registered on the date of payment of such defaulted interest or on a subsequent record date for such payment if one shall have been established as hereinafter provided. A subsequent record date may be established by the Company by notice mailed to the holders of the New Bonds not less than ten days preceding such record date, which record date shall be not more than thirty days prior to the subsequent interest payment date. The term "record date" as used in this Section with respect to any regular interest payment date shall mean the December 15 or June 15, as the case may be, next preceding such interest payment date, or, if such December 15 or June 15 shall be a legal holiday in the State of New York or in the State of Missouri or a day on which banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or the City of St. Louis, Missouri, are authorized by law to close, the next preceding day which shall not be a legal holiday or a day on which such institutions are so authorized to close.
SECTION 3. The New Bonds and the Trustee's certificate on the New Bonds shall be substantially in the following forms respectively:
[FORM OF FACE OF NEW BOND]
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri)
First Mortgage Bond, 7% Series Due 2024
Due January 15, 2024
No. $ Illinois Commerce Commission Identification No. 5866
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri (hereinafter called the "Company", which term shall include any successor corporation as defined in the Amended Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to .............................. or registered assigns, the sum of ............................... Dollars, on the fifteenth day of January 2024 in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts, and to pay interest thereon, in like coin or currency, at the rate of seven per centum (7%) per annum, payable semi-annually, on January 15 and July 15 in each year until maturity, or, if the Company shall default in the payment of the principal hereof, until the Company's obligation with respect to the payment
of such principal shall be discharged as provided in the Amended Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof. Such interest shall be payable from the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date hereof to which interest has not been paid, unless the date hereof is a January 15 or July 15 to which interest has been paid, in which case from the date hereof, or unless the date hereof is prior to the first payment of interest, in which case from January 15, 1994. The interest so payable will be paid to the person in whose name this Bond, or the Bond in exchange or substitution for which this Bond shall have been issued, shall have been registered at the close of business on the December 15 or June 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date of payment, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Amended Indenture. The principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on, this Bond are payable at the office of the Company in the City of St. Louis, Missouri; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest on this Bond may be paid by check mailed to the registered holder of this Bond at such holder's address as it shall appear on the books of the Company to be kept for that purpose.
This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Amended Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until Boatmen's Trust Company, the Trustee under the Amended Indenture, or a successor trustee thereto under the Amended Indenture, or an agent therefor, shall have signed the form of certificate endorsed hereon.
The provisions of this Bond are continued on the reverse hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Union Electric Company has caused this Bond to be signed in its name by its Chairman of the Board or President or a Vice President by manual signature or a facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof) to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary by manual signature or a facsimile thereof.
Dated,
Union Electric Company,
By................................
Vice President.
[Corporate Seal]
Attest:
.............................
Secretary.
[FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE]
This Bond is one of the Bonds, of the series designated therein, described in the within-mentioned Amended Indenture and Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1994.
Boatmen's Trust Company, Trustee.
By Union Electric Company, Agent
[FORM OF REVERSE OF NEW BOND]
This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the Company (herein called the "Bonds"), in unlimited aggregate principal amount, of the series hereinafter specified, all issued and to be issued under and equally secured by indenture of mortgage and deed of trust, dated June 15, 1937, executed by the Company to Boatmen's Trust Company, (herein called the "Trustee"), as trustee, as amended by indentures supplemental thereto dated May 1, 1941, April 1, 1971, February 1, 1974, and July 7, 1980, between the Company and the Trustee (said mortgage and deed of trust, as so amended, being herein called the "Amended Indenture"), to which Amended Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the properties mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the rights of the bearers or registered owners of the Bonds and of the Trustee in respect thereto, and the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are, and are to be, secured. To the extent permitted by, and as provided in, the Amended Indenture, modifications or alterations of the Amended Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto, and of the rights and obligations of the Company and of the holders of the Bonds may be made with the consent of the Company by an affirmative vote of not less than 80% in amount of the Bonds entitled to vote then outstanding, at a meeting of Bondholders called and held as provided in the Amended Indenture, and by an affirmative vote of not less than 80% in amount of the Bonds of any series entitled to vote then outstanding and affected by such modification or alteration, in case one or more but less than all of the series of Bonds then outstanding under the Amended Indenture are so affected. The Company has reserved the right to amend the Amended Indenture without any consent or other action by holders of bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including the Supplemental Indenture of January 1, 1994, to provide that the Amended Indenture may be modified or altered with the consent of the holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds; and if less than all series of Bonds are affected with the consent also of the holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of each series so affected. Additionally, the Company has reserved the right to amend the Amended Indenture, as supplemented, to authorize amendments thereto by
an appropriate written consent of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding without a meeting of such Bondholders. No such modification or alteration shall be made which will affect the terms of payment of the principal of, or interest or premium on, this Bond, which are unconditional. The Bonds may be issued in series, for various principal sums, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary as in the Amended Indenture provided. This Bond is one of a series designated as the "First Mortgage Bonds, 7% Series due 2024" (herein called the "Bonds of this Series") of the Company, issued under and secured by the Amended Indenture and described in the indenture (hereinafter called the "New Supplemental Indenture") dated January 1, 1994, between the Company and the Trustee, supplemental to the Amended Indenture.
The Bonds of this Series are not entitled to the benefit of any improvement, maintenance or analogous fund.
The Bonds of this Series will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time, upon the payment of redemption prices applicable to the respective periods set forth below; provided, however, that none of such Bonds shall be redeemed prior to January 15, 2004.
12-Month 12-Month Period General Period General Beginning Redemption Beginning Redemption January 15, Price (%) January 15, Price (%) ----------- ---------- ----------- ---------- 2004 ......... 103.41 2014 ......... 100.00 2005 ......... 103.06 2015 ......... 100.00 2006 ......... 102.72 2016 ......... 100.00 2007 ......... 102.38 2017 ......... 100.00 2008 ......... 102.04 2018 ......... 100.00 2009 ......... 101.70 2019 ......... 100.00 2010 ......... 101.36 2020 ......... 100.00 2011 ......... 101.02 2021 ......... 100.00 2012 ......... 100.68 2022 ......... 100.00 2013 ......... 100.34 2023 ......... 100.00 |
in each case, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.
Such redemption in every case shall be effected upon notice sent by the Company to the registered owner hereof, postage prepaid, at least thirty and not more than sixty days prior to the date of redemption, all subject to the conditions of, and as more fully set forth in, the Amended Indenture and the New Supplemental Indenture.
In case an event of default, as defined in the Amended Indenture, shall occur, the principal of all the Bonds at any such time outstanding under the Amended Indenture may be declared or may become due and payable, upon the conditions and in the manner and with the effect provided in the Amended
Indenture. The Amended Indenture provides that such declaration may in certain events be waived by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding.
This Bond is transferable by the registered owner hereof, in person or by duly authorized attorney, on the books of the Company to be kept for that purpose at the office of the Company in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, upon surrender and cancellation of this Bond and on presentation of a duly executed written instrument of transfer, and thereupon a new Bond or Bonds of the same series, of the same aggregate principal amount and in authorized denominations will be issued to the transferee or transferees in exchange herefor, without payment of any charge other than stamp taxes and other governmental charges incident thereto; and this Bond with or without others of like series, may in like manner be exchanged for one or more new Bonds of the same series of other authorized denominations but of the same aggregate principal amount; all subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Amended Indenture.
The Bonds of this Series are to be issued initially under a book- entry only system and, except as hereinafter provided, will be registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ("DTC") or its nominee, which shall be considered to be the holder of all of the Bonds of this Series for all purposes of the Mortgage, including, without limitation, payment by the Company of principal of and interest on such Bonds of this Series and receipt of notices and exercise of rights of holders of such Bonds of this Series. There shall be a single global bond of this series which shall be immobilized in the custody of DTC or its designee with the owners of book-entry interest in Bonds of this Series ("Book-Entry Interests") having no right to receive Bonds of this Series in the form of physical securities or certificates. Ownership of Book-Entry Interests shall be shown by book-entry on the system maintained and operated by DTC, its participants (the "Participants") and certain persons acting through the Participants. Transfers of ownership of Book-Entry Interests are to be made only by DTC and the Participants by that book-entry system, the Company and the Trustee having no responsibility therefor so long as Bonds of this Series are registered in the name of DTC or its nominee. DTC is to maintain records of the positions of Participants in Bonds of this Series, and the Participants and persons acting through Participants are to maintain records of the purchasers and owners of Book-Entry Interests. If DTC or its nominee determines not to continue to act as a depository for the Bonds of this Series in connection with a book-entry only system, another depository, if available, may act instead and the single global bond of this series will be transferred into the name of such other depository or its nominee, in which case the above provisions will continue to apply but to the new depository. If the book-entry only system for Bonds of this Series is discontinued by the Company for any reason, upon surrender and cancellation of the single global bond of this series registered in the name of the then depository or its nominee, new registered Bonds of this Series will be issued in authorized denominations to the holders of Book-Entry Interests in principal amounts
coinciding with the amounts of such Book-Entry Interests shown on the book-entry system immediately prior to the discontinuance thereof. Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall be responsible for the accuracy of the interests shown on that system.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, on or the interest on, this Bond, or for any claim based hereon or on the Amended Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, or against any stockholder, director or officer, past, present or future, of the Company, or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether for amounts unpaid on stock subscriptions or by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability, whether at common law, in equity, by any constitution, statute or otherwise, of incorporators, stockholders, directors or officers being released by every owner hereof by the acceptance of this Bond and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, and being likewise released by the terms of the Amended Indenture.
[end of form of reverse of new bond]
SECTION 4. Until New Bonds in definitive form are ready for delivery, the Company may execute, and upon its request in writing the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu thereof, New Bonds in temporary form, as provided in Section 9 of Article II of the Original Indenture. New Bonds in temporary form may, in lieu of the specific redemption prices, if any, required to be set forth in New Bonds in definitive form, include a reference to this Supplemental Indenture for a statement of such redemption prices.
ARTICLE II.
ISSUE oF THE NEW BONDS
SECTION 1. The principal amount of the New Bonds which may be authenticated and delivered hereunder are not limited except as the Original Indenture limits the principal amount of Bonds which may be issued thereunder.
SECTION 2. The New Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000), being the initial issue of the New Bonds, may forthwith at any time or from time to time be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee and shall be authenticated by the Trustee and delivered (either before or after the filing or recording hereof) to or upon the order of the Company, upon compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions of Article III and Article XVIII of the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION OF THE NEW BONDS
SECTION 1. The New Bonds shall, subject to the provisions of Article V of the Original Indenture, be redeemable at any time or from time to time prior to maturity, at the option of the Board of Directors of the Company or pursuant to Section 8 of Article VIII of the Original Indenture, either as a whole or in part, at the then applicable redemption price set forth in the form of New Bonds in Section 3 of Article I of this Supplemental Indenture, together, in each case, with accrued interest to the redemption date.
In case of the redemption of less than all the outstanding New Bonds, the particular New Bonds or portions (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of the New Bonds of a denomination larger than $1,000 to be redeemed shall be determined by lot in such manner as the Trustee in its discretion shall deem proper, as in the Original Indenture provided.
Irrespective of the provisions of this Section 1, the New Bonds shall not be redeemable at the option of the Company at any time prior to January 15, 2004.
There shall be no improvement, maintenance or analogous fund for the New Bonds.
SECTION 2. Subject to the provisions of Article V of the Original Indenture, notice of redemption shall be delivered by the Company at least thirty and not more than sixty days prior to the date of redemption, to the registered owners of the New Bonds to be redeemed at their addresses as they appear on the transfer register of the Company, except that failure to so mail a notice shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for redemption of any other New Bonds.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS.
The Company hereby covenants, warrants and agrees;
SECTION 1. That the Company is lawfully seized and possessed of all of the mortgaged property described in the granting clauses of this Supplemental Indenture; that it has good right and lawful authority to mortgage the same as provided in this Supplemental Indenture; and that such mortgaged property is, at
the actual date of the issue of the New Bonds, free and clear of any deed of trust, mortgage, lien, charge or encumbrance thereon or affecting the title thereto prior to the Original Indenture, except as set forth in the granting clauses of the Original Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding, whenever any officers' certificate is required to be filed or deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3(b) of Article III of the Original Indenture upon an application for the authentication of additional Bonds pursuant to Article III of the Original Indenture, such officers' certificate shall include, in addition to the matters required to be stated therein by said Section 3(b), the statement with respect to the net earnings of the Company available for interest after property retirement appropriations required by Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956.
SECTION 3. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding, the Company will not apply for the authentication and delivery of additional Bonds pursuant to Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture or the withdrawal of cash from the trust estate or the reduction of the amount of cash required to be paid into the trust estate or to satisfy the maintenance and improvement funds under any provision of the Original Indenture or the Supplemental Indentures creating prior series of Bonds, on the basis of the amount of $15,000,000 excluded from net bondable value of property additions not subject to an unfunded prior lien pursuant to Section 3 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of October 1, 1945, or on the basis of the amount of $7,500,000 excluded from net bondable value of property additions not subject to an unfunded prior lien pursuant to Section 3 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956.
SECTION 4. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding, the Company will not issue or permit to be issued any prior lien bonds secured by an unfunded prior lien in addition to the prior lien bonds secured by such unfunded prior lien at the time of first acquisition by the Company of property subject thereto (other than in lieu of lost, stolen or mutilated bonds or on the exchange for bonds already outstanding of an equal principal amount of other bonds of the same issue and the same series, if any, and of the same maturity), except upon compliance with the provisions of Section 16 of Article IV of the Original Indenture, nor unless the net earnings of the Company available for interest after property retirement appropriations (determined as provided in Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956), for any twelve consecutive calendar months during the period of fifteen calendar months immediately preceding the first day of the month in which the additional prior lien bonds are to be issued, have been, in the aggregate, equal to not less than
twice the annual interest charges on the indebtedness specified in
subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) of Section 2(a) of said
Article V; provided that, if the application for the issue of such
additional prior lien bonds is upon the basis of payment at maturity of
prior lien bonds theretofore sold or otherwise disposed of or the
redemption or purchase thereof after a date two years prior to the date
of maturity, the additional requirement imposed by this Section 4 with
respect to net earnings of the Company available for interest after
property retirement appropriations shall not apply. Any officers'
certificate with respect to net earnings of the Company, required to be
filed with the Trustee as a condition precedent to the issue of such
additional prior lien bonds, shall include, in addition to the matters
otherwise required to be stated therein, the matters required to be
stated in an officers' certificate pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
Section 2(a) of said Article V.
SECTION 5. That, so long as any of the New Bonds are outstanding,
the Company will not acquire, by purchase, merger or otherwise, any
property subject to a lien or liens which will on acquisition be an
unfunded prior lien or prior liens, except upon compliance with the
provisions of Section 14 of Article IV of the Original Indenture, nor
unless the net earnings of such property available for interest after
property retirement appropriations (determined in the manner provided in
Section 2 of Article V of the Supplemental Indenture of July 1, 1956),
for any twelve consecutive calendar months during the period of fifteen
calendar months immediately preceding the first day of the month in
which the first acquisition of property subject to such lien or liens
occurs, have been, in the aggregate, equal to not less than twice the
amount of annual interest charges, on all outstanding indebtedness
secured by such lien or liens. Any officers' certificate with respect
to net earnings of such property, required to be filed with the Trustee
as a condition precedent to the acquisition of such property, shall
include, in addition to the matters otherwise required to be stated
therein, the matters required to be stated in an officers' certificate
pursuant to Section 2 of said Article V applicable, however, only to the
net earnings of such property and to the indebtedness secured by such
liens to which such property is subject.
ARTICLE V.
THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts hereby declared and provided, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Original Indenture and in this Supplemental Indenture set forth, and upon the following terms and conditions:
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the due execution hereof by the Company or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made by the Company solely.
ARTICLE VI.
CONSENTS AND AGREEMENTS OF HOLDERS OF THE NEW BONDS
TO CERTAIN MATTERS
The Company, and the holders of the New Bonds by their acceptance and holding thereof, hereby consent and agree as follows:
(A) When the provisions of this Article VI shall become effective as provided in Subdivision (B) hereof, the provisions of the Original Indenture shall become and shall be deemed to have been, amended, effective on said date, by the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974, in the following respects:
(1) by inserting the following paragraph after the definition of "Nonbondable property" in Article I of the Original Indenture;
"Nuclear fuel:
The term 'Nuclear fuel' shall mean (a) any fuel element, including nuclear fuel and associated means (and any similar or analogous device or substance), whether or not classified as fuel and whether or not chargeable to operating expenses, comprising or intended to comprise or formerly comprising the core, or other part of a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device, (b) any fuel element, including nuclear fuel and associated means (and any similar or analogous device or substance) while in the process of fabrication or preparation and special nuclear or other materials held for use in such fabrication or preparation, (c) any substances or materials formerly comprising such nuclear fuel and associated means (or any similar or analogous device or substance) and which substances or materials are undergoing or have undergone reprocessing and (d) uranium, thorium, plutonium, and any other substance or material from time to time used or selected for use by the Company as fuel material, or as potential fuel material, in a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device."
(2) by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (e) of the definition of "Permitted liens" in Article I of the Original Indenture, changing the period at the end of subparagraph (f) of such definition to "; and", and adding a new subparagraph (g) reading as follows:
"(g) any controls, liens, restrictions, regulations, easements, exceptions or reservations of any governmental authority applying particularly to 'Nuclear fuel'."
(3) by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (d) of the third paragraph of the definition of "Property additions" in Article I of the Original Indenture, changing the period at the end of subparagraph (e) to "; and" and adding a new subparagraph (f) reading as follows:
"(f) anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, the term 'Property additions' shall include 'Nuclear fuel'."
(4) by inserting after the words "such property additions" when first used in subdivision (4) of subparagraph (f) of Section 4 of Article III of the Original Indenture the following:
", provided that, in the case of property additions constituting all or part of a facility for the production of electricity by use of a nuclear reactor or any similar or analogous device, or Nuclear fuel materials, assemblies or components for use therein, in respect of which the application is made prior to receipt of necessary authority to operate such facility, such opinion need only state that (i) the Company has necessary authority to own such property additions and (ii) in the case of property additions for which construction authority is necessary, the Company has necessary authority to construct the same."
and
(5) by inserting after the words "any machinery or equipment," in subparagraph (a) of Section 2 of Article VII of the Original Indenture the following:
"or any Nuclear fuel materials, assemblies or components,"
(B) The provisions of this Article VI shall become effective on the earliest date on which either (a) no Bonds of a Series prior to the Bonds of 2004 Series (as described in the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1, 1974) shall be outstanding or (b) the amendment to the Original Indenture provided in Article VII of the Supplemental Indenture dated February 1,
1974, shall have become effective upon vote of the holders of Bonds as provided in Article XV of the Original Indenture, provided that no vote of the holders of the Bonds of 2004 Series or Bonds of any series created thereafter shall be required for effecting such amendments.
ARTICLE VII.
RESERVATIONS BY COMPANY TO
AMEND ORIGINAL INDENTURE.
SECTION 1. The Company reserves the right, subject to appropriate corporate action, but without any consent or other action by holders of Bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including this Supplemental Indenture, to make such amendments to the Original Indenture, as supplemented, as shall be necessary in order to amend Article XV thereof so as to substitute "sixty percent. (60%)" for "eighty percent. (80%)" wherever appearing in said Article XV.
SECTION 2. The Company reserves the right, subject to appropriate corporate action, but without any consent or other action by holders of Bonds of any series created by the Supplemental Indenture of August 16, 1976, or by any supplemental indenture dated thereafter, including this Supplemental Indenture, to make such amendments to the Original Indenture, as supplemented, as shall be necessary in order to amend Article XV thereof by adding thereto a Section 9 to read as follows:
"SECTION 9. (A) Anything in this Article XV contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall receive the written consent (in any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Bondholders or by their attorneys appointed in writing) of the holders of sixty percent. (60%) or more in principal amount of the Bonds outstanding hereunder, and, if the rights of one or more, but less than all, series of Bonds then outstanding are to be affected by action taken pursuant to such consent, then also by consent of the holders of at least sixty per cent. (60%) in principal amount of each series of Bonds so to be affected and outstanding hereunder (at the time the last such needed consent is delivered to the Trustee) in lieu of the holding of a meeting pursuant to this Article XV and in lieu of all action at such a meeting and with the same force and effect as a resolution duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of this Article XV.
(B) Instruments of consent shall be witnessed or in the alternative may (a) have the signature guaranteed by a bank or trust company or a registered dealer in securities, (b) be acknowledged before a Notary Public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgements, or (c) have their genuineness otherwise established to the satisfaction of the Trustee.
The amount of Bonds payable to bearer, and the series and serial numbers thereof, held by a person executing an instrument of consent (or whose attorney has executed an instrument of consent in his behalf), and the date of his holding the same may be proved by exhibiting the Bonds to and obtaining a certificate executed by (i) any bank or trust or insurance company, or (ii) any trustee, secretary, administrator or other proper officer of any pension, welfare, hospitalization or similar fund or funds, or (iii) the United States of America, any Territory thereof, the District of Columbia, any State of the United States or any public instrumentality of the United States, or of any State or of any Territory, or (iv) any other person or corporation satisfactory to the Trustee. A Bondholder in any of the foregoing categories may sign a certificate in his own behalf.
Each such certificate shall be dated and shall state, in effect,
that as of the date thereof, a coupon Bond or Bonds bearing a
specified serial number or numbers was deposited with or exhibited to
the signer of such certificate. The holding by the person named in
any such certificate of any Bond specified therein shall be presumed
to continue unless (1) any certificate bearing a later date issued in
respect of the same Bond shall be produced, (2) the Bond specified
in such certificate (or any Bond or Bonds issued in exchange or
substitution for such Bond) shall be produced by another holder, or
(3) the Bond specified in such certificate shall be registered as to
principal in the name of another holder or shall have been
surrendered in exchange for a fully registered bond registered in the
name of another holder. The Trustee may nevertheless, in his
discretion, require further proof in cases where it deems further
proof desirable. The ownership of registered Bonds shall be proved
by the registry books.
(C) Until such time as the Trustee shall receive the written consent of the necessary per cent. in principal amount of the Bonds required by the provisions of subsection (A) above for action contemplated by such consent, any holder of a Bond, the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Bonds the holders of which have consented to such action, may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its principal office and upon proof of holding as provided in subsection (B) above, revoke such consent so far as it concerns such Bond. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the holder of any Bond shall be conclusive and binding upon
such holder and upon all future holders of such Bond (and any Bond issued in lieu thereof or exchanged therefor), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent is made upon such Bond, and in any event any action taken by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds specified in subsection (A) above in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Bonds."
ARTICLE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
SECTION 1. Except as otherwise defined herein, all terms contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall, for all purposes thereof, have the meanings given to such terms in Article I of the Original Indenture.
SECTION 2. This Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Union Electric Company has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed on its behalf by its Chairman of the Board or President or one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and said seal and this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries; and said Boatmen's Trust Company, in evidence of its acceptance of the trust hereby created, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed on its behalf by its President or one of its Vice Presidents, and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and said seal and
this Supplemental Indenture to be attested by its Secretary, or one of its Assistant Secretaries; all as of the 1st day of January, One thousand nine hundred and ninety-four.
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY,
1901 Chouteau Avenue [Corporate Seal] St. Louis, Missouri. By Donald E. Brandt Attested: Senior Vice President. James C. Thompson Secretary. |
Signed, sealed and delivered by
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
in the presence of:
Mark E. Blair
Dennis T. McGillicuddy
As Witnesses.
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY,
510 Locust Street, [Corporate Seal] St. Louis, Missouri. By H. E. Bradford Attested: Senior Vice President. |
Jerry L. Rector
Assistant Secretary.
Signed, sealed and delivered by
BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY
in the presence of:
Lisa A. Godiner
P. C. QuiBelle
As Witnesses.
STATE OF MISSOURI, } } SS.: CITY OF ST. LOUIS, } |
On this 14th day of January 1994, before me appeared DONALD E. BRANDT, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Senior Vice President of UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and said DONALD E. BRANDT acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the City and State aforesaid, the day and year last above written.
[Notarial Seal] G. L. Waters ------------------------------------ G. L. WATERS NOTARY PUBLIC - STATE OF MISSOURI MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MARCH 16, 1995 ST. LOUIS COUNTY STATE OF MISSOURI, } } SS.: CITY OF ST. LOUIS, } |
On this 14th day of January 1994, before me appeared H. E. BRADFORD, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that he is a Senior Vice President of BOATMEN'S TRUST COMPANY, a corporation, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation, as the trustee thereunder by authority of its Board of Directors, and said H. E. BRADFORD, acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation as the trustee under said instrument.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal at my office, in the City and State aforesaid, the day and year last above written.
EXHIBIT 12(a)
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Year Ended December 31, -------------------------------------------------------- 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 ----------- ----------- ---------- -------- -------- (Thousands of Dollars Except Ratios) Net Income for the Period $285,605 $294,219 $321,512 $302,748 $297,160 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Taxes Based on Income 181,793 191,532 218,954 197,009 182,716 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Fixed Charges: Interest on Debt 172,288 183,215 163,061 125,798 124,430 Amortization of Premium and Discount, Less Expense, on Debt; and Bond Defeasance Cost 4,283 4,369 4,148 9,521 5,170 Rentals (See Note) 1,040 1,114 1,171 908 1,314 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Total Fixed Charges 177,611 188,698 168,380 136,227 130,914 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Earnings Available for Fixed Charges $645,009 $674,449 $708,846 $635,984 $610,790 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges 3.63 3.57 4.21 4.66 4.66 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== |
Note: Represents the interest factor applicable to rentals.
EXHIBIT 12(b)
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------------------------------ 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (Thousands of Dollars Except Ratios) Net income for the period...................................... $285,605 $294,219 $321,512 $302,748 $297,160 Add: Taxes based on income....................................... 181,793 191,532 218,954 197,009 182,716 Fixed charges (see below)................................... 177,611 188,698 168,380 136,227 130,914 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Earnings available for fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements of Company.............................. $645,009 $674,449 $708,846 $635,984 $610,790 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Fixed charges: Interest on debt............................................ $172,288 $183,215 $163,061 $125,798 $124,430 Amortization of premium and discount, less expense, on debt; and bond defeasance cost........................................................ 4,283 4,369 4,148 9,521 5,170 Rentals (see note).......................................... 1,040 1,114 1,171 908 1,314 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Total fixed charges......................................... $177,611 $188,698 $168,380 $136,227 $130,914 Preferred stock dividend requirements of Company *(Adjusted for income tax effect)................................................... 29,994 22,901 22,213 21,852 21,537 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Total fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements................................... $207,605 $211,599 $190,593 $158,079 $152,451 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends................................. 3.11 3.19 3.72 4.02 4.01 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== |
Note: Represents the interest factor applicable to rentals.
* See following page for supporting computation.
EXHIBIT 12(b)
UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ----------------------------------------------------- 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- (Thousands of Dollars Except Ratios) Computation of preferred stock dividend requirements of Company, adjusted for income tax effect* Preferred stock dividend require- ments of Company, as shown on statement of earnings....................................... $ 19,134 $ 14,693 $ 14,059 $ 14,058 $ 14,087 Less deductible preferred stock dividends**................................................. 2,085 2,085 2,085 2,085 1,973 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Non-deductible preferred stock dividends................................................... $ 17,049 $ 12,608 $ 11,974 $ 11,973 $ 12,114 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Excess of net income before income taxes over net income (percentage) - See note below.............................................. 63.7% 65.1% 68.1% 65.1% 61.5% -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Income tax effect on non-deductible preferred stock dividends*.................................. $ 10,860 $ 8,208 $ 8,154 $ 7,794 $ 7,450 Add: Deductible preferred stock dividends (above)........................................... 2,085 2,085 2,085 2,085 1,973 Non-deductible preferred stock dividends (above)........................................... 17,049 12,608 11,974 11,973 12,114 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Preferred stock dividend requirements of Company, adjusted for income tax effect.................................................. $ 29,994 $ 22,901 $ 22,213 $ 21,852 $ 21,537 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Note: Calculated as follows - Net income before income taxes........................................................ $467,398 $485,751 $540,466 $499,757 $479,876 Less net income............................................. 285,605 294,219 321,512 302,748 297,160 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Excess - Taxes based on income....................................................... $181,793 $191,532 $218,954 $197,009 $182,716 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== - Percentage of net income................................... 63.7% 65.1% 68.1% 65.1% 61.5% ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== |
* Income tax adjustment to reflect pre-tax earnings required to meet preferred stock dividend.
** Dividends deductible on federal income tax return.
EXHIBIT 13
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Earnings and earnings per share fluctuated due to many conditions, the primary ones being: weather variations, electric rate reductions, sales growth, fluctuating operating costs, the purchase and sales of utility properties, new accounting requirements, lower interest expense, and changes in income and property taxes.
The impacts of the more significant items affecting revenues, costs, and earnings during the past several years are analyzed and discussed below.
ELECTRIC OPERATING REVENUES VARIATION FROM PRIOR YEAR -------------------------- (Millions of Dollars) 1993 1992 1991 ------- -------- ------- RATE VARIATIONS $(42.9) $ (.9) $(16.4) EFFECT OF ABNORMAL WEATHER 74.9 (135.7) 91.2 GROWTH AND OTHER 4.5 59.8 (7.7) ------ ------- ------ $ 36.5 $ (76.8) $ 67.1 ====== ======= ====== |
The increase in 1993 electric revenues primarily reflects the increase in electricity sales from colder, more normal winter weather in the first quarter 1993 followed by warmer spring and summer weather when compared to 1992. The lower 1993 electric revenues due to rates reflect the November 1992 Missouri rate settlement effective January 1, 1993, which decreased rates for all Missouri electric customers and reduced annual revenues by approximately $42 million. The sale of the Company's Iowa and northern Illinois retail properties in December 1992 reduced 1993 electric revenues $52 million which was offset by growth in other service areas, including the territory purchased from Arkansas Power & Light Company in March 1992.
The decline in 1992 electric revenues was primarily due to unusually mild summer weather which reduced air conditioning use as compared to 1991. The unusually warm spring and summer weather in 1991 resulted in significantly increased electric revenues when compared to the weather experienced in 1990. The lower 1991 electric revenues attributable to rate variations reflect lower rates resulting from the Missouri rate design settlement, effective November 26, 1990. Under the terms of this settlement, rate decreases for commercial and industrial customers reduced revenues by approximately $30 million annually.
The variation in electric revenues attributable to growth and other factors in 1991, 1992, and 1993 primarily reflects differences in economic growth in the Company's service territory for these periods. In 1991, the Company's service area experienced the general reduction in economic growth that occurred nationally and was reflected in lower sales to industrial customers. In 1991, normalized kilowatthour sales decreased 0.4% compared to 1990. In 1992, normalized kilowatthour sales increased 3.2% compared to 1991, which reflects both an improving local economy and the addition of new customers as a result of the purchase of the Missouri distribution properties of Arkansas Power & Light Company in March 1992. In 1993, normalized kilowatthour sales decreased 0.8% reflecting the loss of sales from the sale of the Company's Iowa and northern Illinois service territory partially offset by an improved local economy. Other less significant factors contributing to variations in electric sales are conservation, installation of energy efficient appliances, and changes to and from alternative fuels.
OPERATING EXPENSES FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER -- VARIATION FROM PRIOR YEAR ----------------------------------- (Millions of Dollars) 1993 1992 1991 ------ ------ ------ FUEL: Variation in generation $(18.3) $(36.7) $ 17.3 Price (.4) (6.1) (19.6) Amortization of uranium litigation settlement - 2.7 (1.7) Generation efficiencies 6.7 (.3) 3.6 Department of Energy assessment .4 - - NET INTERCHANGE SALES AND PURCHASED POWER VARIATION 17.6 35.7 9.7 ------ ------ ------ $ 6.0 $ (4.7) $ 9.3 ====== ====== ====== |
The increased 1993 Fuel and Purchased Power costs reflect increased purchased power and lower generating efficiencies offset in part by greater hydro generation and reduced steam generation. Increased power purchases from other utilities were required in 1993 when flooding interrupted coal deliveries to several of the Company's fossil fueled power plants. The decreased 1992 Fuel and Purchased Power costs reflect reduced generation associated with lower electric sales and a Callaway refueling outage in 1992, greater hydro generation and lower fuel prices, offset in part by greater net purchased power costs. The increased 1991 Fuel and Purchased Power costs reflect increased steam plant generation partly due to less hydro generation, reduced generating efficiencies, and increased net purchased power costs, offset in part by decreased fuel prices.
Other variations in 1991 through 1993 operating expenses reflect recurring conditions such as growth, inflation, and wage increases. In 1993, operations expenses, other than fuel and purchased power costs, increased $64 million, primarily due to a $32 million increase in employee postretirement benefits expense pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 106, "Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits other than Pensions", a $14 million increase in natural gas purchased for resale, a $5 million increase in labor costs, and higher pensions, professional and computer services, regulatory fees, and provision for injuries and damages. In
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1992, operations expenses, other than fuel and purchased power costs, increased $7 million, primarily reflecting a $5 million increase in labor costs, a $4 million increase in employee benefit expenses, a $2 million increase in natural gas purchased for resale, and a $1 million increase in tree trimming expense, offset in part by a $5 million decrease in nuclear spent fuel disposal cost, primarily due to the refueling outage at Callaway plant and a refund of overcharges from the Department of Energy. In 1991, operations expenses, other than fuel and purchased power costs, increased $8 million, due primarily to a $2 million increase in employee benefit expenses, a $3 million increase in regulatory expenses, and a $2 million increase in natural gas purchased for resale.
In 1993, maintenance expenses increased $3 million primarily due to flood- related labor expenses. In 1992, maintenance expenses increased $17 million, due to a $20 million increase in Callaway plant maintenance expenses primarily associated with Callaway's fifth refueling in early 1992, partially offset by reduced maintenance at fossil-fueled generating plants. In 1991, maintenance expenses decreased $6 million, primarily due to a $14 million decrease in Callaway plant maintenance expenses, reflecting the plant's fourth refueling in late 1990, partially offset by higher tree trimming and storm-related distribution expenses, and increased maintenance at most generating plants other than Callaway.
Depreciation expense increased $6 million in 1993, due to increased depreciable property. Depreciation expense increased $10 million in 1992, primarily due to the purchase of the Missouri distribution properties of Arkansas Power & Light Company in early 1992, a $3 million increase in nuclear plant decommissioning expense and increased other depreciable property. Depreciation expense increased $4 million in 1991 primarily due to increased depreciable property.
Income taxes from operations in 1993 reflect a higher federal income tax rate offset by lower pre-tax income. Income taxes from operations decreased $43 million in 1992 due principally to lower pre-tax income. In 1991, income taxes from operations increased $30 million due principally to higher pre-tax income.
In 1993, other taxes charged to operating expenses increased $6 million, primarily due to higher gross receipts and real estate taxes. In 1992, other taxes charged to operating expenses increased $3 million due to a $7 million increase in real estate taxes, partially offset by a $4 million reduction in gross receipts taxes associated with lower revenues. In 1991, other taxes charged to operating expenses increased $3 million, due to a $2 million increase in license and franchise taxes and a $1 million increase in payroll taxes.
INTEREST
In 1993, 1992 and 1991, interest expense decreased $6 million, $32 million and $20 million, respectively, primarily due to the refinancing of high-cost debt with lower cost issues, lower interest rates on variable rate debt and a reduction in total debt outstanding.
CALLAWAY RATE PHASE-IN PLANS
See Note 1 under Notes to Financial Statements for information relative to
Callaway rate phase-in plans.
OTHER INCOME AND DEDUCTIONS
The 1993 increase in Miscellaneous of $4 million primarily reflects lower miscellaneous income deductions. The 1992 reduction in Miscellaneous of $3 million primarily reflects reduced charitable contributions and lower miscellaneous income deductions. The 1991 reduction in Miscellaneous of $13 million primarily reflects a reduction in interest income, greater charitable contributions, the expense related to obtaining long-term power supply contracts with certain wholesale customers, and other miscellaneous income deductions. The December 1992 gain of $18 million, net of tax, from sales of electric property, is discussed under Liquidity and Capital Resources.
CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS
Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the Company is required to reduce total annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by approximately two-thirds by the year 2000. Significant reductions in nitrogen oxide will also be required. With switching to low-sulfur coal and early banking of emission credits, the Company anticipates that it can comply with the requirements of the law with no significant increase in revenue needs because the related capital costs, estimated at about $300 million, will be largely offset by lower fuel costs.
CONTINGENCIES
See Note 10 under Notes to Financial Statements for issues existing at December
31, 1993 that could affect the Company.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Construction expenditures averaging approximately $310 million are anticipated during each of the years 1994 through 1998. The Company completed the construction of its Callaway plant in late 1984. Additional electric generation capacity is not anticipated before the year 2000. For funds required in addition to construction expenditures, see Notes 2, 5, and 6 under Notes to Financial Statements.
On March 12, 1992, the Company purchased the Missouri retail electric distribution properties of Arkansas Power & Light Company (a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation) for $63 million. This acquisition increased the Company's customers by 26,000 in 10 counties in southeastern
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
(continued)
Missouri adjacent to the Company's existing service territory. In connection with the transaction, the Company entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with AP&L which allows the Company to serve the new customers cost- effectively and without building additional generating capacity.
In December 1992, the Company sold its Iowa retail and wholesale electric distribution properties to Iowa Electric Light & Power (a subsidiary of IES Industries, Inc.) and its northern Illinois electric distribution properties to Central Illinois Public Service Company. The Company served approximately 21,000 customers in the areas sold. The net book value of the properties sold was $34 million. Sales proceeds totaled $68 million. As a result of these sales, the Company realized a gain in 1992 of $18 million, net of tax. The Company's hydroelectric generating station near Keokuk, Iowa and related transmission facilities were not included in the sales.
On January 24, 1994, the Company sold $100 million of first mortgage bonds, 7% Series due 2024. The Company used the proceeds to repay outstanding commercial paper.
A nuclear fuel lease agreement provides financing for the Company's nuclear fuel requirements. Effective February 1, 1994, the maximum which can be financed under the agreement was increased from $100 million to $120 million. At December 31, 1993, $99 million of nuclear fuel was financed under the lease.
The Company plans to continue utilizing short-term debt as support for normal operations and other temporary requirements (see Note 3 under Notes to Financial Statements). The Company is authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to have outstanding at any one time up to $600 million of short-term unsecured debt instruments.
TAX MATTERS
See Income Taxes in Note 7 under Notes to Financial Statement regarding SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes."
EFFECTS OF INFLATION AND CHANGING PRICES
The Company's financial statements reflect the historical cost of events and transactions occurring at times when the purchasing power of the dollar was different. The effects of inflation and changing prices on the Company's financial statements are most significant in the areas of depreciation and property, plant, and equipment.
The current replacement cost of the Company's utility plant substantially exceeds its recorded historical cost. However, the regulatory process limits the Company to the recovery of the historical cost of utility plant through depreciation. While the regulatory process does not reflect the current cost of replacing utility plant, past practice indicates the Company will be allowed to earn on and to recover the increased cost of its net investment after facilities are replaced.
The Company, by having assets such as receivables, fuel and materials inventory, and deferred charges, incurs a loss of purchasing power during periods of inflation because, after conversion, the cash received for these items will purchase less. More than offsetting such assets, however, are significant amounts of long-term debt, deferred income taxes, and current liabilities which will be paid with dollars of reduced purchasing power.
SELECTED QUARTERLY INFORMATION
(Thousands of Dollars Except Per Share Amounts)
Earnings Earnings on Per Share Operating Operating Net Common of Stock Revenues Income Income Stock Outstanding - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUARTER ENDED: MARCH 31, 1993 $452,966 $ 75,049 $ 44,204 $ 40,523 $ .40 March 31, 1992 430,930 64,188 31,841 28,326 .28 JUNE 30, 1993 512,209 115,298 86,846 83,401 .82 June 30, 1992 501,469 100,080 67,260 63,745 .62 SEPTEMBER 30, 1993 689,330 188,513 161,288 157,641 1.54 September 30, 1992 656,271 195,841 166,759 163,245 1.60 DECEMBER 31, 1993 411,499 32,437 4,822 1,508 .01 December 31, 1992 426,451 51,908 36,888 33,374 .33 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Net Income and Earnings on Common Stock for the fourth quarter of 1992 reflect a gain of $18 million ($.18 per share) from the sale of the Company's Iowa and northern Illinois retail distribution properties. The Callaway plant was refueled in the fourth quarter of 1993 and the second quarter of 1992, the effect of which decreased earnings on common stock by about $21 million ($.20 per share) in each of these quarters. The cost of flooding in the Company's service territory in 1993 reduced earnings on common stock by $10 million ($.10 per share), primarily in the third quarter.
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The management of Union Electric Company is responsible for the information and representations contained in the financial statements and in other sections of this Annual Report. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Other information included in this report is consistent, where applicable, with the financial statements.
The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls designed to provide reasonable assurance as to the integrity of the financial records and the protection of assets. Qualified personnel are selected and an organization structure is maintained that provides for appropriate functional responsibility.
Written policies and procedures have been developed and are revised as necessary. The Company maintains and supports an extensive program of internal audits with appropriate management follow up.
The Board of Directors, through its Auditing Committee comprised of outside directors, is responsible for ensuring that both management and the independent accountants fulfill their respective responsibilities relative to the financial statements. Moreover, the independent accountants have full and free access to meet with the Auditing Committee, with or without management present, to discuss auditing or financial reporting matters.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
One Boatmen's Plaza Telephone 314-425-0500
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors February 2, 1994 of Union Electric Company
In our opinion, the accompanying balance sheet and the related statements of income, long-term debt, preferred stock, retained earnings, other paid-in capital, and cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Union Electric Company at December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1993, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
As discussed in Notes 7 and 8 to the financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for income taxes and for postretirement benefits other than pensions.
STATEMENT OF INCOME UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Thousands of Dollars Except Shares and Per Share Amounts)
YEAR 1993 Year 1992 Year 1991 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATING REVENUES(*): Electric $ 1,965,980 $ 1,929,468 $ 2,006,258 Gas 99,552 84,159 86,877 Other 472 1,494 3,805 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES 2,066,004 2,015,121 2,096,940 OPERATING EXPENSES: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operations Fuel and purchased power 413,054 407,067 411,739 Other 445,535 381,690 374,997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 858,589 788,757 786,736 Maintenance 190,097 187,267 170,454 Depreciation and nuclear decommissioning 219,633 214,029 204,152 Amortization of phase-in plans deferred costs -- 32,291 32,459 Income taxes 179,475 179,691 222,700 Other taxes(*) 206,913 201,069 197,626 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1,654,707 1,603,104 1,614,127 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OPERATING INCOME 411,297 412,017 482,813 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER INCOME AND DEDUCTIONS: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gain on sales of electric property -- 34,810 -- Income taxes related to gain on sales of electric property -- (16,711) -- Allowance for equity funds used during construction 6,418 3,115 2,156 Miscellaneous, net 3,919 (71) (2,611) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL OTHER INCOME AND DEDUCTIONS, NET 10,337 21,143 (455) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INCOME BEFORE INTEREST CHARGES 421,634 433,160 482,358 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTEREST CHARGES: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interest 129,600 135,319 167,209 Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction (5,126) (4,907) (6,363) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NET INTEREST CHARGES 124,474 130,412 160,846 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NET INCOME 297,160 302,748 321,512 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS 14,087 14,058 14,059 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EARNINGS ON COMMON STOCK $ 283,073 $ 288,690 $ 307,453 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (*)Includes license and franchise taxes of $97,791,000, $92,993,000, and $96,802,000 for the years 1993, 1992, and 1991, respectively. EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK (based on average shares outstanding) $2.77 $2.83 $3.01 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIVIDENDS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK $2.335 $2.26 $2.18 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING 102,123,834 102,123,834 102,123,834 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
See Notes to Financial Statements on pages 27 through 32.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Thousands of Dollars)
YEAR 1993 Year 1992 Year 1991 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income $ 297,160 $ 302,748 $ 321,512 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 210,341 237,659 227,684 Amortization of nuclear fuel 46,441 47,816 71,964 Gain on sales of electric property - (34,810) - Allowance for funds used during construction (11,544) (8,022) (8,519) Postretirement benefit accrual 31,970 - - Deferred income taxes, net 51,154 44,950 50,633 Deferred investment tax credits, net (7,626) (7,414) (7,007) Changes in assets and liabilities: Receivables, net (23,568) 22,408 (3,663) Materials and supplies 46,741 (9,938) (15,182) Accounts and wages payable (8,258) 12,207 6,346 Taxes accrued (5,762) (10,958) 7,336 Interest and dividends accrued or declared 2,351 (4,242) 5,593 Other, net (2,378) (1,393) 5,486 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES 627,022 591,011 662,183 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Construction expenditures (266,433) (259,652) (237,159) Acquisition of electric property - (62,430) - Sale of water property - 8,500 - Sales of electric property - 68,702 - Allowance for funds used during construction 11,544 8,022 8,519 Nuclear fuel expenditures (37,494) (63,779) (25,344) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES (292,383) (300,637) (253,984) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dividends on preferred and common stock (252,546) (244,858) (236,690) Environmental bond funds 30,474 (4,915) (42,585) Redemptions -- Nuclear fuel lease (52,907) (50,693) (60,178) Short-term debt - (34,500) (34,000) Long-term debt (605,500) (520,076) (292,396) Preferred stock (73,751) (26) (212) Issuances -- Nuclear fuel lease 51,593 40,534 16,669 Short-term debt 37,600 - - Long-term debt 455,000 521,500 242,585 Preferred stock 74,438 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES (335,599) (293,034) (406,807) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (960) (2,660) 1,392 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 2,257 4,917 3,525 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR $ 1,297 $ 2,257 $ 4,917 =========================================================================================== |
BALANCE SHEET UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Thousands of Dollars)
ASSETS DECEMBER 31, 1993 December 31, 1992 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROPERTY AND PLANT, AT ORIGINAL COST: - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electric $7,916,493 $7,657,516 Gas 149,167 138,811 Other 34,884 34,994 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8,100,544 7,831,321 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization 3,079,509 2,860,699 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5,021,035 4,970,622 Construction work in progress: Nuclear fuel in process 101,265 100,098 Other 142,656 130,655 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL PROPERTY AND PLANT, NET 5,264,956 5,201,375 REGULATORY ASSET - DEFERRED INCOME TAXES 762,331 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS: - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unamortized debt expense 53,451 36,598 Nuclear decommissioning trust fund 44,420 32,541 Other 28,552 24,774 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS 126,423 93,913 CURRENT ASSETS: - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash 1,297 2,257 Accounts receivable -- trade (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,194 and $5,858, at respective dates) 178,559 156,459 Unbilled revenue 79,957 80,932 Other accounts and notes receivable 18,319 15,876 Materials and supplies, at average cost -- Fossil fuel 53,123 103,582 Construction and maintenance 87,450 83,732 Environmental bond funds 17,026 47,500 Other 6,129 11,737 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 441,860 502,075 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL ASSETS $6,595,570 $5,797,363 ============================================================================================= |
See Notes to Financial Statements on pages 27 through 32.
CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES DECEMBER 31, 1993 December 31, 1992 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPITALIZATION: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common stock, $5 par value, authorized 150,000,000 shares -- outstanding 102,123,834 shares (excluding 42,990 shares at par value in treasury) $ 510,619 $ 510,619 Other paid-in capital, principally premium on common stock (see accompanying statement) 717,669 718,482 Retained earnings (see accompanying statement) 977,880 934,919 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total common stockholders' equity 2,206,168 2,164,020 Preference stock, $1 par value, authorized 7,500,000 shares -- none outstanding Preferred stock not subject to mandatory redemption (see accompanying statement) 218,497 217,784 Preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption (see accompanying statement) 702 728 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long-term debt (see accompanying statement) 1,777,153 1,668,337 Unamortized discount and premium on debt (10,498) (8,784) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CAPITALIZATION 4,192,022 4,042,085 ACCUMULATED DEFERRED INCOME TAXES 1,360,159 841,944 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCUMULATED DEFERRED INVESTMENT TAX CREDITS 178,887 186,513 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGULATORY LIABILITY (Note 7) 266,399 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCUMULATED PROVISION FOR NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING 46,093 35,897 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER DEFERRED CREDITS AND LIABILITIES 92,227 25,347 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSTRUCTION COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Notes 9, 10, and 11) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CURRENT LIABILITIES: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current maturity of long-term debt 30,539 291,169 Accounts payable 153,474 165,311 Wages payable 37,326 33,747 Bank loans 59,600 22,000 Income taxes accrued 25,147 30,925 Accumulated deferred income taxes 28,871 - Other taxes accrued 17,578 17,562 Interest accrued 41,252 38,700 Dividends declared 3,301 3,502 Other 62,695 62,661 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 459,783 665,577 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES $6,595,570 $5,797,363 ============================================================================================================== |
LONG-TERM DEBT UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Thousands of Dollars)
DECEMBER 31, 1993 December 31, 1992 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS -- note (a) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1/2% Series due 1995 $ 35,000 $ 35,000 4 3/4% Series due 1995 3,000 3,000 5 1/2% Series due 1996 30,000 30,000 5 5/8% Series due 1996 5,000 5,000 5 1/2% Series due 1997 40,000 40,000 5 5/8% Series due 1997 5,000 5,000 7% Series due 1998--note (b) - 50,000 6 3/4% Series due 1999 100,000 100,000 7 3/8% Series due 1999--note (b) - 35,000 7 5/8% Series due 2001--note (b) - 50,000 7 7/8% Series due 2001--note (b) - 50,000 8 1/8% Series due 2001--note (b) - 60,000 8.33% Series due 2002 75,000 75,000 7.65% Series due 2003 100,000 100,000 7 3/4% Series due 2003--note (b) - 7,000 6 7/8% Series due 2004 188,000 - 7 3/8% Series due 2004 85,000 85,000 8 3/8% Series due 2004--note (b) - 70,000 6 3/4% Series due 2008 148,000 - 7.40% Series due 2020--note (c) 60,000 60,000 8 3/4% Series due 2021 125,000 125,000 8% Series due 2022 85,000 85,000 8 1/4% Series due 2022 104,000 104,000 7.15% Series due 2023 75,000 - 5.45% Series due 2028--note (c) 44,000 - UNSECURED LOANS--note (d) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial paper--note (e) 25,000 71,000 MISSOURI ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT-- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenue bonds, 1984 Series A due 2014--note (f) 80,000 80,000 1984 Series B due 2014--note (f) 80,000 80,000 1985 Series A due 2015--note (g) 70,000 70,000 1985 Series B due 2015--note (g) 56,500 56,500 1991 Series due 2020--note (g) 42,585 42,585 1992 Series due 2022--note (g) 47,500 47,500 NUCLEAR FUEL LEASE--note (h) 68,568 46,752 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LONG-TERM DEBT--note (i)(j) $1,777,153 $1,668,337 ======================================================================================== |
PREFERRED STOCK UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Thousands of Dollars)
DECEMBER 31, 1993 December 31, 1992 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PREFERRED STOCK NOT SUBJECT TO MANDATORY REDEMPTION: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preferred stock outstanding without par value (entitled to cumulative dividends) -- note (a) Stated value of $100 per share -- $7.64 Series -- 330,000 shares $ 33,000 $ - $7.44 Series -- 330,001 shares 33,000 33,000 $6.40 Series -- 300,000 shares 30,000 30,000 $5.50 Series A -- 14,000 shares 1,400 1,400 $5.50 Series B -- 3,000 shares 300 300 $4.75 Series -- 20,000 shares 2,000 2,000 $4.56 Series -- 200,000 shares 20,000 20,000 $4.50 Series -- 213,595 shares 21,359 21,359 $4.30 Series -- 40,000 shares 4,000 4,000 $4.00 Series -- 150,000 shares 15,000 15,000 $3.70 Series -- 40,000 shares 4,000 4,000 $3.50 Series -- 130,000 shares 13,000 13,000 Stated value of $97.50 per share -- $8.00 Series of 1971 -- 425,000 shares -- note (b) - 41,437 Stated value of $92.25 per share -- $8.00 Series -- 350,000 shares -- note (b) - 32,288 Stated value of $25.00 per share -- $1.735 Series -- 1,657,500 shares 41,438 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK NOT SUBJECT TO MANDATORY REDEMPTION $218,497 $217,784 ============================================================================================================= PREFERRED STOCK SUBJECT TO MANDATORY REDEMPTION: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preferred stock outstanding without par value (entitled to cumulative dividends) -- note (a) Stated value of $100 per share -- $6.30 Series -- 7,020 and 7,280 shares at respective dates, due 2020 -- note (c) $702 $728 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK SUBJECT TO MANDATORY REDEMPTION $702 $728 ============================================================================================================= |
STATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGS UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Thousands of Dollars)
YEAR 1993 Year 1992 Year 1991 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD $ 934,919 $ 877,029 $ 792,207 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Add: Net income 297,160 302,748 321,512 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,232,079 1,179,777 1,113,719 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deduct: Preferred stock dividends* 14,087 14,058 14,060 Common stock cash dividends -- $2.335, $2.26, and $2.18 per share, respectively 238,459 230,800 222,630 Capital stock expense 1,653 -- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 254,199 244,858 236,690 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Under mortgage indentures as amended, free and unrestricted retained earnings at December 31, 1993 amounted to $942,398) BALANCE AT CLOSE OF PERIOD $ 977,880 $ 934,919 $ 877,029 ===================================================================================== |
*Preferred stock dividends include dividends declared, applicable to subsequent periods.
STATEMENT OF OTHER PAID IN CAPITAL
(Thousands of Dollars)
YEAR 1993 Year 1992 Year 1991 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD $ 718,482 $ 718,507 $ 718,473 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capital stock expense (813) (25) -- Excess of stated value over purchase price of 2,200 shares $7.44 Series preferred stock retired during 1991 -- -- 34 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALANCE AT CLOSE OF PERIOD $ 717,669 $ 718,482 $ 718,507 ===================================================================================== |
See Notes to Financial Statements on pages 27 through 32.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
NOTE 1 -- SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Company is regulated by the Missouri Public Service Commission, Illinois Commerce Commission, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The accounting policies of the Company are in accordance with the rate-making practices of the regulatory authorities having jurisdiction and, as such, conform to generally accepted accounting principles as applied to regulated public utilities. Following is a description of the Company's significant accounting policies:
PROPERTY AND PLANT
The cost of additions to and betterments of units of property and plant is capitalized. Cost includes labor, material, applicable taxes, and overheads, plus an allowance for funds used during construction. Maintenance expenditures and the renewal of items not considered units of property are charged to income as incurred. When units of depreciable property are retired, the original cost and removal cost, less salvage, are charged to accumulated depreciation.
DEPRECIATION
Depreciation is provided over the estimated lives of the various classes of depreciable property by applying composite rates on a straight-line basis. The provision for depreciation in 1993, 1992, and 1991 was approximately 3% of the average depreciable cost.
NUCLEAR FUEL
The cost of nuclear fuel is amortized to fuel expense on a unit-of-production basis. Spent fuel disposal cost is charged to expense based on kilowatthours sold.
INCOME TAXES
Effective January 1993, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes". Under SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the tax consequences of transactions that have been treated differently for financial reporting and tax return purposes, measured using statutory tax rates.
Investment tax credits utilized in prior years were deferred and are being amortized over the useful lives of the properties to which they relate.
ALLOWANCE FOR FUNDS USED DURING CONSTRUCTION
Allowance for funds used during construction (AFC) is a utility industry accounting practice whereby the cost of borrowed funds and the cost of equity funds (preferred and common stockholders' equity) applicable to the Company's construction program are capitalized as a cost of construction. This accounting practice offsets the effect on earnings of the cost of financing current construction, and treats such financing costs in the same manner as construction charges for labor and materials.
Under accepted rate-making practice, cash recovery of AFC, as well as other construction costs, occurs when completed projects are placed in service and reflected in customer rates.
AFC rates are established by the Company consistent with the methodology prescribed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Average annual AFC rates were 7.8% in 1993, 6.2% in 1992, and 7.1% in 1991.
CALLAWAY RATE PHASE-IN PLANS
The Callaway rate phase-in plans effective in 1985 as a result of regulatory commission orders provided for the partial deferral of a cash recovery of costs related to the Callaway plant during the early years of the plans with recovery of such deferrals in the later years of the plans.
A 1987 order of the Missouri Public Service Commission provided that $159 million of deferred costs at December 31, 1987, applicable to Missouri be recovered in rates over the five years 1988 through 1992.
UNBILLED REVENUE
The Company accrues on its books estimated, but unbilled, revenue and also a liability for the related taxes.
NOTE 2 -- DEBT RETIREMENT PROVISIONS
During the five years from December 31, 1993, the amounts of debt maturities totaling $174 million are: $31 million in 1994; $38 million in 1995; $60 million in 1996; and $45 million in 1997. Amounts for years subsequent to 1994 do not include nuclear fuel lease payments since the amounts of such payments are not currently determinable.
Debt retirement provisions contained in some mortgage bond indentures of the Company require, subject to certain alternatives, the redemption annually of 1% of the principal amount (as defined) of each series of bonds. In substantially all instances, as permitted by the indentures, the Company has been pledging property additions in lieu of such redemptions.
NOTE 3 -- SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
Short-term borrowings of the Company consist of bank loans (maturities generally
on an overnight basis) and commercial paper (maturities generally within 10-45
days). Information relative to short-term borrowings is as follows:
(In thousands except rates) 1993 1992 1991 -------- -------- -------- BANK LOANS AT YEAR END -- Amount outstanding $ 59,600 $ 22,000 $ 56,500 Composite interest rate 3.3% 3.3% 4.7% MAXIMUM AGGREGATE SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS AT ANY MONTH END DURING THE YEAR $101,500 $261,000 $173,000 AVERAGE DAILY SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS OUTSTANDING DURING THE YEAR -- Aggregate amount $ 42,376 $100,996 $101,181 Weighted composite interest rate 3.2% 3.8% 6.2% |
The above weighted composite interest rates were calculated by dividing the applicable interest expense for the year by the average daily short-term borrowings shown above.
At December 31, 1993, the Company had committed bank lines of credit aggregating $187 million ($162 million of which were unused at such date) which make available interim financing at various rates of interest based on LIBOR, the bank certificate of deposit rate, or other options, and in support of which the Company has agreements with its lending banks to pay annual fees up to 0.125%. These lines of credit are renewable annually at various dates throughout the year.
NOTE 4 -- NUCLEAR FUEL LEASE
The Company has a lease agreement which provides for the financing of nuclear
fuel. Effective February 1, 1994, the maximum amount which may be financed
under the agreement was increased from $100 million to $120 million. Pursuant to
the terms of the lease, the Company has assigned to the lessor certain contracts
for purchase of nuclear fuel. The lessor obtains, through the issuance of
commercial paper or from direct loans under a committed revolving credit
agreement from commercial banks, the necessary funds to purchase the fuel and
make interest payments when due.
The Company is obligated to reimburse the lessor for all expenditures for nuclear fuel, interest, and related costs. Obligations under this lease become due as the nuclear fuel is consumed at the Company's Callaway nuclear plant. The Company reimbursed the lessor $55.0 million during 1993, $54.3 million during 1992, and $68.0 million during 1991.
The Company has capitalized the cost, including certain interest costs, of the leased nuclear fuel and has recorded
the related lease obligation. During the years 1993, 1992, and 1991, the total interest charges under the lease were $3.1 million, $4.4 million, and $8.5 million (based on average interest rates of 3.6%, 4.3%, and 6.7%, respectively) of which $1.4 million, $1.3 million, and $1.4 million, respectively, were capitalized.
NOTE 5 -- PREFERRED STOCK
During the three years ended December 31, 1993, preferred stock, without par
value, was issued or redeemed as follows: issued 1,657,500 shares, $1.735 Series
and 330,000 shares, $7.64 Series in 1993; redeemed 350,000 shares, $8.00 Series
and 425,000 shares, $8.00 Series of 1971 in 1993, and redeemed 2,200 shares,
$7.44 Series in 1991. The Company retired 260 shares, $6.30 Series in 1993,
1992, and 1991.
PREFERRED STOCK REDEMPTION PRICE - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (PER SHARE) $7.64 Series $103.82(a) $7.44 Series 101.00 $6.40 Series 101.50 $5.50 Series A 110.00 $5.50 Series B 103.50 $4.75 Series 102.176 $4.56 Series 102.47 $4.50 Series 110.00(b) $4.30 Series 105.00 $4.00 Series 105.625 $3.70 Series 104.75 $3.50 Series 110.00 $1.735 Series 25.00(c) $6.30 Series (d) 100.00 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
(a) Beginning February 15, 2003, eventually declining to $100 per share.
(b) In the event of voluntary liquidation, $105.50.
(c) On or after August 1, 1998.
(d) The Company is required to retire 260 shares at $100 per share on
June 1 of each year.
NOTE 6 -- PREFERRED STOCK MANDATORY REDEMPTION PROVISIONS
During each of the five years 1994 through 1998, the Company will be required to
redeem $26,000 of the preferred stock outstanding at December 31, 1993.
NOTE 7 -- INCOME TAXES
Total income tax expense for 1993 resulted in an effective tax rate of 38% on earnings before income taxes (39% in 1992 and 41% in 1991). The principal reasons such rates differ from the statutory Federal rate are as follows:
1993 1992 1991 ---- ---- ---- STATUTORY FEDERAL INCOME TAX RATE 35% 34% 34% INCREASES (DECREASES) FROM: Depreciation differences 2 1 2 Callaway rate phase-in plans - 2 2 State tax 2 3 3 Miscellaneous, net (1) (1) - --- --- --- EFFECTIVE INCOME TAX RATE 38% 39% 41% === === === |
Income tax expense components for the years shown are as follows (in thousands):
1993 1992 1991 -------- -------- -------- TAXES CURRENTLY PAYABLE (PRINCIPALLY FEDERAL): Included in operating expenses $147,062 $147,887 $183,573 Included in other income -- Miscellaneous, net (7,874) 11,586 (8,244) DEFERRED TAXES (PRINCIPALLY FEDERAL): Included in operating expenses -- Depreciation differences 49,566 37,588 41,757 Other (9,527) 1,630 4,377 Included in other income -- Depreciation differences 9,638 6,978 6,834 Other 1,477 (1,246) (2,336) DEFERRED INVESTMENT TAX CREDITS, NET Included in operating expenses (7,626) (7,414) (7,007) -------- -------- -------- TOTAL INCOME TAX EXPENSE $182,716 $197,009 $218,954 ======== ======== ======== |
Effective January 1993, the Company adopted SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." Prior to 1993, in accordance with accepted ratemaking practice, deferred income taxes were not provided for certain temporary differences flowed through to customers and the equity component of Allowance for Funds Used During Construction. SFAS No. 109 requires recognition of the income tax effect of such temporary differences. Accordingly, a Regulatory Asset, representing the probable recovery from customers of future income taxes which is expected to occur when the temporary differences reverse, has been recorded along with a corresponding deferred tax liability. Also, a Regulatory Liability recognizing the lower expected revenue resulting from reduced income taxes associated with amortizing accumulated deferred investment tax credits, has been recorded. The deferred tax asset corresponding to this Regulatory Liability has been combined with the deferred tax liabilities.
SFAS No. 109 requires that deferred tax liabilities be adjusted for enacted changes in tax laws or rates. Accordingly, the Company reduced its deferred tax liabilities for amounts previously recorded in excess of the current statutory rate. Recognizing that regulators will probably reduce future revenues for these excess tax deferrals, the reduction in the deferred tax liability was credited to the Regulatory Liability.
Adopting SFAS No. 109 increased both assets and liabilities at December 31, 1993 by approximately $762 million, but did not affect the Company's 1993 earnings on common stock.
Under SFAS No. 109, temporary differences gave rise to deferred tax assets of $40 million and deferred tax liabilities of $1.43 billion at December 31, 1993. These are sum-marized as follows (in millions):
DEPRECIATION $ 806 REGULATORY ASSET - NET 496 CAPITALIZED TAXES AND EXPENSES 127 DEFERRED BENEFIT COSTS (30) DISALLOWED PLANT COSTS (10) ------ TOTAL ACCUMULATED DEFERRED INCOME TAXES, NET $1,389 ====== |
NOTE 8 -- RETIREMENT BENEFITS
The Company has non-contributory, defined-benefit retirement plans covering
substantially all of its employees. Benefits are based on the employees' years
of service and compensation. The Company's funding policy is to contribute
annually at least the minimum amount required by government funding standards,
but not more than can be deducted for Federal income taxes. Plan assets consist
principally of common stocks and fixed income securities.
Pension costs for the years 1993, 1992, and 1991, were $27 million, $25 million,
and $24 million, respectively, of which approximately 18% in 1993 and 1992, and
17% in 1991 were charged to construction accounts.
NOTE 8 - RETIREMENT BENEFITS (cont'd)
The plans' funded status follows (in millions):
At December 31, 1993 1992 1991 ----- ----- ----- ACTUARIAL PRESENT VALUE OF BENEFIT OBLIGATION: Vested benefit obligation $(607) $(492) $(455) ===== ===== ===== Accumulated benefit obligation $(686) $(521) $(481) ===== ===== ===== Projected benefit obligation for service rendered to date $(820) $(688) $(633) PLAN ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE 738 671 636 ----- ----- ----- (DEFICIENCY) EXCESS OF PLAN ASSETS VERSUS PROJECTED BENEFIT OBLIGATION (82) (17) 3 UNRECOGNIZED NET GAIN (4) (55) (78) PRIOR SERVICE COST NOT YET RECOGNIZED IN NET PERIODIC PENSION COST 93 84 89 UNRECOGNIZED NET ASSETS AT TRANSITION (11) (12) (12) ----- ----- ----- PREPAID PENSION COST $ (4) $ - $ 2 ===== ===== ===== Pension costs include the following components (in millions): 1993 1992 1991 ----- ----- ----- SERVICE COST -- BENEFITS EARNED DURING THE PERIOD $ 18 $ 17 $ 15 INTEREST COST ON PROJECTED BENEFIT OBLIGATION 59 56 52 ACTUAL RETURN ON PLAN ASSETS (89) (52) (110) NET AMORTIZATION AND DEFERRAL 39 4 67 ----- ----- ----- PENSION COST $ 27 $ 25 $ 24 ===== ===== ===== |
For determining the actuarial present value of the projected benefit obligation in 1993, 1992, and 1991, the weighted average discount rates were 7.25%, 8.5%, and 8.75%, respectively. The rate of increase in future compensation was 4.25% in 1993, and 6% in 1992 and 1991. The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 8.5%.
In addition to providing pension benefits, the Company provides certain health care and life insurance benefits for retired employees. Substantially all of the Company's employees may become eligible for those benefits if they reach retirement age while working for the Company. Prior to 1993, the costs of retiree health care and life insurance benefits were recognized on the basis of claims paid. For 1993, 1992, and 1991, the actual claims paid were $14.6 million, $13.5 million, and $11 million, respectively.
Effective January 1993, the Company adopted SFAS No. 106, "Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits other than Pensions," which requires accrual of expected postretirement benefit costs during employees' years of service. The present value of the Company's accumulated postretirement benefit obligation is estimated to be $325 million and the 1993 net periodic postretirement benefit costs were $53 million, of which approximately 18% was charged to construction accounts. The Company's transition obligation is being amortized over 20 years.
The plans' status at December 31, 1993 follows (in millions):
ACCUMULATED POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT OBLIGATION: Active employees eligible for benefits $ (47) Retired employees (169) Other active employees (109) ----- Total benefit obligation (325) UNRECOGNIZED - TRANSITION OBLIGATION 309 - PRIOR SERVICE COST (44) - LOSS 21 ----- ACCRUED POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS $ (39) ===== The components of the 1993 net periodic postretirement benefit cost are as follows (in millions): SERVICE COST -- BENEFITS EARNED DURING THE PERIOD $ 9 INTEREST COST ON PROJECTED BENEFIT OBLIGATION 28 AMORTIZATION OF TRANSITION OBLIGATION 16 ----- NET PERIODIC COST $ 53 ===== Assumptions for the obligation and expense measurements are as follows: DISCOUNT RATE AT MEASUREMENT DATE 7.25% MEDICAL COST TREND RATE - INITIAL 11.25% - ULTIMATE 5.25% ULTIMATE MEDICAL COST TREND RATE EXPECTED IN YEAR 2000 |
A one percent increase in the medical cost trend rate is estimated to increase the net periodic cost and the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation by approximately $4 million and $28 million, respectively.
In January 1993, the Emerging Issues Task Force of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board established the criteria permitting regulated enterprises to
record a regulatory asset offsetting the liability recorded pursuant to SFAS
106. The prescribed criteria preclude the Company from recording a regulatory
asset. As a result, adopting SFAS 106 reduced the Company's 1993 earnings on
common stock by $20 million or 20 cents per share.
NOTE 9 -- CONSTRUCTION COMMITMENTS
The Company is engaged in a construction program under which expenditures
averaging approximately $310 million are anticipated during each of the next
five years.
NOTE 10 -- CONTINGENCIES
The Company's insurance coverage for its Callaway plant is as follows:
Property insurance coverage of $500 million provided by American Nuclear Insurers (ANI) and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters (MAELU).
Excess property insurance of $850 million, including $100 million of coverage for premature decom-missioning costs, provided by ANI/MAELU and Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL), a mutual insurer established by the utility industry.
Excess property insurance of $1.15 billion pro-vided by NEIL. Under this policy, the Company could be subject to a maximum retrospective premium assessment of $11.6 million in any one policy year. The policy also provides up to an additional $250 million of coverage for premature decommissioning costs in excess of funds previously collected for decommissioning. Such coverage is limited to a premature decom-missioning which results from a major accident.
The NRC requires property insurance proceeds to be first dedicated to reactor stabilization and decontamination, which may significantly reduce the proceeds available for property repair and replacement.
A Master Worker Policy issued by ANI/MAELU with an aggregate limit of $400 million for the nuclear industry as a whole to cover claims of workers as a result of initial radiation exposure after December 31, 1987. Under this policy, the Company could be subject to a maximum retrospective premium assessment of $3.1 million.
Accidental outage replacement power cost insurance provided by NEIL. Thereunder, the Company is insured for up to $3.1 million per week for the first year, commencing 21 weeks after initiation of the outage and up to $2.1 million per week for the second and third year. Under this policy, the Company could be subject to a maximum annual retrospective premium assessment of $3.3 million in any one policy year.
The Atomic Energy Act, as revised August 1988 by the Price-Anderson amendments, covers liability to third parties for a nuclear incident and, at December 31, 1993, limited such liability to approximately $9.4 billion for each nuclear incident. Coverage of the first $200 million of liability is provided by ANI/MAELU. The balance is provided by utility industry retrospective assessments. The Company's maximum potential assessment under this plan would be $75.5 million per incident payable in annual installments of not more than $10 million. Additionally, if the sum of all public liability claims and legal costs arising from a nuclear incident exceeds the amount of primary and excess coverage in force, the Company can be assessed an additional $3.8 million. As required by the Price-Anderson Act, the assessment is subject to an inflationary adjustment.
To the extent that any losses arising from a nuclear incident at Callaway plant exceed the limits of, or are not subject to, insurance, or to the extent such insurance becomes unavailable in the future, the Company may retain the risk of loss as a self-insurer. Although the Company has no reason to anticipate a serious nuclear incident at Callaway plant, if such an incident did occur, it could have a material but presently undeterminable adverse effect on the Company's financial position.
Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the Company is required to reduce total annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by approximately two-thirds by the year 2000. Significant reductions in nitrogen oxide will also be required. With switching to low-sulfur coal and early banking of emission credits, the Company anticipates that it can comply with the requirements of the law with no significant increase in revenue needs because the related capital costs, estimated at about $300 million, will be largely offset by lower fuel costs.
As of December 31, 1993, the Company was designated a potentially responsible party (PRP) by federal and state environmental protection agencies for five hazardous waste sites. Other hazardous waste sites have been identified for which the Company may be responsible but has not been designated a PRP. The Company is continuing to evaluate the remediation costs that will be required for all of these sites. However, such costs are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position.
The Company is involved in legal and administrative proceedings before various courts and agencies with
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATMENTS UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
(continued)
NOTE 10 -- CONTINGENCIES (cont'd)
respect to matters arising in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve substantial amounts. Management is of the opinion that the final disposition of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position.
In November 1992, the Missouri Public Service Commission (MoPSC) approved a settlement among various parties involving the Company's Missouri electric rates. Under the terms of the settlement, rate decreases for all classes of Missouri electric customers reduced 1993 annual revenues by approximately $42 million. The settlement also provides that no party shall file for a general increase or decrease in the Company's Missouri electric rates prior to September 1, 1994, except that the Company may request an increase if certain adverse events occur.
See Management's Discussion and Analysis - Liquidity and Capital Resources for information regarding the Company's acquisition and sales of electric properties.
NOTE 11 -- CALLAWAY NUCLEAR PLANT
Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
is responsible for the permanent storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel.
DOE currently charges one mill per kilowatthour sold for future disposal of
spent fuel. Electric rates charged to customers provide for recovery of such
costs. DOE is not expected to have its permanent storage facility for spent
fuel available until at least 2010. The Company has sufficient storage capacity
at the Callaway plant site until 2005 and has viable storage alternatives under
consideration that would provide additional storage facilities. Each
alternative will likely require Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval and may
require other regulatory approvals. The delayed availability of DOE's disposal
facility is not expected to adversely affect the continued operation of the
Callaway plant.
In 1993, the Company recorded a $23 million liability and a corresponding asset for a special DOE assessment on all utilities owning nuclear plants. The assessment is for the future decontamination, decommissioning and reclamation of DOE uranium enrichment facilities. It will be paid and charged to expense over 15 years beginning in 1993.
Callaway plant decommissioning costs are estimated to be $372 million in current year dollars. Annual decom-missioning costs are charged to depreciation expense over Callaway's service life and amounted to $6.7 million in 1993. Electric rates charged to customers provide for recovery of decommissioning costs over the life of the plant, based on an assumed 40-year life, ending upon expiration of the plant's operating license in 2024. Every three years, the MoPSC requires the Company to file updated cost studies for decommissioning Callaway. Electric rates may be adjusted at such times to reflect changes in cost estimates. Amounts collected from customers are deposited in a trust fund established to provide for decommissioning costs. Fund earnings, net of expenses, appear on the balance sheet as increases in the nuclear decommissioning trust fund and in the Accumulated Provision for Nuclear Decommissioning. The Callaway site is assumed to be decommissioned using the DECON (immediate dismantlement) alternative.
NOTE 12 -- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
(Thousands of Dollars) 1993 1992 1991 -------- -------- -------- MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, CHARGED DIRECTLY TO: Operating expenses $190,097 $187,267 $170,454 Other accounts (a) 10,780 10,633 11,064 -------- -------- -------- $200,877 $197,900 $181,518 ======== ======== ======== DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION OF FIXED AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS, CHARGED DIRECTLY TO: Operating expenses $210,341 $237,659 $227,684 Other accounts (a) 9,077 7,827 5,967 -------- -------- -------- $219,418 $245,486 $233,651 ======== ======== ======== TAXES, OTHER THAN PAYROLL AND INCOME TAXES, CHARGED DIRECTLY TO: Operating expenses - Real estate and personal property $ 86,536 $ 85,792 $ 78,900 License and franchise 97,791 92,993 96,802 Miscellaneous 1,624 1,700 1,699 -------- -------- -------- 185,951 180,485 177,401 Other accounts 5,255 4,900 4,512 -------- -------- -------- $191,206 $185,385 $181,913 ======== ======== ======== |
(a) A substantial portion of amounts charged to other accounts is allocated
to operating expenses through clearing accounts.
(b) The amounts of payroll taxes for the years 1993, 1992, and 1991 were
$20,962,000, $20,584,000,and $20,225,000, respectively.
(c) The amounts of royalties and advertising costs were not material.
(d) Total interest paid (net of amount capitalized) in 1993, 1992, and 1991
was $112 million, $128 million, and $146 million, respectively.
(e) Total income taxes paid in 1993, 1992, and 1991 were $145 million, $170
million, and $168 million, respectively.
1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ELECTRIC OPERATING REVENUES (000): Residential $ 817,713 $ 754,667 $ 831,106 $ 763,539 $ 757,139 Commercial 684,446 676,761 685,799 673,037 668,796 Industrial 373,353 410,370 395,116 411,809 411,614 Other electric utilities 59,160 57,226 65,317 62,167 64,262 Miscellaneous 31,308 30,444 28,920 28,619 28,073 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL ELECTRIC OPERATING REVENUES $1,965,980 $ 1,929,468 $ 2,006,258 $ 1,939,171 $ 1,929,884 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KILOWATTHOUR SALES (000,000): Residential 10,867 9,690 10,646 9,810 9,724 Commercial 10,989 10,553 10,678 10,276 10,142 Industrial 8,003 9,030 8,524 8,706 8,605 Other electric utilities 1,580 1,488 1,623 1,511 1,534 Miscellaneous 139 144 139 142 141 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL KILOWATTHOUR SALES 31,578 30,905 31,610 30,445 30,146 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS (End of year): - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Residential 976,390 990,563 962,629 957,102 951,154 Commercial 126,542 127,932 122,152 121,090 119,307 Industrial 6,605 6,828 6,778 6,752 6,714 Electric utilities 17 19 20 21 21 Other 1,630 1,619 1,599 1,644 1,588 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS 1,111,184 1,126,961 1,093,178 1,086,609 1,078,784 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER DATA (Average): - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kilowatthours used 11,151 9,864 11,106 10,283 10,289 Annual electric bill $839.11 $768.20 $867.00 $800.80 $801.14 Revenue per kilowatthour 7.52c 7.79c 7.81c 7.78c 7.79c - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GROSS INSTANTANEOUS PEAK DEMAND (Kilowatts) 7,540,000 7,135,000 7,365,000 7,465,000 7,210,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CAPABILITY AT TIME OF PEAK, INCLUDING NET PURCHASES (Kilowatts) 8,597,000 8,407,000 8,285,000 8,132,000 8,255,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERATING CAPABILITY AT TIME OF PEAK (Kilowatts) 7,963,000 7,868,000 7,868,000 7,760,000 7,837,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COAL BURNED (Tons) 9,803,000 10,314,000 10,732,000 10,643,000 10,711,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRICE PER TON OF COAL $31.66 $31.96 $32.26 $33.85 $33.12 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
1993 1992 1991 1990 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating revenues $ 2,066,004 $ 2,015,121 $ 2,096,940 $ 2,023,017 Operating expenses 1,654,707 1,603,104 1,614,127 1,565,477 Operating income 411,297 412,017 482,813 457,540 Callaway rate phase-in plans - 60 107 237 Deferred costs disallowed - - - - Callaway Unit No. 1 costs disallowed, net - - - - Loss on cancellation of Callaway Unit No. 2, net - - - - Allowance for all funds used during construction 11,544 8,022 8,519 14,145 Gain on sales of electric property, net - 18,099 - - Miscellaneous, net 3,919 (131) (2,718) 9,881 Interest (129,600) (135,319) (167,209) (187,584) Net income 297,160 302,748 321,512 294,219 Preferred stock dividends 14,087 14,058 14,059 14,693 Earnings on common stock 283,073 288,690 307,453 279,526 Average common shares outstanding 102,123,834 102,123,834 102,123,834 102,123,834 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSETS, OBLIGATIONS, AND EQUITY CAPITAL (Year End) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total assets $ 6,595,570 $ 5,797,363 $ 5,733,479 $ 5,702,341 Long-term debt obligations 1,766,655 1,659,553 1,730,277 1,948,024 Preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption 702 728 754 780 Preferred stock not subject to mandatory redemption 218,497 217,784 217,784 218,004 Common equity 2,206,168 2,164,020 2,106,155 2,021,299 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINANCIAL INDICES: - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings per share of common stock (based on average shares outstanding) $2.77 $2.83 $3.01 $2.74 Cash dividends per share of common stock $2.335 $2.26 $2.18 $2.10 Return on average common stock equity 13.01% 13.70% 14.99% 14.16% Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a) 4.66 4.66 4.21 3.57 Book value per common share $21.60 $21.19 $20.62 $19.79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPITALIZATION RATIOS (Year End): - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common equity 52.6% 53.5% 51.9% 48.3% Preferred stock not subject to mandatory redemption 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.2 Preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption - - - - Long-term debt 42.2 41.1 42.7 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
(a) Earnings used in computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges consist of net income plus fixed charges (interest on debt, amortization of debt discount, premium and expense, and a portion of rentals representative of the interest factor) and income taxes.
1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ 2,010,306 $ 2,029,107 $ 1,946,411 $ 1,807,182 $ 1,591,763 $ 1,412,414 $ 1,401,086 1,543,838 1,544,953 1,457,957 1,287,572 1,173,187 1,172,128 1,160,816 466,468 484,154 488,454 519,610 418,576 240,286 240,270 227 2,408 92,791 59,861 74,631 - - - - (23,169) - - - - - - - - (234,780) - - (30,196) - - - - - - 17,908 14,885 20,477 15,812 106,754 329,669 251,307 - - - - - - - 7,769 (10,648) (15,714) 3,947 (1,709) 1,619 2,509 (176,571) (199,241) (228,961) (247,409) (254,320) (247,308) (218,530) 285,605 291,558 333,878 351,821 109,152 324,266 275,556 19,134 30,425 36,522 49,245 49,836 50,185 46,118 266,471 261,133 297,356 302,576 59,316 274,081 229,438 102,123,834 102,123,834 102,123,834 102,123,834 100,403,016 96,574,699 86,744,282 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ 5,760,322 $ 5,827,246 $ 5,957,811 $ 5,895,211 $ 5,738,620 $ 5,819,996 $ 5,146,666 2,106,776 2,188,614 2,357,615 2,436,092 2,454,687 2,457,381 2,108,047 806 60,832 64,608 165,384 173,160 178,936 180,962 227,582 279,784 354,784 354,784 354,784 354,784 354,784 1,954,481 1,895,360 1,837,156 1,743,189 1,630,466 1,695,239 1,526,188 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $2.61 $2.56 $2.91 $2.96 $0.59 $2.84 $2.64 $2.02 $1.94 $1.92 $1.86 $1.78 $1.72 $1.66 14.03% 14.08% 16.79% 18.16% 3.81% 17.23% 16.79% 3.63 3.35 3.30 2.79 1.14 2.88 2.89 $19.14 $18.56 $17.99 $17.07 $15.97 $17.10 $16.12 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45.6% 42.8% 39.8% 37.1% 35.3% 36.2% 36.6% 5.3 6.3 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.6 8.5 - 1.4 1.4 3.5 3.8 3.8 4.3 49.1 49.5 51.1 51.8 53.2 52.4 50.6 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
INVESTOR INFORMATION
DRPlus
DRPlus, UE's stock purchase and dividend reinvestment plan, is a convenient way
for the company's stockholders, employees and customers to purchase common
shares without paying fees. Please see the attached card for more information.
DIRECT DEPOSIT OF DIVIDENDS
Stockholders may have their cash dividends electronically deposited in their
bank accounts on the dividend payment date. Please see the attached card for
more information.
ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders will convene at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 26,
1994 at The Saint Louis Art Museum, 1 Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis,
Missouri.
COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDEND INFORMATION
The company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker
symbol: UEP). Common stockholders of record totaled 122,279 at December 31,
1993. Union Electric has paid cash dividends on common stock for 88 consecutive
years, since 1906. Under the company's amended mortgage indentures, $35,482,000
of total retained earnings was restricted against payment of common dividends --
except those payable in common stock; retained earnings totaled $977,880,000 at
December 31, 1993.
The following table includes the high and low sales prices and the dividends paid per common share during the past two years:
1993 Price Range ----------------- Dividends Quarter Ended High Low Paid - ------------------------------------------------------- March 31 $40 1/2 $35 3/4 58 (cents) June 30 41 3/8 38 5/8 58 September 30 44 5/8 40 58 December 31 44 3/8 38 1/8 59 1/2 |
1992 Price Range ----------------- Dividends Quarter Ended High Low Paid - ------------------------------------------------------- March 31 $38 3/4 $32 1/2 56 (cents) June 30 36 31 3/4 56 September 30 37 7/8 35 5/8 56 December 31 37 3/8 35 1/4 58 |
INVESTOR SERVICES
The company's Investor Services representatives are available to help you each
business day from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Central Time). Please write or call:
Union Electric Company
Investor Services Department
P.O. Box 66887
St. Louis, MO 63166-6887
St. Louis area 554-3502
Toll-free 1-800-255-2237
OFFICE
1901 Chouteau Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63103
314-621-3222
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Union Electric Company
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Boatmen's Trust Company
St. Louis, MO
Harris Trust and Savings Bank and D.G. Donovan, Co-Trustees Chicago, IL
LaSalle National Trust, N.A.
Chicago, IL
UNION ELECTRIC 1993 37
EXHIBIT 23
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 2-96198) and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-60330) of Union Electric Company of our report dated February 2, 1994 appearing on page 19 of the 1993 Annual Report to Stockholders which is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedules, which appears on page 13 of this Form 10-K.
/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE PRICE WATERHOUSE |
One Boatmen's Plaza
St. Louis, Missouri
March 29, 1994
EXHIBIT 24
RESOLVED, that the proper officers and directors of this Company be and hereby are authorized and directed to execute the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K ("Form 10-K") and such amendments thereto as they may deem necessary or desirable; that the name of any officer or director of the Company required to sign such Form 10-K or any amendment thereto, may be signed by C. W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson, and/or the duly appointed substitute thereof, pursuant to duly executed powers of attorney providing said named persons with, among other things, full power of substitution and revocation; and that the officers of this Company be and hereby are authorized and directed to file such Form 10-K and any amendments thereto with the Securities and Exchange Commission when executed by or on behalf of the proper officers and the directors of the Company.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of resolution adopted at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Union Electric Company, held pursuant to due notice on Friday, December 10, 1993 at the General Office Building of the Company, St. Louis, Missouri, and that such resolution is still in full force and effect.
March 29, 1994
/s/ James C. Thompson Secretary |
[CORPORATE SEAL]
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Charles W. Mueller hereby appoints Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as President (Principal Executive Officer) and a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this 16th day of February, 1994.
/s/ C. W. Mueller (L.S.) ------------------------------------ |
STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 16th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Charles W. Mueller, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Barbara Lungwitz --------------------------------------- Barbara Lungwitz Notary Public - State of Missouri [Seal] My Commission Expires Sept. 2, 1995 City of St. Louis |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Donald E. Brandt hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as Senior Vice President (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 16th day of February, 1994.
/s/ Donald E. Brandt (L.S.) -------------------------------------- |
STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 16th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Donald E. Brandt, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Barbara Lungwitz --------------------------------------- Barbara Lungwitz Notary Public - State of Missouri [Seal] My Commission Expires Sept. 2, 1995 City of St. Louis |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Sam B. Cook hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 16th day of February, 1994.
/s/ Sam B. Cook (L.S.) ------------------------------------- |
STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 16th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Sam B. Cook, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Barbara Lungwitz --------------------------------------- Barbara Lungwitz Notary Public - State of Missouri [Seal] My Commission Expires Sept. 2, 1995 City of St. Louis |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned William E. Cornelius hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 5th day of February, 1994.
/s/ W. E. Cornelius (L.S.) ------------------------------------- |
STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 5th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared William E. Cornelius, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Barbara Lungwitz --------------------------------------- Barbara Lungwitz Notary Public - State of Missouri [Seal] My Commission Expires Sept. 2, 1995 City of St. Louis |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Thomas A. Hays hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 16th day of February, 1994.
/s/ Thomas A. Hays (L.S.) ------------------------------------- |
STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 16th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Thomas A. Hays, known to me to be the person dscribed in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Barbara Lungwitz --------------------------------------- Barbara Lungwitz Notary Public - State of Missouri [Seal] My Commission Expires Sept. 2, 1995 City of St. Louis |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Thomas H. Jacobsen hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 10th day of February, 1994.
/s/ Thomas H. Jacobsen (L.S.) ------------------------------------- |
STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 10th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Thomas H. Jacobsen, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Joy L. Moore --------------------------------------- Joy L. Moore Notary Public - Notary Seal STATE OF MISSOURI St. Louis City My Commission Expires: Oct. 22, 1996 |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Richard A. Liddy hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this 16th day of February, 1994.
/s/ Richard A. Liddy (L.S.) ------------------------------------- |
STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 16th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Richard A. Liddy, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Karen Little --------------------------------------- KAREN LITTLE NOTARY PUBLIC - NOTARY SEAL STATE OF MISSOURI ST. LOUIS COUNTY MY COMMISSION EXP. APR 4, 1994 |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned John Peters MacCarthy hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this 7th day of February, 1994.
/s/ John Peters MacCarthy (L.S.) ------------------------------------- |
STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 7th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared John Peters MacCarthy, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Linda M. Dougherty --------------------------------------- Linda M. Dougherty Notary Public - State of Missouri [Seal] My Commission Expires Dec. 14, 1997 St. Louis County |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Paul L. Miller, Jr. hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this 16th day of February, 1994.
/s/ Paul L. Miller, Jr. (L.S.) ------------------------------------- |
STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 16th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Paul L. Miller, Jr., known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Barbara Lungwitz --------------------------------------- Barbara Lungwitz Notary Public - State of Missouri [Seal] My Commission Expires Sept. 2, 1995 City of St. Louis |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Robert H. Quenon hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this 8th day of February, 1994.
/s/ Robert H. Quenon (L.S.) ------------------------------- STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 8th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Robert H. Quenon, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Barbara Lungwitz ------------------------------------- Barbara Lungwitz Notary Public - State of Missouri [SEAL] My Commission Expires Sept. 2, 1995 City of St. Louis |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Harvey Saligman hereby
appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a
Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any
amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts,
each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or
more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation;
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal this
16th day of February, 1994.
/s/ Harvey Saligman (L.S.) ----------------------------- |
STATE OF MISSOURI )
) SS.
CITY OF ST. LOUIS )
On this 16th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Harvey Saligman, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Barbara Lungwitz ------------------------------ Barbara Lungwitz Notary Public--State of Missouri [Seal] My Commission Expires Sept. 2, 1995 City of St. Louis |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned Janet McAfee Weakley hereby appoints Charles W. Mueller and/or Donald E. Brandt and/or James C. Thompson the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to affix the name of the undersigned as a Director of Union Electric Company to the 1993 Annual Report Form 10-K and any amendments thereto to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, for the performance of the same acts, each with power to appoint in his place and stead and as his substitute, one or more attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, with full power of revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may do by virture hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand and seal this 16th day of February, 1994.
/s/ Janet M. Weakley (L.S.) ------------------------------- STATE OF MISSOURI ) ) SS. CITY OF ST. LOUIS ) |
On this 16th day of February, 1994, before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Janet McAfee Weakley, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged to me that she executed the same as her free act and deed for the purposes therein stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal.
/s/ Kathleen D. O'Reilly ---------------------------------- Kathleen D. O'Reilly Notary Public - Notary Seal State of Missouri St. Louis County My Commission Exp. June 3, 1997 |