DTE Energy 2013 Annual Report Download - page 136

banks in the state of New York or the state of Michigan are required or authorized by law or executive order to be closed. The interest
installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date with respect to this Note will, as provided
in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the relevant record date for such
interest installment, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) prior to the relevant Interest Payment
Date (the “Regular Record Date”). Any such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holders on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Note is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice
whereof shall be given to the registered Holders of the Notes not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. The principal of, and
premium, if any, and the interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the
Company by check mailed to the registered Holder at the close of business on the Regular Record Date at such address as shall appear in
the Security Register. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, if this Note is a Global Note and is held in book-entry form
through the facilities of the Depositary, payments on this Note will be made to the Depositary or its nominee in accordance with
arrangements then in effect between the Trustee and the Depositary.
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company, designated as the “2013 Series F 3.85% Senior Notes
due 2023” (the “Notes”), initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 (except for Notes authenticated and delivered
upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes, and except as further provided in the Indenture), all issued or to be issued
under and pursuant to an Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2001, as supplemented through and including the
Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2013 (together, as amended, supplemented or modified, the “Indenture”), duly
executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (herein
referred to as the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture reference is hereby
made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the
Company and the registered Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
This Note is not subject to repayment at the option of the Holder hereof. This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.
This Note will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time (any such date of
optional redemption, an “Optional Redemption Date,” which shall be a “Redemption Date” for purposes of the Indenture) at the
redemption prices set forth below. At any time prior to September 1, 2023 the optional redemption price (which shall be a “Redemption
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