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mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the bond register of the Trustee maintained for such
purpose or (B) by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in
writing to the Trustee at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date for payment by the person entitled thereto. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as any bond is held by an Institutional Investor (as defined in the Bond Purchase Agreement referenced below),
payment of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest on the bonds held by such holder shall be made in the manner specified
in the Bond Purchase Agreement dated as of December 12, 2013 among the Company and the purchasers party thereto.
The bonds represented by this certificate, of the series hereinafter specified, are bonds of the Company (herein called the
“bonds”) known as its “First Mortgage Bonds,” issued and to be issued in one or more series under, and all equally and ratably secured by,
an Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of March 1, 1944, duly executed by the Company to Citibank, N.A., successor
trustee (“Trustee”) as restated in Part II of the Twenty-ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 15, 1989, which became
effective on April 1, 1994, to which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto executed on and after July 15, 1989 reference is
hereby made for a description of the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the terms and conditions
upon which the bonds are, and are to be, issued and secured, and the rights of the holders of the bonds and of the Trustee in respect of
such security (which indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto, including the Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
December 1, 2013 referred to below, are hereinafter collectively called the “Indenture”). As provided in the Indenture, the bonds may
be issued thereunder for various principal sums and are issuable in series, which may mature at different times, may bear interest at
different rates and may otherwise vary as therein provided. The bonds represented by this certificate are part of a series designated
“3.74% First Mortgage Bonds 2013 Series D,” (herein called the “Bonds”) created by the Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as
of December 1, 2013 as provided for in said Indenture.
With the consent of the Company and to the extent permitted by and as provided in the Indenture, the rights and obligations of
the Company, the rights and obligations of the holders of the Bonds, and the terms and provisions of the Indenture may be modified or
altered by such affirmative vote or votes of the holders of the Bonds then outstanding as are specified in the Indenture.
In case an Event of Default as defined in the Indenture shall occur, the principal of the Bonds may become or be declared due
and payable in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. Upon any such declaration, the
Company shall also pay to the holders of the Bonds the Make-Whole Amount on the Bonds, if any, determined as of the date the Bonds
shall have been declared due and payable.
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