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AS THE TRUSTEE MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE
FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
DTE GAS COMPANY
3.94% MORTGAGE BONDS
2013 SERIES E DUE 2028
Principal Amount: $____________
Authorized Denomination: $100,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Regular Record Date: close of business on the 15th calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) prior to the relevant Interest Payment
Date
Original Issue Date: December 12, 2013
Stated Maturity: December 15, 2028
Interest Payment Dates: June 15th and December 15 of each year, beginning June 15, 2014.
Interest Rate: 3.94% per annum
DTE GAS COMPANY (hereinafter called the “Company”), a corporation of the State of Michigan, for value received, hereby
promises to pay to ___________, or registered assigns, the sum of _________ Dollars ($_________) on the Stated Maturity specified
above, in the coin or currency of the United States of America, and to pay interest thereon from the Original Issue Date specified above,
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date as specified above, commencing on June 15, 2014 and on the Stated Maturity at the Interest Rate per annum
specified above until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and on any overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount
(defined below) and, to the extent lawful, on any overdue installment of interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this bond is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date as specified above next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided that any
interest payable at Stated Maturity or on a Redemption Date (defined below) will be paid to the person to whom principal is payable.
Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this bond is registered at the close
of business on a special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given
to holders of bonds of this series not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange, if any, on which the bonds of this series shall be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
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