Term Notes in the open market. In general, purchases of Secured Medium-Term Notes for the purpose of stabilization or to reduce a short position could cause the price of Secured Medium-Term Notes to be higher than it might be in the absence of these types of purchases.
The Agents also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular Agent repays to the Agents a portion of the commission received by it because the representatives of the Agents have repurchased Secured Medium-Term Notes sold by or for the account of such Agent in stabilizing or short covering transactions.
Neither we nor any Agent makes any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described in the two immediately preceding paragraphs may have on the price of Secured Medium-Term Notes. In addition, neither we nor any Agent makes any representation that the Agents will engage in any such transactions or that such transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.
The names of the applicable Agents or other persons through which we sell any Secured Medium-Term Notes, as well as any commissions or discounts payable to those persons, will be set forth in the applicable pricing supplement.
The Agents may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act. We have agreed to indemnify the several Agents against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the Agents may be required to make in respect thereof.
The Agents and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. Certain of the Agents and their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory and investment banking services for us and certain of our affiliates, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.
In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the Agents and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and securities activities may involve our securities and/or instruments. The Agents and their respective affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.
The Note Trustee is an affiliate of BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and the Mortgage Trustee is an affiliate of U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., each an Agent. In addition, Thomas A. Renyi, retired Executive Chairman of the Note Trustee, is a member of the Board of Directors of our parent, PSEG.
Notice to Prospective Investors in Canada
The Secured Medium-Term Notes may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the Secured Medium-Term Notes must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.
Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any related pricing
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