Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Distribution Agreement, dated January 7, 2020 (the “Distribution Agreement”), by and among Public Service Electric and Gas Company, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), and Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (each, an “Agent” and collectively, the “Agents” and, together with the Company, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, on November 20, 2020, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-250829) (the “New Registration Statement”), in respect of certain of the Company’s securities, in anticipation of the expiration of the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-221639) (the “Expiring Registration Statement”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Distribution Agreement through this Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to (i) reference the New Registration Statement in lieu of the Expiring Registration Statement and (ii) update the notice information for the identified Agents, as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree to the amendment set forth below, with effect on and after March 2, 2021 (the “Effective Date”).
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Distribution Agreement.
1. Registration Statement File Number. On and after the Effective Date, the first sentence of the third paragraph of the Distribution Agreement is hereby amended so that the reference to the file number of the automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed by the Company with the SEC shall be File No. 333-250829.
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