THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 23, 2023 (this “Series AAA Supplemental Indenture”), is made and entered into in the City of Los Angeles, State of California by and between SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, and having its principal place of business in the City of Los Angeles, State of California (hereinafter sometimes called the “Corporation”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (successor by merger to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, formerly known as First Trust of California, National Association), an association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America and having a corporate trust office in the City and County of Los Angeles, State of California (hereinafter, together with its predecessors and successors, if any, as trustees under the Indenture referred to below, sometimes called the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Corporation has executed and delivered to the Trustee a certain First Mortgage Indenture (hereinafter referred to as the “Base Indenture”) dated October 1, 1940, to secure bonds of the Corporation designated generally as its “First Mortgage Bonds” to be issued from time to time in one or more series, any of which series may vary from any other as to certain particulars specified in Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, and the Corporation has executed and delivered to the Trustee supplemental indentures dated, respectively, as of July 1, 1947, May 1, 1948, June 1, 1950, April 1, 1952, August 1, 1955, June 1, 1956, December 1, 1956, July 1, 1957, October 1, 1959, July 1, 1963, September 1, 1964, June 1, 1965, December 1, 1966, October 1, 1970, August 1, 1972, September 1, 1972, October 1, 1974, May 1, 1976, October 1, 1977, November 1, 1979, February 1, 1981, September 15, 1981, April 1, 1982, August 15, 1983, May 18, 1984, December 16, 1985, March 1, 1986, November 15, 1986, December 1, 1986, January 15, 1988, June 15, 1988, November 1, 1988, December 1, 1990, October 1, 1991, August 15, 1992, December 15, 1992, March 1, 1993, June 15, 1993, November 1, 1993, November 15, 1993, October 1, 2002, October 17, 2003, December 15, 2003, December 10, 2004, November 18, 2005, November 21, 2008, November 18, 2010, September 21, 2012, March 13, 2014, September 11, 2014, June 18, 2015, June 18, 2015, June 3, 2016, May 15, 2018, September 24, 2018, June 4, 2019, January 9, 2020, March 29, 2022 and November 14, 2022 supplementing and amending the Base Indenture (each, a “Prior Supplemental Indenture,” and the Base Indenture together with all Prior Supplemental Indentures, this Series AAA Supplemental Indenture and the Series ZZ Supplemental Indenture (as defined below) being herein collectively referred to as the “Indenture”); and
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture and the Prior Supplemental Indentures dated, respectively, as of July 1, 1947, May 1, 1948, June 1, 1950, April 1, 1952 and August 1, 1955, are recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the Counties listed below in the Official Records thereof, to the extent stated in the Prior Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 1956; the Prior Supplemental Indentures dated, respectively, as of June 1, 1956 and December 1, 1956, are so recorded as stated in the Prior Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 1, 1957; the Prior Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 1, 1957 and each subsequently dated Prior Supplemental Indenture (other than the Prior Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 14, 2022) is so recorded as stated in the Prior Supplemental Indenture dated as of the next succeeding date; and the Prior Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 14, 2022 is recorded in the offices of the County Recorders in the Counties of the State of California, as follows:
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