EXHIBIT 4(b)
September 24, 1997
Company Order and Officers' Certificate
Unsecured Medium Term Notes, Series A
Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee
Four Albany Street
New York, New York 10006
Attn: Corporate Trust Division
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Article Two of the Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1997 (as it
may be amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), from Kentucky Power Company
(the "Company") to Bankers Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and the
Board Resolutions dated August 25, 1997, a copy of which certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company is being delivered herewith
under Section 2.01 of the Indenture, and unless otherwise provided in a
subsequent Company Order pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture,
1. The Company's Unsecured Medium Term Notes, Series A (the "Notes")
are hereby established and shall be subject to a Periodic Offering. The
Notes shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
2. The terms and characteristics of the Notes shall be as follows
(the numbered clauses set forth below corresponding to the numbered
subsections of Section 2.01 of the Indenture, with terms used and not
defined herein having the meanings specified in the Indenture):
(i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be
authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be limited to
$100,000,000, except as contemplated in Section 2.01(i) of the
Indenture;
(ii) the date or dates on which the principal of the Notes shall be
payable shall be determined by an officer of the Company and
communicated to the Trustee by Instructions or otherwise in
accordance with procedures, acceptable to the Trustee, specified in
a Company Order or Orders (both of such methods of determination
being hereinafter referred to as "determined pursuant to
Instructions); provided, however, that no Note shall have a term of
less than nine months or more than 42 years;
(iii) interest shall accrue from the date of authentication of the
Notes; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be
payable shall be April 1 and October 1, and the Regular Record Date
for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any
such Interest Payment Date shall be the March 15 or September 15, as
the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided
however that if the Original Issue Date of a Note shall be after a
Regular Record Date and before the corresponding Interest Payment
Date, payment of interest shall commence on the second Interest
Payment Date succeeding such Original Issue Date and shall be paid
to the Person in whose name this Note was registered on the Regular
Record Date for such second Interest Payment Date; and provided
further, that interest payable on the Stated Maturity Date or any
Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal shall
be paid;
(iv) the interest rate or rates, if any, at which the Notes, or any
Tranche thereof, shall bear interest shall be determined pursuant to
Instructions;
(v) the terms, if any, regarding the redemption, purchase or
repayment of such series, shall be determined pursuant to
Instructions;
(vi) (a) the Notes shall be issued in the form of a Global Note; (b)
the Depositary for such Global Note shall be The Depository Trust
Company; and (c) the procedures with respect to transfer and
exchange of Global Notes shall be as set forth in the form of Note
attached hereto;
(vii) the title of the Notes shall be "Unsecured Medium Term Notes,
Series A";
(viii) the form of the Notes shall be as set forth in Paragraph 1,
above;
(ix) the maximum interest rate of the Notes shall not exceed by 3.0%
the yield to maturity at the date of pricing on United States
Treasury Bonds of comparable maturity;
(x) the Notes shall be subject to a Periodic Offering;
(xi) not applicable;
(xii) any other information necessary to complete the Notes shall be
determined pursuant to Instructions;
(xiii) not applicable;
(xiv) not applicable;
(xv) not applicable;
(xvi) whether any Notes shall be issued as Discount Securities and
the terms thereof shall be determined pursuant to Instructions;
(xvii) not applicable;
(xviii) not applicable; and
(xix) any other terms of the Notes not inconsistent with the
Indenture may be determined pursuant to Instructions.
3. You are hereby requested to authenticate, from time to time after
the date hereof and in the manner provided by the Indenture, such
aggregate principal amount of the Notes not to exceed $100,000,000
as shall be set forth in Instructions (the "Instructions") in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.
4. You have been furnished with a supply of Notes prepared in
compliance with the Indenture and the Board Resolutions referred to
above. Before authenticating Notes in the aggregate principal amount
specified in any of the Instructions, you are requested to complete
such Notes as directed by such Instructions.
5. You are hereby requested to hold the Notes authenticated pursuant to
each of the Instructions in accordance with the Administrative
Procedures attached as Exhibit A to the Selling Agency Agreement
dated September 24, 1997, between the Company and each of the agents
named therein.
6. Concurrently with this Company Order, an Opinion of Counsel under
Sections 2.04 and 13.06 of the Indenture is being delivered to you
with respect to the issuance and sale of up to $50,000,000 principal
amount of Notes and, prior to issuance thereof, a subsequent Opinion
of Counsel will be delivered to you with respect to the issuance and
sale of Notes in excess of $50,000,000.
7. The undersigned Armando A. Pena and John M. Adams, Jr., the
Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of the Company do
hereby certify that:
(i) we have read the relevant portions of the Indenture,
including without limitation the conditions precedent
provided for therein relating to the action proposed to be
taken by the Trustee as requested in this Company Order and
Officers' Certificate, and the definitions in the Indenture
relating thereto;
(ii) we have read the Board Resolutions of the Company and the
Opinion of Counsel referred to above;
(iii) we have conferred with other officers of the Company, have
examined such records of the Company and have made such
other investigation as we deemed relevant for purposes of
this certificate;
(iv) in our opinion, we have made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable us to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such conditions have
been complied with; and
(v) on the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that
all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture
relating to the action proposed to be taken by the Trustee
as requested herein have been complied with.
Kindly acknowledge receipt of this Company Order and Officers'
Certificate, including the documents listed herein, and confirm the arrangements
set forth herein by signing and returning the copy of this document attached
hereto.
Very truly yours,
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ A. A. Pena
Treasurer
And: /s/ John M. Adams, Jr.
Assistant Secretary
Acknowledged by Trustee:
By: /s/ Scott F. Thiel
Assistant Vice President
Exhibit 1
[Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate
to be issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and
any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
No.
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
Unsecured Medium Term Note, Series A
CUSIP: Original Issue Date:
Stated Maturity Date: Interest Rate:
Principal Amount:
Redeemable: Yes ____ No ____
In Whole: Yes ____ No ____
In Part: Yes ____ No ____
Initial Redemption Date:
Redemption Limitation Date:
Initial Redemption Price:
Reduction Percentage:
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (herein referred to as the "Company",
which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or
registered assigns, the Principal Amount specified above on the Stated Maturity
Date specified above, and to pay interest on said Principal Amount from the
Original Issue Date specified above or from the most recent interest payment
date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 in
each year, commencing (except as provided in the following sentence) with the
Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above,
at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the Principal Amount shall
have been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture, as hereinafter defined,
shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) shall have been registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date, which shall be the March
15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided however that if the Original
Issue Date of this Note shall be after a Regular Record Date and before the
corresponding Interest Payment Date, payment of interest shall commence on the
second Interest Payment Date succeeding such Original Issue Date and shall be
paid to the Person in whose name this Note was registered on the Regular Record
Date for such second Interest Payment Date; and provided further, that interest
payable on the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date shall be paid to the
Person to whom principal shall be paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid
or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and shall be paid as provided in said Indenture.
If any Interest Payment Date, any Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity
Date is not a Business Day, then payment of the amounts due on this Note on such
date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall
accrue on such amounts for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity Date, as the case may be. The principal of
(and premium, if any) and the interest on this Note shall be payable at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, in any coin or currency of the United
States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest (other
than interest payable on the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date) may be
made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at
such address as shall appear in the Note Register.
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Notes of the Company
(herein sometimes referred to as the "Notes"), specified in the Indenture, all
issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture
dated as of September 1, 1997 duly executed and delivered between the Company
and Bankers Trust Company, a national banking association organized and existing
under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (herein referred to as the
"Trustee") (such Indenture, as originally executed and delivered and as
thereafter supplemented and amended being hereinafter referred to as the
"Indenture"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto or
Company Orders reference is hereby made for a description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes. By the terms of the
Indenture, the Notes are issuable in series which may vary as to amount, date of
maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as in the Indenture provided.
This Note is one of the series of Notes designated on the face hereof.
If so specified on the face hereof and subject to the terms of Article
Three of the Indenture, this Note is subject to redemption at any time on or
after the Initial Redemption Date specified on the face hereof, as a whole or,
if specified, in part, at the election of the Company, at the applicable
redemption price (as described below) plus any accrued but unpaid interest to
the date of such redemption. Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, such
redemption price shall be the Initial Redemption Price specified on the face
hereof for the twelve-month period commencing on the Initial Redemption Date and
shall decline for the twelve-month period commencing on each anniversary of the
Initial Redemption Date by a percentage of principal amount equal to the
Reduction Percentage specified on the face hereof until such redemption price is
100% of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to the
Redemption Limitation Date, if any, specified on the face hereof, redeem any
Note of this series and Tranche as contemplated above as a part of, or in
anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or
indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an effective interest cost to the Company
(calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less
than the effective interest cost the Company (similarly calculated) of this
Note.
This Note shall be redeemable to the extent set forth herein and in the
Indenture upon not less than thirty, but not more than sixty, days previous
notice by mail to the registered owner.
The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, exchange or register the
transfer of any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all
the outstanding Notes of the same series and Tranche and ending at the close of
business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) register the transfer of or
exchange of any Notes of any series or portions thereof called for redemption.
This Global Note is exchangeable for Notes in definitive registered form only
under certain limited circumstances set forth in the Indenture.
In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes
of this series and Tranche, of like tenor, for the unredeemed portion hereof
will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender of this Note.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared,
and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the
effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions
set forth therein.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee,
with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes of each series affected at the time outstanding,
as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no
such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Notes of
any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend
the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the
redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security
that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to the Indenture, without the consent of the holder of each
Note then outstanding and affected; (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental
indenture, or reduce the percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required
to waive any default and its consequences, without the consent of the holder of
each Note then outstanding and affected thereby; or (iii) modify any provision
of Section 6.01(c) of the Indenture (except to increase the percentage of
principal amount of securities required to rescind and annul any declaration of
amounts due and payable under the Notes), without the consent of the holder of
each Note then outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes of all series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of
the Holders of the Notes of such series, to waive any past default in the
performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established
pursuant to the Indenture with respect to such series, and its consequences,
except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on any of the Notes of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the
registered Holder of this Note (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture)
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and
owners of this Note and of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in place
hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of
whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Note at the time and place and at the rate and in the money
herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, this Note is transferable by the registered holder hereof on the Note
Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the
Company accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered
Holder hereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in relation thereto.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the
Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Note Registrar may deem and treat
the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing
hereon made by anyone other than the Note Registrar) for the purpose of
receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any,
and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the
interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect
hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the
Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or
penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as
part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and
released.
The Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations, Notes of this
series and Tranche are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Notes of this series and Tranche of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the
Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of
the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Instrument to be executed.
Dated ____________________
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
By:
Attest:
By:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes of the series of Notes designated in accordance
with, and referred to in, the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:_______________
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By:
Authorized Signatory
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE)
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(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF
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ASSIGNEE) the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby
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irrevocably constituting and appointing such person attorney to
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transfer such Note on the books of the Issuer, with full
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power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within Note in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a financial
institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program
("SEMP") or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature
Program ("MSP").
Exhibit 2
Instruction No.
Unsecured Medium Term Notes, Series A
Instructions
To: _____________________________, as Trustee
Trade or sale date:
Principal Amount: $_____________________
Maturity Date: ____________________________
Interest Rate: ______%
Redemption Provisions:
Redeemable: Yes___ No___
In Whole: Yes___ No___
In Part: Yes___ No___
Initial Redemption Date: ______________________
Redemption Limitation Date: ____________________
Initial Redemption Price: ______%
Reduction Percentage: _______%
Original Issue Date: ____________________________
Public Offering Price: ______%
Presenting Agent's Commission: ______%
Net Proceeds to Company: ______%
CUSIP No.: ___________________
Account number of participant account maintained
by DTC on behalf of Presenting Agent: ___________________________
Account number of participant account maintained
by DTC on behalf of Trustee: ____________________________________
Each Presenting Agent's name and proportionate amount of Global Note:
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Name in which the Note is to be registered (Registered Owner): Cede & Co.
Address and taxpayer identification number of Registered Owner and address for
payment:
The Depository Trust Company
55 Water Street
New York, NY 10041
#13-2555119
Discount Security: Yes___ No___
Yield to Maturity: ________%
Initial Accrual Period: ________________________________________
Account of Company into which net proceeds are to be deposited:
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Any Other Book-Entry Note represented by Global Security (to the extent known):
KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY
By:___________________________
(President, Vice President, or
Treasurer)