EXHIBIT 1.01 Public Service Company of Oklahoma Series A Medium-Term Notes Due Not Less Than 9 Months from Date of Issue DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT February 26, 1996 Smith Barney Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 4th Floor New York, New York 10013 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 Dear Sirs: Public Service Company of Oklahoma, an Oklahoma corporation (the "Company"), confirms its agreement with Smith Barney Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (each referred to as an "Agent" and collectively referred to as the "Agents") with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of its Medium-Term Notes, Series A, described herein (the "Notes"). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of February 1, 1996, as supplemented and as the same may from time to time be amended or supplemented (the "Indenture"), between the Company and Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). As of the date hereof, the Company has authorized the issuance and sale of up to $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes through the Agents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. It is understood, however, that the Company may from time to time authorize the issuance of additional Notes and that such additional Notes may be sold through or to the Agents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all as though the issuance of such Notes were authorized as of the date hereof. Until the Release Date (as defined in the Indenture), the Notes will be secured as to payment of principal and interest by one or more series of First Mortgage Bonds (the "First Mortgage Bonds") issued, pledged and delivered by the Company to the Trustee. The First Mortgage Bonds will be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Company's Indenture dated July 1, 1945, as supplemented and as the same may from time to time be amended or supplemented (the "First Mortgage Indenture") to Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, as Trustee (the "First Mortgage Trustee"). This Agreement provides both for the sale of Notes by the Company directly to purchasers, in which case the Agents will act as agents of the Company in soliciting Note purchases, and (as may from time to time be agreed to by the Company and the applicable Agent) to an Agent as principal for resale to purchasers. The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-00973) for the registration of debt securities, including the Notes, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules and regulations of the SEC under the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act Regulations"). Such registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"). Such registration statement, excluding Form T-1 (and any further registration statements which may be filed by the Company for the purpose of registering additional Notes and in connection with which this Agreement is incorporated by reference) and the prospectus constituting a part thereof, and any prospectus supplements and pricing supplements relating to the Notes, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, as from time to time amended or supplemented by the filing of documents pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), or the 1933 Act or otherwise, are referred to herein as the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus", respectively. I. Appointment as Agents. A. Appointment of Agents. Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and subject to the reservation by the Company of the right to sell Notes directly on its own behalf, the Company hereby appoints the Agents as its agents for the purpose of soliciting purchases of the Notes from the Company by others and agrees that, except as otherwise contemplated herein, whenever the Company determines to sell Notes directly to an Agent as principal for resale to others, it will enter into a Terms Agreement (hereafter defined) relating to such sale in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof. The Agents are authorized to appoint sub-agents or to engage the services of any other broker or dealer in connection with the offer or sale of the Notes. The Company agrees that, during the period the Agents are acting as the Company's agents hereunder, the Company will not contact or solicit potential investors introduced to it by an Agent to purchase the Notes. The Company may appoint, upon 3 business days prior written notice to the Agents, additional persons to serve as Agents hereunder, but only if each such additional person agrees to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement as an Agent. B. Reasonable Best Efforts Solicitations; Right to Reject Offers. Upon receipt of instructions from the Company, each Agent will use its reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases of such principal amount of the Notes as the Company and such Agent shall agree upon from time to time during the term of this Agreement, it being understood that the Company shall not approve the solicitation of purchases of Notes in excess of the amount which shall be authorized by the Company from time to time or in excess of the principal amount of Notes registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Agents will have no responsibility for maintaining records with respect to the aggregate principal amount of Notes sold, or of otherwise monitoring the availability of Notes for sale under the Registration Statement. Each Agent will communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each offer to purchase Notes, other than those offers rejected by such Agent. Each Agent shall have the right, in its discretion reasonably exercised, to reject any proposed purchase of Notes, as a whole or in part, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of such Agent's agreement contained herein. The Company may accept, in its discretion reasonably exercised, or reject, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of the Company's agreement contained herein, any proposed purchase of the Notes, in whole or in part. C. Solicitations as Agent; Purchases as Principal. In soliciting purchases of the Notes on behalf of the Company, the Agents shall act solely as agents for the Company and not as principal. An agent shall make reasonable best efforts to assist the Company in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Notes has been solicited by such Agent and accepted by the Company. The Agents shall not have any liability to the Company in the event any such purchase is not consummated for any reason. An Agent shall not have any obligation to purchase Notes from the Company as principal, but each Agent may agree with the Company from time to time to purchase Notes as principal. Any such purchase of Notes by an Agent as principal shall be made pursuant to a Terms Agreement in accordance with Section 3(b) hereof. D. Reliance. The Company and each Agent agree that any Notes the placement of which such Agent arranges shall be placed by such Agent, and any Notes purchased by such Agent shall be purchased, in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company contained herein and on the terms and conditions and in the manner provided herein. E. Administrative Procedures. Procedural details relating to the issue and delivery of the Notes and the payment therefor, unless an Agent and the Company shall otherwise agree, shall be as set forth in the Administrative Procedures attached hereto as Annex I as it may be amended from time to time by written agreement between the Agents and the Company (the "Administrative Procedures"). The provisions of the Administrative Procedures shall apply to all transactions contemplated hereunder other than those made pursuant to a Terms Agreement. Each Agent and the Company shall perform the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed by each of them in the Administrative Procedures. SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. a The Company represents and warrants to each Agent as of the date hereof, as of the date of each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes (whether through an Agent as agent or to an Agent as principal), as of the date of each delivery of Notes (whether through such Agent as agent or to the Agent as principal) (the date of each such delivery to an Agent as principal being hereinafter referred to as a "Settlement Date"), and as of any time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates of Notes or similar changes) or there is filed with the SEC any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus (other than any Current Report on Form 8-K relating exclusively to the issuance of debt securities under the Registration Statement, unless the Agents shall otherwise specify) (each of the times referenced above being referred to herein as a "Representation Date") as follows: i. Due Incorporation and Qualification. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma with corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not result in (A) a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or (B) a material adverse change in its prospective financial condition or results of operations, in either case whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business. ii. Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company which is a significant subsidiary (each a "Significant Subsidiary") as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C of the 1933 Act Regulations has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not result in (A) a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or (B) a material adverse change in the Company's prospective financial condition or results of operations, in either case whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business; and all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and, except for directors' qualifying shares, is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. iii. Registration Statement and Prospectus. At the time the Registration Statement became effective, the Registration Statement complied, and as of the applicable Representation Date will comply, in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. The Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, did not, and at each time thereafter at which any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective or any Annual Report on Form 10-K is filed by the Company with the SEC and as of each Representation Date, will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as of the date hereof does not, and as of each Representation Date will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or Prospectus resulting from the failure of any of the Agents to furnish the Company with information pertaining to such Agents and the sale of the Notes required to complete the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, to statements in the Form T-1 filed by the Trustee and First Mortgage Trustee as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to statements in or omissions from the Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by the Agents expressly for use in the Registration Statement or Prospectus. iv. Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the SEC, complied or when so filed will comply, as the case may be, in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read together and with the other information in the Prospectus, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were or are made, not misleading. v. Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus are independent public accountants within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. vi. [Intentionally Left Blank]. vii. Authorization and Validity of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; the Indenture has been duly authorized and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by general equity principles; the Notes have been duly and validly authorized for issuance, offer and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture against payment of the consideration therefor specified in the Prospectus or pursuant to any Terms Agreement, the Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by general equity principles; the Notes and the Indenture will be substantially in the form heretofore delivered to the Agents and conform in all material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus; and the Notes will be entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture. viii. Material Changes or Material Transactions. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as may otherwise be stated therein or contemplated thereby (including the financial statements and notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement) and except as the Company may have furnished supplemental information to each prospective Agent as to matters to be reflected in the Prospectus, there has been no (A) material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or (B) adverse development concerning the Company's business or assets which would result in a material adverse change in its prospective financial condition or results of operations, in either case whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business. ix. No Defaults. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of them or their properties is bound that would result in (A) a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or (B) a material adverse change in its prospective financial condition or results of operations, in either case whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business; or materially and adversely affect the performance by the Company of the obligations under this Agreement or consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, therein and pursuant to any applicable Terms Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to, any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court order applicable to the Company or any such subsidiary. x. Authorization, Approval or Consent Required. The Company is subject to the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission ("OCC") which is vested with powers of supervision, regulation and control over various matters including the issuance of securities. No authorization, approval or consent of any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with the sale of the Notes or the First Mortgage Bonds hereunder, including under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "1935 Act"), except (i) for such orders as are required by the OCC authorizing the issuance and sale of the Notes and the First Mortgage Bonds on terms consistent with this Agreement, the Administrative Procedures and any applicable Terms Agreement, which orders have been obtained, are in full force and effect and have been heretofore delivered to the Agents, and (ii) as otherwise may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities or Blue Sky laws. xi. Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple (or its equivalent under applicable law) to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries. xii. Environmental and Other Matters. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries (in the case of matters relating to environmental protection, occupational safety and health and equal employment opportunity, to the best of its knowledge) (a) is in violation of any laws, ordinances, governmental rules and regulations to which it is subject or (b) has failed to obtain any licenses, permits, franchises or other governmental authorizations, necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, which violation or such failure to obtain would materially adversely affect the business, business prospects, profits, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise. b. Additional Certifications. Any certificate signed by any director or officer of the Company and delivered to the Agents or to counsel for the Agents in connection with an offering of Notes or the sale of Notes to the agent as principal shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Agents as to the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate (unless otherwise specified in such certificate) and at each Representation Date subsequent thereto. SECTION 3. Solicitations as Agent; Purchases as Principal. a. Solicitations as Agent. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Agent agrees, as the agent of the Company, to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit offers and receive offers to purchase the Notes upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Prospectus. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend solicitation of purchases of the Notes through an Agent, as agent, commencing at any time for any period of time or permanently. As soon as practicable, but in any case not later than one business day after receipt of instructions from the Company, such Agent will forthwith suspend solicitation of purchases from the Company until such time as the Company has advised such Agent that such solicitation may be resumed. The Company agrees to pay each Agent a commission, in the form of a discount, equal to the applicable percentage of the principal amount of each Note sold by the Company as a result of a solicitation made by such Agent as set forth in Schedule A hereto. An Agent may reallot any portion of the commission payable pursuant hereto to dealers or purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of any Notes. The purchase price, interest rate, maturity date and other terms of the Notes shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Agents and set forth in a pricing supplement to the Prospectus to be prepared following each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes. Except as may be otherwise provided in such supplement to the Prospectus, the Notes will be issued in denominations of $100,000 or any larger amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000. All Notes sold through an Agent as agent will be sold at 100% of their principal amount unless otherwise agreed to by the Company and such Agent. b. Purchases as Principal. Each sale of Notes to an Agent as principal shall be made in accordance with the terms contained herein and (unless the Company and such Agent shall otherwise agree) pursuant to a separate agreement which will provide for the sale of such Notes to, and the purchase and reoffering thereof by, such Agent. Each such separate agreement (which may be an oral agreement) between such Agent and the Company is herein referred to as a "Terms Agreement". Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference contained herein to "this Agreement" shall be deemed to include any applicable Terms Agreement between the Company and the applicable Agent. Each such Terms Agreement, whether oral or in writing, shall be with respect to such information (as applicable) as is specified in Exhibit A hereto. An Agent's commitment to purchase Notes as principal pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth. Each Terms Agreement shall specify the principal amount of Notes to be purchased by such Agent pursuant thereto, the price to be paid to the Company for such Notes (which, if not so specified in a Terms Agreement, shall be at a discount equivalent to the applicable commission set forth in Schedule A hereto), the time and place of delivery of and payment for such Notes, any provisions relating to rights of, and default by purchasers acting together with such Agent in the reoffering of the Notes, and such other provisions (including further terms of the Notes) as may be mutually agreed upon. Each Agent may utilize a selling or dealer group in connection with the resale of the Notes purchased. Such Terms Agreement shall also specify the requirements for the officers' certificate, opinions of counsel and comfort letter pursuant to Sections 7(b), 7(c) and 7(d) hereof. SECTION 4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Agent as follows: A. Notice of Certain Events. The Company will notify the Agents immediately (i) of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) of the transmittal to the SEC for filing of any supplement to the Prospectus, (iii) of the receipt of any comments from the SEC with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (iv) of any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, and (v) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. B. Notice of Certain Proposed Filings. The Company will give the Agents notice of its intention to file or prepare any additional registration statement with respect to the registration of additional Notes, any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus (other than an amendment or supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates of Notes or the filing of reports under the 1934 Act), whether by the filing of documents pursuant to the 1933 Act or otherwise and will furnish the Agents with copies of any such amendment or supplement or other documents proposed to be filed or prepared a reasonable time in advance of such proposed filing or preparation, as the case may be, and will not file any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which the Agents or counsel for the Agents shall reasonably object. C. Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company will deliver to the Agents as many signed and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (as originally filed) and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) as the Agents may reasonably request. The Company will furnish to the Agents as many copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Agents shall reasonably request so long as the Agents are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Notes. D. Preparation of Pricing Supplements. The Company will prepare, with respect to any Notes to be sold through or to any Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Pricing Supplement with respect to such Notes in a form previously approved by such Agent and will file such Pricing Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act not later than the close of business of the SEC on the fifth business day after the date on which such Pricing Supplement is first used. E. Revisions of Prospectus -- Material Changes. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (l) of this Section, if at any time during the term of this Agreement any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Agents (and concurred with by counsel of the Company) or counsel for the Company, to further amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Agents (and concurred with by counsel of the Company) or counsel for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, immediate notice shall be given, and confirmed in writing, to the Agents to cease the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes in the Agents' capacity as agents and to cease sales of any Notes the Agents may then own as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement, and the Company will promptly prepare and file with the SEC such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement and Prospectus comply with such requirements. F. Prospectus Revisions -- Periodic Financial Information. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (l) of this Section, on or prior to the date on which there shall be released to the general public in the form of a press release interim financial statement information related to the Company with respect to each of the first three quarters of any fiscal year or preliminary financial statement information with respect to any fiscal year, the Company shall furnish such information to the Agents, confirmed in writing, and shall cause the Prospectus to be amended or supplemented to include or incorporate by reference financial information with respect thereto and corresponding information for the comparable period of the preceding fiscal year, as well as such other information and explanations as shall be necessary for an understanding thereof or as shall be required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. G. Prospectus Revisions -- Audited Financial Information. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (l) of this Section, on or prior to the date on which there shall be released to the general public in the form of a press release financial information included in or derived from the audited financial statements of the Company for the preceding fiscal year, the Company shall cause the Registration Statement and the Prospectus to be amended, whether by the filing of documents pursuant to the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act or otherwise, to include or incorporate by reference such audited financial statements and the report or reports, and consent or consents to such inclusion or incorporation by reference, of the independent accountants with respect thereto, as well as such other information and explanations as shall be necessary for an understanding of such financial statements or as shall be required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. H. Earnings Statements. The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 90 days after (i) the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the effective date of each post- effective amendment to the Registration Statement, and (iii) the date of each filing by the Company with the SEC of an Annual Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, an earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158). I. Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Agents, to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Agents may designate and as approved by the Company, and will maintain such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Notes and the First Mortgage Bonds; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. The Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the Notes or the First Mortgage Bonds have been qualified as above provided. The Company will promptly advise the Agents of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes or the First Mortgage Bonds for sale in any such state or jurisdiction or the initiating or threatening of any preceding for such purpose. J. 1934 Act Filings. The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act. K. Stand-Off Agreement. If required pursuant to the terms of a Terms Agreement, between the date of any Terms Agreement and the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, the Company will not, without the applicable Agent's prior consent, offer or sell, or enter into any agreement to sell, any debt securities of the Company (other than the Notes that are to be sold pursuant to such Terms Agreement, notes issued pursuant to a credit facility or other similar agreement and commercial paper in the ordinary course of business). L. Suspension of Certain Obligations. The Company shall not be required to comply with the provisions of subsections (e), (f) or (g) of this Section during any period from the time the Agents shall have suspended solicitation of purchases of the Notes in their capacity as agents pursuant to a request from the Company to the time the Company shall determine that solicitation of purchases of the Notes should be resumed or shall subsequently enter into a new Terms Agreement with either or both of the Agents. M. Condition to Agency Transactions. Any person who has agreed to purchase Notes as the result of an offer to purchase solicited by an Agent shall have the right to refuse to purchase and pay for such Notes if, on the related settlement date fixed pursuant to the Administrative Procedures, (i) there has been, since the date on which such person agreed to purchase the Notes (the "Trade Date"), (A) any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or (B) any adverse development concerning the Company's business or assets which would result in a material adverse change in the prospective financial condition or results of operations, in either case, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis, the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the purchaser, impracticable to purchase the Notes, or (iii) trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended by the SEC or a national securities exchange, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, or any limitation on prices for such trading or any restrictions on the distribution of securities has been promulgated, by said exchange or by order of the SEC or any other Federal governmental authority, or if a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by either Federal or New York authorities, or (iv) the rating assigned by any nationally recognized securities rating agency to any debt securities of the Company as of the Trade Date shall have been lowered since that date. SECTION 5. Conditions of Obligations. The obligations of each Agent to solicit offers to purchase the Notes as agent of the Company, the obligations of any purchasers of the Notes sold through each Agent as agent, and any obligation of an Agent to purchase Notes pursuant to a Terms Agreement or otherwise will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein and to the accuracy of the statements of the Company's officers made in any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance and observance by the Company of all its covenants and agreements herein contained and to the following additional conditions precedent: A. Legal Opinions. On the date hereof, the Agents shall have received the following legal opinions, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents: (i) Opinion of Company Counsel. The opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, counsel to Company, (subject to the reservation that they have relied upon the opinion of Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and upon the opinion of Wagstaff, Alvis, Stubbeman, Seamster & Longacre, L.P.P., Abilene, Texas, each counsel for the Company, as to all matters governed by Oklahoma and Texas law, respectively), substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B; (ii) Opinion of Counsel to the Agents. The opinion of Sidley & Austin, counsel to the Agents, (subject to the same reservation as that expressed in subsection (1) of this Section 5(a)), substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C; (iii) Opinion of Oklahoma Counsel to the Company. The opinion of Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma counsel for the Company, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit D; and (iv) Opinion of Texas Counsel to the Company. The opinion Wagstaff, Alvis, Stubbeman, Seamster & Longacre, L.P.P., Abilene, Texas, Texas counsel for the Company, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit E. B. Officers' Certificate. At the date hereof the Agents shall have received a certificate of the President or any Vice President and the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, treasurer, controller or secretary of the Company and dated as of the date hereof, to the effect that (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or since the date of any applicable Terms Agreement, there has been no (A) material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings of the Company or (B) adverse development concerning the Company's business or assets which would result in a material adverse change in its prospective financial condition or results of operations, except such changes as are set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including financial statements and notes thereto contained in any document incorporated by reference therein), (ii) the order of the OCC referred to in subsection (x) of Section 2 of this Distribution Agreement is, to the best of the knowledge of the applicable signers, in full force and effect, and (iii) to the best of the knowledge of the applicable signers, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or threatened by the SEC. C. Comfort Letter. On or prior to the date hereof, the Agents shall have received from Arthur Anderson LLP a letter confirming that they are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and that the answer to Item 10 of the Registration Statement is correct insofar as it relates to them and stating in effect (1) that in their opinion the financial statements and schedules of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and which are stated therein to have been certified or audited by them, comply as to form, in all material respects, with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder; (2) that nothing has come to their attention which causes them to believe (A) that any unaudited dollar amounts or ratios which may appear in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption "The Company" were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with that of the corresponding amounts in the audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (B) that any unaudited condensed financial statements of the Company included in any of the Company's Form 10-Q Quarterly Reports, which may be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder, or that material modifications should be made to such unaudited financial statements for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; or (C) that, except in all instances as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (i) at the date of the latest available unaudited financial statements of the Company read by them and at a subsequent date, not more than five business days before the date hereof, there has been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company, as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except for normally scheduled reductions in the Company's long-term debt, and (ii) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the date of the latest available interim financial statements read by them and to the aforementioned date not more than five business days prior to the Closing Date there was any decrease, as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding twelve month period, in the Company's operating revenues, operating income or net income or (iii) there was any decrease in the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the twelve months ended the date of such latest available interim financial statements as compared to such ratio for the twelve months ended the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except as set forth in such letter, in which latter case the letter shall be accompanied by an explanation by the Company as to the significance thereof unless such explanation is not deemed necessary by the Agents; and (3) that they have compared certain dollar amounts designated by the Company and disclosed in the Registration Statement and Prospectus with such dollar amounts contained in the general accounting records of the Company or derived directly from such records by analysis or computation, and have found such dollar amounts to be in agreement therewith, except as otherwise specified in such letter in which latter case the letter shall be accompanied by an explanation by the Company as to the significance thereof unless such explanation is not deemed necessary by the Agents. The form of letter shall reflect the inclusion of any financial information filed subsequent to the date of the Registration Statement, the incorporation by reference of any subsequently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and/or the inclusion in the Prospectus of any statistical or financial information. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter required by this subsection (c) which is, in the reasonable judgment of the Agents, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Notes as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. D. First Mortgage Bonds. The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, as security for the payment of the principal and interest on the Notes, First Mortgage Bonds in the same aggregate principal amount and with the same stated rate, maturity dates and redemption provisions as the Notes they secure. The First Mortgage Bonds will be issued by the Company under its Indenture dated July 1, 1945 between the Company and Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, as heretofore amended and supplemented and as to be further amended and supplemented by a supplemental indenture or supplement indentures creating the series in which the First Mortgage Bonds are to be issued. E. Other Documents. On the date hereof and on each Settlement Date with respect to any applicable Terms Agreement, counsel to the Agents shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as such counsel may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling such counsel to pass upon the issuance and sale of Notes as herein contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of Notes as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agents and to counsel to the Agents. If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been (i) fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled or (ii) waived by the applicable Agent or Agents, this Agreement (or, at the option of the applicable Agent, any applicable Terms Agreement) may be terminated by the Agents by notice to the Company at any time and any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that the covenant regarding provision of an earnings statement set forth in Section 4(h) hereof, the provisions concerning payment of expenses under Section 10 hereof, the indemnity and contribution agreement set forth in Sections 8 and 9 hereof, the provisions concerning the representations, warranties and agreements to survive delivery of Section 11 hereof and the provisions set forth under "Parties" of Section 15 hereof shall remain in effect. SECTION 6. Delivery of and Payment for Notes Sold through the Agents. Delivery of Notes sold through an Agent as agent shall be made by the Company to such Agent for the account of any purchaser only against payment therefor in immediately available Federal funds. In the event that a purchaser shall fail either to accept delivery of or to make payment for a Note on the date fixed for settlement, the applicable Agent shall promptly notify the Company and deliver the Note to the Company, and, if such Agent has theretofore paid the Company for such Note, the Company will promptly return such funds to such Agent. If such failure occurred for any reason other than default by such Agent in the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Company will reimburse such Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of the use of the funds for the period such funds were credited to the Company's account. SECTION 7. Additional Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Agents that: A. Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties. Each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes, and each delivery of Notes to the applicable Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, shall be deemed to be an affirmation that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and in any certificate theretofore delivered to the Agents pursuant hereto are true and correct at the time of such acceptance or sale, as the case may be, and the Company will use its best efforts to undertake that such representations and warranties will be true and correct at the time of delivery to the purchaser or his agent, or to the Agents, of the Note or Notes relating to such acceptance or sale, as the case may be, as though made at and as of each such time (and it is understood that such representations and warranties shall relate to the Registration Statement, Prospectus and any such certificate as amended and supplemented to each such time). B. Subsequent Delivery of Certificates. Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates of Notes or similar changes, and, unless the Agents shall otherwise specify, other than by an amendment or supplement which relates exclusively to an offering of debt securities other than the Notes and other than by a pricing supplement) or there is filed with the SEC any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus unless waived by the Agents (other than any Current Report on Form 8-K) or (if required pursuant to the terms of a Terms Agreement) the Company sells Notes to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agents forthwith a certificate dated the date of filing with the SEC of such supplement or document, the date of effectiveness of such amendment, or the date of such sale, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agents to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate referred to in Section 5(b) hereof which was last furnished to the Agents is true and correct at the time of such amendment, supplement, filing or sale, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such time (except that such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such time) or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in said Section 5(b), modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificate. C. Subsequent Delivery of Legal Opinions. Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates of the Notes or similar changes or solely for the inclusion of additional financial information, and, unless the Agents shall otherwise specify, other than by an amendment or supplement which relates exclusively to an offering of debt securities other than the Notes and other than by a pricing supplement) or there is filed with the SEC any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus unless waived by the Agents (other than any Current Report on Form 8-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q), or (if required pursuant to the terms of a Terms Agreement) the Company sells Notes to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to the Agents and to counsel to the Agents the written opinions of each of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, counsel to the Company, Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, Oklahoma counsel to the Company, and Wagstaff, Alvis, Stubbeman, Seamster & Longacre, L.L.P., Texas counsel to the Company, or other counsel satisfactory to the Agents dated the date of filing with the SEC of such supplement or document, the date of effectiveness of such amendment, or the date of such sale, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, of the same tenor as the respective opinions referred to in Sections 5(a)(1), 5(a)(3) and 5(a)(4) hereof, but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion; or, in lieu of such opinion, counsel last furnishing such opinion to the Agents shall furnish the Agents with a letter to the effect that the Agents may rely on such last opinion to the same extent as though it was dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that statements in such last opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter authorizing reliance). D. Subsequent Delivery of Comfort Letters. Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented to include additional financial information or there is filed with the SEC any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus which contains additional financial information unless waived by the Agents (other than in a pricing supplement or Current Report on Form 8-K) or, (if required pursuant to the terms of a Terms Agreement) the Company sells Notes to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company shall cause Arthur Andersen LLP forthwith to furnish the Agents a letter, dated the date of effectiveness of such amendment, supplement or document with the SEC , or the date of such sale, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, of the same tenor as the portions of the letter referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 5(c) hereof but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter, and of the same general tenor as the portions of the letter referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) of said Section 5(c) with such changes as may be necessary to reflect changes in the financial statements and other information derived from the accounting records of the Company; provided, however, that if the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely to include financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter, Arthur Andersen LLP may limit the scope of such letter to the unaudited financial statements included in such amendment or supplement unless any other information included therein of an accounting, financial or statistical nature is of such a nature that, in the reasonable judgment of the Agents, such letter should cover such other information. SECTION 8. Indemnification. a. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Agents and each person, if any, who controls each of the Agents within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Agent or controlling person may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or the common law or otherwise, and to reimburse each such Agent or such controlling person for any reasonable legal or other expenses (including, to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable counsel fees) incurred by it or them in connection with defending against any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not apply to any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of or based upon (i) any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or any such omission or alleged omission, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any of the Agents for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to either thereof, (ii) any statement made in the Form T-1 filed by the Trustee as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or (iii) the failure of any Agent to deliver a copy of the Prospectus (excluding any documents incorporated by reference), or of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented after it shall have been amended or supplemented by the Company (excluding any documents incorporated by reference), to any person to whom a copy of any preliminary prospectus shall have been delivered by or on behalf of such Agent to whom any Notes shall have been sold by such Agent, as such delivery may be required by the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. b. Each of the Agents agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, each of its directors, each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, each other Agent and each person, if any, who so controls any such other Agent, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which any one or more of them may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or the common law or otherwise, and to reimburse each of them for any reasonable legal or other expenses (including, to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable counsel fees) incurred by them in connection with defending against any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the character above specified arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or upon any omission or alleged omission to state in any thereof a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Agent for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to either thereof, or (ii) the failure of such Agent to deliver (either directly or through the Managers) a copy of the Prospectus (excluding any documents incorporated by reference), or of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented after it shall have been amended or supplemented by the Company (excluding any documents incorporated by reference), to any person to whom a copy of any preliminary prospectus shall have been delivered by or on behalf of such Agent and to whom any Notes shall have been sold by or through such Agent, as such delivery may be required by the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. c. Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 8 (an "indemnified party") of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against a party granting an indemnity under this Section 8 (the "indemnifying party"), notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof (thereby conceding that the action in question is subject to indemnification by the indemnifying party hereunder), with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert and conduct such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel, approved by the Agents in the case of subsection (a), representing the indemnified parties under subsection (a) who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of this action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii). d. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall be unenforceable under applicable law by an indemnified party, the indemnifying party agrees to contribute to such indemnified party with respect to any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities for which such indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall be unenforceable, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which have resulted in such losses, claims, damages and liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that no indemnified party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from the indemnifying party if the indemnifying party is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or the indemnified party and each such party's relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and each of the Agents agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subparagraph were to be determined solely by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. e. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the representations and warranties of the Company in the Distribution Agreement shall remain operative and in full force regardless of (i) any termination of the Distribution Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Agent or any person controlling any Agent or by or on behalf of the Company, its directors or officers or any person controlling the Company and (iii) delivery of and payment for any of the Notes. SECTION 9. Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: A. The preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto; B. The preparation, filing and reproduction of this Agreement; C. The preparation, printing, issuance and delivery of the Notes, including any fees and expenses relating to the use of book-entry notes; D. The fees and disbursements of the Company's accountant and counsel, of the Trustee and its counsel and of any calculation agent; E. The reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents incurred from time to time in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; F. The qualification of the Notes and the First Mortgage Bonds under state securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(i) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agents in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky Survey and any Legal Investment Survey, not exceeding, however, $5,000 in the aggregate; G. The printing and delivery to the Agents in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the delivery by the Agents of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto in connection with solicitations or confirmations of sales of the Notes; H. The preparation, printing, reproducing and delivery to the Agents of copies of the Indenture and all supplements and amendments thereto; I. Any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Notes; J. The fees and expenses, if any, incurred with respect to any filing with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; K. Any advertising and other out-of-pocket expenses of the Agents incurred with the written approval of the Company; L. The cost of preparing, and providing any CUSIP or other identification numbers for, the Notes and the First Mortgage Bonds; M. The fees and expenses of any Depositary (as defined in the Indenture) and any nominees thereof in connection with the Notes; and N. The fees and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with any filing with or approval by the OCC in connection with the issuance of the Notes and the First Mortgage Bonds. SECTION 10. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto or thereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agents or any controlling person of any Agent, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive each delivery of and payment for any of the Notes. SECTION 11. Termination. A. Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement (excluding any Terms Agreement) may be terminated for any reason, at any time by either the Company or an Agent upon the giving of three business days' written notice of such termination to the other party hereto. B. Termination of a Terms Agreement. The applicable Agent may terminate any Terms Agreement to which it is a party, immediately upon notice to the Company, at any time prior to the Settlement Date relating thereto (i) there shall have occurred any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis, the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Agents, impracticable to purchase the Notes, or (ii) trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended by the SEC or a national securities exchange, or if a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by either Federal or New York authorities, or (iii) the rating assigned by any nationally recognized securities rating agency to any debt securities of the Company as of the Purchase Date shall have been lowered since that date, or (iv) if there shall have come to the applicable Agent's attention any facts that would cause such Agent to believe that the Prospectus, at the time it was required to be delivered to a purchaser of Notes, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at the time of such delivery, not misleading, provided, however, the Agent may only terminate such Terms Agreement pursuant to this Section 12(b)(v) if the Agent gives written notice to the Company of such Agent's intention to terminate such Terms Agreement pursuant to this Section 12(b)(v) (setting forth in reasonable detail the Agent's reason for such termination) and the Company fails, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, to correct any such untrue statement in or omission from the Prospectus prior to such Settlement Date. C. General. In the event of any such termination, neither party will have any liability to the other party hereto, except that (i) each Agent shall be entitled to any commission earned in accordance with the third paragraph of Section 3(a) hereof, (ii) if at the time of termination (a) each Agent shall own any Notes purchased pursuant to a Terms Agreement with the intention of reselling them or (b) an offer to purchase any of the Notes has been accepted by the Company but the time of delivery to the purchaser or his agent of the Note or Notes relating thereto has not occurred, the covenants set forth in Sections 4 and 7 hereof shall remain in effect until such Notes are so resold or delivered, as the case may be, and (iii) the covenant set forth in Section 4(h) hereof, the provisions of Section 5 hereof, the indemnity and contribution agreements set forth in Sections 8 and 9 hereof, and the provisions of Sections 11 and 15 hereof shall remain in effect. SECTION 12. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices required under the terms and provisions hereof shall be in writing, either delivered by hand, by mail or by telex, telecopier or telegram, and any such notice shall be effective when received at the address specified below. If to the Company: Public Service Company of Oklahoma 212 East Sixth Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119-1212 Attention: Robert L. Zemanek, President and Chief Executive Officer Telephone: (918) 599-2000 Telecopy: (918) 599-3220 with a copy to: Stephen D. Wise Director, Finance Central and South West Corporation 1616 Woodall Rogers Freeway Dallas, Texas 75202 Telephone: (214) 777-1000 Telecopy: (214) 777-1223 If to Smith Barney: Smith Barney Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 4th Floor New York, New York 10013 Attention: MTN Product Management, Mark Meyer Telephone: (212) 723-5123 Telecopy: (212) 723-8853 If to Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 1585 Broadway - 2nd Floor New York, New York 10036 Attention: Manager - Continuously Offered Products Telephone: (212) 761-4000 Telecopy: (212) 761-0780 with a copy to: Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 1585 Broadway - 34th Floor New York, New York 10036 Attention: Peter Cooper - Investment Banking Information Center Telephone: (212) 761-8385 Telecopy: (212) 761-0260 or at such other address as such party may designate from time to time by notice duly given in accordance with the terms of this Section 12. SECTION 14. Governing Law. This Agreement and all the rights and obligations of the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in the State of New York. Any suit, action or proceeding brought by the Company against the Agents in connection with or arising under this Agreement shall be brought solely in the state or federal court of appropriate jurisdiction located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. SECTION 15. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Agents and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 8 and 9 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. If the foregoing is in accordance with the Agents' understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between the Agents and the Company in accordance with its terms. Very truly yours, PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA By: Name: Title: Accepted: SMITH BARNEY INC. By: ________________________________ Name: Title: MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED By: ________________________________ Name: Title: EXHIBIT A The following terms, if applicable, shall be agreed to by the applicable Agent and the Company pursuant to each Terms Agreement: Principal Amount: $_______ (or principal amount of foreign currency) Interest Rate: If Fixed Rate Note, Interest Rate: If Floating Rate Note: Interest Rate Basis: Initial Interest Rate: Initial Interest Reset Date: Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any: Interest Rate Reset Month(s): Interest Payment Month(s): Index Maturity: Maximum Interest Rate, if any: Minimum Interest Rate, if any: Interest Rate Reset Period: Interest Payment Period: Interest Payment Date: Calculation Agent: If Redeemable: Initial Redemption Date: Initial Redemption Percentage: Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction: Date of Maturity: Purchase Price: ___% Settlement Date and Time: Stand-off Period (if any): Additional Terms: Also, agreement as to whether the following will be required: Officer's Certificate pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Distribution Agreement. Legal Opinion pursuant to Section 7(c)of the Distribution Agreement. Comfort Letter pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Distribution Agreement. Stand-off Agreement pursuant to Section 4(k) of the Distribution Agreement. SCHEDULE A As compensation for the services of the Agents hereunder, the Company shall pay the applicable Agent, on a discount basis, a commission for the sale of each Note equal to the principal amount of such Note multiplied by the appropriate percentage set forth below: PERCENT OF MATURITY RANGES PRINCIPAL AMOUNT From 9 months but less than 1 year............. .145% From 1 year but less than 18 months............ .170 From 18 months but less than 2 years........... .220 From 2 years but less than 3 years............. .290 From 3 years but less than 4 years............. .410 From 4 years but less than 5 years............. .530 From 5 years but less than 6 years............. .600 From 6 years but less than 7 years............. .650 From 7 years but less than 10 years............ .700 From 10 years but less than 15 years........... .725 From 15 years but less than 20 years........... .800 From 20 years to and including 30 years......... .850 More than 30 years ............................. * * Commission on Notes with maturities of 30 years or more shall be agreed to by the Company and the applicable Agent at the time of such transmission. EXHIBIT B [FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY COUNSEL February 26, 1996 Smith Barney Inc. 388 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 Re: Public Service Company of Oklahoma $75,000,000 Medium-Term Notes, Series A Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as special counsel for Public Service Company of Oklahoma, an Oklahoma corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Distribution Agreement dated February 26, 1996 (the "Distribution Agreement"), between you and the Company, relating to the proposed issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of up to $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Medium-Term Notes, Series A (the "Notes") under its Indenture dated as of February 1, 1996, to Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, as Trustee (the "Note Trustee"), as supplemented by a Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of February 1, 1996 (said Indenture as so supplemented being herein referred to as the "Indenture"). We have examined originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of all such corporate records of the Company, indentures, agreements and other instruments, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers and representatives of the Company and other documents as we have deemed it necessary to require as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to various questions of fact material to such opinions we have, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon certifications by officers of the Company and other appropriate persons and statements contained in the Registration Statement hereinafter mentioned. Based upon the foregoing, and having regard to legal considerations which we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that: 1. The Company is a corporation validly existing under the laws of the State of Oklahoma. 2. The Distribution Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. 3. Each of the Indenture and the Indenture dated as of July 1, 1945, as supplemented by several supplemental indentures, including a Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 1, 1996 (said Indenture as so supplemented being hereinafter called the "First Mortgage Indenture"), under which Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, is Trustee (the "First Mortgage Trustee"), has been duly and validly authorized by the necessary corporate action by the Company, has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, however, to the fact that certain of the remedial provisions thereof may be limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable laws, including the laws of the States wherein the mortgaged property is situated (but said laws do not, in our opinion, make the remedies afforded by the Indenture and the First Mortgage Indenture inadequate for the realization of the benefits of the security provided thereby) and except (a) as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, and (b) that such enforceability may be limited by the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including without limitation (i) the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedies and (ii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing. 4. The issue and sale of the Notes and the issuance and delivery by the Company of the First Mortgage Bonds (the "First Mortgage Bonds") under the First Mortgage Indenture to the Note Trustee as collateral for the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture have been duly and validly authorized by the Company by the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors on January 16, 1996 (the "Board Resolutions"). The Notes, when duly executed, authenticated, completed and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof as contemplated by and in accordance with the Indenture, the Board Resolutions and the Order (as defined in paragraph 6 below) and the First Mortgage Bonds, when duly executed, authenticated, completed and delivered to the Note Trustee as contemplated by and in accordance with the First Mortgage Indenture, the Board Resolutions and the Order will be (subject to the qualifications stated in paragraph 3 above) valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefit of the Indenture in the case of the Notes, and secured, in the case of the First Mortgage Bonds, by the lien of and entitled to the benefits of the First Mortgage Indenture. 5. The Notes and the Indenture and the First Mortgage Bonds and First Mortgage Indenture, conform as to legal matters, in all material respects, with the statements concerning them made in the Prospectus dated February 23, 1996 (the "Base Prospectus") under the caption "Description of the Senior Notes" and "Description of the Senior Note Mortgage Bonds" and in the Prospectus Supplement dated February 26, 1996 (the "Prospectus Supplement", and together with the Base Prospectus, the "Prospectus") under the caption "Description of the Notes" and such statements accurately set forth, in all material respects, the matters respecting the Notes and the Indenture and the First Mortgage Bonds and First Mortgage Indenture, which are required to be set forth in the Prospectus, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), and the rules and regulations under said Acts (other than the accounting provisions thereof, with respect to the requirements of which we express no opinion or belief); and each of the Indenture and the First Mortgage Indenture has been qualified under the TIA. 6. The order (the "Order") of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (the "Oklahoma Commission") referred to in subsection (a)(xi)(i) of Section 2 of the Distribution Agreement has been duly entered and, to the best of our knowledge, is in full force and effect. 7. The Company is exempt in accordance with Rule 52 under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, from the requirement for an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under said Act with respect to the issue and sale of the Notes and the issue and delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds. 8. Except for the order of the Commission entered with respect to the Registration Statement as contemplated in paragraph 9 below, no approval, authorization, consent, certificate or order of any Federal commission or regulatory authority is necessary with respect to the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the First Mortgage Indenture, the issue and sale of the Notes, or the issue and delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds by the Company as contemplated in the Distribution Agreement. 9. The Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the Notes (Registration No. 333- 00973) (the "Registration Statement") has become effective under the Securities Act, and, to the best of our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Securities Act. 10. The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, in each case including the Incorporated Documents (as defined below) (other than financial statements, financial data, statistical data and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no opinion or belief) as of their respective effective, issue or filing dates appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act (or, where appropriate, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. We have made no examination and express no opinion as to the Company's title to any of its property, as to the existence of any liens, charges or encumbrances thereon (other than the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture), or as to the filing or recording of the Indenture or First Mortgage Indenture, and to the extent that the opinions hereinabove expressed involve such matters, we have examined and relied upon the below-mentioned opinions of counsel for the Company. The Registration Statement was filed on Form S-3 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Prospectus does not necessarily contain a current description of the Company's business and affairs since Form S-3 provides for the incorporation by reference of certain documents filed with the Commission which contain descriptions as of various dates. We participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and we have reviewed certain documents filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, which are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (such documents listed in the Prospectus as being incorporated by reference are herein called the "Incorporated Documents"). Although we have not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained therein or in the Incorporated Documents, none of the foregoing disclosed to us any information which gave us reason to believe that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents, considered as a whole on the respective effective date of the Registration Statement and on the date hereof, contained or contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. We express no opinion as to any document filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, whether prior or subsequent to such effective date, except to the extent that such documents are Incorporated Documents read together with the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and considered as a whole, nor do we express any opinion as to the operating statistics, financial statements or other financial data included in or omitted from, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents. In rendering the opinion set forth in paragraph 4 above, we have necessarily assumed that, at the time of any issuance, sale and delivery of each Note, (a) the authorization of the Notes will not have been modified or rescinded and there will not have occurred any change in the law affecting the validity or enforceability of such Note and that each Note will conform to the draft form of the Notes examined by us and that the issuance and delivery of such Note, and the compliance by the Company with the terms of such Note, will not violate any applicable law, or result in a violation of the Company's certificate of incorporation or by-laws, any instrument or agreement then binding upon the Company, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and (b) the order of the Oklahoma Commission referred to in paragraph 6 above is in full force and effect and has not been modified or amended by the Oklahoma Commission, and the Company is in compliance therewith. In rendering the opinions hereinabove expressed, we have relied, to the extent pertinent, with your permission upon the opinions of even date hereof, delivered to you concurrently herewith, of Messrs. Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Messrs. Wagstaff, Alvis, Stubbeman, Seamster & Longacre, L.L.P., Abilene, Texas, special counsel in the State of Texas for the Company, as to matters governed by Oklahoma and Texas law, respectively, and as to such matters, the opinions hereinabove expressed are subject to all qualifications, limitations, assumptions and reliances, and other considerations, therein set forth. We do not express any opinion as to matters governed by any laws other than the laws of the State of New York, the Federal laws of the United States of America and, to the extent hereinabove stated, in reliance on said opinions of said counsel for the Company, the laws of the States of Oklahoma and Texas. Very truly yours, RBW/DBB EXHIBIT C [FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE AGENTS] February 26, 1996 Smith Barney Inc. 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10013 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 Re: $75,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series A Ladies and Gentlemen: This opinion is addressed to you as the agents (the "Agents") named in the Distribution Agreement dated February 26, 1996 (the "Distribution Agreement") between Public Service Company of Oklahoma, an Oklahoma corporation (the "Company"), and each of the Agents relating to the offer and sale from time to time of up to $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's Medium-Term Notes, Series A (the "Notes"). The Notes will be issued pursuant to the indenture dated as of February 1, 1996, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 1, 1996 thereto (collectively, the "Indenture"), between the Company and Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Until the Release Date (as defined in the Indenture), the Notes will be secured as to payment of principal and interest by one or more series of First Mortgage Bonds (the "First Mortgage Bonds") pledged and delivered by the Company to the Trustee. The First Mortgage Bonds will be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Company's Indenture dated July 1, 1945, as amended and supplemented to the date hereof (collectively, the "First Mortgage Indenture") as the same may from time to time hereafter be amended or supplemented, to Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Distribution Agreement. As special counsel for the Agents, we have, among other things, participated with officers and representatives of the Company, including its counsel and independent public accountants, and representatives of the Agents in the preparation of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-00973), filed on February 15, 1996 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which registration statement was declared effective by the Commission on February 23, 1996. Such registration statement (including all materials incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act at the date hereof (the "Incorporated Documents")) is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement." The Company's Prospectus dated February 23, 1996 (including the Incorporated Documents) included in the Registration Statement (the "Prospectus"), as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated February 26, 1996 (the "Prospectus Supplement") relating to the Notes, is hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Final Prospectus." Pursuant to the requirement of Section 5(a)(2) of the Distribution Agreement, this will advise you that in the opinion of the undersigned: (1) Each of the Indenture and the First Mortgage Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the necessary corporate action by the Company, has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and is the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, (x) to the fact that certain of the remedial provisions thereof may be limited or rendered unenforceable by laws of the States wherein the mortgaged property is situated (but said laws do not, in our opinion, make the remedies afforded by the Indenture and the First Mortgage Indenture inadequate for the realization of the benefits of the security provided thereby) and (y) to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally; to the effects of the provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, on the validity of the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture with respect to the property acquired or proceeds realized by the Company after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings with respect to the Company; and to the effects of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (2) The issue and sale of the Notes and the issue and delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Distribution Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Company. The Notes, when duly executed, authenticated and delivered against payment of the agreed consideration therefor and the First Mortgage Bonds, when duly executed, authenticated and delivered, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Distribution Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, secured, in the case of the First Mortgage Bonds, by the lien of and entitled to the benefits of the First Mortgage Indenture, subject, as to enforcement, (i) to the fact that certain of the remedial provisions thereof may be limited or rendered unenforceable by the laws of the States wherein the mortgaged property is situated (but said laws do not, in our opinion, make the remedies afforded by the Indenture and the First Mortgage Indenture inadequate for the realization of the benefits of the security provided thereby) and (ii) to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally; to the effects of the provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, on the validity of the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture with respect to the property acquired or proceeds realized by the Company after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings with respect to the Company; and to the effects of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (3) The Notes and the Indenture and the First Mortgage Bonds and the First Mortgage Indenture conform as to legal matters, in all material respects, with the statements concerning them made in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of Senior Notes" and "Description of Senior Note Mortgage Bonds" and in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption "Description of the Notes" and such statements accurately set forth, in all material respects, the matters respecting the Notes and the Indenture and the First Mortgage Bonds and the First Mortgage Indenture which are required to be set forth in the Final Prospectus by the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"), and the rules and regulations under said Acts (other than the accounting provisions thereof, with respect to the requirements of which we need express no opinion or belief); and each of the Indenture and the First Mortgage Indenture has been qualified under the 1939 Act; (4) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and, to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act; (5) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement (other than the financial statements, financial data, statistical data and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no opinion or belief), in each case excluding the Incorporated Documents, as of their respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and (6) The Distribution Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. We have made no examination and express no opinion as to the Company's title to any of its property, as to the existence of any liens, charges or encumbrances thereon (other than the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture), or as to the filing or recording of the Indenture or the First Mortgage Indenture, and to the extent that the opinions hereinabove expressed may involve such matters, we have examined and relied upon the below-mentioned opinions of counsel for the Company. In the course of the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, we have considered the information set forth therein in light of the matters required to be set forth therein and, as noted above, we have participated in conferences with your representatives and officers and representatives of the Company, including its counsel and independent public accountants, during the course of which the contents of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, we have not independently checked the accuracy or completeness of, or otherwise verified, and accordingly are not passing upon, and do not assume responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus; and we have relied as to materiality, to a large extent, upon the judgment of officers and representatives of the Company. However, as a result of such consideration and participation, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the Registration Statement (other than the financial statements, financial data, statistical data and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no opinion or belief), at the time it became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements, financial data, statistical data and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no opinion or belief), as of the date hereof, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In rendering the opinion set forth in paragraph 2 above, we have necessarily assumed that, at the time of any issuance, sale and delivery of each Note, (a) the authorization of the Notes will not have been modified or rescinded and there will not have occurred any change in the law affecting the validity or enforceability of such Note and that each Note will conform to the draft form of the Notes examined by us and that the issuance and delivery of such Note, and the compliance by the Company with the terms of such Note, will not violate any applicable law, or result in a violation of the Company's certificate of incorporation or by-laws, any instrument or agreement then binding upon the Company, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company and (b) the order of the OCC referred to in Section 2(a)(x) of the Distribution Agreement is in full force and effect and has not been modified or amended by the OCC, and the Company is in compliance therewith. For the purpose of rendering the foregoing opinions, we have relied, as to various questions of fact material to such opinions, upon the representations made in the Distribution Agreement, certificates of officers of the Company and certificates of the Trustee. We also have examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and other statements of government officials and other instruments, have examined such questions of law and have satisfied ourselves as to such matters of fact as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for our examination. In rendering the foregoing opinions, we have relied, with your permission, exclusively upon the opinions of even date herewith, delivered to you concurrently herewith, of Messrs. Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, counsel in the State of Oklahoma for the Company, and Messrs. Wagstaff, Alvis, Stubbeman, Seamster & Longacre, L.L.P., Abilene, Texas, counsel in the State of Texas for the Company, as to all matters governed by Oklahoma and Texas law, respectively, and as to such matters, our foregoing opinions are subject to all qualifications, limitations, assumptions, reliances and other considerations therein set forth. This opinion is limited to the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of New York, and to the extent hereinabove stated, in reliance on such opinions of such counsel for the Company, the laws of the States of Oklahoma and Texas. This opinion is being delivered solely for the benefit of the persons to whom it is addressed; accordingly, it may not be quoted, filed with any governmental authority or other regulatory agency or otherwise circulated or utilized for any other purpose without prior written consent. Very truly yours, EXHIBIT D February 26, 1996 Smith Barney Inc. 388 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 Ladies and Gentlemen: This opinion is addressed to you as Agents under the Distribution Agreement, dated February 26, 1996 (the "Distribution Agreement"), between Public Service Company of Oklahoma, an Oklahoma corporation (the "Company"), and you, pursuant to which the Company will issue and sell through you as Agents up to $75,000,000 in Medium-Term Notes, Series A (the "Notes"). This opinion is given pursuant to the provisions of Section 5(a)(3) of the Distribution Agreement. All terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given or assigned to such terms in the Distribution Agreement. The Notes are being issued under and secured by the Indenture dated February 1, 1996 and between the Company and Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, as Trustee (the "Indenture"). Until the Release Date (as defined in the Indenture), the Notes will be secured as to payment of principal and interest by one or more series of Senior Note Mortgage Bonds (the "Senior Note Mortgage Bonds") issued, pledged and delivered by the Company to the Trustee. The Senior Note Mortgage Bonds will be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Company's Indenture dated July 1, 1945, as supplemented by several supplemental indentures, including a Supplement Indenture dated as of February 1, 1996 (the "First Mortgage Supplemental Indenture") (said Indenture as so supplemented being hereinafter called the "First Mortgage Indenture"), between the Company and you in your capacity as Trustee under the First Mortgage Indenture (the "First Mortgage Trustee"). We have examined the originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of all such corporate records of the Company, indentures, agreements and other instruments, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers and representatives of the Company and other documents as we have deemed it necessary to require as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to various questions of fact material to such opinions we have, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon certifications by officers of the Company and other appropriate persons. Based upon our examination of such documents, records and matters of law as we have considered relevant in the premises, and upon our familiarity as counsel for the Company in the State of Oklahoma with its property and general affairs in said State, and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is our opinion that: 1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is a validly existing corporation under the laws of the State of Oklahoma and is duly authorized by its Restated Certificate of Incorporation to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as described in the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement. The Company has the legal right to function and operate as a public utility in the State of Oklahoma supplying therein electric service. 2. The Distribution Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. 3. Each of the Indenture and the First Mortgage Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company, and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, however, to the fact that certain of the remedial provisions of the First Mortgage Indenture may be limited or rendered unenforceable by the laws of the States wherein the mortgaged property is situated (but said laws do not, in our opinion, make the remedies afforded by the First Mortgage Indenture inadequate for the realization of the benefits of the security provided thereby), and except (a) as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, and (b) that such enforceability may be limited by the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including without limitation (i) the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other equitable remedies, and (ii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing. 4. The issue and sale of the Notes and the Senior Note Mortgage Bonds by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Distribution Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action. The Notes, when duly executed, authenticated and delivered against payment of the consideration therefor, and the Senior Note Mortgage Bonds when duly executed, and authenticated and delivered to the Trustee will be (subject to the qualifications stated in paragraph 3 above) valid and binding obligations of the Company and, in the case of the Senior Note Mortgage Bonds, secured by the lien of and entitled to the benefits of the First Mortgage Indenture. 5. The Company has good and sufficient title to all or substantially all the permanent fixed electric utility properties now owned by it, situated in the State of Oklahoma, including those described or referred to in the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, except as otherwise indicated therein, subject only to the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture and to permitted encumbrances and liens and prepaid liens (as those terms are defined in the First Mortgage Indenture) and to the junior lien on the Company's Northeastern Station securing project bonds issued to finance the construction of Units 3 and 4 of said Station. The First Mortgage Indenture, subject only to permitted encumbrances and liens and prepaid liens, constitutes a valid, direct first mortgage lien upon all such fixed properties of the Company (with the exception of the properties expressly excepted or excluded from such lien). All permanent fixed property hereafter acquired by the Company and situated in the State of Oklahoma (other than property of the character of that expressly excepted or excluded from the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture) will, upon such acquisition, become subject to the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture, subject, however, to such permitted encumbrances and liens and prepaid liens, any liens existing or placed on such property at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Company, and any liens thereon which might intervene prior to the filing for record of the instrument by which title to such property is acquired by the Company, and except as provisions of the Bankruptcy Code may affect the validity of the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture with respect to property acquired, and proceeds, products, rents, issue or profits of the property subject to such lien realized, after commencement of a case under such Code. 6. The First Mortgage Indenture (other than the First Mortgage Supplemental Indenture) has been duly filed for record as a mortgage or deed of trust of real and personal property in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma and the filing of the First Mortgage Supplemental Indenture in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma will constitute all of the action required under the laws of the State of Oklahoma to give notice of the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture. 7. The Company has valid and subsisting franchises, licenses and permits relating to its operations in the State of Oklahoma, authorizing the Company to carry on its present operations in said State. 8. The execution and delivery by the Company of any supplemental indenture relating to the Notes and issuance and sale of the Notes by the Company, and the execution and delivery by the Company of any supplemental indenture relating to the Senior Note Mortgage Bonds and issuance of the Senior Note Mortgage Bonds by the Company, each upon terms consistent with the Distribution Agreement, have been authorized by an Amended Order and Certificate of Authority of the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, dated February 22, 1996, which Order has been duly entered and, to the best of our knowledge, is in full force and effect. No further approval, authorization, consent, certificate or order of any state commission or regulatory authority in Oklahoma (other than in connection or in compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws or regulations of the jurisdictions in which any of the Notes and Senior Note Mortgage Bonds may have been or are to be offered for sale or sold) is necessary with respect to the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the First Mortgage Indenture or the issuance and sale of the Notes and Senior Note Mortgage Bonds by the Company as contemplated by the Distribution Agreement. 9. Except as set forth in the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement and except as set forth in the following sentence, to the best of our knowledge there is no material litigation or other legal proceeding pending to which the Company is a party or of which property of the Company is the subject, and, to the best of our knowledge, no such litigation or proceedings are contemplated. There are various routine litigation, claims and other proceedings pending against the Company or involving property of the Company, which are common or incident to the business in which the Company is engaged but which, in the aggregate, are not significant (in our opinion) from the standpoint of the total assets and overall operations of the Company. 10. The statements, if any, made in the Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement which are stated therein to have been made on our authority, have been reviewed by us and, as to matters of law and legal conclusions, are correct. This opinion is limited exclusively to the laws of the State of Oklahoma which are presently in effect. We note that the Indenture and the Notes are to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. In rendering our opinions herein with respect to the enforceability of the Indenture and the Notes, we have assumed that the laws of the State of New York are the same as the laws of Oklahoma. The phrase "to the best of our knowledge," as used herein, refers to matters within our actual knowledge. Except as otherwise stated herein, we have made no independent investigation of documents and records pertaining to the Company not in our possession, nor have we made an independent search of the records of any judicial authority or governmental agency. We undertake no obligation to update or supplement our opinions herein as a result of events or actions occurring after the date hereof. In rendering our opinions herein, we have with your permission relied upon the opinion of even date hereof, delivered to you concurrently herewith, of Messrs. Wagstaff, Alvis, Stubbeman, Seamster & Longacre, L.L.P. of Abilene, Texas. We hereby consent to the reliance as to matters governed by Oklahoma law by Messrs. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Messrs. Sidley & Austin, in giving their respective opinions of even date herewith on our opinions set forth herein. The opinions herein are rendered solely for the benefit of the Agents in connection with the requirement set forth in the Distribution Agreement. Without our prior written consent this opinion may not be quoted in whole or in part or furnished to or relied upon by any other person or entity. Very truly yours, DOERNER, SAUNDERS, DANIEL & ANDERSON EXHIBIT E February 26, 1996 Smith Barney Inc. 388 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 Ladies and Gentlemen: This opinion is addressed to you as the Agents (the "Agents") under Section 5(a)(4) of the Distribution Agreement (the "Distribution Agreement"), dated February 26, 1996, between Public Service Company of Oklahoma (the "Company") and you, pursuant to which the Company will issue and sell and the Agents will purchase from time to time up to $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Medium Term Notes (the "Notes"). The Notes will be secured by First Mortgage Bonds (the "First Mortgage Bonds") issued by the Company. The First Mortgage Bonds are being issued under and secured by that one certain indenture dated July 1, 1945, as amended and supplemented, by and between the Company and Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, as Trustee (the "First Mortgage Indenture"). Terms used with initial capital letters herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Distribution Agreement. Based upon our examination of such documents, records, and matters of law as we have considered relevant in the premises, as special counsel for the Company in the State of Texas, it is our opinion that: (i) The Company is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation in the State of Texas. (ii) The Company has good and sufficient title to all or substantially all the permanent fixed electric utility properties now owned by it situated in the State of Texas, including those described or referred to in the Prospectus, except as otherwise indicated therein, subject only to the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture and to permitted encumbrances and liens and prepaid liens, as defined in the First Mortgage Indenture. The First Mortgage Indenture constitutes a valid, direct first mortgage lien, subject only to permitted encumbrances and liens and prepaid liens, upon all such fixed properties of the Company (with the exception of the properties expressly excepted or excluded from such lien of the First Mortgage Indenture). All permanent fixed property hereafter acquired by the Company and situated in the State of Texas (other than property of the character of that expressly excepted or excluded from the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture) will, upon such acquisition, become subject to the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture, subject, however, to such permitted encumbrances and liens and prepaid liens, any liens existing or placed on such property at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Company, and any liens thereon which might intervene prior to the filing for record of the instrument by which title to such property is acquired by the Company and except as provisions of the Bankruptcy Code may affect the validity of the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture with respect to property acquired, and proceeds, products, rents, issue or profits of the property subject to such lien realized, after commencement of a case under such Code. (iii) The laws of the State of Texas affecting the remedies for the enforcement of the security provided for in the First Mortgage Indenture do not, in our opinion, make such remedies inadequate for the realization of the benefits of such security. (iv) With the exception of that one certain supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 1996, providing for "First Mortgage Bonds, Series X," which we understand will be forthwith duly recorded as a utility security instrument in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas, the First Mortgage Indenture has been duly so recorded as a utility security instrument and notices of utility security instruments affecting real property have heretofore been duly filed in each of the counties in the State of Texas in which property owned by the Company and subject to the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture is situated, in such manner as to make effective the lien intended to be created by the First Mortgage Indenture. Such recordation and filings constitute all of the action required under the laws of the State of Texas to give notice of the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture. No recording or other taxes of the State of Texas are required by law in connection with the issuance of the Notes and First Mortgage Bonds or for the effectiveness of the lien of the First Mortgage Indenture as security for the First Mortgage Bonds. (v) As presently conducted, the Company's operations in the State of Texas require no franchises, licenses or permits, other than Certificates of Convenience and Necessity pertaining to its Texas properties which have been issued by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. (vi) No approval, authorization, consent, certificate or order of any commission or regulatory authority of the State of Texas (other than in connection or in compliance with the securities or "blue sky" laws or regulations of the State of Texas) is necessary with respect to the execution and delivery of the First Mortgage Indenture or the issuance and sale of the Notes and the First Mortgage Bonds by the Company as contemplated by the Distribution Agreement. All statements in this opinion assume and are subject to the prompt and timely recording of the supplemental indenture providing for First Mortgage Bonds, Series X, as set out in section (iv) hereof. We do not herein express any opinion as to any matters governed by any laws other than the laws of the State of Texas. We hereby consent to the reliance as to matters governed by Texas law by Messrs. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Messrs. Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson and Messrs. Sidley & Austin, in giving their opinions of even date herewith, on our opinions set forth herein. Very truly yours, WAGSTAFF, ALVIS, STUBBEMAN, SEAMSTER & LONGACRE, L.L.P. BY: ANNEX 1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA MEDIUM TERM NOTES, SERIES A DUE NOT LESS THAN NINE MONTHS FROM DATE OF ISSUE (Dated as of February 26, 1996) Medium Term Notes, Series A (the "Notes") in the aggregate principal amount of up to $75,000,000 are to be offered on a continuing basis by Public Service Company of Oklahoma, an Oklahoma corporation (the "Company"), through Smith Barney Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated who, as agents (each an "Agent," and, collectively, the "Agents"), have agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Notes from the Company. The Agents may also purchase Notes as principal for resale. The Notes are being sold pursuant to a Distribution Agreement between the Company and the Agents, dated February 26, 1996 (the "Distribution Agreement"). The Notes are to be issued as a new series of senior notes under the Company's Indenture to Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), dated as of February 1, 1996, as supplemented and as the same may from time to time be amended or supplemented (the "Indenture"). Until the Release Date (as defined in the Indenture), the Notes will be secured as to payment of principal and interest by one or more series of First Mortgage Bonds issued, pledged and delivered by the Company to the Trustee. A Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement," which term shall include any additional registration statements filed in connection with the Notes as provided in the introductory paragraphs of the Distribution Agreement) with respect to the Notes has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The most recent Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) is herein referred to as the "Prospectus." A pricing supplement with respect to the specific terms of any Notes is herein referred to as a "Pricing Supplement." Chemical Bank will act as the paying agent (the "Paying Agent") for the payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and will perform as the Paying Agent, unless otherwise specified, the other duties specified herein. In addition, Chemical Bank will act as the authenticating agent (the "Authenticating Agent") under the Indenture. The Notes will either be issued (a) in book-entry form and represented by one or more fully registered Notes (each, a "Book-Entry Note") delivered to Chemical Bank, as agent for The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), and recorded in the book-entry system maintained by DTC, or (b) in certificated form delivered to the purchaser thereof or a person designated by such purchaser. Except in the limited circumstances described in the Prospectus or a Pricing Supplement, owners of beneficial interests in Notes issued in book-entry form will not be entitled to physical delivery of Notes in certificated form equal in principal amount to their respective beneficial interests. General procedures relating to the issuance of all Notes are set forth in Part I hereof. Additionally, Notes issued in book-entry form will be issued in accordance with the procedures set forth in Part II hereof and Notes issued in certificated form will be issued in accordance with the procedures set forth in Part III hereof. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture or the Notes, as the case may be. As used herein, the term "Prospectus" refers to the most recent prospectus which has been prepared by the Company for use by the Agents in connection with the offering of the Notes. To the extent the procedures set forth below conflict with the provisions of the Notes, the Indenture or the Distribution Agreement, the relevant provisions of the Notes, the Indenture and the Distribution Agreement shall control. PART I: PROCEDURES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY Date of Issuance/ Each Note will be dated by the Authentication: Authenticating Agent as of the interest payment date thereof to which interest was paid next preceding the date of issue, unless (a) issued on an interest payment date thereof to which interest was paid, in which event it shall be dated as of the date of issue, or (b) issued prior to the occurrence of the first interest payment date thereof to which interest was paid, in which event it shall be dated the original issue date. The original issue date shall remain the same for all Notes subsequently issued upon transfer, exchange or substitution of an original Note regardless of their dates of authentication. Maturities: Each Note will mature on a date selected by the purchaser and agreed to by the Company which is not less than nine months from its original issue date. Registration: Notes will be issued only in fully registered form. Calculation of Interest: Interest (including payments for partial periods) will be calculated and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Acceptance and Rejection The Company shall have the sole right of Offers: to accept offers to purchase Notes from the Company and may reject any such offer in whole or in part. Each Agent shall communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Notes from the Company received by it. Each Agent shall have the right, in its discretion reasonably exercised, without notice to the Company, to reject any offer to purchase Notes through it in whole or in part. Preparation of Pricing If any offer to purchase a Note is Supplement: accepted by the Company, the Company, with the approval of the Agent which presented such offer (the "Presenting Agent"), will prepare a Pricing Supplement reflecting the terms of such Note and file such Pricing Supplement relating to such Notes and the plan of distribution thereof (as such Pricing Supplement supplements the Prospectus, the "Supplemented Prospectus"), with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the Act. The Presenting Agent will cause a Supplemented Prospectus to be delivered to the purchaser of the Note. The Company shall have delivered a completed Pricing Supplement, via next day mail or telecopy to arrive no later than 11 AM on the Business Day following the trade date, to the Presenting Agent at the following locations: Smith Barney Inc. at the following address: Smith Barney Inc., 390 Greenwich Street - 4th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: MTN Product Management/Origination - Mark R. Meyer, Telephone: (212) 723-5123, Telecopy: (212) 723-8854. Also, a copy to: Smith Barney Inc., 388 Greenwich Street - 34th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Legal Compliance - Adrienne Garofalo, Telephone (212) 816-7594, Telecopy (212) 816-7912; to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated at the following address: Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585 Broadway - 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Medium- Term Note Trading Desk, Carlos Cabrera Telephone (212) 761-4000 In each instance that a Pricing Supplement is prepared, the Agents will affix such Pricing Supplement to the Prospectus prior to its use. Outdated Pricing Supplements, and the Prospectuses to which they are attached (other than those retained for files), will be destroyed. Settlement: The receipt of immediately available Federal funds by the Company in payment for a Note and the authentication and delivery of such Note shall, with respect to such Note, constitute "settlement." Offers accepted by the Company will be settled on the date that is three Business Days after the date of the acceptance of the offer, or at such later time as the purchaser, the Trustee and the Company shall agree, pursuant to the timetable for settlement set forth in Parts II and III hereof under the caption "Settlement Procedures" with respect to Book-Entry Notes and Certificated Notes, respectively. If procedures A and B of the applicable Settlement Procedures with respect to a particular offer are not completed on or before the time set forth under the applicable "Settlement Procedures Timetable," such offer shall not be settled until the Business Day following the completion of settlement procedures A and B or such later date as the purchaser and the Company shall agree. In the event of a purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal, appropriate settlement details will be as agreed between the Agent and the Company pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement. Suspension of The Company may instruct the Agents Solicitation; Amendment to suspend solicitation of purchases or Supplement: at any time. Upon receipt of such instructions the Agents will forthwith suspend solicitation of offers to purchase from the Company until such time as the Company has advised them that solicitation of offers to purchase may be resumed. If the Company decides to amend the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including incorporating any documents by reference therein) or supplement any of such documents, it will promptly furnish the Agents and their counsel with copies of the amendment (including any document proposed to be incorporated by reference therein) or supplement. One copy of such filed document, along with a copy of the cover letter sent to the Commission, will be delivered or mailed to the Agents at the following respective addresses: Smith Barney Inc., 390 Greenwich Street - 4th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: MTN Product Management/ Origination - Mark R. Meyer; Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 1585 Broadway; 2nd Floor New York, New York, 10036 Attention: Manager - Continuously Offered Products In the event that at the time the solicitation of offers to purchase from the Company is suspended there shall be any orders outstanding which have not been settled, the Company will promptly advise the Agents and the Trustee whether such orders may be settled and whether copies of the Prospectus as theretofore amended and/or supplemented as in effect at the time of the suspension may be delivered in connection with the settlement of such orders. The Company will have the sole responsibility for such decision and for any arrangements which may be made in the event that the Company determines that such orders may not be settled or that copies of such Prospectus may not be so delivered. Delivery of Supplemented A copy of the most recent Prospectus: Supplemented Prospectus must accompany or precede the earlier of (a) the written confirmation of a sale sent to a customer or the agent of such customer, and (b) the delivery of Notes to a customer or the agent of such customer. Authenticity of The Agents will have no obligations Signatures: or liability to the Company or the Authenticating Agent in respect of the authenticity of the signature of any officer, employee or agent of the Company or the Authenticating Agent on any Note. Documents Incorporated The Company shall supply the Agents by Reference: with an adequate supply of all documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. Business Day: "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in the City of New York, are not required or authorized by law to close. PART II: PROCEDURES FOR NOTES ISSUED IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM In connection with the qualification of Notes issued in book-entry form for eligibility in the book-entry system maintained by DTC, the Paying Agent will perform the custodial, document control and administrative functions described below, in accordance with its respective obligations under a Letter of Representation from the Company and the Paying Agent to DTC and a Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement between the Paying Agent and DTC (the "Certificate Agreement"), and its obligations as a participant in DTC, including DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement System ("SDFS"). Issuance: All Notes issued in book-entry form having the same original issue date, interest rate, and stated maturity will be represented initially by a single global security in fully registered form without coupons (each, a "Book-Entry Note"). Each Book-Entry Note will be dated and issued as of the date of its authentication by the Authenticating Agent. Each Book-Entry Note will bear an interest accrual date, which will be (a) with respect to an original Book-Entry Note (or any portion thereof), its original issue date and (b) with respect to any Book- Entry Note (or portion thereof) issued subsequently upon exchange of a Book-Entry Note or in lieu of a destroyed, lost or stolen Book-Entry Note, the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the predecessor Book-Entry Note or Notes (or if no such payment or provision has been made, the original issue date of the predecessor Book-Entry Note or Notes), regardless of the date of authentication of such subsequently issued Book-Entry Note. No Book-Entry Note shall represent any Note issued in certificated form. Identification: Prior to the commencement of the program, the Company has arranged with the CUSIP Service Bureau of Standard & Poor's Corporation (the "CUSIP Service Bureau") for the reservation of a series consisting of approximately 900 CUSIP numbers which have been reserved for and relating to Book-Entry Notes and the Company has directed the Paying Agent to give DTC a written list of such CUSIP numbers. The Paying Agent will assign CUSIP numbers to Book-Entry Notes as described below under Settlement Procedure B. DTC will notify the CUSIP Service Bureau periodically of the CUSIP numbers that the Paying Agent has assigned to Book-Entry Notes. The Paying Agent will notify the Company at any time when fewer than 50 of the reserved CUSIP numbers remain unassigned to Book-Entry Notes, and, if it deems necessary, the Company will reserve additional CUSIP numbers for assignment to Book- Entry Notes. Upon obtaining such additional CUSIP numbers, the Company will deliver a list of such additional numbers to the Paying Agent and DTC. Registration: Each Book-Entry Note will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, on the register maintained by the Trustee under the Indenture. The beneficial owner of a Note issued in book-entry form (i.e., an owner of a beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Note) (or one or more indirect participants in DTC designated by such owner) will designate one or more participants in DTC (with respect to such Note issued in book-entry form, the "Participants") to act as agent for such beneficial owner in connection with the book-entry system maintained by DTC, and DTC will record in book-entry form, in accordance with instructions provided by such Participants, a credit balance with respect to such Note issued in book-entry form in the account of such Participants. The ownership interest of such beneficial owner in such Note issued in book-entry form will be recorded through the records of such Participants or through the separate records of such Participants and one or more indirect participants in DTC. Transfers: Transfers of a Book-Entry Note will be accomplished by book entries made by DTC and, in turn, by Participants (and in certain cases, one or more indirect participants in DTC) acting on behalf of beneficial transferors and transferees of such Book-Entry Note. Exchanges: The Paying Agent may deliver to DTC and the CUSIP Service Bureau at any time a written notice specifying (a) the CUSIP numbers of two or more Book- Entry Notes outstanding on such date that represent Book-Entry Notes having the same terms (other than original issue dates) and for which interest has been paid to the same date; (b) a date, occurring at least 30 days after such written notice is delivered and at least 30 days before the next interest payment date for the related Notes issued in book-entry form, on which such Book-Entry Notes shall be exchanged for a single replacement Book-Entry Note; and (c) a new CUSIP number, obtained from the Paying Agent, to be assigned to such replacement Book-Entry Note. Upon receipt of such a notice, DTC will send to its participants (including the Paying Agent) a written reorganization notice to the effect that such exchange will occur on such date. Prior to the specified exchange date, the Paying Agent will deliver to the CUSIP Service Bureau written notice setting forth such exchange date and the new CUSIP number and stating that, as of such exchange date, the CUSIP numbers of the Book-Entry Notes to be exchanged will no longer be valid. On the specified exchange date, the Paying Agent will exchange such Book-Entry Notes for a single Book-Entry Note bearing the new CUSIP numbers and the CUSIP number of the exchanged Book-Entry Notes will, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau procedures, be canceled and not immediately reassigned. Denominations: Notes issued in book-entry form will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and any larger denomination which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Interest: General. Interest on each Note issued in book-entry form will accrue from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or if no such payment or provision has been made, the original issue date of the Book-Entry Note representing such Note. Each payment of interest on a Note issued in book-entry form will include interest accrued through the day preceding, as the case may be, the interest payment date or maturity. Interest payable at maturity of a Note issued in book-entry form will be payable to the Person to whom the principal of such Note is payable. DTC will arrange for each pending deposit message described under Settlement Procedure C below to be transmitted to Standard & Poor's, which will use the information in the message to include certain terms of the related Book-Entry Note in the appropriate daily bond report published by Standard & Poor's. Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments will be made on each interest payment date commencing with the first interest payment date following the original issue date, provided, however, that the first payment of interest on any Book-Entry Senior Note originally issued between a regular record date and an interest payment date will occur on the interest payment date following the next regular record date. Interest payments on Notes issued in book-entry form will be made semiannually on the dates specified in the Pricing Supplement and at maturity unless such day is not a Business Day, in which case such payment will be made on the next Business Day. Payments of Principal Payment of Interest Only. Promptly and Interest: after each regular record date, the Paying Agent will deliver to the Company and DTC a written notice specifying by CUSIP number the amount of interest to be paid on each Book- Entry Note on the following interest payment date (other than an interest payment date coinciding with maturity) and the total of such amounts. DTC will confirm the amount payable on each Book-Entry Note on such interest payment date by reference to the daily bond reports published by Standard & Poor's Corporation. On such interest payment date, the Company will pay to the Paying Agent and the Paying Agent in turn will pay to DTC, such total amount of interest due (other than at maturity), at the times and in the manner set forth below under "Manner of Payment." Payments at Maturity. On or about the first Business Day of each month in which principal and/or interest is to be paid, the Paying Agent will deliver to the Company and DTC a written list of principal, interest and premium, if any, to be paid on each Book-Entry Note maturing either at stated maturity or on a redemption date in the following month. The Paying Agent, the Company and DTC will confirm the amounts of such principal and interest payments with respect to a Book-Entry Note on or about the fifth Business Day preceding the maturity of such Book-Entry Note. At such maturity, the Company will pay to the Paying Agent, and the Paying Agent in turn will pay to DTC, the principal amount of such Note, together with interest and premium, if any, due at such maturity, at the times and in the manner set forth below under "Manner of Payment." If any maturity of a Book-Entry Note is not a Business Day, the payment due on such day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the period from and after such maturity. Promptly after payment to DTC of the principal, interest and premium, if any, due at the maturity of such Book- Entry Note, the Paying Agent will cancel such Book-Entry Note and deliver it to the Company with an appropriate debit advice. On the first Business Day of each month, the Paying Agent will deliver to the Company a written statement indicating the total principal amount of outstanding Book-Entry Notes as of the immediately preceding Business Day. Manner of Payment. The total amount of any principal, premium, if any, and interest due on Book-Entry Notes on any interest payment date or at maturity shall be paid by the Company to the Paying Agent to an account designated by the Paying Agent in funds available for use by the Payment Agent as of 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Company will confirm such instructions in writing to the Paying Agent. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date or as soon as possible thereafter, the Paying Agent will pay (but only from funds withdrawn from such account) by separate wire transfer (using Fedwire message entry instructions in a form previously specified by DTC) to an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York previously specified by DTC, in funds available for immediate use by DTC, each payment of interest, principal and premium, if any, due on a Book-Entry Note on such date. Thereafter on such date, DTC will pay, in accordance with its SDFS operating procedures then in effect, such amounts in funds available for immediate use to the respective Participants in whose names such Notes are recorded in the book-entry system maintained by DTC. Neither the Company nor the Paying Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for the payment by DTC of the principal of, or interest on, the Book-Entry Note to such Participants. Withholding Taxes. The amount of any taxes required under applicable law to be withheld from any interest payment on a Note will be determined and withheld by the Participant, indirect participant in DTC or other Person responsible for forwarding payments and materials directly to the beneficial owner of such Note. Settlement Procedures: Settlement Procedures with regard to each Note in book-entry form sold by each Agent as agent of the Company, will be as follows: A.The Presenting Agent will advise the Company by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of the following settlement information: 1.Taxpayer identification number of the purchaser. 2.Principal amount of the Note. 3.Terms: a)interest rate b)interest payment dates 4.Price to public of the Note. 5.Trade date. 6.Settlement date (original issue date). 7.Maturity. 8.Net proceeds to the Company. 9.Agent's commission B.The Company will advise the Paying Agent by electronic transmission of the above settlement information received from the Presenting Agent with respect to the Book-Entry Note representing such Note and the name of the Agent, and the Paying Agent will assign a CUSIP number to such Note. C.The Paying Agent will communicate to DTC through DTC's Participant Terminal System, a pending deposit message specifying the following settlement information, which will route such relevant information to the Presenting Agent, Standard & Poor's Corporation and Interactive Data Corporation: 1.The information set forth in Settlement Procedure A. 2.Identification numbers of the participant accounts maintained by DTC on behalf of the Paying Agent and the Agent. 3.Initial interest payment date for such Note, number of days by which such date succeeds the related record date for DTC purposes and, if then calculable, the amount of interest payable on such interest payment date (which amount shall have been confirmed by the Paying Agent). 4.CUSIP number of the Book-Entry Note representing such Note. 5.Whether such Book-Entry Note represents any other Notes issued or to be issued in book-entry form. D.The Board of Directors of the Company or its Executive Committee or a designee thereof shall approve the final terms of the Notes. E.The Paying Agent will complete a Book-Entry Note representing such Note in a form that has been approved by the Company, the Agents and the Paying Agent. F.The Paying Agent will authenticate the Book-Entry Note representing such Note. G.DTC will credit such Note to the participant account of the Paying Agent maintained by DTC. H.The Paying Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC's Participating Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Note to the Paying Agent's participant account and credit such Note to the participant account of the Presenting Agent maintained by DTC and (ii) to debit the settlement account of the Presenting Agent and credit the settlement account of the Paying Agent maintained by DTC, in an amount equal to the price of such Note less such Agent's commission. Any entry of such a deliver order shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Paying Agent to DTC that (i) the Book- Entry Note representing such Note has been issued and authenticated and (ii) the Paying Agent is holding such Book-Entry Note pursuant to the Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement between the Paying Agent and DTC. I.The Presenting Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC's Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Note to the Presenting Agent's participant account and credit such Note to the participant account of the Participants maintained by DTC and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of such Participants and credit the settlement account of the Presenting Agent maintained by DTC, in an amount equal to the initial public offering price of such Note. J.Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS deliver orders described in Settlement Procedures H and I will be settled in accordance with SDFS operating procedures in effect on the Settlement Date. K.Upon receipt of such funds, the Paying Agent will credit to an account of the Company identified to the Paying Agent funds available for immediate use in the amount transferred to the Paying Agent in accordance with Settlement Procedure H. L.The Paying Agent will send a copy of each Book-Entry Note to the Company together with a statement setting forth the principal amount of Notes outstanding in accordance with the Mortgage. M.The Agent will confirm the purchase of such Note to the purchaser either by transmitting to the Participant with respect to such Note a confirmation order through DTC's Participant Terminal System or by mailing a written confirmation to such purchaser. Settlement Procedures For order of Notes accepted by the Timetable: Company, Settlement Procedures "A" through "M" set forth above shall be completed as soon as possible but not later than the respective times (New York City time) set forth below: Settlement Procedure Time A-B 11:00 a.m. on the trade date C 2:00 p.m. on the trade date D No later than the Business Day before day of settlement E 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day before day of settlement F No later than 2:00 p.m. on the day prior to day of settlement G 10:00 a.m. on day of settlement H-I No later than 2:00 p.m. on the day prior to day of settlement J 4:45 p.m. on day of settlement K-M 5:00 p.m. on day of settlement Settlement Procedures A, B and C may, if necessary, be completed at any time prior to the specified times on the first Business Day after the sale date. Settlement Procedure J is subject to extension in accordance with any extension of Fedwire closing deadlines and in the other events specified in the SDFS operating procedures in effect on the day of settlement. If settlement of a Note issued in book entry form is rescheduled or canceled, the Paying Agent will deliver to DTC, through DTC's Participant Terminal System, a cancellation message to such effect by no later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the scheduled day of settlement. Failure to Settle: If the Paying Agent fails to enter an SDFS deliver order with respect to a Book-Entry Note issued in book-entry form pursuant to Settlement Procedure H; the Paying Agent shall deliver to DTC, through DTC's Participant Terminal System, as soon as practicable a withdrawal message instructing DTC to debit such Note to the participant account of the Paying Agent maintained at DTC. DTC will process the withdrawal message, provided that such participant account contains a principal amount of the Book-Entry Note representing such Note that is at least equal to the principal amount to be debited. If withdrawal messages are processed with respect to all the Notes represented by a Book-Entry Note, the Paying Agent will mark such Book- Entry Note "canceled", make appropriate entries in its records and send such canceled Book-Entry Note to the Company. The CUSIP number assigned to such Book-Entry Note shall, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau procedures, be canceled and not immediately reassigned. If withdrawal messages are processed with respect to a portion of the Notes represented by a Book-Entry Note, the Paying Agent will exchange such Book-Entry Note for two Book-Entry Notes, one of which shall represent the Book-Entry Notes for which withdrawal messages are processed and shall be canceled immediately after issuance, and the other of which shall represent the other Notes previously represented by the surrendered Book-Entry Note and shall bear the CUSIP number of the surrendered Book-Entry Note. If the purchase price for any Book-Entry Note is not timely paid to the Participants with respect to such Note by the beneficial purchaser thereof (or a person, including an indirect participant in DTC, acting on behalf of such purchaser), such Participants and, in turn, the related Agent may enter SDFS deliver orders through DTC's Participant Terminal System reversing the orders entered pursuant to Settlement Procedures H and I, respectively. Thereafter, the Paying Agent will deliver the withdrawal message and take the related actions described in the preceding paragraph. If such failure shall have occurred for any reason other than default by the applicable Agent to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Distribution Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of the use of funds during the period when the funds were credited to the account of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any failure to settle with respect to a Book-Entry Note, DTC may take any actions in accordance with its SDFS operating procedures then in effect. In the event of a failure to settle with respect to a Note that was to have been represented by a Book-Entry Note also representing other Notes, the Paying Agent will provide, in accordance with Settlement Procedures E and F, for the authentication and issuance of a Book-Entry Note representing such remaining Notes and will make appropriate entries in its records. PART III: PROCEDURES FOR NOTES ISSUED IN CERTIFICATED FORM The Paying Agent will issue as registrar in connection with the Certificated Notes. Denominations: The Notes will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Interest: Each Note will bear interest in accordance with its terms. Interest will begin to accrue on the original issue date of a Note for the first interest period and on the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid for all subsequent interest periods. Each payment of interest shall include interest accrued to, but excluding, the date of such payment. Interest payments will be made semiannually on the dates specified in the Pricing Supplement and at maturity. However, the first payment of interest on any Note issued between a record date and an interest payment date will be made on the interest payment date following the next succeeding record date. Interest at maturity will be payable to the person to whom the principal is payable. Nothing herein should be deemed to require the Paying Agent to risk or expend its own funds in connection with any payment to the Company, or the Agents, or DTC, or any Noteholder, it being understood by all parties that payments made by the Paying Agent shall be made solely to the extent that funds are provided to the Paying Agent for such purpose. Payments of Principal Principal of and interest on the and Interest: Notes will be payable in New York, New York or, at the option of the Registered Owner (as defined herein), at such other office or agency of the Paying Agent, at the office or agency of the Company in New York, New York or otherwise pursuant to the Indenture and interest is payable, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the registered owners of the Notes. Any payment of principal or interest required to be made on an interest payment date or at maturity of a Note which is not a Business Day need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the interest payment date or at maturity, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such interest payment date or maturity. The Paying Agent will provide to the Company in each month prior to a month in which any Note or Notes mature, a list of the principal and interest to be paid on Notes maturing in the next succeeding month. The Paying Agent will be responsible for withholding taxes on interest paid as required by applicable law, but shall be relieved from any such responsibility if it acts in good faith and in reliance upon an opinion of counsel. Notes presented to the Paying Agent at maturity for payment will be cancelled and held by the Paying Agent. All cancelled Senior Notes held by the Paying Agent shall be destroyed, and the Paying Agent shall fund to the Company a certificate with respect to such destruction. Settlement Procedures: Settlement Procedures with regard to each Note purchased through any Agent, as agent, shall be as follows: A.The Presenting Agent will advise the Company by telephone of the following settlement information with regard to each Note: 1.Exact name in which the Note is to be registered (the "Registered Owner"). 2.Exact address or addresses of the Registered Owner for delivery, notices and payments of principal and interest. 3.Taxpayer identification number of the Registered Owner. 4.Principal amount of the Note. 5.Denomination of the Note. 6.Terms: a)interest rate b)interest payment dates 7.Price to public of the Note. 8.Settlement date (original issue date). 9.Maturity. 10.Net proceeds to the Company. 11.Agent's commission. B.The Company shall provide to the Authenticating Agent the above settlement information received from the Agents and shall cause the Authenticating Agent to issue, authenticate and deliver Notes. The Company also shall provide to the Authenticating Agent and/or Agents a copy of the applicable Pricing Supplement. C.The Board of Directors of the Company or its Executive Committee or the designee thereof shall approve the final terms of the Notes. D.With respect to each trade, the Trustee will deliver the Notes to the Presenting Agent at the following applicable address: Smith Barney Inc., 390 Greenwich Street - 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Syndicate Operations - James Steiner; in the case of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Bank of New York, Dealer Clearance Department, 1 Wall Street-3rd Floor, Window 3B, New York, New York 10005, Attn: For the Account of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. The Trustee will keep a copy of such Note. The Presenting Agent will acknowledge receipt of the Note through a broker's receipt and will keep a copy of such Note. Delivery of the Note will be made only against such acknowledgment of receipt. Upon determination that the Note has been authorized, delivered and completed as aforementioned, the Presenting Agent will wire the net proceeds of the Note after deduction of its applicable commission to the Company pursuant to standard wire instructions given by the Company. E.The Presenting Agent will deliver the Note (with confirmations), as well as a copy of the Prospectus and any applicable Pricing Supplement or Supplements received from the Authenticating Agent to the purchaser against payment in immediately available funds. F.The Authenticating Agent will send a copy of such Note to the Company. Settlement Procedures For offers accepted by the Company, Timetable: Settlement Procedures "A" through "F" set forth above shall be completed on or before the respective times set forth below: Settlement Procedure Time A-B 3:00 P.M. on the third Business Day prior to settlement C No later than Business Day prior to settlement D 2:15 P.M. on day of settlement E 3:00 P.M. on day of settlement F 5:00 P.M. on day of settlement Failure to Settle: In the event that a purchaser of a Note from the Company shall either fail to accept delivery of or make payment for a Note on the date fixed for settlement, the Presenting Agent will forthwith notify the Authenticating Agent and the Company by telephone, confirmed in writing, and return the Note to the Authenticating Agent. The Authenticating Agent upon receipt of the Note from the Agent, will immediately advise the Company and the Company will promptly arrange to credit the account of the Presenting Agent in an amount of immediately available funds equal to the amount previously paid by such Agent in settlement for the Note. Such credits will be made on the settlement date if possible, and in any event not later than the Business Day following the settlement date; provided that the Company has received notice on the same day. If such failure shall have occurred for any reason other than failure by such Agent to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Distribution Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of the use of funds during the period when the funds were credited to the account of the Company. Immediately upon receipt of the Note in respect of which the failure occurred, the Authenticating Agent will cancel and destroy the Note, make appropriate entries in its records to reflect the fact that the Note was never issued, and accordingly notify in writing the Company.