Exhibit 1.1
Idaho Power Company
First Mortgage Bonds,
Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series G
TERMS AGREEMENT
October 15, 2007
Idaho Power Company
1221 W. Idaho St.
Boise, Idaho 83702-5627
Attention: Mr. Darrel T. Anderson
Subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Selling Agency
Agreement, dated September 21, 2007 (the "Agreement"), between each of Banc of
America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets
Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC, Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and
you, each of the undersigned agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the
respective principal amount of 6.25% First Mortgage Bonds due 2037 (the "Notes")
of Idaho Power Company set forth opposite its name below having the terms
indicated below:
Name Principal Amount of Notes
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Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC $ 27,500,000
Banc of America Securities LLC 25,000,000
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 25,000,000
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. 7,500,000
RBC Capital Markets Corporation 5,000,000
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. 5,000,000
Piper Jaffray & Co. 5,000,000
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Total $ 100,000,000
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Identification of Notes: The Notes shall be
designated 6.25% First
Mortgage Bonds due 2037
Aggregate Principal Amount: $100,000,000
Issue Date: October 18, 2007
Original Interest Accrual Date: October 18, 2007
Interest Rate: 6.25%
Maturity Date: October 15, 2037
Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15,
commencing April 15, 2008
Regular Record Dates: March 31 and September 30
Discount or Commission: 0.75% of Principal Amount
Purchase Price (Price to be paid to Idaho Power 98.982% of Principal
Company after discount or commission): Amount
Closing Date: October 18, 2007
Price to Public: 99.732%
Purchase Date and Time: October 18, 2007 at
10 a.m. Eastern Time
Applicable Time: October 15, 2007 at
12:08 p.m. Eastern Time
Place for Delivery of Notes and Payment Therefor: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP,
125 West 55th Street,
New York, New York
Method of Payment: Wire transfer of
immediately available
funds
Redemption Provisions, if any: See "Optional Redemption"
below.
Syndicate Provisions: See "Syndicate Provisions"
below.
Pricing Disclosure Package: See Annex I and Annex II
Modification, if any, in the requirements The undersigned shall have
to deliver the documents specified in received the documents
Section 6(b) of the Agreement: specified in
Section 6(b)(i), (ii),
(iii) and (iv) of the
Agreement, each dated
as of the Closing Date.
Period during which additional Notes may 30 days
not be sold pursuant to Section 4(l)
of the Agreement:
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Syndicate Provisions
If any one or more of the undersigned shall fail to purchase and pay for
any of the Notes agreed to be purchased by it hereunder and such failure to
purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their
obligations under this Terms Agreement, the remaining of the undersigned shall
be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions
which the amounts of Notes set forth opposite its or their name above bears to
the aggregate amount of Notes set forth opposite the names of all the remaining
undersigned above) the Notes which the defaulting undersigned agreed but failed
to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of
Notes which it or they agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 30% of the
aggregate amount of Notes, the remaining of the undersigned shall have the right
to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the
Notes, and if they do not purchase any of the Notes within 36 hours after such
default, the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within
which to procure another party or other parties reasonably satisfactory to
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC to purchase the Notes. If the Company fails to
procure another party to purchase the Notes within such period, this Terms
Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting undersigned
except as provided in Section 9 of the Agreement. In the event of any default as
described herein, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not
exceeding five (5) business days, as Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC shall
determine in order that the required changes in the pricing supplement or in any
other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Terms
Agreement shall relieve any of the undersigned that shall default of any
liability for damages occasioned by such default.
Optional Redemption
The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole at any time, or
in part from time to time, prior to the maturity date, at a redemption price
equal to the greater of:
o 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and
o as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present
values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal on the Notes to be
redeemed and interest thereon (not including any portion of payments of
interest accrued as of the date fixed for redemption), discounted to the
date fixed for redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined
below), plus 25 basis points,
plus in either case interest accrued and unpaid on the principal amount of the
Notes to be redeemed to the date fixed for redemption. The Company will mail
notice of any redemption at least 30 days before the date fixed for redemption
to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed.
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any date fixed for redemption, the
rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury
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Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such date.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be used, at the time
of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term
of the Notes to be redeemed.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any date fixed for
redemption,
(1) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable
Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal
amount) on the third business day preceding such date, as set forth in the
daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m.
Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or
(2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or
does not contain such prices on such business day, (a) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such date, after excluding the
highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such date,
or (b) if the trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations, the average of all the quotations received.
"Independent Investment Banker" means any one of the Reference Treasury
Dealers appointed by the Company.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any date fixed for redemption, the average, as
determined by the trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable
Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m.
New York City time on the third business day preceding the date fixed for
redemption.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means (1) Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. and their respective successors, unless any of them
ceases to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a
"Primary Treasury Dealer"), in which case the Company will substitute another
Primary Treasury Dealer and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by
the Company.
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This Terms Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
Capitalized terms used in this Terms Agreement and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
This Terms Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and
the same instrument.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC RBC Capital Markets Corporation
By: /s/ Jake Horstman By: /s/ John Younger
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Name: Jake Horstman Name: John Younger
Title: Director Title: Managing Director
Banc of America Securities LLC Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
By: /s/ Peter J. Carbone By: /s/ Michael Gardner
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Name: Peter J. Carbone Name: Michael Gardner
Title: Vice President Title: Exec. Vice President
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Piper Jaffray & Co.
By: /s/ Robert Bottamedi By: /s/ Steve Tufo
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Name: Robert Bottamedi Name: Steve Tufo
Title: Vice President Title: Managing Director
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
By: /s/ Ryan W. Pirnat
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Name: Ryan W. Pirnat
Title: Director
Accepted:
Idaho Power Company
By: /s/ Darrel T. Anderson
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Name: Darrel T. Anderson
Title: Senior Vice President -
Administrative Services and
Chief Financial Officer
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ANNEX I
Documents included in the Pricing Disclosure Package
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1. Prospectus, dated January 27, 2005, for $300,000,000 Idaho Power Company
First Mortgage Bonds and Debt Securities.
2. Prospectus Supplement, dated September 21, 2007, for $100,000,000 Principal
Amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series G, of
Idaho Power Company including all documents incorporated therein as of the
Applicable Time.
3. Final Term Sheet in the form attached to this Terms Agreement as Annex II.
ANNEX II
Final Term Sheet
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6.25% Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series G due 2037
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IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series G
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Issuer: Idaho Power Company Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15,
commencing April 15, 2008
Trade Date: October 15, 2007 Redemption: As specified in Pricing Supplement No. 1
Original Issue Date/Settlement Date: October 18, 2007, dated October 15, 2007. Make Whole to be determined
which is the third business day following the Trade at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus
Date. 25 basis points.
Principal Amount: $100,000,000 Maturity Date: October 15, 2037
Price to Public: 99.732% of Principal Amount, plus CUSIP: 45138LAT0
accrued interest from the Original Issue Date Purchasers:
Purchasers' Discount: 0.75% Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC ($27,500,000)
Proceeds to the Company: 98.982% Banc of America Securities LLC ($25,000,000)
Interest Rate: 6.25% per annum J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. ($25,000,000)
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. ($7,500,000)
RBC Capital Markets Corporation ($5,000,000)
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. ($5,000,000)
Piper Jaffray & Co. ($5,000,000)
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the
SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you
should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents
the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer
and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the
SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any
dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if
you request it by calling Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC toll free at
1-866-289-1262, Banc of America Securities LLC toll free at 1-800-294-1322 or
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. collect at 1-212-834-4533.