EXHIBIT (4)(ii)6 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCHARGE, RELEASE AND CANCELLATION OF INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE Dated as of January 1, 1927 and the Twenty-eight Supplemental Indentures thereto from THE BANK OF NEW YORK (FORMERLY NAMED IRVING TRUST COMPANY) TRUSTEE, to CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prepared by: Gould & Wilkie LLP One Chase Manhattan Plaza New York, New York 10005-1401 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That: WHEREAS, CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION, a corporation of the State of New York, hereinafter called the "Company", executed and delivered to IRVING TRUST COMPANY (now THE BANK OF NEW YORK), as Trustee ("Trustee"), a certain Indenture of Mortgage ("Original Mortgage"), dated as of January 1, 1927, as thereafter supplemented and amended by twenty-eight supplemental indentures thereto ("Supplemental Indentures") (as so supplemented and amended, hereinafter called the "Mortgage"), mortgaging and subjecting to the lien thereof certain property, as therein set forth, to secure the payment of bonds issuable under the Mortgage in series as therein provided; and WHEREAS, the Original Mortgage and said twenty-eight supplemental Indentures thereto were recorded with the offices of the County Clerks of the Counties of Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Oswego (except as set forth in Exhibit A hereto), Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester in the State of New York, and were filed with Uniform Commercial Code financing statements covering personal property and fixtures subject to the Mortgage with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, as more particularly set forth in Exhibit A hereto; and WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered, to the Trustee or successor trustee to wit: the Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 1, 1935, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 1937, the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 1, 1940, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 1, 1941, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1950, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1952, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 1954, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 15, 1958, the Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1967, the Tenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 15, 1969, the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 1970, the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 1, 1972, the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 15, 1974, the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 1975, the Fifteenth 1 Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 1, 1977, the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 15, 1979, the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 15, 1980, the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 15, 1980, the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 15, 1981, the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 1, 1982, the Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 22, 1982, the Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 24, 1984, the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 15, 1985, the Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 1, 1986, the Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 1, 1988, the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 1991, the Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 15, 1992 and the Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 1995; all of which were recorded with the offices of the Clerks of the above-referenced counties (except in Oswego County as set forth in Exhibit A hereto) in the State of New York; and WHEREAS, there are now issued and outstanding under the Mortgage the following tranches of the Company's Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series A: PRINCIPAL INTEREST RATE STATED MATURITY $10,000,000 8.12% 8/29/22 10,000,000 8.14% 8/29/22 5,000,000 7.97% 6/11/03 500,000 7.97% 6/13/03 9,500,000 6.46% 8/11/03 ----------- $35,000,000 WHEREAS, Article XVI of the Mortgage provides for defeasance by the Company of the Mortgage; and WHEREAS, the Company has complied with the provisions of Article XVI of the Mortgage. 2 NOW, THEREFORE, THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee, as aforesaid, in consideration of the premises and pursuant to the authority vested in them as Trustee under the Mortgage, has released, remised and quitclaimed, and by these presents does release, remise and quitclaim, unto the Company, its successors and assigns, forever, all the estate, right, title and interest of said Trustee in and to any and all properties at any time subject to the lien of the Mortgage, of whatsoever kind or description, whether owned by the Company at the date of the Mortgage or thereafter acquired or owned by it, to have and to hold unto the Company=s own use, benefit and behoof forever, free, clear and discharged of and from any and all liens, mortgages, encumbrances and claims of any kind under and by virtue of the Mortgage. THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee, as aforesaid, hereby discharges the Mortgage, and the lien thereof, and grants a full and complete release, satisfaction, cancellation and discharge of the Mortgage, and all liens created thereby may be cancelled, erased, discharged satisfied and released of record, and does authorize and require any recording officer in whose office the Original Mortgage or any said Supplemental Indenture thereto shall have been recorded to cancel and erase from the records of his or her office the inscriptions of the Original Mortgage and any and all of the aforesaid First through Twenty-Eighth Supplemental Indentures thereto in the counties in which the Company owns property upon such records, and in particular the said Trustee does hereby authorize and require each of the Clerks of the above-referenced counties in the State of New York to cancel and erase from the mortgage records of their office the inscriptions of the Original Mortgage and any and all of said Supplemental Indentures thereto in their respective books and folios. The Bank of New York, as Trustee, as aforesaid, hereby consents to and authorizes the Company to file, on behalf of said Trustee, with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York an appropriate form or forms under the New York Uniform Commercial Code terminating the effectiveness of each financing statement filed with respect to the security interest of the Trustee under the Original Mortgage and said Supplemental Indentures. 3 The recitals contained in this instrument are not made by THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee, and said Trustee assumes no responsibility in respect thereof, and this instrument is made without warranty by and without recourse to said Trustee in any event whatsoever. This instrument may be executed in any number of multiple counterparts, and all said counterparts so executed, each as an original, shall constitute but one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE BANK OF NEW YORK has caused its corporate name to be hereunto affixed, and this instrument to be signed and sealed by one of its Assistant Vice Presidents, and its corporate seal to be attested by one of its Assistant Treasurers or one of its Assistant Secretaries, all in the City of New York, as of the 6th day of November, 2001. THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee By: /s/ MICHAEL C. DALY ------------------------------------ Name: Michael C. Daly Title: Assistant Vice President Attest: /s/ GEOVANNI BARRIS - ---------------------------------------- Executed, sealed and delivered by THE BANK OF NEW YORK in the presence of: /s/ MING J. SHIANG - ---------------------------------------- /s/ KISHA A. HOLDER - ---------------------------------------- 4 STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) On this 6th day of November, 2001, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Michael C. Daly, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person on behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument. /s/ WILLIAM J. CASSELS --------------------------------- Notary Public WILLIAM J. CASSELS Notary Public, State of New York No. 01CA5027729 Qualified in Bronx County Commission Expires May 16, 2002 [Seal] 1 EXHIBIT A RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- ALBANY COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage 2/15/27 786 205 Supp. Indenture 7/22/35 911 241 2nd Supp. Indenture 9/20/37 926 380 3rd Supp. Indenture 6/5/40 956 459 4th Supp. Indenture 5/2/41 969 198 5th Supp. Indenture 12/18/50 1227 1 6th Supp. Indenture 12/18/52 1316 199 7th Supp. Indenture 11/3/54 1396 389 8th Supp. Indenture 5/29/58 1547 457 9th Supp. Indenture 1/4/68 1919 301 10th Supp. Indenture 1/23/69 1954 215 11th Supp. Indenture 6/10/70 1991 447 12th Supp. Indenture 2/17/72 2020 25 13th Supp. Indenture 4/24/74 2057 709 14th Supp. Indenture 11/13/75 2083 301 15th Supp. Indenture 6/9/77 2111 873 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 2165 919 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 2178 415 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 2190 552 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 2207 237 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 2229 765 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- ALBANY COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/23/82 2233 630 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/25/84 2293 63 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 2348 433 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 2436 279 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 2644 1005 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 2824 108 27th Supp. Indenture 6/1/92 2934 226 28th Supp. Indenture 5/17/95 3309 184 2 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- COLUMBIA COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage 2/15/27 131 404 Supp. Indenture 7/22/35 149 225 2nd Supp. Indenture 9/20/37 153 424 3rd Supp. Indenture 6/5/40 159 57 4th Supp. Indenture 5/2/41 161 260 5th Supp. Indenture 12/18/50 196 38 6th Supp. Indenture 12/18/52 206 518 7th Supp. Indenture 11/3/54 216 135 8th Supp. Indenture 5/29/58 238 64 9th Supp. Indenture 1/4/68 307 185 10th Supp. Indenture 1/23/69 315 227 11th Supp. Indenture 6/10/70 325 48 12th Supp. Indenture 2/17/72 338 693 13th Supp. Indenture 4/24/74 353 481 14th Supp. Indenture 11/13/75 363 122 15th Supp. Indenture 6/9/77 370 1125 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 384 420 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 387 1021 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 390 827 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 394 303 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 399 655 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- COLUMBIA COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/23/82 400 672 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/25/84 412 951 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 424 23 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 441 9 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 483 855 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 600 33 27th Supp. Indenture 6/1/92 672 261 28th Supp. Indenture 5/17/95 981 46 2 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- DUTCHESS COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage 2/15/27 355 1 Supp. Indenture 7/22/35 404 2 2nd Supp. Indenture 9/20/37 412 1 3rd Supp. Indenture 6/5/40 424 1 4th Supp. Indenture 5/2/41 429 202 5th Supp. Indenture 12/18/50 548 538 6th Supp. Indenture 12/17/52 593 300 7th Supp. Indenture 11/1/54 641 585 8th Supp. Indenture 5/29/58 739 288 9th Supp. Indenture 1/4/68 994 438 10th Supp. Indenture 1/23/69 1010 812 11th Supp. Indenture 6/10/70 1031 726 12th Supp. Indenture 2/17/72 1062 152 13th Supp. Indenture 4/24/74 1112 281 14th Supp. Indenture 11/13/75 1144 756 15th Supp. Indenture 6/9/77 1178 302 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 1250 5 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 1268 880 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 1283 89 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 1301 842 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 1329 313 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- DUTCHESS COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/23/82 1334 295 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/25/84 1419 322 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 1492 650 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 1600 573 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 1865 829 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 2053 540 27th Supp. Indenture 5/29/92 2105 50.0 28th Supp. Indenture 5/16/95 2236 103.0 2 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- GREENE COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage 2/16/27 202 125 Supp. Indenture 7/22/35 223 520 2nd Supp. Indenture 9/20/37 229 71 3rd Supp. Indenture 6/5/40 233 476 4th Supp. Indenture 5/2/41 235 244 5th Supp. Indenture 12/18/50 271 75 6th Supp. Indenture 12/18/52 279 90 7th Supp. Indenture 11/3/54 287 478 8th Supp. Indenture 5/29/58 313 404 9th Supp. Indenture 1/4/68 372 942 10th Supp. Indenture 1/23/69 377 363 11th Supp. Indenture 6/10/70 382 779 12th Supp. Indenture 2/17/72 391 1032 13th Supp. Indenture 4/24/74 405 652 14th Supp. Indenture 11/13/75 412 982 15th Supp. Indenture 6/9/77 420 825 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 433 1117 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 436 832 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 439 613 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 442 476 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 448 118 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- GREENE COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/23/82 451 222 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/25/84 485 90 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 522 93 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 574 218 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 709 329 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 828 51 27th Supp. Indenture 6/1/92 884 158 28th Supp. Indenture 5/17/95 1050 159 2 EXHIBIT A (CONTINUED) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- ORANGE COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage 2/15/27 600 1 Supp. Indenture 7/22/35 682 26 2nd Supp. Indenture 9/20/37 702 111 3rd Supp. Indenture 6/5/40 744 238 4th Supp. Indenture 5/2/41 759 155 5th Supp. Indenture 12/18/50 1015 267 6th Supp. Indenture 12/18/52 1070 108 7th Supp. Indenture 11/3/54 1128 9 8th Supp. Indenture 5/29/58 1251 316 9th Supp. Indenture 1/5/68 1507 31 10th Supp. Indenture 1/23/69 1527 202 11th Supp. Indenture 6/10/70 1551 499 12th Supp. Indenture 2/17/72 1587 956 13th Supp. Indenture 4/24/74 1650 871 14th Supp. Indenture 11/13/75 1685 750 15th Supp. Indenture 6/9/77 1719 877 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 1782 12 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 1798 285 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 1811 978 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 1829 329 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 1851 1019 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- ORANGE COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/23/82 1856 556 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/25/84 1914 53 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 2045 221 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 2373 307 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 3280 145 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 3987 11 27th Supp. Indenture 6/1/92 4301 210 28th Supp. Indenture 5/17/95 5411 1 2 EXHIBIT A (CONTINUED) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- OSWEGO COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage 9/19/79 677 586 Supp. Indenture 2nd Supp. Indenture 3rd Supp. Indenture 4th Supp. Indenture 5th Supp. Indenture 6th Supp. Indenture 7th Supp. Indenture 8th Supp. Indenture 9th Supp. Indenture 10th Supp. Indenture 11th Supp. Indenture 12th Supp. Indenture 13th Supp. Indenture 14th Supp. Indenture 15th Supp. Indenture 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 678 408 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 682 611 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 686 225 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 694 38 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 717 269 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- OSWEGO COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/24/82 722 62 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/29/84 778 263 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 828 10 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 897 92 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 1069 343 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 1243 144 27th Supp. Indenture 6/1/92 1338 080 28th Supp. Indenture 5/17/95 1658 147 2 EXHIBIT A (CONTINUED) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- PUTNAM COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage 2/15/27 93 320 Supp. Indenture 7/22/35 118 453 2nd Supp. Indenture 9/20/37 124 127 3rd Supp. Indenture 6/5/40 131 174 4th Supp. Indenture 5/2/41 134 323 5th Supp. Indenture 12/18/50 186 8 6th Supp. Indenture 12/18/52 202 250 7th Supp. Indenture 11/1/54 219 295 8th Supp. Indenture 5/29/58 254 269 9th Supp. Indenture 1/9/68 388 339 10th Supp. Indenture 1/23/69 398 1008 11th Supp. Indenture 6/10/70 408 790 12th Supp. Indenture 2/17/72 422 208 13th Supp. Indenture 4/24/74 441 1128 14th Supp. Indenture 11/13/75 454 902 15th Supp. Indenture 6/9/77 467 301 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 493 745 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 500 613 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 505 227 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 511 981 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 520 1049 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- PUTNAM COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/23/82 522 437 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/25/84 580 301 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 669 001 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 804 85 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 1146 166 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 1390 69 27th Supp. Indenture 6/1/92 1520 278 28th Supp. Indenture 5/17/95 2062 166 2 EXHIBIT A (CONTINUED) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- SULLIVAN COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage Supp. Indenture 7/22/35 275 54 2nd Supp. Indenture 9/20/37 288 6 3rd Supp. Indenture 6/5/40 306 477 4th Supp. Indenture 5/2/41 312 391 5th Supp. Indenture 12/18/50 410 161 6th Supp. Indenture 12/18/52 444 183 7th Supp. Indenture 11/3/54 484 21 8th Supp. Indenture 5/29/58 551 275 9th Supp. Indenture 1/5/68 735 667 10th Supp. Indenture 1/23/69 744 402 11th Supp. Indenture 6/10/70 755 1089 12th Supp. Indenture 2/17/72 775 228 13th Supp. Indenture 4/24/74 806 375 14th Supp. Indenture 11/13/75 825 1004 15th Supp. Indenture 6/9/77 873 23 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 947 58 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 965 1 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 982 199 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 1003 30 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 1035 304 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- SULLIVAN COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/23/82 1040 238 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/25/84 1096 184 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 1148 36 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 1220 198 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 1396 675 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 1522 153 27th Supp. Indenture 6/1/92 1591 133 28th Supp. Indenture 5/17/95 1807 380 2 EXHIBIT A (CONTINUED) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- ULSTER COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage 2/16/27 371 75 1st Supp. Indenture 7/22/35 419 495 2nd Supp. Indenture 9/20/37 430 558 3rd Supp. Indenture 6/5/40 446 129 4th Supp. Indenture 5/2/41 452 2 5th Supp. Indenture 12/18/50 606 46 6th Supp. Indenture 12/18/52 657 283 7th Supp. Indenture 11/3/54 709 251 8th Supp. Indenture 5/29/58 825 248 9th Supp. Indenture 1/4/68 983 478 10th Supp. Indenture 1/23/69 996 824 11th Supp. Indenture 6/10/70 1011 1155 12th Supp. Indenture 2/17/72 1035 614 13th Supp. Indenture 4/24/74 1072 355 14th Supp. Indenture 11/13/75 1096 375 15th Supp. Indenture 6/9/77 1118 1129 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 1156 305 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 1166 369 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 1175 281 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 1186 19 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 1202 1135 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- ULSTER COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/23/82 1205 1118 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/25/84 1248 1 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 1282 1006 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 1452 81 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 1922 232 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 2322 183 27th Supp. Indenture 6/1/92 2524 129 28th Supp. Indenture 5/17/95 3197 170 2 EXHIBIT A (CONTINUED) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Mortgage 1/12/68 46 1 Supp. Indenture 1/12/68 46 124 2nd Supp. Indenture 1/12/68 46 158 3rd Supp. Indenture 1/12/68 46 188 4th Supp. Indenture 1/12/68 46 266 5th Supp. Indenture 1/12/68 46 428 6th Supp. Indenture 1/12/68 46 504 7th Supp. Indenture 1/12/68 46 530 8th Supp. Indenture 1/12/68 46 558 9th Supp. Indenture 1/12/68 46 601 10th Supp. Indenture 1/23/69 47 139 11th Supp. Indenture 6/10/70 7295 100 12th Supp. Indenture 2/17/72 7414 449 13th Supp. Indenture 4/24/74 7589 1 14th Supp. Indenture 11/13/75 7704 644 15th Supp. Indenture 6/9/77 7823 239 16th Supp. Indenture 9/27/79 8095 631 17th Supp. Indenture 5/22/80 8158 710 18th Supp. Indenture 12/3/80 54 735 19th Supp. Indenture 8/26/81 8277 158 20th Supp. Indenture 9/30/82 8378 439 1 EXHIBIT A --------- (Continued) RECORDATION INFORMATION FOR INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE OF CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1927 ----------------------------------------- WESTCHESTER COUNTY (Continued) BOOK OF PAGE DOCUMENT DATE FILED MORTGAGES NUMBER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21st Supp. Indenture 11/23/82 8395 712 22nd Supp. Indenture 5/29/84 8713 323 23rd Supp. Indenture 7/1/85 9191 156 24th Supp. Indenture 9/4/86 10231 35 25th Supp. Indenture 12/14/88 12810 237 26th Supp. Indenture 5/14/91 14546 140 27th Supp. Indenture 6/1/92 15829 83 28th Supp. Indenture 5/18/95 20563 31 2