SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of made and entered into by and between IDACORP, INC., a corporation of the State of Idaho (hereinafter, subject to Article XI of the Indenture, called the “Issuer” or the “Company”), having its principal office at 1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho 83702-5627, and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, formerly known as Bankers Trust Company, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as Trustee (hereinafter, subject to Article VII of the Indenture, called the “Trustee”), having its principal office at 1 Columbus Circle, 17th Floor, Mail Stop: NYC01-1710, New York, New York 10019, as Trustee under the Indenture for Senior Debt Securities dated as of February 1, 2001 executed and delivered by IDACORP, Inc.
WHEREAS the Indenture dated as of February 1, 2001 (herein with all indentures supplemental thereto called the “Indenture”) provides for the issuance of notes, debentures or other evidences of its indebtedness in one or more series (hereinafter called the “Securities”), unlimited in aggregate principal amount;
WHEREAS the Indenture provides in Article III thereof that, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, the form of such Securities and the terms applicable to such series shall be established in, or pursuant to, the authority granted in a resolution of the Board of Directors (delivered to the Trustee in the form of a Board Resolution) or established in one or more indentures supplemental thereto;
WHEREAS the Issuer desires by this Supplemental Indenture, among other things, to establish the form of the Securities of a series, to be titled “ Notes, Series ” of the Issuer, and to establish the terms applicable to such series, pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 10.1(e) of the Indenture;
WHEREAS the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto are in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS all things necessary have been done to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer, in accordance with its terms.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Notes, Series
SECTION 1. The title of the series of the Securities established by this Supplemental Indenture shall be “ Notes, Series , due ” of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Series Notes”). The Series Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (which is hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof), subject to changes in the form thereof made by the Issuer and acceptable to the Trustee.
SECTION 2. The Series Notes shall be issued from time to time in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $ .
SECTION 3. The Series Notes may be issued in whole or in part as one or more Global Securities and The Depository Trust Company, or a nominee thereof, shall be the Depository for such Global Security or Global Securities, except in each case as otherwise provided in an Issuer Order with respect to any Series Notes. The Depository for such Global Security or Global Securities representing Series Notes may surrender one or more Global Securities representing Series Notes in exchange in whole or in part for individual Series Notes on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuer and such Depository and otherwise subject to the terms of Section 2.4 of the Indenture.
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