Amendments to the Mortgage
Effective as of January 1, 2023, the mortgage has been amended to modify the limitation on holders’ right to institute any proceeding or remedy under the mortgage to apply to any proceeding or remedy under or with respect to the mortgage or the first mortgage bonds, as described in the last paragraph under the heading “Description of the New Bonds — Remedies — Limitation on Holders’ Right to Institute Proceedings” in the accompanying prospectus.
Effective as of January 1, 2023, the mortgage has been amended to provide that:
(1) any conveyance, transfer or lease of any of our properties where we retain mortgaged property with a fair value in excess of 167% of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding first mortgage bonds, and any other outstanding debt secured by a purchase money lien that ranks equally with, or senior to, the first mortgage bonds with respect to the mortgaged property, shall not be deemed to be a conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of our mortgaged property. This fair value will be determined within 90 days of the conveyance, transfer or lease by an independent engineer that we select, and
(2) in the case of a consolidation or merger after the consummation of which we would be the surviving or resulting entity, unless we otherwise provide in a supplemental indenture to the mortgage, the lien of the mortgage will generally not cover any of the properties acquired by us in or as a result of such transaction or any improvements, extensions or additions to those properties,
in each case as described in the last paragraph under the heading “Description of the New Bonds — Consolidation, Merger and Conveyance of Assets” in the accompanying prospectus.
Effective as of January 1, 2023, the mortgage has been amended to provide that, so long as no default or event that, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a default has occurred and is continuing and except with respect to a trustee appointed by act of the holders, if we have delivered to the trustees a board resolution appointing a successor for any trustee and the successor has accepted the appointment in accordance with the terms of the mortgage, the applicable trustee will be deemed to have resigned and the successor will be deemed to have been appointed as trustee in accordance with the mortgage, as described under the heading “Description of the New Bonds — Replacement of a Trustee” in the accompanying prospectus.
Additional Information
For additional information about the bonds, see “Description of the New Bonds” in the accompanying prospectus, including:
1. additional information about the terms of the bonds,
2. general information about the mortgage and the trustees,
3. a description of certain reservations of rights to amend the mortgage,
4. a description of certain restrictions contained in the mortgage, and
5. a description of events of default under the mortgage.
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