In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices of such United States Treasury security (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time.
Our actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Purchase of the Bonds
We or our affiliates may, at any time and from time to time, purchase all or some of the bonds at any price or prices by means other than redemption, whether by tender, in the open market, by private negotiated agreement or otherwise, subject to applicable law.
Issuance of Additional First Mortgage Bonds
See “Description of the New Bonds — Issuance of Additional First Mortgage Bonds” in the accompanying prospectus for a description of the bases upon which we are permitted to issue first mortgage bonds under the mortgage and the related requirements for such issuance. As of March 31, 2024, we had approximately $619 million of available property additions, entitling us to issue approximately $371 million principal amount of first mortgage bonds on the basis of property additions, and we could have issued approximately $1.448 billion principal amount of first mortgage bonds on the basis of retired first mortgage bonds. Such amounts will be affected by the issuance of the bonds. The bonds will be issued on the basis of retired bond credits.
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
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