Optional Redemption
At any time prior to ,
20 ( months prior to the maturity date of the bonds) (the Par Call Date), we may redeem the bonds, in whole or in part, at our option, on not less than 30 days nor more
than 60 days notice, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed and (b) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of (x) the present value of the
payment on the Par Call Date of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed plus (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of interest on the bonds being redeemed to the Par Call Date (excluding the portion of
any such interest accrued to the redemption date), discounted (for purposes of determining such present values) to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
At any time on or after the Par Call Date, we may redeem the bonds, in whole or in part, at our option, on not less than 30 days nor
more than 60 days notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the bonds being redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.
If, at the time notice of redemption is given, the redemption monies are not held by the trustee, the redemption may be made subject to
receipt of such monies before the date fixed for redemption, and such notice shall be of no effect unless such monies are so received.
We
may apply cash we deposit under any provision of the mortgage, with certain exceptions, to the redemption or purchase, including the purchase from us, of first mortgage bonds of any series under our mortgage including the bonds.
Certain Definitions
Adjusted
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any redemption date:
(1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 or any successor publication which is published at least weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is
within three months before or after the remaining term of the bonds being redeemed (assuming, for this purpose, that such bonds mature on the Par Call Date), yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable
Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month); or
(2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date for the Adjusted Treasury Rate
or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.
The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third
Business Day preceding the redemption date.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the corporate trust office of the trustee is closed for business.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a
maturity comparable to the remaining term of the bonds being redeemed (assuming,
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