Eighth Supplemental Indenture to the Second Amended and Restated Indenture of Trust between the Registrant and U.S. Bank National Association dated October 26, 2020







EXECUTION VERSION

After Recording Return to:

Stinson LLP

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 2600

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Attention:  Tammie S. Ptacek, Partner





THIS EIGHTH Supplemental INDENTURE OF TRUST (hereinafter called this “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of October 26, 2020, is between CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC., an Alaska electric cooperative, as Trustor (hereinafter called the “Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee a Second Amended and Restated Indenture of Trust, dated as of January 20, 2011, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 20, 2011, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 30, 2011, the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 5, 2012, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 3, 2015, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 30, 2016,  the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 17, 2017, and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 15, 2019 (as so amended, the “Original Indenture,” which is filed of record as shown on Exhibit A hereto), for the purpose of providing for the authentication and delivery of Obligations by the Trustee from time to time under the Original Indenture.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original Indenture.  The Original Indenture, as heretofore, hereby and hereafter supplemented, may herein be referred to as the “Indenture”;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has authorized and approved actions necessary for the Company to establish a new series of Obligations to be designated the First Mortgage Bonds, 2020 Series A, which, as provided herein, shall consist of an aggregate principal amount of Two Hundred Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($275,000,000) of 2020 Series A Bonds, Tranche A due October 30, 2039 (the “2020 Tranche A Bonds”), and an aggregate principal amount of Five Hundred Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($525,000,000) of 2020 Series A Bonds, Tranche B due October 30, 2050 (the “2020 Tranche B Bonds,” and, together with the 2020 Tranche A Bonds, the “2020 Series A Bonds”); such 2020 Series A Bonds being issued pursuant to this Eighth Supplemental Indenture to the parties set forth in Schedule A of the Bond Purchase Agreement described below (and their successors or assigns as registered holders of the 2020 Series A Bonds, each individually, a “2020 Series A Holder” or collectively, the “2020 Series A Holders”) to secure the Company’s obligations under the Bond Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2020, between the Company and the original 2020 Series A Holders (the “2020 Bond Purchase Agreement”), and the Company has complied or will comply with all provisions required to issue Obligations provided for in the Indenture;

Whereas, the Company desires to execute and deliver this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, for the purpose of providing for the creation and designation of the 2020 Series A Bonds as Obligations and specifying the form and provisions of the 2020 Series A Bonds;

WHEREAS, Section 13.1 of the Indenture provides that, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Obligations at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, may enter into supplemental indentures for the purposes of and subject to the conditions set forth in such Section 13.1, and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture is permitted pursuant to provisions of Section 13.1(c);

WHEREAS, Sections 5.1 and 5.4 of the Indenture provide that the Company may enter into this Eighth Supplemental Indenture when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the 2020 Series A Bonds upon delivery of a Company Request as provided under the Indenture and satisfaction of all other conditions precedent thereto under the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all acts and proceedings required by law and by the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company necessary to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on the 2020 Series A Bonds, to make the 2020 Series A Bonds issued under the Indenture, when executed by the Company, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute under the Indenture a valid and binding lien for the security of the 2020 Series A Bonds, in accordance with its terms, have been done and taken, and the execution and delivery of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture has been in all respects duly authorized;

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that, to secure the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Secured Obligations, including, when issued, the 2020 Series A Bonds, to confirm the lien of the Indenture upon the Trust Estate, including property purchased, constructed or otherwise acquired by the Company since the date of execution of the Original Indenture, to secure performance of the covenants therein and herein contained, to confirm the terms and conditions on which the 2020 Series A Bonds are secured, and in consideration of the premises thereof and hereof, the Company by these presents does grant, bargain, sell, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, hypothecate, pledge, set over and confirm to the Trustee, and its successors and assigns in the trust created thereby and hereby, in trust, all property, rights, privileges and franchises (other than Excepted Property and Excludable Property) of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of the character described in the Granting Clauses of the Indenture, including all such property, rights, privileges and franchises acquired since the date of execution of the Original Indenture, including, without limitation, all of those fee and leasehold interests in real property, if any, which may hereafter be constructed or acquired by it, but subject to all exceptions, reservations and matters of the character therein referred to, and expressly excepting and excluding from the lien and operation of the Indenture all properties of the character specifically excepted as “Excepted Property” or “Excludable Property” in the Indenture to the extent contemplated thereby.

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Indenture, the Trustee, or any separate trustee or co-trustee appointed under Section 10.14 of the Indenture or any receiver appointed pursuant to statutory provision or

order of court, shall have entered into possession of all or substantially all of the Trust Estate, all the Excepted Property described or referred to in paragraphs (a) through (g), inclusive, of “Excepted Property” in the Indenture then owned or thereafter acquired by the Company, shall immediately, and, in the case of any Excepted Property described or referred to in paragraphs (h) through (k), inclusive, of “Excepted Property” in the Indenture, upon demand of the Trustee or such other trustee or receiver, become subject to the lien of the Indenture to the extent permitted by law, and the Trustee or such other trustee or receiver may, to the extent permitted by law, at the same time likewise take possession thereof, and whenever all Events of Default shall have been cured and the possession of all or substantially all of the Trust Estate shall have been restored to the Company, such Excepted Property shall again be excepted and excluded from the lien of the Indenture to the extent and otherwise as hereinabove set forth and as set forth in the Indenture.

The Company may, however, pursuant to Granting Clause Third of the Indenture, subject to the lien of the Indenture any Excepted Property, whereupon the same shall cease to be Excepted Property.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all said property, rights, privileges and franchises hereby and hereafter (by a Supplemental Indenture or otherwise) granted, bargained, sold, alienated, remised, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, hypothecated, pledged, set over or confirmed as aforesaid, or intended, agreed or covenanted so to be, together with all the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto appertaining (said properties, rights, privileges and franchises, including any cash and securities hereafter deposited or required to be deposited with the Trustee (other than any such cash which is specifically stated in the Indenture not to be deemed part of the Trust Estate) being part of the Trust Estate), unto the Trustee, and its successors and assigns in the trust herein created, forever.

SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to (i) Permitted Encumbrances, (ii) to the extent permitted by Section 14.6 of the Indenture, as to property hereafter acquired, (a) any duly recorded or perfected Prior Lien that may exist thereon at the date of the acquisition thereof by the Company, and (b) purchase money mortgages, other purchase money liens, chattel mortgages, security agreements, conditional sales agreements or other title retention agreements created by the Company at the time of acquisition thereof, and (iii) defects of title to and encumbrances on property as shown on Exhibit A of the Indenture and existing on the date hereof.

BUT IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, with power of sale, for the equal and proportionate benefit and security of the Holders from time to time of all the Outstanding Secured Obligations without any priority of any such Obligation over any other such Obligation and for the enforcement of the payment of such Obligations in accordance with their terms.

UPON CONDITION that, until the happening of an Event of Default and subject to the provisions of Article 6 of the Indenture and not in limitation of the rights elsewhere provided in the Indenture, the Company shall be permitted and have the right to possess, use,  

operate and enjoy the Trust Estate, except cash, securities and other personal property deposited, or required to be deposited, with the Trustee and to, explore for, mine, extract, produce and dispose of coal, ore, gas, oil and other minerals or natural resources, to harvest standing timber and to collect, receive and use the rents, issues, profits, revenues and other income, products and proceeds of the Trust Estate or the operation of the property constituting part of the Trust Estate.

AND IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED AND DECLARED that the 2020 Series A Bonds are to be authenticated and delivered and the Trust Estate is to be held and applied by the Trustee, subject to the covenants, conditions and trusts set forth herein and in the Indenture, and the Company does hereby covenant and agree to and with the Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Outstanding Secured Obligations, as follows:

Definitions

All words and phrases defined in the Indenture shall have the same meaning in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, including any exhibit hereto, except as otherwise appears herein and in this Article or unless the context clearly requires otherwise.  In addition, the following terms have the following meaning in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

“Acquisition” means the consummation of the acquisition of the assets of Municipal Power & Light pursuant to the Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement,  dated effective December 28, 2018, between the Company and the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, as amended and in effect from time to time.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York, Seattle, Washington, or the city in which the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee is located are required or authorized to be closed.

“Closing Date” means October 26, 2020.

“Default Rate” means with respect to any 2020 Series A Bond, that rate of interest that is the greater of (i) 2% per annum above the rate of interest stated in clause (a) of the first paragraph of such 2020 Series A Bond or (ii) 2% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Bank of America, N.A. in New York, New York or its successor, as its “prime” rate.

“Make-Whole Amount” is defined in Section 2.9. 

“Mandatory Redemption” is defined in Section 2.10.

“2020 Deposited Cash” is defined in Section 2.11.

THE 2020 Series A Bonds AND
CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO

The aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Series A Bonds which may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding at any one time is limited to Eight Hundred Million Dollars ($800,000,000).  The 2020 Series A Bonds shall consist of an aggregate principal amount of Two Hundred Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($275,000,000.00) of 2020 Tranche A Bonds and an aggregate principal amount of Five Hundred Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($525,000,000) of 2020 Tranche B Bonds.  The 2020 Series A Bonds shall originally be registered in the names of the 2020 Series A Holders, and shall be dated the date of authentication. 

The 2020 Tranche A Bonds shall bear interest from their date of issuance, payable semi-annually on April 30, and October 30, of each year commencing on April 30, 2021, at the rate of 2.38%.  The 2020 Tranche B Bonds shall bear interest from their date of issuance, payable semi-annually on April 30, and October 30, of each year commencing on April 30, 2021, at a rate of 2.91%.  Interest on the 2020 Series A Bonds shall be computed on the basis of a 360‑day year of twelve 30-day months.  The Regular Record Date for the payment of interest on the 2020 Series A Bonds on any Interest Payment Date shall be the last day (whether or not a Business Day) of the calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

The principal of and premium (including the Make-Whole Amount), if any, and interest on the 2020 Series A Bonds shall be paid to the 2020 Series A Holders thereof in immediately available funds as described in such Bonds.  Any payment of principal of or premium (including the Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any 2020 Series A Bond that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of any 2020 Series A Bond is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due on such maturity date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

If the Company fails to make any payment with respect to the 2020 Series A Bonds when due, then such payment shall be due and payable on demand, and shall accrue interest from the date due until the date paid at the Default Rate.



(b)On (i) April 30, 2021 an on each April 30 thereafter through and including April 30, 2030 then commencing again on April 30, 2036 and on each April 30 thereafter to and including April 30, 2050 and (ii) on October 30, 2021 and on each October 30 thereafter through and including October 30, 2030 then commencing again on October 30, 2036 and on each October 30 thereafter to and including October 30, 2049, the Company will redeem a portion of the aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Tranche B Bonds at par and without payment of any premium (including the Make-Whole Amount) in the aggregate amount as set forth below (the “Tranche B Sinking Fund Redemption Schedule”); provided, that upon any partial redemption of such 2020 Tranche B Bonds pursuant to Section 2.4 or partial purchase of such 2020 Tranche  B Bonds permitted by Section 2.8, the principal amount of each required redemption of such 2020 Tranche B Bonds becoming due under this Section 2.3(a) on and after the date of such redemption or purchase shall be reduced in the same proportion as the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such 2020 Tranche B Bonds, is reduced as a result of such redemption or purchase.  The Company will deliver to the Trustee and each holder of a 2020 Tranche B Bond a revised Tranche B Sinking Fund Schedule in connection with any such redemption or purchase.  The aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Tranche B Bonds to be redeemed and the dates of such redemption, as well as the principal amount payable on the maturity date, are set forth below:



“Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any 2020 Series A Bond, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such 2020 Series A Bond over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount with respect to any 2020 Series A Bond, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Called Principal” means, with respect to any 2020 Series A Bond, the principal of such 2020 Series A Bond that is to be redeemed pursuant to Section 2.4 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to the Indenture, as the context requires.

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any 2020 Series A Bond, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the 2020 Series A Bonds is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any 2020 Series A Bond, the sum of 0.50% plus the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported as of 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or such other display as may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively traded on the run U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal,

in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date.

In the case of each determination under clause (i) or clause (ii), as the case may be, of the preceding paragraph, such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the applicable actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the applicable actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life.  The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable 2020 Series A Bond.

“Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any 2020 Series A Bond, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date; provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of the 2020 Series A Bonds, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 2.4 above.

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any 2020 Series A Bond, the date on which such Called Principal is to be redeemed pursuant to Section 2.4 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to the Indenture, as the context requires.



Outstanding Secured Obligations

MISCELLANEOUS

The mailing address of the Company, as debtor, is:

Chugach Electric Association, Inc.
5601 Electron Drive
Anchorage, Alaska  99519

and the mailing address of the Trustee, as secured party, is:

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

1420 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
Seattle, Washington  98101
Attention: Corporate Trust Services



Additionally, this Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall, if appropriate, be an amendment to the financing documents previously filed in connection with the Indenture.  The Company is authorized to execute and file as appropriate instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code to either create a security interest or amend any security interest heretofore created.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Eighth Supplemental Indenture of Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

















STATE OF ALASKA)

) ss.

THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT)



On this 8th day of October,  2020, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of Alaska, personally appeared Sherri L. Highers, to me known to be the Executive Vice President,  Finance and Administration  and Chief Financial Officer of CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC., the electric cooperative that executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said electric cooperative for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and on oath stated that s/he was authorized to execute said instrument on behalf of said electric cooperative.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal the day and year first above written.





















STATE OF WASHINGTON)

) ss.

COUNTY OF KING)



On this 16th day of October,  2020, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, personally appeared Thomas Zrust, to me known to be the Vice President of U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, the national banking association that executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said national banking association for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and on oath stated that s/he was authorized to execute said instrument on behalf of said national banking association.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal the day and year first above written.



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EXHIBIT A

SCHEDULE OF RECORDING INFORMATION



EXHIBIT B

FORM OF 2020 Series A Bonds

THIS 2020 Series A BOND HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE NEITHER SUCH REGISTRATION NOR SUCH EXEMPTION IS REQUIRED BY LAW.

THE COMPANY IS PERSONALLY OBLIGATED AND FULLY LIABLE FOR THE AMOUNT DUE UNDER THIS 2020 Series A BOND AND, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE, THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT TO SUE ON THIS BOND AND OBTAIN A PERSONAL JUDGMENT AGAINST THE COMPANY FOR SATISFACTION OF THE AMOUNT DUE HEREUNDER EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER A FORECLOSURE OF THE INDENTURE UNDER ALASKA STATUTES 09.45.170 - 09.45.220.



CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.



First Mortgage Bonds,
2020 Series A, TRANCHE [A][B], due October 30, [2039] [2050]

NO. iSSUANCE DATE:  [__________ __], 20[__]

$PPN: [171265C@8] [171265C#6]



FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. (herein called the “Company”), an electric cooperative organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alaska, hereby promises to pay to [______________], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [_____] Dollars (or so much thereof as shall not have been redeemed) on October 30, [2039] [2050], with interest computed on the basis of a 360‑day year of twelve 30‑day months (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at a rate of [2.38%] [2.91%] per annum (plus, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Interest Rate Adjustment Event (as hereinafter defined), an additional 2% per annum) from the date hereof, payable semiannually on the 30th day of each April and October commencing on April 30, 2021, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, on any overdue payment (including any overdue payment  on redemption) of principal, any overdue payment of interest, any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount (as defined in the Eighth Supplemental Indenture referred to below), payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered

Holder hereof, on demand), at the Default Rate (as defined in the Eighth Supplemental Indenture referred to below).

“Interest Rate Adjustment Event” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(a)the Company defaults in the performance of Section 7.1(a) or (b) or Section 7.2 of the Bond Purchase Agreement (as defined below); or

(b)any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or by any officer of the Company in the Indenture or the Bond Purchase Agreement (as defined below) or in any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture (referred to below) proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made and, with respect to representations and warranties made after the date hereof, for which accurate information has not since been provided in writing to the Holder of this Bond.

Subject to Section 11 of the Bond Purchase Agreement (defined below), payments of principal of, interest on, and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Bond are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

This Bond is one of the 2020 Series A, Tranche [A][B] Bonds due October 30, [2039] [2050] (herein called the “Bonds”) issued pursuant to the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 26, 2020 (as from time to time amended, the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee named therein which supplements the Second Amended and Restated Indenture of Trust, dated as of January 20, 2011 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), and is entitled to the benefits thereof and the Bond Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2020, between the Company and the purchasers listed in Schedule A thereto (the “Bond Purchase Agreement”).  Each Holder of this Bond will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 18 of the Bond Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representations set forth in Section 6 of the Bond Purchase Agreement.  Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Bond shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Eighth Supplemental Indenture.

This Bond shall be registered in the name of the Holder hereof.  This Bond is transferable, as provided in the Indenture, only upon the registration books of the Company maintained by the Obligation Registrar, which shall be the Trustee, kept at its principal office, upon presentation at said office of this Bond with the written request of the registered owner hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Obligation Registrar duly executed by the registered owner or its duly authorized attorney.

The Bonds shall be issued as fully registered Bonds without coupons and in minimum denominations of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Trustee may impose a charge sufficient to reimburse the Company or the Trustee for any tax, fee or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange or any transfer of a Bond.  The cost, if any, of preparing each new Bond issued upon such exchange or transfer, and any other expenses of the Company or the Trustee incurred in connection therewith, shall be paid by in accordance with Section 3.7 of the Indenture.

The Company will make the required sinking fund and mandatory redemptions of principal on this Bond on the dates and in the amount specified in the Eighth Supplemental Indenture.  This Bond is also subject to optional redemption, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, but not otherwise.

If an Event of Default under the Indenture occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Bond may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Indenture.  In the event that the principal of this Bond shall have been declared or otherwise become due and payable as described in the preceding sentence, then, in addition to paying the Holder hereof the entire unpaid principal amount of this Bond and all accrued and unpaid interest hereon (including, but not limited to, interest accrued hereon at the Default Rate), the Company shall pay to the Holder hereof (to the full extent permitted by applicable law) an amount equal to the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount.

The Holder of this Bond shall have no right to enforce the provisions of the Indenture, or to institute action to enforce the covenants therein, or to take any action with respect to any default under the Indenture, or to institute, appear in or defend any suit or other proceeding with respect thereto, except as provided in the Indenture and the Bond Purchase Agreement.

All acts and proceedings required by law and by the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company necessary to make the 2020 Series A Bonds issued under the Indenture, when executed by the Company, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done and taken.

It is the intention of the Holder to comply with the usury laws of the State of Alaska and of the United States of America.  This Bond is hereby expressly limited such that in no contingency or event whatsoever, whether by reason of acceleration, redemption, or otherwise, shall the amount of interest contracted for, charged or received by the Holder for the use, forbearance, or detention of the principal indebtedness or interest hereof, which remains unpaid from time to time, exceed the highest maximum rate permitted by applicable law.  If fulfillment of any provisions hereof, at the time of performance of such provisions shall be due, shall involve transcending the valid limits prescribed by applicable law, then,

ipso facto, the obligation to be fulfilled shall be reduced to the maximum rate allowed by applicable law.  If any Holder receives as interest an amount which will exceed the maximum rate allowed by applicable law, such amount shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount owing hereunder or on account of any other principal indebtedness owed to Holder and not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid balance of principal hereof and such other indebtedness, such excess shall be refunded.  To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, determination of the maximum rate allowed by applicable law shall at all times be made by amortizing, prorating, allocating and spreading in equal parts during the full term of this Bond, all interest at any time contracted for, charged or received from the Company in connection with this Bond, so that the actual rate of interest on account of such indebtedness is uniform throughout the term of this Bond.  The terms of this paragraph shall control and supersede any other provisions of this Bond.

This Bond shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Alaska.

No covenant or agreement contained in this Bond, the Indenture or the Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be a covenant or agreement of any official, officer, agent or employee of the Company in his or her individual capacity, and no officer of the Company executing this Bond shall be liable personally on this Bond or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of this Bond.

This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid until this Bond shall have been authenticated by the execution by the Trustee, or its successor as Trustee, of the Certificate of Authentication inscribed hereon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this Bond to be executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company.

CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.



By:
Name:
Title:



This is one of the Obligations of the series and tranche designated therein referred to in the within‑mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:

Authorized Signatory





Date of Authentication:  October 26, 2020