DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY TO THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, Trustee. ONE HUNDRED ANDTHIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as ofJanuary 1, 2014 (but executed on the dates shown on the execution page)

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EX-4.4 2 d828307dex44.htm EX-4.4 EX-4.4

Exhibit 4.4

 

This Instrument Prepared By:

/s/ Christie D. Cannon

Christie D. Cannon
Delmarva Power & Light Company
Mailstop 92DC42

500 N. Wakefield Drive

Newark, DE ###-###-####

 

 

 

 

DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

Trustee.

 

 

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL

INDENTURE

 

 

Dated as of January 1, 2014

(but executed on the dates shown on the execution page)

 

 

 


This ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of the first day of January, 2014 (but executed on the dates hereinafter shown), made and entered into by and between DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware and the Commonwealth of Virginia, hereinafter called the Company and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, hereinafter called the Trustee;

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company heretofore executed and delivered its Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust (hereinafter in this One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture called the “Original Indenture”), dated as of October 1, 1943, to The New York Trust Company, a corporation of the State of New York, as Trustee, to which The Bank of New York Mellon is successor Trustee, to secure the First Mortgage Bonds of the Company, unlimited in aggregate principal amount and issuable in series, from time to time, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in the Original Indenture granted and conveyed unto the Trustee, upon the trusts, uses and purposes specifically therein set forth, certain real estate, franchises and other property therein described, including property acquired after the date thereof, except as therein otherwise provided; and

WHEREAS, the Original Indenture has been supplemented by one hundred and twelve supplemental indentures specifically subjecting to the lien of the Original Indenture as though included in the granting clause thereof certain property in said supplemental indentures specifically described and amending and modifying the provisions of the Original Indenture (the Original Indenture, as amended, modified and supplemented by all of the indentures supplemental thereto, including this One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, is hereinafter in this One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture called the “Indenture”); and

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, and all conditions and requirements necessary to make this One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms, for the purposes herein expressed, and the execution and delivery hereof, have been in all respects duly authorized; and

WHEREAS, it is provided in and by the Original Indenture, inter alia, as follows:

“IT IS HEREBY AGREED by the Company that all the property, rights and franchises acquired by the Company after the date hereof (except any hereinbefore or hereinafter expressly excepted) shall (subject to the provisions of Section 9.01 hereof and to the extent permitted by law) be as fully embraced within the lien hereof as if such property, rights and franchises were now owned by the Company and/or specifically described herein and conveyed hereby;”

and

WHEREAS, the Company has acquired certain other property, real, personal and mixed, which heretofore has not been specifically conveyed to the Trustee;

NOW, THEREFORE, this ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of the premises and in pursuance of the provisions of the Indenture, the Company has granted, bargained, sold, released, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, set over and confirmed, and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, set over and confirm unto the Trustee and to its successors in the trust in the Indenture created, to its and their assigns forever, all the following described properties of the Company, and does confirm that the Company will not cause or consent to a partition, either voluntary or through legal proceedings, of property, whether herein described or heretofore or hereafter acquired, in which its ownership shall be as tenant in common, except as permitted by, and in conformity with, the provisions of the Indenture and particularly of Article IX thereof:

 

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DELAWARE

Sussex County

 

Property Name

   Received
For Record
   Deed Records    Tax Map No.
          Book    Page     
Millsboro District Office, yard expansion    12/16/13    4210    274    2-33-5.00-125.00

MARYLAND

Cecil County

 

Property Name

   Received
For Record
   Deed Records    Tax Map No.
          Liber    Folio     
Foundry Substation    07/25/13    3450    473    700/253
Crest Substation    11/10/10    2934    100    19/113

MARYLAND

Kent County

 

Property Name

   Received
For Record
   Deed Records    Tax Map No.
          Liber    Folio     
McCleans Substation    10/09/12    732    201    42/158

MARYLAND

Sumerset County

 

Property Name

   Received
For Record
   Deed Records    Tax Map No.
          Book    Page     
Kings Creek Substation    11/05/13    861    43    23/200

Together with all other property, real, personal and mixed, tangible and intangible (except such property as in said Indenture expressly excepted from the lien and operation thereof), acquired by the Company on or prior to December 31, 2013, and not heretofore specifically subjected to the lien of the Indenture.

 

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Also without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the easements and rights-of-way and other rights in or relating to real estate or the occupancy of the same owned by the Company, and whether used or not used in connection with the Company’s operations, which are conveyed to the Company and recorded in the following Real Property Deed Records to which reference is made for a more particular description, to wit:

DELAWARE

New Castle County

 

Received

For Record

   Instrument No.    Tax ID No.
09/27/12    20130118-0004186    15-010.00-156
11/04/13    20131104-0069647    09-030.00-080
08/07/13    20130807-0051610    10-043.30-315
04/03/13    20130403-0021359    10-006.00-034
03/13/13    20130313-0016377    06-031.00-167
10/16/12    20130313-0016375    21-009.00-002
03/13/13    20130313-0016374    08-054.40-145
02/20/13    20131203-0075398    18-024.00-436
05/08/13    20131203-0075397    09-024.00-010
05/08/13    20131203-0075396    09-024.00-025
05/08/13    20131203-0075395    09-024.00-024
10/04/12    20131203-0075394    10-049.00-073
03/02/13    20131203-0075393    15-008.00-040
03/20/13    20131203-0075392    11-016.20-021
03/13/13    20131203-0075391    13-008.00-010
03/13/13    20131203-0075390    13-008.00-037
12/17/12    20131203-0075389    12-027.40-015
08/01/13    20131203-0075400    13-012.00-123
08/01/13    20131203-0075401    13-012.00-124
08/02/13    20131203-0075402    09-015.00-005
04/02/13    20131203-0075403    11-057.00-007
04/22/13    20131203-0075404    13-019.13-073
06/25/13    20131203-0075405    09-037.00-138
04/12/13    20131203-0075406    14-012.24-018
09/23/13    20131203-0075412    13-013.13-001
08/05/13    20131203-0075407    09-017.10-260
05/04/13    20131203-0075408    16-026.00-205
09/05/13    20131203-0075409    08-007.00-022
10/23/13    20131203-0075410    18-020.00-136
09/09/13    20131203-0075411    13-012.00-035
09/23/13    20131203-0075413    13-013.34-010
09/23/13    20131203-0075414    13-013.23-042
09/23/13    20131203-0075415    13-013.13-048
10/04/13    20131203-0075416    26-035.40-062
09/25/12    20131203-0075417    13-010.00-023
06/20/12    20130313-0016376    26-042.00-003

 

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DELAWARE

Kent County

 

Received

For Record

   Instrument No.    Tax ID No.
04/08/13    2013246698    6-00-159.00-01-54.00

DELAWARE

Sussex County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Tax ID No.
     Book    Page     
11/18/13    4222    293    334-13.20-110.00
10/25/13    4222    295    131-11.00-5.00
09/11/13    4222    297    335-12.00-631.00
08/21/13    4222    300    334-10.00-31.04
07/24/13    4222    302    433-6.18-38.00
06/17/13    4222    304    433-6.14-22.01
06/19/13    4222    306    433-6.14-8.00
05/09/13    4222    309    334-23.06-135.00
04/15/13    4222    313    334-8.17-80.00
12/04/12    4222    315    134-17.08-64.00
10/09/13    4222    19    532-06.00-40.00
09/05/13    4208    344    2-33-5.00-11.00
09/25/13    4228    28    532-11.00-02.01
09/25/13    4228    25    532-11.00-02.00
08/23/13    4197    1    4-33-6.14-7.00

 

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MARYLAND

Caroline County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Book    Page     
10/11/12    1092    278    0013/0020
04/02/13    1092    276    60/6
07/10/13    1092    274    0700/0319&0320/2
08/14/13    1092    271    0047/1
11/03/13    1095    49    47/29&30
10/25/13    1095    56    53/172, 53/98 & 53/9
11/12/13    1095    60    53/05
11/01/13    1095    62    53/30
10/31/13    1095    65    53/7
10/31/13    1095    68    53/6
10/31/13    1095    70    59/36
10/29/13    1095    72    47/106
10/29/13    1095    74    53/33
10/29/13    1095    76    53/245
10/29/13    1095    78    53/14
10/22/13    1095    80    53/215
10/21/13    1095    82    59/31

MARYLAND

Cecil County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Liber    Folio     
06/11/12    3365    264    29/577
10/4/12    3365    262    0025/769
11/29/12    3365    259    10/479
11/26/12    3365    256    32/301
04/12/13    3474    031    21/808
03/20/13    3380    237    52/442
03/11/13    3380    239    52/309
03/11/13    3374    261    52/141

 

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MARYLAND

Dorchester County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Liber    Folio     
12/6/12    1136    117    56/13
11/20/12    1136    121    36/9
11/20/12    1136    125    36/22
10/23/12    1136    129    36/114

MARYLAND

Harford County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Liber    Folio     
02/19/13    10275    001    190/27
09/25/12    10275    004    372/004
04/13/11    10275    007    287/17

 

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MARYLAND

Kent County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Liber    Folio     
02/04/13    0753    098    0016/0059
03/04/13    0752    370    4/156
03/05/13    0752    367    4/133
10/25/12    0751    299    7/266
10/25/12    0751    301    16/31
12/13/12    0751    303    7/113
12/13/12    0751    305    7/107
12/13/12    0751    307    7/7
12/4/12    0751    309    16/66
11/28/12    0751    311    7/268
11/21/12    0751    313    7/156
11/29/12    0751    315    7/17D
11/13/12    0751    317    36/214
11/13/12    0751    319    15/15
11/13/12    0751    321    7/223
03/1/13    0751    257    4/136
02/18/13    0751    259    16/16
02/15/13    0751    261    15/10
01/21/13    0751    263    15/227
10/26/12    0751    265    16/1
12/21/12    0751    267    7/18A
01/03/13    0751    270    7/156A
12/12/12    0751    272    7/17/1
12/12/12    0751    274    7/17/2
12/13/12    0751    277    7/112
01/27/13    710    5    55/124-1
03/20/13    754    381    4/5-1
03/20/13    754    379    4/5-2&4
03/20/13    754    385    4/11
03/20/13    754    387    4/22
03/07/13    754    405    4/28
03/04/13    754    403    4/28-2
04/13/13    760    29    4/32
03/30/13    754    409    4/33
03/01/13    754    397    4/101
03/20/13    754    391    4/103
02/26/13    754    407    4/104
03/20/13    754    393    4/106
03/20/13    754    383    4/107
03/08/13    754    401    4/113
03/20/13    754    395    4/114&116
03/20/13    754    389    4/180
03/01/13    754    399    4/181

 

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MARYLAND

Queen Anne’s County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Liber    Folio     
03/11/13    2180    381    29/72
10/25/12    2177    502    25/27
10/10/12    2177    504    28/101
10/18/12    2177    506    38/41
10/16/12    2177    508    38/11
10/10/12    2177    510    51G/110/4
10/10/12    2177    512    51G/110/5
10/10/12    2177    514    51G/116
10/10/12    2177    516    56/345/2
10/10/12    2177    518    56/221/1,2,5
09/25/12    2177    520    76/1
02/12/13    2177    477    29/42
01/21/13    2177    479    29/24,25
01/18/13    2177    481    48/108
02/06/13    2177    488    56/221/4
01/31/13    2177    490    57/263
01/21/13    2177    492    57/38
12/20/12    2177    494    57/87
12/10/12    2177    496    1112/508
12/10/12    2177    498    57/86
12/26/12    2177    500    56/280
11/19/13    2239    370    45/8
11/19/13    2239    373    53/2
11/19/13    2239    376    67/39
11/19/13    2239    379    53/36 Lot 1
11/19/13    2239    383    53/36 Lot 9

MARYLAND

Somerset County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Liber    Folio     
02/5/13    0844    091    15/371
02/5/13    0844    093    15/370
02/5/13    0844    096    15/369
11/12/12    0844    099    42/17

 

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MARYLAND

Talbot County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Liber    Folio     
12/7/12    2071    341    44A/214
03/1/13    2071    339    48/112
10/16/12    2071    343    31/73
10/22/12    2071    345    31/39
10/7/12    2071    347    1527/158
10/10/12    2071    349    48/2
09/20/12    2071    351    47/73
01/10/13    2058    408    31/212/2
01/14/13    2058    410    31/212/1

MARYLAND

Wicomico County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Liber    Folio     
03/28/13    3562    503   
10/18/12    3553    183    801/1539
10/15/12    3553    185    48/214
01/24/13    3553    165    41/38
01/22/13    3553    173    41/39
01/22/13    3553    177    41/40
01/22/13    3553    169    41/45

MARYLAND

Worcester County

 

Received

For Record

   Deed Records    Map/Parcel/Lot
     Liber    Folio     
01/24/13    6103    414    91/42
01/22/13    6103    417    19/111
10/05/12    6103    419    111/4233
09/18/12    6103    422    100/14
12/09/13    6324    256    114/6670
03/06/13    6109    268    111/3362

 

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The following is a schedule of bonds issued under the Eighty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture and Credit Line Deed of Trust, effective as of October 1, 1994, that can be designated as First Mortgage Bonds, Series I, which may also be designated as Secured Medium Term Notes, Series I; and First Mortgage Bonds, Pledged Series I.

First Mortgage Bonds, Series I/Secured Medium Term Notes, Series I

 

Issuance Date

   Tranche    Maturity      Principal  

06/19/95

   7.71% Bonds      06/01/25       $ 100,000,000   

06/19/95

   6.95% Amortizing Bonds      06/01/08       $ 25,800,000   

11/25/08

   6.40% Bonds      12/01/13       $ 250,000,000   
        

 

 

 

First Mortgage Bonds, Pledged Series I

Issuance Date

   Tranche    Maturity      Principal  

10/12/94

   1994      10/01/29       $ 33,750,000   
        

 

 

 

Total Bonds Issued:

$ 409,550,000   
        

 

 

 

As supplemented and amended by this One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Original Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto are in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Original Indenture and the aforesaid supplemental indentures and this One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

This One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, and all such counterparts executed and delivered, each as an original, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

The recitals of fact contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.

The debtor and its mailing address are Delmarva Power & Light Company, Mailstop 92DC42, 500 N. Wakefield Drive, Newark, Delaware ###-###-####. The secured party and its address, from which information concerning the security interest hereunder may be obtained, is The Bank of New York Mellon, 525 William Penn Place, 38th Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15259, Attn: Ms. Leslie Lockhart, Corporate Trust Officer.

The Company acknowledges that it received a true and correct copy of this One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture.

This One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture is executed and delivered pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.11 and paragraph (a) of Section 17.01 of the Indenture for the purpose of conveying, transferring and assigning to the Trustee and of subjecting to the lien of the Indenture with the same force and effect as though included in the granting clause thereof the above described property so acquired by the Company on or prior to the date of execution, and not heretofore specifically subject to the lien of the Indenture; but nothing contained in this One Hundred and Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed in any manner to affect (except for such purposes) or to impair the provisions, terms and conditions of the Original Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto and the provisions, terms and conditions thereof are hereby expressly confirmed.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in its name and behalf by its President, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by its Assistant Secretary and the Trustee has caused this instrument to be signed in its name and behalf by a Vice President and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by an authorized officer, effective as of the 1st day of January, 2014.

 

 

DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
Date of Execution By

/s/ David M. Velazquez

April 9, 2014 David M. Velazquez, President
Attest:

/s/ Jeffery E. Snyder

[SEAL]
Jeffery E. Snyder, Assistant Secretary

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: SS.

BE IT REMEMBERED that on this_9th day of April, 2014, personally came before me, a notary public for the District of Columbia, David M. Velazquez, President of DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware and the Commonwealth of Virginia (the “Company”), party to the foregoing instrument, known to me personally to be such, and acknowledged the instrument to be his own act and deed and the act and deed of the Company; that his signature is in his own proper handwriting; that the seal affixed is the common or corporate seal of the Company; and that his act of signing, sealing, executing and delivering such instrument was duly authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.

GIVEN under my hand and official seal the day and year aforesaid.

 

/s/ Linda J. Epperly

[SEAL]
Notary Public, District of Columbia
My commission expires 1/1/15.

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as Trustee

 

Date of Execution By

/s/ Laurence J. O’Brien

April 9, 2014 Laurence J. O’Brien, Vice President
Attest:

/s/ Latoya S. Elvin

Latoya S. Elvin, Vice President

 

STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS.
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )

BE IT REMEMBERED that on this 9th day of April, 2014, personally came before me, a Notary Public for the State of New York, Laurence J. O’Brien, Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”), party to the foregoing instrument, known to me personally to be such, and acknowledged the instrument to be his own act and deed and the act and deed of the Trustee; that his signature is his own proper handwriting; that the seal affixed is the common or corporate seal of the Trustee; and that his act of signing, sealing, executing and delivering said instrument was duly authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Trustee.

GIVEN under my hand and official seal the day and year aforesaid.

 

/s/ Danny Lee

[SEAL]
Notary Public, State of New York
My commission expires                                     .

 

DANNY LEE, NOTARY PUBLIC
State of New York, NO. 01LE6161129
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires February 20, 2015

 

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CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, successor Trustee to the Trustee within named, hereby certifies that it has a residence at 101 Barclay Street, in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City of New York, in the State of New York.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By 

/s/ Laurence J. O’Brien

Name: Laurence J. O’Brien
Title: Vice President

 

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Certification

This document was prepared under the supervision of an attorney admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals of Maryland, or by or on behalf of one of the parties named in the within instrument.

 

/s/ Christie D. Cannon

Christie D. Cannon

 

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