SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of , 2005

Exhibit 99.4

Exhibit D to

Unit Purchase Agreement

PNM RESOURCES, INC.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

Trustee

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of , 2005

(For Senior Notes)

Table of Contents


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Article 1 DEFINITIONS		1

Section 1.01.	Relation to Base Indenture	1

Section 1.02.	Definition of Terms	2

Article 2 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SENIOR NOTES		6

Section 2.01.	Designation and Principal Amount	6

Section 2.02.	Maturity	6

Section 2.03.	Form, Payment and Appointment	6

Section 2.04.	Definitive Senior Notes	6

Section 2.05.	Interest	6

Section 2.06.	No Defeasance	7

Section 2.07.	No Sinking Fund	7

Section 2.08.	Form of Private Placement Legends	7

Section 2.09.	Transfer and Exchange	8

Section 2.10.	Sole Issuance Under Base Indenture	9

Article 3 REDEMPTION OF THE SENIOR NOTES		9

Section 3.01.	Special Event Redemption	9

Section 3.02.	Redemption Procedures	10

Article 4 FORM OF SENIOR NOTE		10

Section 4.01.	Form of Senior Note	10

Article 5 ORIGINAL ISSUE OF SENIOR NOTES		10

Section 5.01.	Original Issue of Senior Notes	10

Article 6 ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT		10

Section 6.01.	Original Issue Discount	10

Article 7 MISCELLANEOUS		11

Section 7.01.	Ratification of Indenture	11

Section 7.02.	Trustee not Responsible for Recitals	11

Section 7.03.	New York Law to Govern	11

Section 7.04.	Separability	11

Section 7.05.	Counterparts	11


Article 8 REMARKETING		11

Section 8.01.	Remarketing Procedures	11

Section 8.02.	Remarketing	12

Section 8.03.	Reset Rate and Extended Maturity Date	12

Section 8.04.	Failed Remarketing	13

Section 8.05.	Put Right	14

Section 8.06.	Additional Event of Default	14

Article 9 TAX TREATMENT		14

Section 9.01.	Tax Treatment	14

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of , 2005, between PNM RESOURCES, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Mexico (the “Company”), having its principal office at Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture dated as of , 2005 (the “Base Indenture” and together with this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of series of the Notes (as defined in the Base Indenture);

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(7) of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the form or terms of Notes of any series as permitted by Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.01 or 3.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company wishes to provide for the issuance of a new series of Notes to be known as its %¹ Senior Notes due , 2010 (the “Senior Notes”),² the form and terms of such Senior Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in this Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and all requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make the Senior Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Article 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Relation to Base Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture.

¹	Initial Interest Rate: to be set at market at or near issue date (not to exceed 6.625%).

²	Maturity date: February 16, May 16, August 16 or November 16 next following the fifth (5^th) anniversary of the issue date.

Section 1.02. Definition of Terms. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture:

(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings specified in the Base Indenture, or, if not defined in the Base Indenture, in the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Pledge Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement, as applicable;

(b) a term defined anywhere in this Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout;

(d) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation;

(e) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Article 1:

“Accounting Event” means the receipt by the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company of a written report in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards (“SAS”) No. 97, “Amendment to SAS No. 50 - Reports on the Application of Accounting Principles”, from the Company’s independent auditors, provided at the request of the management of the Company, to the effect that, as a result of a change in accounting rules after the Issuance Date, the Company must either (i) account for all or any portion of the Purchase Contracts as derivatives under SFAS 133 (or otherwise xxxx-to-market or measure at fair value all or any portion of the Purchase Contracts, with changes appearing in the Company’s income statement) or (ii) account for the Units using the if-converted method under SFAS 128, and that such accounting treatment will cease to apply upon redemption of the Senior Notes.

“Applicable Principal Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes that are part of Corporate Units on the Special Event Redemption Date.

“Business Day” shall have the meaning specified in the Purchase Contract Agreement.

“Corporate Units” shall have the meaning specified in the Purchase Contract Agreement.

“Coupon Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

“Definitive Senior Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

“Final Remarketing Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(b).

“Interest Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b).

“Issuance Date” means the date of initial issuance of the Senior Notes.

“Maturity Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

“Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of , 2005 among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and

Securities Intermediary, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Purchase Contract Agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders of the Purchase Contracts, as amended from time to time.

“Private Placement Legend” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(b).

“Purchase Contract Agreement” means the Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of , 2005, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as purchase contract agent, as amended from time to time.

“Purchase Contract” shall have the meaning specified in the Purchase Contract Agreement.

“Purchase Contract Settlement Date” shall have the meaning specified in the Purchase Contract Agreement.

“Put Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(a).

“Put Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.05(a).

“Quotation Agent” means any primary U.S. government securities dealer selected by the Company.

“Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date for the Senior Notes, the first Business Day of the calendar month in which such Interest Payment Date falls; provided that the Company may, at its option, select any other day as the Record Date for any Interest Payment Date so long as such Record Date selected is more than one Business Day but less than 60 Business Days prior to such Interest Payment Date.

“Redemption Amount” means, for each Senior Note, the product of the principal amount of such Senior Note and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the denominator of which is the Applicable Principal Amount.

“Redemption Price” means, for each Senior Note, the Redemption Amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such Senior Note to but excluding the Special Event Redemption Date.

“Registration Statement” means an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of , 2005, between the Company and Cascade Investment, L.L.C.

“Remarketed Senior Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(c).

“Remarketing Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the Remarketing Agreement.

“Remarketing Agreement” means the Remarketing Agreement, dated as of , 2005, among the Company, Banc of America Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Purchase Contract Agent, as amended from time to time.

“Remarketing Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a).

“Resale Restriction Termination Date” means, for any Restricted Senior Note (or beneficial interest therein), two years (or such other period specified in Rule 144(k)) from the Issuance Date.

“Reset Effective Date” means the date three Business Days following the date of a Successful Remarketing pursuant to which the Coupon Rate is reset to a Reset Rate.

“Reset Rate” means the interest rate per annum on the Senior Notes (i) in the case of a Successful Remarketing prior to the Final Remarketing Date, as determined by the Remarketing Agent as necessary to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at a price per Remarketed Senior Note such that the aggregate price for the Remarketed Senior Notes is equal to approximately 100.25% (but not less than 100%) of the sum of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the Separate Senior Notes Purchase Price, and (ii) in the case of a Successful Remarketing on the Final Remarketing Date, as the rate necessary to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at a price per Remarketed Senior Note such that the aggregate price for the Remarketed Senior Notes is equal to approximately 100.25% (but not less than 100%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Senior Notes; provided that if there are no Corporate Units outstanding and none of the Holders elect to have Separate Senior Notes held by them remarketed, or in the case of a Failed Remarketing, the interest rate payable on the Senior Notes will not be reset and the interest rate payable on the Senior Notes shall continue to be the Coupon Rate.

“Restricted Senior Note” means any Senior Note (or beneficial interest therein) until such time as:

(i) such Senior Note (or beneficial interest therein) has been transferred pursuant to a Registration Statement;

(ii) the Resale Restriction Termination Date therefor has passed; or

(iii) the Private Placement Legend therefor has otherwise been removed pursuant to Section 2.09(b).

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule).

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor rule).

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Separate Senior Notes” means Senior Notes that are no longer a component of Corporate Units.

“Special Event” shall mean either a Tax Event or an Accounting Event.

“Special Event Redemption” means the redemption of the Senior Notes pursuant to the terms hereof following the occurrence of a Special Event.

“Special Event Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.

“Tax Event” means the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized national tax practice, to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, change in or announced proposed change in the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any official administrative decision, pronouncement, judicial decision or action interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which proposed change, pronouncement, action or decision is announced on or after the date hereof, there is more than an insubstantial increase in the risk that interest payable by the Company on the Senior Notes is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes.

“Treasury Portfolio” means a portfolio of (1) U.S. treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to 15, 2008 in an aggregate amount at maturity equal to the Applicable Principal Amount, and (2) (x) in the case of a Successful Remarketing prior to the Final Remarketing Date, for the scheduled Interest Payment Date on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, U.S. treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to 15, 2008 in an aggregate amount at maturity equal to the aggregate interest payment (assuming no reset of the interest rate) that would have been due on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date on the Applicable Principal Amount, and (y) in the case of a Special Event Redemption, for each scheduled Interest Payment Date that occurs after the Special Event Redemption Date to and including the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, U.S. treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to the business day immediately preceding such scheduled Interest Payment Date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest payment (assuming no reset of the interest rate) that would have been due on such scheduled Interest Payment Date on the Applicable Principal Amount.

“Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price” means the lowest aggregate ask-side price quoted by a Primary Treasury Dealer to the Quotation Agent between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., New York City time, (i) in the case of a Special Event Redemption, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Special Event Redemption Date for the purchase of the applicable Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the Special Event Redemption Date, and (ii) in the case of a Successful Remarketing prior to the Final Remarketing Date, on the date of such Successful Remarketing for the purchase of the applicable Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the third Business Day immediately following the date of such Successful Remarketing.

“Treasury Units” shall have the meaning specified in the Purchase Contract Agreement.

“Units” means either the Corporate Units or the Treasury Units or both the Corporate Units and Treasury Units.

The terms “Company,” “Trustee,” “Indenture,” “Base Indenture” and “Senior Notes” shall have the respective meanings set forth in the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture and the paragraph preceding such recitals.

ARTICLE 2

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SENIOR NOTES

Section 2.01. Designation and Principal Amount. There is hereby authorized a series of Notes designated as % Senior Notes due 2010 limited in aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000. The Senior Notes may be issued from time to time upon written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Senior Notes pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture.

Section 2.02. Maturity. Unless a Special Event Redemption occurs prior to the Maturity Date (defined below), or as provided in Section 8.02, the date upon which the Senior Notes shall become due and payable at final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is 16, 2010 (the “Maturity Date”).

Section 2.03. Form, Payment and Appointment. Except as provided in Section 2.04, the Senior Notes shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form, bearing identical terms. Principal of and interest on the Senior Notes will be payable, the transfer of such Senior Notes will be registrable, and such Senior Notes will be exchangeable for Senior Notes of a like aggregate principal amount bearing identical terms and provisions, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Holder entitled to payment.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the Senior Notes, but the Company may require payment from the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.

The Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Senior Notes shall initially be the Trustee.

The Senior Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof, except that an interest in a Senior Note held as a part of a Corporate Unit represents an ownership interest of 1/40^th, or 2.5%, of a Senior Note and will therefore correspond to the stated amount of $25 per Corporate Unit.

Section 2.04. Definitive Senior Notes. Senior Notes that are no longer a component of the Corporate Units and are released from the Collateral Account (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) will be issued in certificated form (a “Definitive Senior Note”) in the form set forth in Exhibit A.

Section 2.05. Interest. (a) The Senior Notes will bear interest initially at the rate of % per year (the “Coupon Rate”) from the original date of issuance through and including the earlier of (i) the Maturity Date and (ii) the day immediately preceding any Reset Effective Date. In the event of a Successful Remarketing of the Senior Notes, the Coupon Rate will be reset by the Remarketing Agent at the appropriate Reset Rate with effect from the related Reset Effective Date, as set forth under Section 8.03. If the Coupon Rate is so reset, the Senior Notes

will bear interest at the Reset Rate from the related Reset Effective Date until the principal thereof and interest thereon is paid or duly made available for payment and shall bear interest, to the extent permitted by law, compounded quarterly, on any overdue principal and payment of interest at the Coupon Rate through and including the day immediately preceding the Reset Effective Date and at the Reset Rate thereafter.

(b) Interest on the Senior Notes shall be payable quarterly in arrears on February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing 16, 200 , to the Person in whose name such Senior Note, or any predecessor Senior Note, is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date. Interest on the Senior Notes shall accrue from , 2005.

In the event of a Successful Remarketing of the Senior Notes, the Interest Payment Dates may be predetermined and Senior Notes will bear interest at the appropriate Reset Rate from the related Reset Effective Date payable semi-annually instead of quarterly.

(c) The amount of interest payable for any full quarterly or semi-annual period, as the case may be, will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly or semi-annual period, as the case may be, for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. In the event that any scheduled Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next calendar year, then such payment will be made on the preceding Business Day.

Section 2.06. No Defeasance. The provisions of Article 13 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Senior Notes.

Section 2.07. No Sinking Fund. The provisions of Article 12 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Senior Notes and the Senior Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

Section 2.08. Form of Private Placement Legends.

(a) Each Restricted Senior Note shall bear the following legend:

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. 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. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY OF THESE SECURITIES IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF ANY OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ACQUIRING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE), (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (3) TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (4) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE TRUSTEE SUCH OPINIONS OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATES AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION AS IT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE INDENTURE.

(b) Each Restricted Senior Note shall bear the private placement legends specified therefor in Section 2.08(a) on the face thereof (together, the “Private Placement Legend”).

Section 2.09. Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfers. Any transfer of Restricted Senior Notes shall be made only upon receipt by the Note Registrar of such opinions of counsel, certificates and/or other information reasonably required by and satisfactory to it in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act or in accordance with Section 2.09(b).

(b) Use and Removal of Private Placement Legends. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Senior Notes not bearing a Private Placement Legend, the Note Registrar shall exchange such Senior Notes for Senior Notes that do not bear a Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Senior Notes bearing a Private Placement Legend, the Note Registrar shall deliver only Senior Notes that bear a Private Placement Legend unless:

(i)

such Senior Notes are transferred pursuant to a Registration Statement;

(ii)

such Senior Notes are transferred pursuant to Rule 144 upon delivery to the Note Registrar of a certificate of the transferor in a form that may be agreed to between the Company and the Note Registrar and an Opinion

of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Note Registrar and the Company;

(iii)

such Senior Notes are transferred, replaced or exchanged after the Resale Restriction Termination Date therefor; or

(iv)

in connection with such transfer, exchange or replacement, the Note Registrar and the Company shall have received an Opinion of Counsel and other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that neither such Private Placement Legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.

The Private Placement Legend on any Senior Note shall be removed at the request of the Holder on or after the Resale Restriction Termination Date therefor. The Company shall deliver to the Note Registrar an Officers’ Certificate promptly upon effectiveness, withdrawal or suspension of any Registration Statement.

Section 2.10. Sole Issuance Under Base Indenture. So long as any Senior Notes are outstanding, the Company may not issue any other Notes pursuant to the Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF THE SENIOR NOTES

Section 3.01. Special Event Redemption. If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes in whole, but not in part, on any Interest Payment Date prior to the earlier of the date of a Successful Remarketing or the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, at a price per Senior Note equal to the Redemption Price, payable on the date of redemption (the “Special Event Redemption Date”) to the Holders of the Senior Notes registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date. If the Company so elects to redeem the Senior Notes, the Company shall appoint the Quotation Agent to assist the Company in determining the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price. Notice of any Special Event Redemption will be mailed by the Company (with a copy to the Trustee) at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Special Event Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Senior Notes at its registered address. In addition, the Company shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing that a Special Event has occurred and that the Company intends to redeem the Senior Notes on the Special Event Redemption Date. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Special Event Redemption Date, (a) interest shall cease to accrue on the Senior Notes, (b) the Senior Notes shall become due and payable at the Redemption Price, and (c) the Senior Notes shall be void and all rights of the Holders in respect of the Senior Notes shall terminate and lapse (other than the right to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Senior Notes but without interest on such Redemption Price). Following the notice of a Special Event Redemption, neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required to register the transfer of or exchange the Senior Notes to be redeemed.

Except as set forth in this Section 3.01, the Senior Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to the Maturity Date. The provisions of this Article 3 shall supersede any conflicting provisions contained in Article 11 of the Base Indenture.

Section 3.02. Redemption Procedures. On or prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Special Event Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee immediately available funds in an amount sufficient to pay, on the Special Event Redemption Date, the aggregate Redemption Price for all outstanding Senior Notes. In exchange for any Senior Notes surrendered for redemption on or after the Special Event Redemption Date, the Trustee shall pay an amount equal to the Redemption Price (a) to the Collateral Agent, in the case of Senior Notes that are included in Corporate Units, which amount shall be applied by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Pledge Agreement, and (b) to the Holders of the Separate Senior Notes, in the case of Separate Senior Notes.

ARTICLE 4

FORM OF SENIOR NOTE

Section 4.01. Form of Senior Note. The Senior Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit A hereto, with such changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Senior Notes (by manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof.

ARTICLE 5

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF SENIOR NOTES

Section 5.01. Original Issue of Senior Notes. Senior Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 may from time to time, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Senior Notes to or upon the written order of the Company pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Base Indenture without any further action by the Company (other than as required by the Base Indenture).

ARTICLE 6

ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT

Section 6.01. Original Issue Discount. The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Senior Notes that are Outstanding as of the end of the year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

ARTICLE 7

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01. Ratification of Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

Section 7.02. Trustee not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 7.03. New York Law to Govern. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE CONTRACTS MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 7.04. Separability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Senior Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then, to the extent permitted by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Supplemental Indenture or of the Senior Notes, but this Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

Section 7.05. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

ARTICLE 8

REMARKETING

Section 8.01. Remarketing Procedures. (a) Unless a Special Event Redemption or a Successful Remarketing has occurred prior to the applicable Remarketing Date, the Company shall engage the Remarketing Agent pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement for the Remarketing of the Senior Notes. The Company will request, not later than seven nor more than 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Remarketing Date, that the Trustee notify the Holders of Separate Senior Notes, Corporate Units and Treasury Units of the procedures to be followed in the applicable Remarketing.

(b) Each Holder of Separate Senior Notes may elect to have Separate Senior Notes held by such Holder remarketed in any Remarketing. A Holder making such an election must, pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, notify the Custodial Agent and deliver such Separate Senior Notes to the Custodial Agent on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on or prior to the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date (but no earlier than the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date). Any such notice and delivery may not be conditioned upon the level at which the Reset Rate is

established in the Remarketing. Any such notice and delivery may be withdrawn on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Pledge Agreement. Any such notice and delivery not withdrawn by such time will be irrevocable with respect to such Remarketing. Pursuant to Section 5.07(c) of the Pledge Agreement, promptly after 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date, the Custodial Agent, based on the notices and deliveries received by it prior to such time, shall notify the Remarketing Agent of the principal amount of Separate Senior Notes to be tendered for remarketing and shall cause such Separate Senior Notes to be presented to the Remarketing Agent. Under Section 5.02 of the Purchase Contract Agreement, Senior Notes that are components of Corporate Units will be deemed tendered for Remarketing and will be remarketed in accordance with the terms of the Remarketing Agreement.

(c) The right of each Holder of Senior Notes that are included in Corporate Units to have such Senior Notes, and each Holder of Separate Senior Notes to have any Separate Senior Notes (together, the “Remarketed Senior Notes”), remarketed and sold on any Remarketing Date shall be limited to the extent that (i) the Remarketing Agent conducts a Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, (ii) a Special Event Redemption has not occurred prior to such Remarketing Date, (iii) the Remarketing Agent is able to find a purchaser or purchasers for Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing Price or the Final Remarketing Price, as the case may be, and (iv) the purchaser or purchasers deliver the purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent as and when required.

(d) Neither the Trustee, the Company nor the Remarketing Agent shall be obligated in any case to provide funds to make payment upon tender of Senior Notes for remarketing.

Section 8.02. Remarketing. (a) Unless a Special Event Redemption has occurred prior to the Initial Remarketing Date, on the Initial Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall, pursuant and subject to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, use commercially reasonable efforts to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at a price (the “Remarketing Price”) equal to approximately 100.25% (but in no event less than 100%) of the sum of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the Separate Senior Note Purchase Price.

(b) In the case of a Failed Initial Remarketing and unless a Special Event Redemption has occurred prior to the Final Remarketing Date, on the Final Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remarket the Remarketed Senior Notes at a price (the “Final Remarketing Price”) equal to approximately 100.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Senior Notes. It is understood and agreed that Remarketing on any Remarketing Date will be considered successful and no further attempts will be made if the resulting proceeds are at least 100% of the sum of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the Separate Senior Note Purchase Price, and 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Remarketed Senior Notes in the case of the Final Remarketing.

Section 8.03. Reset Rate and Extended Maturity Date. (a) In connection with each Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall determine, in consultation with the Company, the Reset Rate (rounded to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001) of one percent per annum) that the

Remarketed Senior Notes should bear in order to have an aggregate market value equal to the Remarketing Price or the Final Remarketing Price, as the case may be, and that in the sole discretion of the Remarketing Agent will enable it to remarket all of the Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing Price or Final Remarketing Price, as the case may be, in such Remarketing.

(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Remarketing Agent shall have no obligation to determine whether there is any limitation under applicable law on the Reset Rate or, if there is any such limitation, the maximum permissible Reset Rate on the Senior Notes and shall rely solely upon written notice from the Company (which the Company agrees to provide prior to the eighth Business Day before the Initial Remarketing Date) as to whether or not there is any such limitation in any applicable jurisdiction.

(c) In connection with a Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent, in consultation with the Company, may extend the Maturity Date to a date selected by the Company that is two or three years from the date on which the Reset Rate is set. Such extended maturity date (the “Extended Maturity Date”), if any, will be specified in the remarketing announcement and will become effective on the date on which the Reset Rate is set.

(d) In connection with a Remarketing, the Company may also elect to add any additional financial covenants as the Company may determine. Such an election would take effect upon a Successful Remarketing, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. In addition, as provided in Section 2.05(b) herein, upon a Successful Remarketing, the Interest Payment Dates may be redetermined to provide for payment of interest semi-annually instead of quarterly.

(e) In the event of a Failed Remarketing or if no Senior Notes are included in Corporate Units and none of the Holders of the Separate Senior Notes elect to have their Senior Notes remarketed in any Remarketing, the applicable interest rate on the Senior Notes will not be reset and will continue to be the Coupon Rate and the Maturity Date will not be extended.

(f) In the event of a Successful Remarketing, the Coupon Rate shall be reset at the Reset Rate as determined by the Remarketing Agent under the Remarketing Agreement and the Maturity Date will be extended to the Extended Maturity Date.

Section 8.04. Failed Remarketing. (a) If, by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket all of the Remarketed Senior Notes at the Remarketing Price or the Final Remarketing Price, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof, a Failed Remarketing shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Remarketing Agent shall so advise by telephone the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company. Whether or not there has been a Failed Remarketing will be determined in the sole reasonable discretion of the Remarketing Agent. Promptly following any Failed Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall return Separate Senior Notes submitted for remarketing, if any, to the Custodial Agent for distribution to the appropriate Holders.

(b) The Company shall cause a notice of such Failed Remarketing to be published in a daily newspaper in the English language of general circulation in the City of New York, which is expected to be The Wall Street Journal.

Section 8.05. Put Right. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) hereof, if there has not been a Successful Remarketing prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Holders of Separate Senior Notes and Holders of Senior Notes that are a component of Corporate Units will, subject to this Section 8.05, have the right (the “Put Right”) to require the Company to purchase their Senior Notes, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, at a price per Senior Note equal to $1000.00 plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (the “Put Price”).

(b) The Put Right of Holders of Senior Notes that are part of Corporate Units will be automatically exercised unless such Holders (1) prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, provide written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent of their intention to settle the related Purchase Contract with separate cash, and (2) on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, deliver to the Collateral Agent $25 in cash per Purchase Contract, in each case pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement and such Holders shall be deemed to have elected to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, to be issued under the related Purchase Contract from a portion of the Proceeds of the Put Right of such Senior Notes equal to the Purchase Price in full satisfaction of such Holders’ obligations under the Purchase Contracts, and any remaining amount of the Put Price following satisfaction of the related Purchase Contract will be paid to such Holder.

(c) The Put Right of a Holder of a Separate Senior Note shall only be exercisable upon delivery of a notice to the Trustee by such Holder on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. On or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee immediately available funds in an amount sufficient to pay, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the aggregate Put Price of all Separate Senior Notes with respect to which a Holder has exercised a Put Right. In exchange for any Separate Senior Notes surrendered pursuant to the Put Right, the Trustee shall then distribute such amount to the Holders of such Separate Senior Notes.

Section 8.06. Additional Event of Default. In addition to the events listed as Events of Default in Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture, it shall be an additional Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes, if the Company shall not have satisfied its obligation to pay the Put Price when due with respect to any Separate Senior Note following exercise of the Put Right in accordance with Section 8.05.

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TAX TREATMENT

Section 9.01. Tax Treatment. The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a Corporate Unit, each Holder of a Corporate Unit will be deemed to have agreed (1) for United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes to treat the acquisition of a Corporate

Unit as the acquisition of the Senior Note and the Purchase Contract constituting the Corporate Unit and (2) to treat the Senior Note as indebtedness for United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes. A Holder of Senior Notes may obtain the comparable yield and projected payment schedule for the Senior Notes, determined by the Company pursuant to Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.1275-4, by submitting a written request for such information to the Company at the following address: PNM Resources, Inc., Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx XX-0000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: Treasurer.

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


PNM RESOURCES, INC.

By:
		Name:
		Title:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee

By:
		Name:
		Title:

EXHIBIT A

[If the Senior Note is to be a restricted security, insert the following]—

[THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. 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. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY OF THESE SECURITIES IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF ANY OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]

[THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE TRANSFEROR REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ACQUIRING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE), (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (3) TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (4) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.]

[IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE TRUSTEE SUCH OPINIONS OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATES AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION AS IT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE IN FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE INDENTURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE INDENTURE.]

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PNM RESOURCES, INC.

% Senior Notes due 2010


No.		$

[CUSIP No.: ]

PNM RESOURCES, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Mexico (hereinafter called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of up to Dollars ($ ) on 16, 2010 (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from 16, 200_ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of each year, commencing 16, 200 , at the rate of % per annum through and including the day immediately preceding the Reset Effective Date, if any, and thereafter semi-annually at the Reset Rate, if any, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) to pay interest, compounded quarterly, at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and payment of interest through and including the day immediately preceding the Reset Effective Date, if any, and thereafter at the Reset Rate and on semi-annual Interest Payment Dates, if any. The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly period or, following a Successful Remarketing, semi-annual period as applicable, for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of a 30-day month and, for any period less than a month, on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Senior Note (or one or more Predecessor Senior Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Senior Note (or one or more Predecessor Senior Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date (as defined in the Base Indenture) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (as defined in the Base Indenture) to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Senior Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Senior Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Senior Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the

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Company by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:


PNM RESOURCES, INC.

By:
		Name:
		Title:

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Senior Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee

By:
		Authorized Signatory

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FORM OF REVERSE OF SENIOR NOTE

This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of senior notes of the Company (herein called the “Senior Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of , 2005, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee) (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes and of the terms upon which the Senior Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Senior Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $100,000,000.

If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Senior Notes of this series in whole, but not in part, on any Interest Payment Date prior to the earlier of the date of a Successful Remarketing and the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, at a price per Senior Note equal to the Redemption Price as set forth in the Indenture.

If there has not been a Successful Remarketing prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Holders of Senior Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase their Senior Notes on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, all as more fully described in the Supplemental Indenture.

The Senior Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund and will not be subject to defeasance.

If an Event of Default with respect to Senior Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Senior Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Notes at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Senior Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Senior Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall

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have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes of all series at the time Outstanding in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Senior Notes of all series at the time Outstanding in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Senior Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Senior Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Senior Note is registrable in the Securities Register, upon surrender of this Senior Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest on this Senior Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Senior Notes of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Senior Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Senior Notes of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Senior Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All terms used in this Senior Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Senior Note shall be governed by the laws of New York.

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The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a Corporate Unit, each Holder of a Corporate Unit will be deemed to have agreed (1) for United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes to treat the acquisition of a Corporate Unit as the acquisition of the Senior Note and the Purchase Contract constituting the Corporate Unit and (2) to treat the Senior Note as indebtedness for United States federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes. A Holder of Senior Notes may obtain the comparable yield and projected payment schedule for the Senior Notes, determined by the Company pursuant to Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.1275-4, by submitting a written request for it to the Company at the following address: PNM Resources, Inc., Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx XX-0000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: Treasurer.

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ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Senior Note to:

(Insert assignee’s social security or taxpayer identification number)

(Insert address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints

agent to transfer this Senior Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

Date:

Signature:

Signature Guarantee:

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Senior Note)

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



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		Name:
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