DOMINION ENERGY, INC. Issuer AND DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS Trustee Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture Dated as of May 1, 2018 due 2020
Exhibit 4.2
DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
Issuer
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Trustee
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Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of May 1, 2018
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$500,000,000
2018 Series A Floating Rate Senior Notes
due 2020
ARTICLE I 2018 Series A FLoating Rate SENIOR NOTES due 2020
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SECTION 101 |
Establishment1 |
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SECTION 102 |
Definitions2 |
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SECTION 103 |
Payment of Principal and Interest5 |
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SECTION 104 |
Credit Rating Interest Rate Adjustment6 |
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SECTION 105 |
Denominations.9 |
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SECTION 106 |
Global Securities9 |
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SECTION 107 |
Redemption9 |
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SECTION 108 |
Sinking Fund; Conversion10 |
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SECTION 109 |
Additional Interest on Overdue Amounts10 |
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SECTION 110 |
Paying Agent; Security Registrar10 |
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ARTICLE II TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
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SECTION 201 |
Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities10 |
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SECTION 202 |
Restricted Legend10 |
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SECTION 203 |
Removal of Restricted Legend11 |
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SECTION 204 |
Registration of Transfer or Exchange11 |
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SECTION 205 |
Preservation of Information12 |
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SECTION 206 |
Acknowledgment of Restrictions; Indemnification; No Obligation of Trustee12 |
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ARTICLE III MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 301 |
Ratification and Incorporation of Base Indenture13 |
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SECTION 302 |
Executed in Counterparts13 |
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SECTION 303 |
Assignment14 |
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SECTION 304 |
Trustee’s Disclaimer14 |
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This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture or have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its terms and provisions. |
THIS FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is made as of the 1st day of May, 2018, by and between DOMINION ENERGY, INC. (formerly Dominion Resources, Inc.), a Virginia corporation, having its principal office at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Company” or “Issuer”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee, having a corporate trust office at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (herein called the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore entered into an Indenture dated as of June 1, 2015, between the Company and the Trustee (as amended, restated or otherwise modified, the “Base Indenture”) with respect to senior debt securities;
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture is incorporated herein by this reference and the Base Indenture, as heretofore supplemented, as further supplemented by this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, and as may be hereafter supplemented or amended from time to time, is herein called the “Indenture”;
WHEREAS, under the Base Indenture, a new series of Securities may at any time be established in accordance with the provisions of the Base Indenture and the terms of such series may be described by a supplemental indenture executed by the Company and the Trustee;
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to create under the Indenture a new series of Securities;
WHEREAS, additional Securities of other series hereafter established, except as may be limited in the Base Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified, may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified; and
WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Company have been done or performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
2018 Series A FLoating Rate SENIOR NOTES due 2020
. There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under the Indenture, to be designated as the Company’s 2018 Series A Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Series A Senior Notes”).
There are to be authenticated and delivered $500,000,000 principal amount of Series A Senior Notes, and such principal amount of the Series A Senior Notes may be increased from time to time pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 301 of the Base Indenture. All Series A Senior Notes need not be issued at the same time and such series may be reopened at
any time, without the consent of any Holder, for issuances of additional Series A Senior Notes. Any such additional Series A Senior Notes will have the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as those initially issued, and shall be consolidated with and part of the same series of Series A Senior notes initially issued under this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture. Further Series A Senior Notes may also be authenticated and delivered as provided by Sections 304, 305, 306, 905 or 1107 of the Base Indenture.
The Series A Senior Notes shall be issued as Registered Securities in global form without coupons, in substantially the form set out in Exhibit A hereto. The entire initially issued principal amount of the Series A Senior Notes shall initially be evidenced by one or more certificates issued to Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company.
The form of the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication for the Series A Senior Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
Each Series A Senior Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.
. The following defined terms used herein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings specified below. Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Base Indenture. Unless the context otherwise requires, any references to a “Section” refers to a Section of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture.
“Business Day” means a day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, (ii) a day on which banks in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.
“Calculation Agent” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, or its successor appointed by the Company, acting as calculation agent.
“Depositary” has the meaning set forth in Section 105.
“Distribution Compliance Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 204.
“Floating Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 103.
“Interest Payment Dates” means February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on August 15, 2018.
“LIBOR Business Day” means any Business Day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. Dollars are transacted in the London Inter-Bank Market.
“LIBOR Interest Determination Date” means the second LIBOR Business Day preceding each LIBOR Rate Reset Date.
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“LIBOR Rate Reset Date” means, subject to Section 103, the 15th day of the months of February, May, August and November of each year, commencing on August 15, 2018.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service Inc., a subsidiary of Xxxxx’x Corporation, and its successors.
“Original Issue Date” means May 25, 2018.
“Outstanding,” when used with respect to the Series A Senior Notes, means, as of the date of determination, all Series A Senior Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Indenture, except:
(i)Series A Senior Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii)Series A Senior Notes for whose payment at the Maturity thereof money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited (other than pursuant to Section 402 of the Base Indenture) with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Series A Senior Notes, provided that, if such Series A Senior Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii)Series A Senior Notes with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 402 of the Base Indenture, except to the extent provided in Section 402 of the Base Indenture; and
(iv)Series A Senior Notes that have been paid pursuant to Section 306 of the Base Indenture or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Series A Senior Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture, other than any such Series A Senior Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Series A Senior Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Series A Senior Notes are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Series A Senior Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the Indenture or are present at a meeting of Holders of Series A Senior Notes for quorum purposes, Series A Senior Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Series A Senior Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making any such determination or relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Series A Senior Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Series A Senior Notes so owned which shall have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee (a) the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Series A Senior Notes and (b) that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Series A Senior Notes or an Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
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“Regular Record Date” means, with respect to each Interest Payment Date, the close of business on the Business Day preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, that with respect to Series A Senior Notes that are not represented by one or more Global Securities, the Regular Record Date shall be the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global Security” has the meaning set forth in Section 105.
“Restricted Legend” has the meaning set forth in Section 202.
“Restricted Security” has the meaning set forth in Section 202.
“Reuters Page LIBOR01” means the display so designated on the Reuters 3000 Xtra (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such other service as may be nominated by the Company, for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate for U.S. Dollar deposits).
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A Global Security” has the meaning set forth in Section 105.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of S&P Global Inc., and its successors.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Series A Senior Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 101.
“Stated Maturity” means May 15, 2020.
“Substitute Rating Agency” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.
“Three Month LIBOR Rate” means the rate determined in accordance with the following provisions:
(i)On the LIBOR Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent or its affiliate will determine the Three Month LIBOR Rate which shall be the rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars having a three-month maturity which appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
(ii)If no rate appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 on the LIBOR Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the underwriters) in the London Inter-Bank Market selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) to
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provide the Calculation Agent with their offered quotations for deposits in U.S. Dollars for the period of three months, commencing on the applicable LIBOR Rate Reset Date, to prime banks in the London Inter-Bank Market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. Dollars in that market at that time.
If at least two quotations are provided, then the Three Month LIBOR Rate will be the average (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundredth (0.01) of a percent) of those quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, then the Three Month LIBOR Rate will be the average (rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundredth (0.01) of a percent) of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the underwriters) in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for loans in U.S. Dollars to leading European banks, having a three-month maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in U.S. Dollars in that market at that time. If the banks selected by the Calculation Agent are not providing quotations in the manner described by this paragraph, the rate for the period following the LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the rate in effect on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
The terms “Company,” “Issuer,” “Trustee,” “Base Indenture,” and “Indenture” shall have the respective meanings set forth in the recitals to this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and the paragraph preceding such recitals.
Payment of Principal and Interest
. The principal of the Series A Senior Notes shall be due at the Stated Maturity (unless earlier redeemed). The unpaid principal amount of the Series A Senior Notes shall bear interest at a floating rate per annum determined by the Calculation Agent as described below, until paid or duly provided for, such interest to accrue from the Original Issue Date or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. Interest shall be paid quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment Date to the Person in whose name the Series A Senior Notes are registered on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date; provided that interest payable at the Stated Maturity of principal or on a Redemption Date as provided herein will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Any such interest that is not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person or Persons in whose name the Series A Senior Notes are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee (in accordance with Section 307 of the Base Indenture), notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Series A Senior Notes not less than ten (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, if any, on which the Series A Senior Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Base Indenture.
The per annum interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes will be equal to the Three Month LIBOR Rate plus 60 basis points (0.60%) (the “Floating Rate”); provided that the per annum interest rate for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first LIBOR Rate Reset
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Date will be 2.93000% per annum (the “Initial Interest Rate”). The per annum interest rate shall be reset on each LIBOR Rate Reset Date.
If any LIBOR Rate Reset Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the LIBOR Rate Reset Date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that if that Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, the LIBOR Rate Reset Date will be the next preceding Business Day. The interest rate in effect on any LIBOR Rate Reset Date will be the applicable rate as reset on that date. The interest rate applicable to any other day will either be the Initial Interest Rate or the interest rate as reset on the immediately preceding LIBOR Rate Reset Date.
Payments of interest on the Series A Senior Notes will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for the Series A Senior Notes shall be computed and paid on the basis the actual number of days in the relevant quarterly period (including the first day of the quarterly period and excluding the last day of the quarterly period) divided by 360. If any Interest Payment Date, other than the Stated Maturity, falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that if that Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, the Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. If the Stated Maturity falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of interest and principal will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment will accrue for the period from and after the Stated Maturity.
Accrued interest on any Series A Senior Note will be calculated by multiplying the principal amount of the Series A Senior Note by an accrued interest factor. The accrued interest factor will be computed by adding the interest factors calculated for each day in the period for which interest is being paid. The interest factor for each day is computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to that day by 360.
Payment of the principal and interest on the Series A Senior Notes shall be made at the office of the Paying Agent 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, with any such payment that is due at the Stated Maturity of any Series A Senior Notes, or upon redemption or repurchase being made upon surrender of such Series A Senior Notes to the Paying Agent. Payments of interest (including interest on any Interest Payment Date) will be made, subject to such surrender where applicable, at the option of the Company, (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto.
Credit Rating Interest Rate Adjustment
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If the rating assigned by Xxxxx’x (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) of the Series A Senior Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes will increase such that it will equal the then applicable Floating Rate plus the percentage set forth opposite the rating in the table below (plus, if
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applicable, the percentage set forth opposite the rating in the table captioned “S&P Rating Percentage” below):
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Ba1 |
0.25% |
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Ba2 |
0.50% |
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Ba3 |
0.75% |
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B1 or below |
1.00% |
*Including the equivalent ratings of any substitute rating agency.
If the rating assigned by S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) of the Series A Senior Notes is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately following table, the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes will increase such that it will equal the then applicable Floating Rate plus the percentage set forth opposite the rating in the table below (plus, if applicable, the percentage set forth opposite the rating in the table captioned “Xxxxx’x Rating Percentage” above):
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BB+ |
0.25% |
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BB |
0.50% |
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BB- |
0.75% |
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B+ or below |
1.00% |
*Including the equivalent ratings of any substitute rating agency.
If at any time the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes has been increased and either Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), as the case may be, subsequently upgrades its rating of the Series A Senior Notes to any of the threshold ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Series A Senior Notes equals the then applicable Floating Rate plus the percentages set forth opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect immediately following the upgrade in rating. If Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) subsequently upgrades its rating of the Series A Senior Notes to Baa3 (or its equivalent, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher, and S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency therefor) upgrades its rating to BBB- (or its equivalent, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher, the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes will be decreased to the then applicable Floating Rate (and if one such upgrade occurs and the other does not, the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes will be decreased so that it does not reflect any increase attributable to the upgrading rating agency). In addition, the interest rates on the Series A Senior Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent downgrade in the ratings by either or both Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor)) if the Series A Senior Notes become rated Baa1 and BBB+ (or, in either case, the equivalent thereof, in
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the case of a Substitute Rating agency) or higher by Xxxxx’x and S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), respectively (or one of these ratings if the Series A Senior Notes are only rated by one such rating agency).
Each adjustment required by any downgrade or upgrade in a rating set forth above, whether occasioned by the action of Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor), shall be made independent of any and all other adjustments. In no event shall (1) the interest rate for the Series A Senior Notes be reduced to below the then applicable Floating Rate or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes exceed 2.00% above the then applicable Floating Rate.
No adjustments in the interest rate of the Series A Senior Notes shall be made solely as a result of a rating agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Series A Senior Notes. If at any time Xxxxx’x or S&P ceases to provide a rating of the Series A Senior Notes, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of the Series A Senior Notes from a Substitute Rating Agency, if one exists, in which case, for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes pursuant to the tables above (a) such Substitute Rating Agency will be substituted for the last rating agency to provide a rating of the Series A Senior Notes but which has since ceased to provide such rating, (b) the relative rating scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt will be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table above with respect to such substitute rating agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Xxxxx’x or S&P, as applicable, in such table and (c) the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes will increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate equals the then applicable Floating Rate plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the deemed equivalent rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of clause (b) above) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other rating agency).
For so long as only one rating agency provides a rating of the Series A Senior Notes, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Series A Senior Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by the rating agency providing the rating shall be twice the applicable percentage set forth in the applicable table above. For so long as neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P (nor, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor) provides a rating of the Series A Senior Notes, the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes will increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% above the then applicable Floating Rate.
Any interest rate increase or decrease described above will take effect from the first Interest Payment Date following the date on which a rating change occurs that requires such adjustment. As such, interest will not accrue at such increased or decreased rate until the next Interest Payment Date following the date on which a rating change occurs. If Xxxxx’x or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency therefor) changes its rating of the Series A Senior Notes more than once prior to any particular Interest Payment Date, the last change by such agency prior to such Interest Payment Date will control for purposes of any interest rate increase or decrease with respect to the Series A Senior Notes described above relating to such rating agency’s action. If the interest rate payable on the Series A Senior Notes is increased as
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described above, the term “interest,” as used with respect to the Series A Senior Notes, will be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility to monitor whether the interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes is at any time subject to any adjustment under this Section 104. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing if at any time the interest rate becomes subject to such adjustment.
SECTION 105Denominations. The Series A Senior Notes may be issued in denominations of $2,000, or any greater integral multiple of $1,000.
. The Series A Senior Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A will be initially issued in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Rule 144A Global Security”), and the Series A Senior Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S will be initially issued in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Regulation S Global Security”), in each case registered in the name of the Depositary (which shall be The Depository Trust Company) or its nominee. Except under the limited circumstances described below, Series A Senior Notes represented by such Global Securities will not be exchangeable for, and will not otherwise be issuable as, Series A Senior Notes in definitive form registered in names other than the Depositary or its nominee. The Global Securities described above may not be transferred except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or its nominee.
Owners of beneficial interests in such a Global Security will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture, and no Global Security representing a Series A Senior Note shall be exchangeable, except for another Global Security of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee or to a successor Depositary or its nominee or except as described below. The rights of Holders of such Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary.
A Global Security shall be exchangeable for Series A Senior Notes registered in the names of persons other than the Depositary or its nominee only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for such Global Security and no successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company of such notification, or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as such Depositary and no successor Depositary shall have been appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days after it becomes aware of such cessation, (ii) the Company in its sole discretion, and subject to the procedures of the Depositary, determines that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable, in which case Series A Senior Notes in definitive form will be printed and delivered to the Depositary, or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Series A Senior Notes. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Series A Senior Notes registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct.
. The Series A Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time on or after the first Business Day after the date that
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is six months following the Original Issue Date, at the option of the Company, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Series A Senior Notes then outstanding to be so redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Series A Senior Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
In the event of the redemption of the Series A Senior Notes in part only, a new Series A Senior Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion will be issued in the name or names of the Holders thereof upon surrender thereof.
Notices of redemption shall be mailed, not less than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date, by first-class mail to each Holder of Series A Senior Notes to be redeemed at its registered address, or delivered electronically to the e-mail address, if any, provided to the Security Registrar by the Holder for such purpose.
. The Series A Senior Notes shall not have a sinking fund. The Series A Senior Notes are not convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Securities or any other securities.
Additional Interest on Overdue Amounts
. Any principal of and installment of interest on the Series A Senior Notes that is overdue shall bear interest at the then applicable interest rate (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand.
Paying Agent; Security Registrar
. The Trustee shall initially serve as Paying Agent and Security Registrar with respect to the Series A Senior Notes, with the Place of Payment initially being the Corporate Trust Office. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Security Registrar without prior notice to Holders of the Series A Senior Notes, and the Company or any of its subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Security Registrar.
ARTICLE II
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities
. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.
. Except as otherwise provided in Section 203 and as indicated on Exhibit A, each Series A Senior Note (each a “Restricted Security”) shall bear the following legend (the “Restricted Legend”) on the face thereof:
THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND
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THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE IS XXXXXX NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (V) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS ACQUIRING THE NOTE FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE.
THE HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE OR AN INTEREST XXXXXX IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
THE HOLDER AGREES THAT, BEFORE THE HOLDER OFFERS, SELLS OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERS THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE, THE COMPANY MAY REQUIRE THE HOLDER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE TO DELIVER A WRITTEN OPINION, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT IT REASONABLY REQUIRES TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AS USED IN THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “U.S. PERSON” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
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. The Company may instruct the Trustee in writing to cancel any Series A Senior Note and, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate a replacement Series A Senior Note, registered in the name of the Holder thereof (or its transferee), that does not bear the Restricted Legend, and the Trustee will comply with such instruction, if the Company determines (upon the advice of counsel and such other certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require) that a Series A Senior Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or a successor provision) and that the Restricted Legend is no longer necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that subsequent transfers of such Series A Senior Note (or a beneficial interest therein) are effected in compliance with the Securities Act; provided, however, that in such circumstances, the Trustee shall require an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate prior to authenticating any such replacement Series A Senior Note.
Registration of Transfer or Exchange
. The registration of transfer or exchange of any Series A Senior Note (or a beneficial interest therein) that bears the Restricted Legend may only be made in compliance with the provisions of the Restricted Legend and as set forth below.
(i)Prior to and including the fortieth (40th) day after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Series A Senior Notes and the Original Issue Date (such period through and including such fortieth (40th) day, the “Distribution Compliance Period”), transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through a Rule 144A Global Security of that series will be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial interest to the effect that such transfer is being made to a Person whom the transferor reasonably believes is purchasing for its own account or accounts as to which it exercises sole investment discretion and is a QIB in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and the requirements of applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.
(ii)Transfers by an owner of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security to a transferee who takes delivery through the Regulation S Global Security of that series, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, will be made only upon receipt by the Trustee of a certification from the transferor to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and that, if such transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the interest transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, Luxembourg.
(iii)Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Securities that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Security of that series will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in the initial Global Security of that series and will become an interest in the other Global Security of that series and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Security of that series for as long as it remains such an interest.
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. The Trustee will retain copies of all certificates, opinions and other documents received in connection with the registration of transfer or exchange of a Series A Senior Note (or a beneficial interest therein) in accordance with its customary policy, and the Company will have the right to request copies thereof at any reasonable time upon written notice to the Trustee.
Acknowledgment of Restrictions; Indemnification; No Obligation of Trustee
. By its acceptance of any Series A Senior Note bearing the Restricted Legend, each Holder of such a Series A Senior Note acknowledges the restrictions on registrations of transfer or exchange of such Series A Senior Note set forth in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and in the Restricted Legend and agrees that it will register the transfer or exchange of such Series A Senior Note only as provided in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture. The Security Registrar shall not register a transfer or exchange of any Series A Senior Note unless such transfer or exchange complies with the restrictions on transfer or exchange of such Series A Senior Note set forth in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture. In connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Series A Senior Notes, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Series A Senior Notes to furnish the Security Registrar or the Company such certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that such registration of transfer or exchange is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided that the Security Registrar shall not be required to determine (but may rely on a determination made by the Company with respect to) the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.
The Security Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to the Indenture in accordance with its customary policy. The Company shall have the right to request copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of written notice to the Security Registrar.
Each Holder of a Series A Senior Note agrees to indemnify the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Series A Senior Note in violation of any provision of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and/or applicable United States Federal or state securities law.
The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer or exchange imposed under this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any registrations of transfer or exchange of any interest in any Series A Senior Note (including any transfers between or among members of, or participants in, the Depositary or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
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ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Ratification and Incorporation of Base Indenture
. As supplemented hereby, the Base Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed by the Company. The Base Indenture and this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
. This Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original, manually executed Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
. The Company shall have the right at all times to assign any of its rights or obligations under the Indenture with respect to the Series A Senior Notes to a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; provided that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company shall remain primarily liable for the performance of all such obligations. The Indenture may also be assigned by the Company in connection with a transaction described in Article VIII of the Base Indenture.
. All of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture in respect of the rights, powers, privileges, protections, duties and immunities of the Trustee, including without limitation its right to be indemnified, shall be applicable in respect of the Series A Senior Notes and of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full. The Trustee accepts the amendments of the Indenture effected by this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, but on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms and provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to any of the recitals or statements contained herein, all of which recitals or statements are made solely by the Company, or for or with respect to (i) the validity or sufficiency of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture or any of the terms or provision hereof, (ii) the proper authorization hereof by the Company by action or otherwise, (iii) the due execution hereof by the Company, or (iv) the consequences of any amendment herein provided for, and the Trustee makes no representation with respect to any such matters.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this instrument to be signed in its name and behalf by its duly authorized officer, all as of the day and year first above written.
DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President – Mergers &
Acquisitions and Treasurer
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xx
Name: Xxxxx Xx
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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FORM OF
2018 SERIES A FLOATING RATE SENIOR NOTE
DUE 2020
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (00 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF [CEDE & CO.] OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO [CEDE & CO.], ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, [CEDE & CO.], HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]**
[THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SERIES A SENIOR NOTE AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF, TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.]***
[THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE IS XXXXXX NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]****
[THE HOLDER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) IN THE UNITED
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STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (V) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS ACQUIRING THE NOTE FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE.]***
[THE HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE OR AN INTEREST XXXXXX IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.]***
[THE HOLDER AGREES THAT, BEFORE THE HOLDER OFFERS, SELLS OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERS THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE, THE COMPANY MAY REQUIRE THE HOLDER OF THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE TO DELIVER A WRITTEN OPINION, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT IT REASONABLY REQUIRES TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.]***
[AS USED IN THIS SERIES A SENIOR NOTE, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “U.S. PERSON” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]***
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2018 SERIES A FLOATING RATE SENIOR NOTE
DUE 2020
No. R-CUSIP No. ____________
Dominion Energy, Inc. (formerly Dominion Resources, Inc.), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Virginia (herein called the “Company” or “Issuer”, which terms include any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]**, or registered assigns (the “Holder”), the principal sum [of ___________________ Dollars ($_____________)] [subject to the increases and decreases set forth in Schedule I hereto]** on May 15, 2020 and to pay interest thereon from May 25, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on August 15, 2018, at a floating rate per annum determined by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, or its successors as calculation agent (the “Calculation Agent”) in accordance with the procedures referred to herein, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any principal, and any such installment of interest, that is overdue shall bear interest at the then applicable interest rate (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the Person in whose name this Series A Senior Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; provided that the interest payable at Stated Maturity or on a Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. The Regular Record Date shall be the close of business on the Business Day preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, that with respect to Series A Senior Notes that are not represented by one or more Global Securities, the Regular Record Date shall be the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) preceding 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 Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Series A Senior Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Series A Senior Notes not less than ten (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 Series A Senior Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
The per annum interest rate on the Series A Senior Notes will be equal to the Three Month LIBOR Rate plus 60 basis points (0.60%); provided that the per annum interest rate for
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the period from the Original Issue Date to the first LIBOR Rate Reset Date will be 2.93000% per annum (the “Initial Interest Rate”). The per annum interest rate shall be reset on each LIBOR Rate Reset Date.
If any LIBOR Rate Reset Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the LIBOR Rate Reset Date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that if that Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, the LIBOR Rate Reset Date will be the next preceding Business Day. The interest rate in effect on any LIBOR Rate Reset Date will be the applicable rate as reset on that date. The interest rate applicable to any other day will either be the Initial Interest Rate or the interest rate as reset on the immediately preceding LIBOR Rate Reset Date.
Payments of interest on the Series A Senior Notes will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments for the Series A Senior Notes shall be computed and paid on the basis of the actual number of days in the relevant quarterly period (including the first day of the quarterly period and excluding the last day of the quarterly period) divided by 360. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Series A Senior Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect of any such delay), except that if that business day is in the next succeeding calendar month, the Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding business day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Series A Senior Note will be made at the office of the Paying Agent, in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, 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, with any such payment that is due at the Stated Maturity of any Series A Senior Note, or upon redemption or repurchase being made upon surrender of such Series A Senior Note to such office or agency; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest, subject to such surrender where applicable, may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto.
The interest rate payable on the Series A Senior Notes is subject to adjustment for certain changes in the credit ratings assigned to the Series A Senior Notes as provided for in Section 104 of the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture (as defined herein).
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Series A 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 Series A Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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By: ____________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:____________________________
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within‑mentioned Indenture.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as
Trustee
By:________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Dated:
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[REVERSE OF 2018 SERIES A Floating Rate SENIOR NOTE]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture dated as of June 1, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), as heretofore supplemented and as further supplemented by a Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2018 (the “Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, as it may be hereafter supplemented or amended from time to time, the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), by and between the Company and the Trustee, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (the “Series A Senior Notes”) which is unlimited in aggregate principal amount.
The Series A Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time on or after the first Business Day after the date that is six months following the Original Issue Date, at the option of the Company, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to Series A Senior Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Series A Senior Notes 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 Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee for the series of Securities affected, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Series A Senior Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Series A Senior Note and of any Series A Senior Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Series A Senior Note.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Series A 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 have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Series A Senior Notes, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Series A Senior Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have
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received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Series A Senior Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for sixty (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 Series A Senior Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or premium, if any, or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Series A 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, premium, if any, and interest on this Series A 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 Series A Senior Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Series A Senior Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Series A Senior Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Series A Senior Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Series A Senior Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any greater integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Series A Senior Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Series A Senior Notes having the same Stated Maturity and of like tenor of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder upon surrender of the Series A Senior Note or Series A Senior Notes to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Company.
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 Series A 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 Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Series A 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 Series A Senior Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM ‑as tenants in common
TEN ENT ‑as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN ‑as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto
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Dated: __________________ __, ____
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.
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DOMINION Energy, INC.
2018 SERIES A SENIOR NOTE
DUE 2020
No. R-__
SCHEDULE I**
The initial principal amount of this Series A Senior Note is: $__________________
The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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