Westar Energy, Inc. $125,000,000 First Mortgage Bonds, 5.15% Series Due 2017 $125,000,000 First Mortgage Bonds, 5.95% Series Due 2035 Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • January 18th, 2005 • Westar Energy Inc /Ks • Electric & other services combined • New York
Westar Energy, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Kansas (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, $125,000,000 principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 5.15% Series Due 2017 (the “Series 2017 Bonds”) and $125,000,000 principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 5.95% Series Due 2035 (the “Series 2035 Bonds” and, together with the Series 2017 Bonds, the “Securities”), to be issued under and secured by the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated July 1, 1939, between the Company and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as successor to Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by thirty-seven indentures supplemental thereto (such Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as amended and supplemented by thirty-seven supplemental indentures, being hereinafter called the “Mortgage”) and as to be amended and sup
