As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2011.
Subject to Amendment.
Registration No. 333-172698
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Gulf Power Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
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Florida
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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59-0276810
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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500 Bayfront
Parkway
Pensacola, Florida 32520
(850) 444-6111
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of the registrants principal executive offices)
SUSAN D. RITENOUR
Secretary and Treasurer
Gulf Power Company
One Energy Place
Pensacola, Florida 32520
(850) 444-6111
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service of the registrant)
The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to:
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ART P. BEATTIE
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
30 Ivan Allen, Jr. Blvd., N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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MELISSA K. CAEN
Vice President, Associate
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.
30 Ivan Allen, Jr. Blvd., N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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ERIC A. KOONTZ
TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date
of this registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in
connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box:
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If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.
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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become
effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register
additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
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Amount
to be
Registered(1)
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Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit(1)(2)(3)
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Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)(2)(3)
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Amount of
Registration
Fee(1)
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Gulf Power Company Class A Preferred Stock
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Gulf Power Company Preference Stock
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Gulf Power Company Senior Notes
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Gulf Power Company Junior Subordinated Notes
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Total
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$390,000,000
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100%
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$390,000,000
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$45,279(4)
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(1)
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There are being registered hereunder such presently indeterminate number of shares of Preference Stock and Class A Preferred Stock and such presently indeterminate
principal amount of Senior Notes and Junior Subordinated Notes of Gulf Power Company with an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $390,000,000. Pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, which permits the registration fee to
be calculated on the basis of the maximum offering price of all the securities listed, the table does not specify by each class information as to the amount to be registered, proposed maximum offering price per unit or proposed maximum aggregate
offering price.
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(2)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
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(3)
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Exclusive of accrued interest and dividends, if any.
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The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until
the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall
become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this
Amendment) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-172698) (the Registration Statement) of Gulf Power Company is being filed solely to include revised Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2. This Amendment does not
modify any other part of the Registration Statement. The contents of the Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
Information contained in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these
securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities, in any state where the
offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 17, 2011
PROSPECTUS
$390,000,000
Gulf Power Company
Class A Preferred Stock
Preference Stock
Senior Notes
Junior Subordinated Notes
We will provide the specific terms of these securities in
supplements to this Prospectus. You should read this Prospectus and the applicable Prospectus Supplement carefully before you invest.
See Risk Factors on page 2 for information on certain risks related to the purchase of securities offered by this
Prospectus.
Neither the Securities and
Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
, 2011
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This Prospectus is part of a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission) using a shelf registration process under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act). Under the shelf process, Gulf Power Company (the Company) may sell, in one or more
transactions,
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shares of Class A preferred stock (the Class A Preferred Stock),
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shares of preference stock (the Preference Stock),
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senior notes (the Senior Notes), or
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junior subordinated notes (the Junior Subordinated Notes)
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up to a total dollar amount of $390,000,000. This Prospectus provides a
general description of those securities. Each time the Company sells securities, the Company will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering (Prospectus Supplement). The
Prospectus Supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this Prospectus. You should read this Prospectus and the applicable Prospectus Supplement together with additional information under the heading Available
Information.
RISK FACTORS
Investing in the Companys securities involves risk.
Please see the risk factors described in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, which is incorporated by reference in this Prospectus. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully
consider these risks as well as other information contained or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus. The risks and uncertainties described are not the only ones facing the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to
the Company or that the Company currently deems immaterial may also impair its business operations, its financial results and the value of its securities.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company has filed with the Commission a combined registration statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement, which
term encompasses any amendments to the Registration Statement and exhibits to the Registration Statement) under the 1933 Act. As permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission, this Prospectus does not contain all of the information set
forth in the Registration Statement and the exhibits and schedules to the Registration Statement, to which reference is made.
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act),
and in accordance with the 1934 Act files reports and other information with the Commission. Such reports and other information can be inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room of the Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington,
D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Commission maintains a Web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information
regarding registrants including the Company that file electronically at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, reports and other material concerning the Company can be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New
York 10005 on which exchange certain of the Companys outstanding securities are listed.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to the 1934 Act and are incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and made a part of this Prospectus:
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the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010; and
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(b)
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the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 20, 2011.
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All documents filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to the date of the initial filing of the Registration Statement and prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and
prior to the termination of this offering shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and made a part of this Prospectus from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, the Company is not incorporating any
information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K unless specifically stated otherwise. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this Prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person,
including any beneficial owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus (other than the exhibits to such documents unless
such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in this Prospectus). Such requests should be directed to Susan D. Ritenour, Secretary and Treasurer, Gulf Power Company, One Energy Place, Pensacola, Florida 32520, telephone: (850) 444-6111.
GULF POWER COMPANY
The Company was organized under the laws of the State of
Maine on November 2, 1925, and was admitted to do business in Florida on January 15, 1926, in Mississippi on October 25, 1976 and in Georgia on November 20, 1984. Effective as of November 2, 2005, the Company was domesticated as a Florida
corporation. Under applicable laws of the State of Florida and the State of Maine, the Companys legal existence was uninterrupted, with only its state of incorporation changed. The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 500
Bayfront Parkway, Pensacola, Florida 32520, and the telephone number is (850) 444-6111.
The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Southern Company. The Company is engaged, within the northwestern portion of the State of Florida, in the generation and purchase of electricity and the
transmission, distribution and sale of such electricity at retail in 71 communities (including Pensacola, Panama City and Fort Walton Beach), as well as in rural areas, and at wholesale to a non-affiliated utility and a municipality.
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SELECTED INFORMATION
The following material, which is presented in this Prospectus solely to furnish limited introductory
information regarding the Company, has been selected from, or is based upon, the detailed information and financial statements appearing in the documents incorporated in this Prospectus by reference or elsewhere in this Prospectus, is qualified in
its entirety by reference to those documents and, therefore, should be read together with those documents.
Gulf Power Company
Business
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Generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy
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Service Area
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Approximately 7,400 square miles within the northwestern portion of the State of Florida
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Customers at December 31, 2010
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430,658
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Generating Capacity at December 31, 2010 (kilowatts)
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2,662,600
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Sources of Generation during 2010 (kilowatt-hours)
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Coal (78%), Gas (22%)
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Certain Ratios
The following table sets forth the Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Earnings to Fixed Charges Plus Preferred and Preference Dividend Requirements (Pre-Income Tax Basis) for the periods indicated.
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Year Ended December 31,
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2006
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2008
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2010
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(1)
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3.81
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3.95
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4.37
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4.56
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4.64
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges Plus Preferred and Preference Dividend Requirements (Pre-Income Tax Basis)(2)
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3.41
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3.50
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3.64
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3.84
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3.94
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This ratio is computed as follows: (i) Earnings have been calculated by adding to Earnings Before Income Taxes Interest expense, net of
amounts capitalized and the debt portion of allowance for funds used during construction and (ii) Fixed Charges consist of Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized and the debt portion of allowance for funds
used during construction.
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In computing this ratio, Preferred and Preference Dividend Requirements represent the before tax earnings necessary to pay such dividends, computed at the
effective tax rates for the applicable periods.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as may be otherwise described in an applicable
Prospectus Supplement, the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Class A Preferred Stock, the Preference Stock, the Senior Notes or the Junior Subordinated Notes will be used in connection with its ongoing construction program,
to pay scheduled maturities and/or refundings of its securities, to repay short-term indebtedness to the extent outstanding and for other general corporate purposes.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS A PREFERRED STOCK
Set forth below is a description of the general terms of the
Class A Preferred Stock. The statements in this Prospectus concerning the Class A Preferred Stock are an outline and do not purport to be complete. Such statements make use of defined terms and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the Charter) and the amendments thereto, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. The general provisions
which apply to the preferred stock of the Company of all classes, which are now or may at a later time be authorized or created, are set forth in the Charter.
General
Each series of the Class A Preferred Stock, par value $25 per share, is to be created by the Board of Directors of the Company (the
Board of Directors) through an amendment to the Charter, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
As of December 31, 2010, the Company had 10,000,000
authorized shares of Class A Preferred Stock. In addition to the Class A Preferred Stock, the Company has authorized 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value of $100 per share (the Preferred Stock). As of December 31, 2010, there
were no outstanding shares of the Class A Preferred Stock or the Preferred Stock. The Class A Preferred Stock ranks equally with the Preferred Stock with respect to dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company. The Class A Preferred Stock and the Preferred Stock rank senior to the Preference Stock, the Companys common stock and any other securities the Company may issue in the future that by their terms rank junior to the Class A Preferred
Stock and the Preferred Stock with respect to dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. All shares of the Class A Preferred Stock will rank on a parity with respect to dividends and amounts payable
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.
The Class A Preferred Stock will not be subject to further calls or assessment by the Company.
Any proposed listing of the Class A Preferred Stock on a securities exchange will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the transfer agent for the Class A Preferred Stock will be Mellon Investor Services LLC, P.O. Box 358035, Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8035, which will also serve as the registrar.
Dividend Rights and Provisions
Dividends on the Class A Preferred Stock are payable, when and if declared by the Board of Directors, at the rate per annum determined for
each respective series. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, dividends will be payable to holders of record of the Class A Preferred Stock as they appear on the books of the Company on the record dates fixed by the
Board of Directors.
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So long as any shares of the Preferred Stock or the Class A Preferred Stock are outstanding,
no dividends may be declared or paid upon or set apart for the Preference Stock, the Companys common stock or any other class of stock of the Company over which the Preferred Stock and the Class A Preferred Stock have a preference as to the
payment of dividends, unless: (1) full dividends on all shares of cumulative Preferred Stock and cumulative Class A Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set
apart and full dividends on such Preferred Stock and Class A Preferred Stock for the then current dividend period have been or concurrently are declared; and (2) full dividends for the then current dividend period on all shares of non-cumulative
Preferred Stock and non-cumulative Class A Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set aside.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will set forth the
dividend rate provisions of the Class A Preferred Stock, including the payment dates and the rate or rates, or the method of determining the rate or rates (which may involve periodic dividend rate settings through remarketing or auction procedures
or pursuant to one or more formulae, as described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement), and whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates.
Redemption Provisions
The redemption provisions applicable to the Class A
Preferred Stock will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Voting Rights
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the voting rights for each series of the Class A Preferred Stock.
Liquidation Rights
Upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, the holders of
the Preferred Stock and the Class A Preferred Stock of each series, without preference among series, are entitled to receive the amount specified to be payable on the shares of such series before any distribution of assets may be made to the holders
of the Preference Stock and the Companys common stock. Available assets, if insufficient to pay such amounts to the holders of the Preferred Stock and the Class A Preferred Stock, are to be distributed pro rata to the payment, first of the
amount per share payable in the event of involuntary liquidation, second of accrued dividends, if any, and third of any premium.
Sinking Fund
The terms and conditions of a sinking or purchase fund, if any, for the benefit of the holders of the Class A Preferred Stock will be set
forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Other Rights
The holders of the Class A Preferred Stock
do not have any pre-emptive or conversion rights, except as otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERENCE STOCK
Set forth below is a description of the general terms of the
Preference Stock. The statements in this Prospectus concerning the Preference Stock are an outline and do not purport to be complete. Such statements make use of defined terms and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Charter and the
amendments thereto, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. The general provisions
which apply to the Preference Stock of the Company of all classes, which are now or may later be authorized or created, are set forth in the Charter.
General
Each series of the Preference Stock, par value $100 per share, is to be created by the Board of Directors through an amendment to the
Charter, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
As of December 31, 2010, the Company had 10,000,000 authorized shares of Preference Stock, of which 1,000,000 shares ($100,000,000
aggregate liquidation amount) of non-cumulative Preference Stock were outstanding. In addition, as of December 31, 2010, there were no outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock or the Class A Preferred Stock. The Preference Stock ranks junior to the
Preferred Stock and the Class A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. The Preference Stock ranks senior to the Companys common stock and to any other
securities the Company may issue in the future that by their terms rank junior to the Preference Stock with respect to dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. All shares of the Preference Stock will
rank on a parity with respect to dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.
The Preference Stock will not be subject to further calls or to assessment by the Company.
Any proposed listing of the Preference Stock on a securities
exchange will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the transfer agent for the Preference Stock will be Mellon Investor
Services LLC, P.O. Box 358035, Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8035, which will also serve as the registrar.
Dividend Rights and Provisions
Dividends on the Preference Stock are payable, when and if declared by the Board of Directors, at the rate per annum determined for each respective series. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, dividends will be payable to holders of record of the Preference Stock as they appear on the books of the Company on the record date fixed by the Board of Directors.
So long as any shares of the Preferred Stock or the Class A Preferred Stock are outstanding, no dividends may
be declared or paid upon or set apart for the Preference Stock, the Companys common stock or any other class of stock of the Company over which the Preferred Stock and the Class A Preferred Stock have a preference as to the payment of
dividends, unless: (1) full dividends on all shares of cumulative Preferred Stock and cumulative Class A Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set apart
and full dividends on such Preferred Stock and Class A Preferred Stock for the then current dividend period have been or concurrently are declared; and (2) full dividends for the then current dividend period on all shares of non-cumulative Preferred
Stock and non-cumulative Class A Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set aside.
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The applicable Prospectus Supplement will set forth the dividend rate provisions of the
Preference Stock, including the payment dates and the rate or rates, or the method of determining the rate or rates (which may involve periodic dividend rate settings through remarketing or auction procedures or pursuant to one or more formulae, as
described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement), and whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates.
Redemption Provisions
The redemption provisions applicable to the Preference Stock will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Voting Rights
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the
voting rights for each series of the Preference Stock.
Liquidation Rights
Upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, the holders of the Preference Stock of each series, without preference among series, are
entitled to receive, out of the Companys assets available for distribution to the holders of the Preference Stock following the satisfaction of all claims ranking senior to the Preference Stock, including the claims of the holders of any
outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock or the Class A Preferred Stock, the amount specified as payable on the shares of such series before any distribution of assets may be made to the holders of the Companys common stock. Available assets,
if insufficient to pay such amounts to the holders of the Preference Stock, are to be distributed pro rata to the payment, first of the amount per share payable in the event of involuntary liquidation, second of accrued dividends, if any, and third
of any premium.
Sinking Fund
The terms and conditions of a sinking or purchase fund, if
any, for the benefit of the holders of the Preference Stock will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Other Rights
The holders of the Preference Stock do not have any pre-emptive or conversion rights, except as otherwise described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF THE
SENIOR NOTES
Set forth below is a description
of the general terms of the Senior Notes. The following description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Senior Note Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1998, between the Company and
The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as trustee (the Senior Note Indenture Trustee), as to be supplemented by a supplemental indenture to the Senior Note
Indenture establishing the Senior Notes of each series (the Senior Note Indenture, as so supplemented, is referred to as the Senior Note Indenture), the forms of which are filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus forms a part. The terms of the Senior Notes will include those stated in the Senior Note Indenture and those made a part of the Senior Note Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the 1939 Act).
Certain capitalized terms used in this Prospectus and not defined in this Prospectus are defined in the Senior Note Indenture.
General
The Senior Notes will be issued as unsecured senior debt securities under the Senior Note Indenture and will rank equally with all other
unsecured and unsubordinated debt of the Company. The Senior Notes will be
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effectively subordinated to all existing and future secured debt of the Company, aggregating approximately $41,000,000 outstanding at December 31, 2010. The Senior Note Indenture does not limit
the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes that may be issued under the Senior Note Indenture and provides that Senior Notes may be issued from time to time in one or more series pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Senior Note
Indenture. The Senior Note Indenture gives the Company the ability to reopen a previous issue of Senior Notes and issue additional Senior Notes of such series, unless otherwise provided.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement that will accompany this Prospectus for the following terms of
the series of Senior Notes being offered by such Prospectus Supplement: (i) the title of such Senior Notes; (ii) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of such Senior Notes; (iii) the date or dates on which the principal of such Senior Notes is
payable; (iv) the rate or rates at which such Senior Notes shall bear interest, if any, or any method by which such rate or rates will be determined, the date or dates from which such interest will accrue, the interest payment dates on which such
interest shall be payable, and the regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date; (v) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Senior Notes shall be payable; (vi) the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions on which such Senior Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or at the option of the holder prior to their maturity; (vii) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase such Senior Notes; (viii) the denominations in which such Senior Notes shall be issuable; (ix) if other than the principal amount of the Senior Notes, the portion of the principal amount of
such Senior Notes which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity of such Senior Notes; (x) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company as provided in the Senior Note
Indenture pertaining to such Senior Notes; (xi) whether such Senior Notes shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security; and (xii) any other terms of such Senior Notes.
The Senior Note Indenture does not contain provisions that afford holders of Senior Notes protection in the
event of a highly leveraged transaction involving the Company.
Events of Default
The Senior Note Indenture provides that any one or more of the following described events with respect to the Senior Notes of any series,
which has occurred and is continuing, constitutes an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of such series:
(a) failure for 10 days to pay interest on the Senior Notes of such series, when due on an interest payment
date other than at maturity or upon earlier redemption; or
(b) failure to pay principal or premium, if any, or interest on the Senior Notes of such series when due at maturity or upon earlier redemption; or
(c) failure for three Business
Days to deposit any sinking fund payment when due by the terms of a Senior Note of such series; or
(d) failure to observe or perform any other covenant or warranty of the Company in the Senior Note Indenture
(other than a covenant or warranty which has expressly been included in the Senior Note Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Senior Notes other than such series) for 90 days after written notice to the Company from the Senior
Note Indenture Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes of such series; or
(e) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company.
The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes of any series have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Senior Note Indenture Trustee with respect to the Senior Notes of such
series. If a Senior Note Indenture Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Senior Notes of any series, then the Senior Note
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Indenture Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes of such series may declare the principal amount of the Senior Notes due and
payable immediately by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Senior Note Indenture Trustee if given by the holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount shall become immediately due and payable. At any time after such a
declaration of acceleration with respect to the Senior Notes of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained as provided in Article Five of the Senior Note Indenture, the holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes of such series may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if the default has been cured or waived and the Company has paid or deposited with the Senior
Note Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by acceleration and all sums paid or advanced by the Senior Note Indenture Trustee, including reasonable compensation and expenses
of the Senior Note Indenture Trustee.
The holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes of any series may, on behalf of the holders of all the Senior Notes of such series, waive any past default with respect to such series, except (i) a default in
the payment of principal or interest or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or provision which under Article Nine of the Senior Note Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Senior Note of
such series affected.
Registration and Transfer
The Company shall not be required to (i)
issue, register the transfer of or exchange Senior Notes of any series during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the Senior Notes of such series called for redemption, or (ii) issue, register the transfer
of or exchange any Senior Notes so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Senior Note being redeemed in part.
Payment and Paying Agent
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of principal of any Senior Notes will be made only against
surrender to the Paying Agent of such Senior Notes. Principal of and interest on Senior Notes will be payable, subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at the office of such Paying Agent or Paying Agents as the Company may designate from time
to time, except that, at the option of the Company, payment of any interest may be made by wire transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to an interest payment as such address shall appear in the Security Register with
respect to the Senior Notes. Payment of interest on Senior Notes on any interest payment date will be made to the person in whose name the Senior Notes (or predecessor security) are registered at the close of business on the record date for such
interest payment.
Unless otherwise indicated in
an applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Senior Note Indenture Trustee will act as Paying Agent with respect to the Senior Notes. The Company may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or rescind the designation of any Paying Agents or
approve a change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts.
All moneys paid by the Company to a Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Senior Notes of any series which remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal or
interest shall have become due and payable will be repaid to the Company, and the holder of such Senior Notes will from that time forward look only to the Company for payment of such principal and interest.
Modification
The Senior Note Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Senior Note Indenture Trustee,
with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes of each series that is affected, to modify the Senior Note Indenture or the rights of the holders of the Senior Notes of such series;
provided that no such modification may, without the consent of the holder of each
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outstanding Senior Note that is affected, (i) change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Senior Note, or reduce the principal amount of
any Senior Note or the rate of interest on any Senior Note or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the method of calculating the rate of interest on any Senior Note, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after the stated maturity of any Senior Note (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date), or (ii) reduce the percentage of principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes of any series, the consent of
whose holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of the Senior Note Indenture or certain defaults under the Senior Note Indenture and
their consequences) provided for in the Senior Note Indenture, or (iii) modify any of the provisions of the Senior Note Indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waiver of past defaults, or waiver of certain covenants, except to increase any
such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Senior Note Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Senior Note that is affected.
In addition, the Company and the Senior Note Indenture
Trustee may execute, without the consent of any holders of Senior Notes, any supplemental indenture for certain other usual purposes, including the creation of any new series of Senior Notes.
Consolidation, Merger and Sale
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any person, unless (1) such other corporation or person is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state in the United States or the District of Columbia and such other
corporation or person expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Senior Note Indenture Trustee, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Senior Notes and the performance of every
covenant of the Senior Note Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; (2) immediately after giving effect to such transactions, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an
Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and (3) the Company has delivered to the Senior Note Indenture Trustee an officers certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such transaction complies with the provisions
of the Senior Note Indenture governing consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and that all conditions precedent to the transaction have been complied with.
Information Concerning the Senior Note Indenture Trustee
The Senior Note Indenture Trustee, prior to an Event of
Default with respect to Senior Notes of any series, undertakes to perform, with respect to Senior Notes of such series, only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Senior Note Indenture and, in case an Event of Default with respect to
Senior Notes of any series has occurred and is continuing, shall exercise, with respect to Senior Notes of such series, the same degree of care as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to such
provision, the Senior Note Indenture Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Senior Note Indenture at the request of any holder of Senior Notes of any series, unless offered reasonable indemnity by such
holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Senior Note Indenture Trustee. The Senior Note Indenture Trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of its duties if the Senior Note Indenture Trustee reasonably believes that repayment or adequate indemnity is not reasonably assured to it.
The Bank of New York Mellon, the Senior Note Indenture Trustee, also serves as Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee. The Company and
certain of its affiliates maintain deposit accounts and banking relationships with The Bank of New York Mellon. The Bank of New York Mellon and certain of its affiliates also serve as trustee under other indentures pursuant to which securities of
the Company and certain of its affiliates are outstanding.
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Governing Law
The Senior Note Indenture and the Senior Notes will be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.
Miscellaneous
The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its rights or obligations under the Senior Note Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; provided, that, in
the event of any such assignment, the Company will remain primarily liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, the Senior Note Indenture will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties of the Senior Note Indenture and
their respective successors and assigns.
DESCRIPTION OF THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES
Set forth below is a description of the general terms of the
Junior Subordinated Notes. The following description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Subordinated Note Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1997, between the Company and The Bank
of New York Mellon (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as trustee (the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee), as to be supplemented by a supplemental indenture to the Subordinated Note
Indenture establishing the Junior Subordinated Notes of each series (the Subordinated Note Indenture, as so supplemented, is referred to as the Subordinated Note Indenture), the forms of which are filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. The terms of the Junior Subordinated Notes will include those stated in the Subordinated Note Indenture and those made a part of the Subordinated Note Indenture by reference to the 1939 Act. Certain
capitalized terms used in this Prospectus and not defined in this Prospectus are defined in the Subordinated Note Indenture.
General
The Junior Subordinated Notes will be issued as unsecured junior subordinated debt securities under the Subordinated Note Indenture. The
Subordinated Note Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Junior Subordinated Notes that may be issued under the Subordinated Note Indenture and provides that Junior Subordinated Notes may be issued from time to time in one or
more series pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Subordinated Note Indenture. The Subordinated Note Indenture gives the Company the ability to reopen a previous issue of Junior Subordinated Notes and issue additional Junior Subordinated
Notes of such series, unless otherwise provided.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement that will accompany this Prospectus for the following terms of the series of Junior
Subordinated Notes being offered by such Prospectus Supplement: (i) the title of such Junior Subordinated Notes; (ii) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of such Junior Subordinated Notes; (iii) the date or dates on which the principal of
such Junior Subordinated Notes is payable; (iv) the rate or rates at which such Junior Subordinated Notes shall bear interest, if any, or any method by which such rate or rates will be determined, the date or dates from which such interest will
accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable, and the regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date; (v) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
on such Junior Subordinated Notes shall be payable; (vi) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions on which such Junior Subordinated Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company or at the option of the holder prior to their maturity; (vii) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase such Junior Subordinated Notes; (viii) the denominations in which such Junior Subordinated Notes shall be
issuable; (ix) if other than the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes, the portion of the principal amount of such Junior Subordinated Notes which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity of such Junior
Subordinated Notes; (x) any deletions from, modifications of or
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additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company as provided in the Subordinated Note Indenture pertaining to such Junior Subordinated Notes; (xi) whether such Junior
Subordinated Notes shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security; (xii) the right, if any, of the Company to extend the interest payment periods of such Junior Subordinated Notes; and (xiii) any other terms of such Junior
Subordinated Notes.
The Subordinated Note
Indenture does not contain provisions that afford holders of Junior Subordinated Notes protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction involving the Company.
Subordination
The Junior Subordinated Notes are subordinated and junior in
right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined below) of the Company. No payment of principal of (including redemption payments, if any), or premium, if any, or interest on (including Additional Interest (as defined below)) the Junior
Subordinated Notes may be made if (a) any Senior Indebtedness is not paid when due and any applicable grace period with respect to such default has ended with such default not being cured or waived or otherwise ceasing to exist, or (b) the maturity
of any Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated because of a default, or (c) notice has been given of the exercise of an option to require repayment, mandatory payment or prepayment or otherwise of the Senior Indebtedness. Upon any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company to creditors upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshalling of assets or liabilities, or any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings of
the Company, the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the Junior Subordinated Notes are entitled to receive
or retain any payment or distribution. Subject to the prior payment of all Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the holders of the Junior Subordinated Notes will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments and
distributions applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until all amounts owing on the Junior Subordinated Notes are paid in full.
The term Senior Indebtedness means, with respect to the Company, (i) any payment due in respect of indebtedness of the
Company, whether outstanding at the date of execution of the Subordinated Note Indenture or incurred, created or assumed after the execution of the Subordinated Note Indenture, (a) in respect of money borrowed (including any financial derivative,
hedging or futures contract or similar instrument) and (b) evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds, notes or other similar instruments issued by the Company that, by their terms, are senior or senior subordinated debt securities including,
without limitation, all such obligations under its indentures with various trustees; (ii) all capital lease obligations; (iii) all obligations issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all
obligations of the Company under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business and long-term purchase obligations); (iv) all obligations for the reimbursement of any letter of credit,
bankers acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction; (v) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above of other persons the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor,
guarantor or otherwise; and (vi) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company), except
for (1) any such indebtedness that is by its terms subordinated to or that ranks equally with the Junior Subordinated Notes and (2) any unsecured indebtedness between or among the Company or its affiliates. Such Senior Indebtedness shall continue to
be Senior Indebtedness and be entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions contained in the Subordinated Note Indenture irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of such Senior Indebtedness.
The Subordinated Note Indenture does not limit the aggregate
amount of Senior Indebtedness that may be issued by the Company. As of December 31, 2010, Senior Indebtedness of the Company aggregated approximately $1,324,000,000.
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Additional Interest
Additional Interest is defined in the
Subordinated Note Indenture as any interest due and not paid on an interest payment date, together with interest on such interest due from such interest payment date to the date of payment, compounded quarterly, on each interest payment date.
Certain Covenants
The Company covenants in the Subordinated Note Indenture,
for the benefit of the holders of each series of Junior Subordinated Notes, that, if at such time the Company shall have given notice of its election to extend an interest payment period for such series of Junior Subordinated Notes and such
extension shall be continuing, or if at such time an Event of Default under the Subordinated Note Indenture with respect to such series of Junior Subordinated Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, (a) the Company shall not declare or pay any
dividend or make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock, and (b) the Company shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or
repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities (including guarantees) issued by the Company which rank equally with or junior to the Junior Subordinated Notes. None of the foregoing, however, shall restrict (i) any of the actions described in the
preceding sentence resulting from any reclassifications of the Companys capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Companys capital stock for another class or series of the Companys capital stock, or
(ii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Companys capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged.
Events of Default
The Subordinated Note Indenture provides that any one or
more of the following described events with respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes of any series, which has occurred and is continuing, constitutes an Event of Default with respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series:
(a) failure for 10
days to pay interest on the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series, including any Additional Interest in respect of the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series, when due on an interest payment date other than at maturity or upon earlier
redemption; provided, however, that a valid extension of the interest payment period by the Company shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose; or
(b) failure to pay principal or
premium, if any, or interest, including Additional Interest, on the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series when due at maturity or upon earlier redemption; or
(c) failure for three Business
Days to deposit any sinking fund payment when due by the terms of a Junior Subordinated Note of such series; or
(d) failure to observe or perform any other covenant or warranty of the Company in the Subordinated Note
Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty which has expressly been included in the Subordinated Note Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Junior Subordinated Notes other than such series) for 90 days after written notice to
the Company from the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Junior Subordinated Notes of such series; or
(e) certain events of bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization of the Company.
The
holders of not less than a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes of any series have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee with respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series. If a Subordinated Note Indenture Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes of any series, then the
Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series may declare the principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes due and payable
immediately by notice in writing to the
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Company (and to the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee if given by the holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount shall become immediately due and payable. At any time after
such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes of any series had been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained as provided in Article Five of the Subordinated Note
Indenture, the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if the default has been cured or waived and the
Company has paid or deposited with the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest (including any Additional Interest) and principal due otherwise than by acceleration and all sums paid or
advanced by the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee, including reasonable compensation and expenses of the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee.
The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes of any series may, on
behalf of the holders of all the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series, waive any past default with respect to such series, except (i) a default in the payment of principal or interest or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or provision which
under Article Nine of the Subordinated Note Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Junior Subordinated Note of such series affected.
Registration and Transfer
The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange Junior Subordinated Notes of any series during a
period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series called for redemption, or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Junior Subordinated Notes so selected for redemption,
in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Junior Subordinated Note being redeemed in part.
Payment and Paying Agent
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of principal of any Junior Subordinated Notes will be made only against surrender to the Paying Agent of such Junior Subordinated
Notes. Principal of and interest on Junior Subordinated Notes will be payable, subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at the office of such Paying Agent or Paying Agents as the Company may designate from time to time, except that, at the
option of the Company, payment of any interest may be made by wire transfer or other electronic transfer or by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to an interest payment as such address shall appear in the Security Register with
respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes. Payment of interest on Junior Subordinated Notes on any interest payment date will be made to the person in whose name the Junior Subordinated Notes (or predecessor security) are registered at the close of
business on the record date for such interest payment.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee will act as Paying Agent with respect to the Junior Subordinated Notes. The Company may at any
time designate additional Paying Agents or rescind the designation of any Paying Agents or approve a change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts.
All moneys paid by the Company to a Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Junior Subordinated Notes of any
series which remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal or interest shall have become due and payable will be repaid to the Company, and the holder of such Junior Subordinated Notes will from that time forward look only to the
Company for payment of such principal and interest.
Modification
The Subordinated Note Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee, with the consent
of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
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outstanding Junior Subordinated Notes of each series that is affected, to modify the Subordinated Note Indenture or the rights of the holders of the Junior Subordinated Notes of such series;
provided, that no such modification may, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Junior Subordinated Note that is affected, (i) change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any
Junior Subordinated Note, or reduce the principal amount of any Junior Subordinated Note or the rate of interest (including Additional Interest) on any Junior Subordinated Note or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the method
of calculating the rate of interest on any Junior Subordinated Note, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the stated maturity of any Junior Subordinated Note (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the redemption date), or (ii) reduce the percentage of principal amount of the outstanding Junior Subordinated Notes of any series, the consent of whose holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose holders
is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of the Subordinated Note Indenture or certain defaults under the Subordinated Note Indenture and their consequences) provided for in the Subordinated Note Indenture, or (iii) modify
any of the provisions of the Subordinated Note Indenture relating to supplemental indentures, waiver of past defaults, or waiver of certain covenants, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the
Subordinated Note Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Junior Subordinated Note that is affected, or (iv) modify the provisions of the Subordinated Note Indenture with respect to the
subordination of the Junior Subordinated Notes in a manner adverse to such holder.
In addition, the Company and the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee may execute, without the consent of any holders of Junior Subordinated Notes, any supplemental indenture for certain other usual
purposes, including the creation of any new series of Junior Subordinated Notes.
Consolidation, Merger and Sale
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person, unless (1) such other
corporation or person is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia and such other corporation or person expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture executed
and delivered to the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest (including Additional Interest) on all the Junior Subordinated Notes and the performance of every covenant of the
Subordinated Note Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; (2) immediately after giving effect to such transactions, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event
of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and (3) the Company has delivered to the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee an officers certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such transaction complies with the provisions
of the Subordinated Note Indenture governing consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and that all conditions precedent to the transaction have been complied with.
Information Concerning the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee
The Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee,
prior to an Event of Default with respect to Junior Subordinated Notes of any series, undertakes to perform, with respect to Junior Subordinated Notes of such series, only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Subordinated Note Indenture
and, in case an Event of Default with respect to Junior Subordinated Notes of any series has occurred and is continuing, shall exercise, with respect to Junior Subordinated Notes of such series, the same degree of care as a prudent individual would
exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to such provision, the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Subordinated Note Indenture at the request of any holder
of Junior Subordinated Notes of any series, unless offered reasonable indemnity by such holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee. The Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee is
not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties if the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee reasonably believes that repayment or adequate indemnity is not reasonably assured to
it.
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The Bank of New York Mellon, the Subordinated Note Indenture Trustee, also serves as Senior
Note Indenture Trustee. The Company and certain of its affiliates maintain deposit accounts and banking relationships with The Bank of New York Mellon. The Bank of New York Mellon and certain of its affiliates also serve as trustee under other
indentures pursuant to which securities of the Company and certain of its affiliates are outstanding.
Governing Law
The Subordinated Note Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.
Miscellaneous
The Company will have the right at all times to assign any
of its rights or obligations under the Subordinated Note Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; provided, that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company will remain primarily liable for all such
obligations. Subject to the foregoing, the Subordinated Note Indenture will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to the Subordinated Note Indenture and their respective successors and assigns.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell the Class A Preferred Stock, the
Preference Stock, the Senior Notes and the Junior Subordinated Notes in one or more of the following ways from time to time: (i) to underwriters for resale to the public or to institutional investors; (ii) directly to institutional investors;
or (iii) through agents to the public or to institutional investors. The Prospectus Supplement with respect to each series of Class A Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or Junior Subordinated Notes will set forth the terms of the
offering of such Class A Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or Junior Subordinated Notes, including the name or names of any underwriters or agents, the purchase price of such Class A Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or
Junior Subordinated Notes and the proceeds to the Company from such sale, any underwriting discounts or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters or agents compensation, any initial public offering price, any discounts or
concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers and any securities exchange on which such Class A Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or Junior Subordinated Notes may be listed.
If underwriters participate in the sale, such Class A
Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or Junior Subordinated Notes will be acquired by the underwriters for their own accounts and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed
public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale.
Unless otherwise set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase any series of Class A Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or Junior Subordinated Notes
will be subject to certain conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of such series of Class A Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or Junior Subordinated Notes, if any are purchased.
Underwriters and agents may be entitled under agreements
entered into with the Company to indemnification against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the 1933 Act. Underwriters and agents and their affiliates may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, the Company in the
ordinary course of business.
Each series of Class
A Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or Junior Subordinated Notes will be a new issue of securities and will have no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom Class A Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or Junior
Subordinated Notes are sold for public offering and sale may make a market in such Class A Preferred Stock, Preference Stock, Senior Notes or Junior Subordinated Notes, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any
market making at any time without notice. The Class A Preferred Stock, the Preference Stock, the Senior Notes or the Junior Subordinated Notes may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Class A Preferred Stock, the Preference
Stock, the Senior Notes, the Junior Subordinated Notes and certain matters relating to such securities will be passed upon on behalf of the Company by Beggs & Lane, a Registered Limited Liability Partnership, Pensacola, Florida, and by Troutman
Sanders LLP, Atlanta, Georgia. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the underwriters by Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York, New York. From time to time, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP acts as counsel to affiliates of the Company for some matters.
EXPERTS
The financial statements and the related financial statement
schedule incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are
incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements and financial statement schedule have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14.
Other Expenses of Issuance and
Distribution.
The estimated
expenses of issuance and distribution, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, to be borne by the Company are as follows:
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$
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45,279
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Fees and expenses of trustees and/or Transfer Agent and Registrar
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20,000
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Listing fees of New York Stock Exchange
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44,200
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Printing expenses
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80,000
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Rating Agency fees
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358,000
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Services of Southern Company Services, Inc.
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80,010
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Fees and expenses of counsel
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280,000
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Blue sky fees and expenses
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20,000
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Fees of accountants
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250,000
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Miscellaneous expenses
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47,521
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Total
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$
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1,225,000
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*
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Each Prospectus Supplement will reflect estimated expenses of the Company based upon the amount of the related offering.
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Item 15.
Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.
The Florida Business
Corporation Act, as amended (the FBCA), provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party to any proceeding (other than an action by, or in the right of, the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including any appeal thereof, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect
to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of proceedings by or in the right of the corporation, the FBCA provides that, in general, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or
is a party to such proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against expenses and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or
settlement of such proceeding, including the appeal thereof, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the corporation, and provided further that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim as to which such person is adjudged liable unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity. To the extent that
a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any of the proceedings described above, the FBCA provides that the corporation is required to indemnify such director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. The FBCA provides that expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal proceeding may be paid by
the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by such officer or director to repay such amounts if he or she is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification. The FBCA provides that a
corporation may make any other or further indemnification or advancement of expenses of any of its officers, directors, agents or employees under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, provided that
indemnification or advancement of expenses is not permitted if a judgment or final adjudication establishes that his or her actions, or omissions to act, were material to the cause of action and constitute: (i) a violation of criminal law, unless
the director, officer, employee or agent had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (ii) a transaction from which the director, officer, employee or agent
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derived an improper personal benefit; (iii) in the case of a director, a circumstance under which the director is liable for an unlawful distribution under the FBCA; or (iv) willful misconduct or
conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation.
Section 20 of the Bylaws of the Company provides in pertinent part as follows:
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any person made, or
threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending, or completed claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer or was an employee of the Company holding one or more management positions through and inclusive of managers (but not positions below the level of manager) or any such person is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against all expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred in connection with such claim, action, suit or proceeding, including any
appeal thereof, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. Such person shall also be entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the full extent permitted by law, subject to the conditions imposed by law and subject to providing
the Company a written undertaking by or on behalf of such person to pay amounts advanced if it shall be ultimately determined that such person was not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under this Section or otherwise. Nothing herein shall
restrict the power of the Company to provide indemnification or advancement of expenses to other employees or agents of the Company as otherwise permitted by law.
The right of indemnification under this
Section shall be a contract right inuring to the benefit of the person entitled to be indemnified hereunder and no amendment or repeal of this Section shall adversely affect any right of such person existing at the time of such amendment or repeal.
The indemnification provided hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, personal and legal representatives, and administrators or a person entitled to indemnification hereunder.
The right of indemnification under this
Section shall be in addition to and not exclusive of all other rights to which persons entitled to indemnification hereunder may be entitled. Nothing contained in this Section shall affect any rights to indemnification to which persons may be
entitled by contract or otherwise under law.
The
Company has an insurance policy covering its liabilities and expenses which might arise in connection with its lawful indemnification of its directors and officers for certain of their liabilities and expenses and also covering its officers and
directors against certain other liabilities and expenses.
Item
16.
Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number
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1.1
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Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Class A Preferred Stock.*
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1.2
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Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Preference Stock.*
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1.3
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Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Senior Notes.*
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1.4
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Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Junior Subordinated Notes.*
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4.1
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Senior Note Indenture dated as of January 1, 1998, between Gulf Power Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor
to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee, and indentures supplemented thereto through September 17, 2010 (Designated in Form 8-K dated June 17, 1998, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, in
Form 8-K dated August 17, 1999, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibit 4.2, in Form 8-K dated July 31, 2001, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibit 4.2, in Form 8-K dated October 5, 2001, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibit 4.2, in
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Exhibit
Number
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Form 8-K dated January 18, 2002, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibit 4.2, in Form 8-K dated March 21, 2003, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibit 4.2, in Form
8-K dated July 10, 2003, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, in Form 8-K dated September 5, 2003, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 4.1, in Form 8-K, dated April 6, 2004, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 4.1, in Form 8-K, dated August 11, 2005,
File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 4.1, in Form 8-K dated October 27, 2005, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 4.1, in Form 8-K dated November 28, 2006, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 4.2, in Form 8-K dated June 5, 2007, File No. 000-31737, as Exhibit 4.2,
in Form 8-K dated June 22, 2009, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 4.2, in Form 8-K dated April 6, 2010, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 4.2 and in Form 8-K dated September 9, 2010, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 4.2).
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4.2
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Form of Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note Indenture to be used in connection with the issuance of Senior
Notes.*
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4.3
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Subordinated Note Indenture between Gulf Power Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor to JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank)), as Trustee and indentures supplemental thereto through December 13, 2002 (Designated in Form 8-K dated January 27, 1997, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, in Form 8-K dated July
28, 1997, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibit 4.2, in Form 8-K dated January 13, 1998, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibit 4.2, in Form 8-K dated November 8, 2001, File No. 0-2429, as Exhibit 4.2 and in Form 8-K dated December 5, 2002, File No. 0-2429, as
Exhibit 4.2).
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4.4
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Form of Supplemental Indenture to Subordinated Note Indenture to be used in connection with the issuance of Junior
Subordinated Notes.*
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4.5
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Amended and restated Articles of Incorporation of Gulf Power Company and amendments thereto through October 17, 2007.
(Designated in Form 8-K dated October 27, 2005, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 3.1, in Form 8-K dated November 9, 2005, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 4.7 and in Form 8-K dated October 16, 2007, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit
4.5).
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4.6
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Form of Articles of Amendment to Charter establishing a series of the Class A Preferred Stock.*
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4.7
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Form of Articles of Amendment to Charter establishing a series of the Preference Stock.*
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4.8
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By-laws of Gulf Power Company as amended effective November 2, 2005, and as presently in effect. (Designated in Form 8-K
dated October 27, 2005, File No. 001-31737, as Exhibit 3.2).
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4.9
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Form of Senior Note (included in Exhibit 4.2 above).
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4.10
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Form of Junior Subordinated Note (included in Exhibit 4.4 above).
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5.1
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Opinion of Beggs & Lane, a Registered Limited Liability Partnership.
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5.2
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Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP.
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12.1
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Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.**
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12.2
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Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges plus preferred and preference dividend requirements (pre-income tax
basis).**
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23.1
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.**
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23.2
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Consent of Beggs & Lane, a Registered Limited Partnership (included in Exhibit 5.1 above).
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23.3
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Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 above).
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24.1
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Powers of Attorney and Resolution.**
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24.2
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Power of Attorney for Mark A. Crosswhite.**
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24.3
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Power of Attorney for Richard S. Teel.**
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25.1
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Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, as Senior Note
Indenture Trustee.**
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25.2
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Statement of Eligibility under Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, as Subordinated
Note Indenture Trustee.**
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Exhibits listed above which have heretofore been filed with the Commission and which were designated as noted above are hereby
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof with the same effect as if filed herewith.
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To be subsequently filed or incorporated by reference.
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Item 17.
Undertakings.
(a) Undertaking related to Rule 415 offering:
The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:
(1) To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the registration statement is on
Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrants pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of
determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the
registration statement; and
(B)
Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing
the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of
the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter,
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such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
Provided, however,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or
modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(5) That, for the purpose of
determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to
this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will
be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned
registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of
the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the
purchaser.
(b) Undertaking related to
filings incorporating subsequent Securities Exchange Act of 1934 documents by reference:
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Undertaking related to acceleration of
effectiveness:
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, Gulf Power Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on the
17
th
day of March, 2011.
GULF POWER COMPANY
M
ARK
A.
C
ROSSWHITE
,
By:
President and Chief Executive Officer
/
S
/ M
ELISSA
K. C
AEN
,
By:
Attorney-in-fact
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment has been
signed by the following directors and officers of Gulf Power Company in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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M
ARK
A. C
ROSSWHITE
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
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R
ICHARD
S. T
EEL
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Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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C
ONSTANCE
J. E
RICKSON
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Comptroller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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A
LLAN
G. B
ENSE
D
EBORAH
H. C
ALDER
W
ILLIAM
C. C
RAMER
, J
R
.
J. M
ORT
OS
ULLIVAN
, III
W
ILLIAM
A. P
ULLUM
W
INSTON
E. S
COTT
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}
Directors
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/s/ M
ELISSA
K. C
AEN
By
(Melissa K. Caen, Attorney-in-fact)
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March 17, 2011
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