Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. |
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 1-6659
AQUA AMERICA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Pennsylvania
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23-1702594 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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762 W. Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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19010-3489 |
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (610)527-8000
(Former Name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or
a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer þ Accelerated Filer o Non-Accelerated Filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act).
Yes o No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuers classes of common stock, as of
April 23, 2007.
132,593,971.
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Part 1 Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statement
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
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March 31, |
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December 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Assets |
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Property, plant and equipment, at cost |
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$ |
3,307,288 |
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$ |
3,185,111 |
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Less: accumulated depreciation |
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725,542 |
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679,116 |
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Net property, plant and equipment |
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2,581,746 |
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2,505,995 |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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15,102 |
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44,039 |
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Accounts receivable and unbilled revenues, net |
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73,660 |
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72,149 |
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Materials and supplies |
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8,581 |
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8,359 |
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Prepayments and other current assets |
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10,864 |
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10,153 |
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Total current assets |
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108,207 |
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134,700 |
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Regulatory assets |
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182,584 |
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165,063 |
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Deferred charges and other assets, net |
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39,819 |
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38,075 |
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Funds restricted for construction activity |
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59,708 |
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11,490 |
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Goodwill |
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33,453 |
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22,580 |
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$ |
3,005,517 |
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$ |
2,877,903 |
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Liabilities and Stockholders Equity |
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Common stockholders equity: |
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Common stock at $.50 par value, authorized 300,000,000
shares,
issued 133,261,172 and 133,017,325 in 2007 and 2006 |
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66,630 |
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$ |
66,509 |
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Capital in excess of par value |
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553,518 |
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548,806 |
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Retained earnings |
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320,751 |
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319,113 |
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Treasury stock, 689,440 and 691,746 shares in 2007 and 2006 |
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(12,934 |
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(12,992 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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199 |
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194 |
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Total common stockholders equity |
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928,164 |
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921,630 |
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Minority interest |
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1,862 |
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1,814 |
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Long-term debt, excluding current portion |
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1,048,614 |
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951,660 |
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Current liabilities: |
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Current portion of long-term debt |
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41,167 |
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31,155 |
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Loans payable |
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112,654 |
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119,150 |
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Accounts payable |
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28,875 |
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49,406 |
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Accrued interest |
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14,594 |
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14,050 |
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Accrued taxes |
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22,066 |
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19,350 |
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Other accrued liabilities |
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18,899 |
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22,500 |
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Total current liabilities |
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238,255 |
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255,611 |
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Deferred credits and other liabilities: |
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Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
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287,703 |
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273,199 |
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Customers advances for construction |
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78,079 |
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76,820 |
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Regulatory liabilities |
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12,078 |
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11,592 |
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Other |
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83,541 |
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64,879 |
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Total deferred credits and other liabilities |
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461,401 |
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426,490 |
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Contributions in aid of construction |
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327,221 |
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320,698 |
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$ |
3,005,517 |
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$ |
2,877,903 |
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See notes to consolidated financial statements beginning on page 7 of this report.
2
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Operating revenues |
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$ |
137,301 |
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$ |
117,949 |
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Costs and expenses: |
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Operations and maintenance |
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60,295 |
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51,316 |
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Depreciation |
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20,136 |
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16,830 |
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Amortization |
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1,209 |
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1,114 |
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Taxes other than income taxes |
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11,916 |
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8,067 |
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93,556 |
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77,327 |
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Operating income |
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43,745 |
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40,622 |
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Other expense (income): |
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Interest expense, net |
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16,549 |
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14,172 |
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Allowance for funds used during construction |
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(721 |
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(918 |
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Gain on sale of other assets |
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(69 |
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(267 |
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Income before income taxes |
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27,986 |
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27,635 |
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Provision for income taxes |
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11,128 |
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11,071 |
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Net income |
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$ |
16,858 |
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$ |
16,564 |
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Net income |
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$ |
16,858 |
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$ |
16,564 |
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Other comprehensive income, net of tax: |
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Unrealized holding gain on investments |
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5 |
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Comprehensive income |
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$ |
16,863 |
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$ |
16,564 |
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Net income per common share: |
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Basic |
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$ |
0.13 |
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$ |
0.13 |
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Diluted |
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$ |
0.13 |
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$ |
0.13 |
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Average common shares outstanding
during the period: |
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Basic |
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132,353 |
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129,181 |
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Diluted |
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133,243 |
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130,893 |
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Cash dividends declared per common share |
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$ |
0.1150 |
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$ |
0.1069 |
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See notes to consolidated financial statements beginning on page 7 of this report.
3
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CAPITALIZATION
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
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March 31, |
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December 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Common stockholders equity: |
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Common stock, $.50 par value |
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$ |
66,630 |
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$ |
66,509 |
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Capital in excess of par value |
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553,518 |
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548,806 |
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Retained earnings |
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320,751 |
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319,113 |
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Treasury stock |
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(12,934 |
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(12,992 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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199 |
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194 |
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Total common stockholders equity |
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928,164 |
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921,630 |
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Long-term debt: |
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Long-term debt of subsidiaries (substantially secured by utility plant): |
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Interest Rate Range |
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0.00% to 2.49% |
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30,026 |
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25,740 |
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2.50% to 2.99% |
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25,874 |
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25,272 |
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3.00% to 3.49% |
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17,155 |
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17,220 |
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3.50% to 3.99% |
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6,003 |
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6,073 |
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4.00% to 4.99% |
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30,645 |
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30,645 |
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5.00% to 5.49% |
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324,604 |
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262,496 |
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5.50% to 5.99% |
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86,500 |
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79,000 |
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6.00% to 6.49% |
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97,730 |
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94,360 |
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6.50% to 6.99% |
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22,000 |
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22,000 |
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7.00% to 7.49% |
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13,135 |
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13,288 |
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7.50% to 7.99% |
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24,717 |
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24,778 |
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8.00% to 8.49% |
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26,231 |
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26,288 |
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8.50% to 8.99% |
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9,000 |
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9,000 |
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9.00% to 9.49% |
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46,101 |
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46,101 |
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9.50% to 9.99% |
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38,244 |
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38,738 |
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10.00% to 10.50% |
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6,000 |
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6,000 |
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803,965 |
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726,999 |
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Unsecured notes payable, 4.87%, maturing in
various installments 2010 through 2023 |
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135,000 |
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135,000 |
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Unsecured notes payable, 5.95%, due in 2023 through 2034 |
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40,000 |
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40,000 |
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Unsecured notes payable, 5.64%, due in 2014 through 2021 |
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20,000 |
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20,000 |
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Unsecured notes payable, 5.54%, due in 2013 through 2018 |
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30,000 |
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30,000 |
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Unsecured notes payable, 5.01%, due 2015 |
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18,000 |
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18,000 |
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Unsecured notes payable, 5.20%, due 2020 |
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12,000 |
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12,000 |
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Unsecured notes payable, 5.63%, due 2022 |
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15,000 |
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Unsecured notes payable, 5.85%, due 2037 |
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15,000 |
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Notes payable, 6.05%, maturing in 2007 and 2008 |
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816 |
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816 |
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1,089,781 |
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982,815 |
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Current portion of long-term debt |
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41,167 |
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31,155 |
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Long-term debt, excluding current portion |
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1,048,614 |
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951,660 |
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Total capitalization |
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$ |
1,976,778 |
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$ |
1,873,290 |
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See notes to consolidated financial statements beginning on page 7 of this report.
4
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMMON STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
(In thousands of dollars)
(UNAUDITED)
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Accumulated |
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Capital in |
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Other |
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Common |
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excess of |
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Retained |
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Treasury |
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Comprehensive |
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Stock |
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par value |
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earnings |
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Stock |
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Income |
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Total |
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Balance at December 31, 2006 |
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$ |
66,509 |
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$ |
548,806 |
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$ |
319,113 |
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$ |
(12,992 |
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$ |
194 |
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$ |
921,630 |
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Net income |
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16,858 |
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16,858 |
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Other comprehensive income: |
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unrealized holding gain on
investments,
net of income tax of $2 |
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5 |
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5 |
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Dividends paid |
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(15,220 |
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(15,220 |
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Sale of stock (114,191 shares) |
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53 |
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2,310 |
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161 |
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2,524 |
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Repurchase of stock (4,445
shares) |
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(103 |
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(103 |
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Equity Compensation Plan (43,000
shares) |
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22 |
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(22 |
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Exercise of stock options
(93,407 shares) |
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46 |
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1,036 |
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1,082 |
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Stock-based compensation |
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1,116 |
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1,116 |
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Employee stock plan tax benefits |
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272 |
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272 |
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Balance at March 31, 2007 |
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$ |
66,630 |
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$ |
553,518 |
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$ |
320,751 |
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$ |
(12,934 |
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$ |
199 |
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$ |
928,164 |
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See notes to consolidated financial statements beginning on page 7 of this report.
5
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
(In thousands of dollars)
(UNAUDITED)
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
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$ |
16,858 |
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$ |
16,564 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash flows from operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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21,345 |
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17,944 |
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Deferred income taxes |
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2,412 |
|
|
|
2,026 |
|
Gain on sale of other assets |
|
|
(69 |
) |
|
|
(267 |
) |
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
963 |
|
|
|
662 |
|
Net decrease in receivables, inventory and prepayments |
|
|
2,214 |
|
|
|
3,321 |
|
Net increase (decrease) in payables, accrued interest, accrued
taxes and other accrued liabilities |
|
|
918 |
|
|
|
(28,229 |
) |
Other |
|
|
2,981 |
|
|
|
1,088 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
47,622 |
|
|
|
13,109 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment additions, including allowance
for funds used during construction of $721 and $918 |
|
|
(60,701 |
) |
|
|
(46,888 |
) |
Acquisitions of utility systems and other, net |
|
|
(27,843 |
) |
|
|
(2,506 |
) |
Proceeds from the sale of other assets |
|
|
721 |
|
|
|
267 |
|
Additions to funds restricted for construction activity |
|
|
(49,172 |
) |
|
|
(972 |
) |
Release of funds previously restricted for construction activity |
|
|
2,631 |
|
|
|
7,075 |
|
Other |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
(372 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows used in investing activities |
|
|
(134,362 |
) |
|
|
(43,396 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customers advances and contributions in aid of construction |
|
|
2,511 |
|
|
|
2,167 |
|
Repayments of customers advances |
|
|
(1,089 |
) |
|
|
(747 |
) |
Net proceeds (repayments) of short-term debt |
|
|
(6,496 |
) |
|
|
28,645 |
|
Proceeds from long-term debt |
|
|
84,240 |
|
|
|
41,624 |
|
Repayments of long-term debt |
|
|
(1,696 |
) |
|
|
(3,718 |
) |
Change in cash overdraft position |
|
|
(8,150 |
) |
|
|
7,329 |
|
Proceeds from exercised stock options |
|
|
1,082 |
|
|
|
5,257 |
|
Stock-based compensation windfall tax benefits |
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
1,453 |
|
Proceeds from issuing common stock |
|
|
2,524 |
|
|
|
2,345 |
|
Repurchase of common stock |
|
|
(103 |
) |
|
|
(692 |
) |
Dividends paid on common stock |
|
|
(15,220 |
) |
|
|
(13,803 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
57,803 |
|
|
|
69,860 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(28,937 |
) |
|
|
39,573 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
44,039 |
|
|
|
11,872 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
15,102 |
|
|
$ |
51,445 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to consolidated financial statements beginning on page 7 of this report.
6
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
Note 1 |
|
Basis of Presentation |
|
|
|
The accompanying consolidated balance sheets and statements of
capitalization of Aqua America, Inc. (the Company) at March 31,
2007, the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive
income for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the
consolidated statements of cash flow for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, and the consolidated statement of common
stockholders equity for the three months ended March 31, 2007, are
unaudited, but reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal
recurring accruals, which are, in the opinion of management,
necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position,
the consolidated changes in common stockholders equity, the
consolidated results of operations, and the consolidated cash flow
for the periods presented. Because they cover interim periods, the
statements and related notes to the financial statements do not
include all disclosures and notes normally provided in annual
financial statements and, therefore, should be read in conjunction
with the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006. The results of operations for interim periods
may not be indicative of the results that may be expected for the
entire year. |
|
Note 2 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
|
The following table summarizes the changes in the Companys goodwill, by business
segment: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
Balance at December 31,
2006 |
|
$ |
18,537 |
|
|
$ |
4,043 |
|
|
$ |
22,580 |
|
Goodwill acquired during
year |
|
|
10,808 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,808 |
|
Reclassifications to
utility plant
acquisition adjustment |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
Other |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at March 31, 2007 |
|
$ |
29,330 |
|
|
$ |
4,123 |
|
|
$ |
33,453 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
Note 3 |
|
Long-term Debt and Loans Payable |
|
|
|
In January 2007, the Companys Pennsylvania operating subsidiary, Aqua Pennsylvania,
Inc., issued $50,000 of tax-exempt bonds secured by a supplement to its first
mortgage indenture at the following terms: $25,000 at 4.43% due 2040 and $25,000 at
4.44% due 2041. The proceeds are restricted to funding certain capital projects
during the period 2007 through 2009. In March 2007, the Company issued $30,000 of
unsecured notes of which $15,000 are due in 2022 with an interest rate of 5.63% and
$15,000 are due in 2037 with an interest rate of 5.83%. Proceeds from the sales of
these notes were used to repay short-term borrowings. |
|
Note 4 |
|
Acquisitions |
|
|
|
Pursuant to our strategy to grow through acquisitions, on January
1, 2007 the Company completed the acquisition of the capital stock
of New York Water Service Corporation (New York Water) for
$28,866 in cash, as adjusted pursuant to the purchase agreement
primarily based on working capital at closing, and the assumption
of $23,000 of long-term debt. The acquired operation provides
water service to 44,792 customers in several water systems located
in Nassau County, Long Island, New York. The operating results of
New York Water have been included in our consolidated financial
statements beginning January 1, 2007. Under the purchase method of
accounting, the purchase price is allocated to the net tangible and
intangible assets based upon their estimate fair values at the date
of the acquisition. The Company is in the process of finalizing
the allocation of the purchase price. The purchase price
allocation is as follows, subject to final adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 1, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
$ |
42,057 |
|
Current assets |
|
|
9,207 |
|
Other long-term assets |
|
|
14,384 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
10,808 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired |
|
|
76,456 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
1,852 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
|
23,000 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
|
22,738 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities assumed |
|
|
47,590 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired |
|
$ |
28,866 |
|
|
|
|
|
As of January 1, 2007, the Company recorded goodwill of $10,808.
The purchase price was arrived at through arms-length negotiations
with the seller and is consistent with the multiples paid in other
comparable transactions. Aqua America considered important
regulatory, strategic and valuation considerations in arriving at
the final purchase price.
8
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
Note 5 |
|
Net Income per Common Share |
|
|
|
Basic net income per common share is based on the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding. Diluted net income per common share is based on the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding and potentially dilutive shares. The
dilutive effect of employee stock options and shares issuable under the forward
equity sale agreement (from the date the Company entered into the forward equity sale
agreement to the settlement date) is included in the computation of diluted net
income per common share. The dilutive effect of stock options and shares issuable
under the forward equity sale agreement is calculated using the treasury stock method
and expected proceeds upon exercise of the stock options and settlement of the
forward equity sale agreement. The following table summarizes the shares, in
thousands, used in computing basic and diluted net income per common share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Average common shares outstanding
during
the period for basic computation |
|
|
132,353 |
|
|
|
129,181 |
|
Effect of dilutive securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee stock options |
|
|
817 |
|
|
|
1,712 |
|
Forward equity shares |
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average common shares outstanding
during
the period for diluted computation |
|
|
133,243 |
|
|
|
130,893 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, employee stock options to purchase
1,183,700 and 611,350 shares of common stock, respectively, were excluded from the
calculations of diluted net income per share as the options exercise price was
greater than the average market price of the Companys common stock during these
periods.
9
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
Note 6 |
|
Stockholders Equity |
|
|
|
In August 2006, the Company entered into a forward equity sale agreement for
3,525,000 shares of common stock with a third-party (the forward purchaser). In
connection with the forward equity sale agreement, the forward purchaser borrowed an
equal number of shares of the Companys common stock from stock lenders and sold the
borrowed shares to the public. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the
sale of its common stock by the forward purchaser until settlement of the forward
equity sale agreement. The actual proceeds to be received by the Company will vary
depending upon the settlement date, the number of shares designated for settlement on
that settlement date and the method of settlement. The Company intends to use any
proceeds received upon settlement of the forward equity sale agreement to fund the
Companys future capital expenditure program and acquisitions, and for working
capital and other general corporate purposes. The forward equity sale agreement is
accounted for as an equity instrument and was recorded at a fair value of $0 at
inception. It will not be adjusted so long as the Company continues to meet the
accounting requirements for equity instruments. |
|
|
|
The Company may elect to settle the forward equity sale agreement by means of a
physical share settlement, net cash settlement, or net share settlement, on a
settlement date or dates, no later than August 1, 2008. The forward equity sale
agreement provides that the forward sale price will be computed based upon the
initial forward sale price of $21.857 per share. Under limited circumstances or
certain unanticipated events, the forward purchaser also has the ability to require
the Company to physically settle the forward equity sale agreement in shares prior to
the maturity date. The maximum number of shares that could be required to be issued
by the Company to settle the forward equity sale agreement is 3,525,000 shares. As
of March 31, 2007, a net cash settlement under the forward equity sale agreement
would have resulted in a payment by the Company to the forward purchaser of $1,283 or
a net share settlement would have resulted in the issuance of 57,154 shares by the
Company to the forward purchaser. For each increase or decrease of one dollar in the
average market price of the Companys common stock above or below the forward sale
price on March 31, 2007, the cash settlement option from the Companys perspective
would decrease or increase by $3,525 and the net share settlement option would
decrease by 150,320 shares or increase by 164,336 shares, respectively. |
10
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
Note 7 |
|
Stock-based Compensation |
|
|
|
Under the Companys 2004 Equity Compensation Plan (the 2004 Plan), as approved by
the shareholders to replace the 1994 Equity Compensation Plan (the 1994 Plan),
qualified and nonqualified stock options may be granted to officers, key employees
and consultants at prices equal to the market price of the stock on the day of the
grant. Officers and key employees may also be granted dividend equivalents and
restricted stock. Restricted stock may also be granted to non-employee members of
the Board of Directors. The 2004 Plan authorizes 4,900,000 shares for issuance under
the plan. A maximum of 50% of the shares available for issuance under the 2004 Plan
may be issued as restricted stock and the maximum number of shares that may be
subject to grants under the plans to any one individual in any one year is 200,000.
Awards under the 2004 Plan are made by a committee of the Board of Directors. At
March 31, 2007, 2,882,395 shares underlying stock option and restricted stock awards
were still available for grant under the 2004 Plan, although under the terms of the
2004 Plan, terminated, expired or forfeited grants under the 1994 Plan and shares
withheld to satisfy tax withholding requirements under the plan may be re-issued
under the plan. |
|
|
|
Stock OptionsDuring the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company
recognized compensation cost as a component of operations and maintenance expense of
$766 and $662, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the
Company recognized income tax benefits associated with stock options in its income
statement of $107 and $162, respectively. In addition, the Company capitalized
compensation costs within property, plant and equipment of $152 and $97 during the
three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. |
|
|
|
The fair value of options was estimated at the grant date using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model. The per share weighted-average fair value at the date of grant
for stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was
$5.52 and $7.82 per option, respectively. The application of this valuation model
relies on the following assumptions that are judgmental and sensitive in the
determination of the compensation expense for the periods reported: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Expected term (years) |
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
Risk-free interest rate |
|
|
4.7 |
% |
|
|
4.7 |
% |
Expected volatility |
|
|
22.5 |
% |
|
|
25.8 |
% |
Dividend yield |
|
|
1.95 |
% |
|
|
1.76 |
% |
Historical information was the principal basis for the selection of the expected term
and dividend yield. The expected volatility is based on a weighted-average
combination of historical and implied volatilities over a time period that
approximates the expected term of the option. The risk-free interest rate was
selected based upon the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for
the expected term of the option.
11
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
The following table summarizes stock option transactions for the three months ended
March 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
Average |
|
|
Aggregate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise |
|
|
Remaining |
|
|
Intrinsic |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Price |
|
|
Life (years) |
|
|
Value |
|
Options: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at beginning of
period |
|
|
3,364,778 |
|
|
$ |
16.72 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted |
|
|
613,850 |
|
|
|
23.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(13,298 |
) |
|
|
24.75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expired |
|
|
(9,782 |
) |
|
|
21.32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
(93,407 |
) |
|
|
11.59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at end of period |
|
|
3,862,141 |
|
|
$ |
17.84 |
|
|
|
7.0 |
|
|
$ |
22,289 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at end of period |
|
|
2,618,651 |
|
|
$ |
14.84 |
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
$ |
21,261 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted StockDuring the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company
recorded stock-based compensation related to restricted stock awards as operations
and maintenance expense in the amounts of $197 and $105, respectively. The following
table summarizes nonvested restricted stock transactions for the three months ended
March 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
of |
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
Nonvested shares at beginning of period |
|
|
56,888 |
|
|
$ |
23.98 |
|
Granted |
|
|
43,000 |
|
|
|
23.38 |
|
Vested |
|
|
(25,443 |
) |
|
|
21.36 |
|
Forfeited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nonvested shares at end of period |
|
|
74,445 |
|
|
$ |
24.53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
Note 8 |
|
Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits |
|
|
|
The Company maintains qualified defined benefit pension plans, nonqualified pension
plans and other postretirement benefit plans for certain of its employees. The net
periodic benefit cost is based on estimated values provided by independent actuaries.
The following tables provide the components of net periodic benefit costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pension Benefits |
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Service cost |
|
$ |
1,257 |
|
|
$ |
1,275 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
2,926 |
|
|
|
2,566 |
|
Expected return on plan assets |
|
|
(2,711 |
) |
|
|
(2,375 |
) |
Amortization of transition asset |
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
(53 |
) |
Amortization of prior service
cost |
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
58 |
|
Amortization of actuarial loss |
|
|
261 |
|
|
|
480 |
|
Capitalized costs |
|
|
(593 |
) |
|
|
(472 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic benefit cost |
|
$ |
1,142 |
|
|
$ |
1,479 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
Postretirement Benefits |
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Service cost |
|
$ |
271 |
|
|
$ |
280 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
491 |
|
|
|
418 |
|
Expected return on plan assets |
|
|
(377 |
) |
|
|
(320 |
) |
Amortization of transition
obligation |
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
203 |
|
Amortization of prior service
cost |
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
(183 |
) |
Amortization of actuarial loss |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
Amortization of regulatory asset |
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
Capitalized costs |
|
|
(210 |
) |
|
|
(188 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic benefit cost |
|
$ |
226 |
|
|
$ |
336 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
Company contributed $805 in April 2007 to its defined benefit pension plans and
intends to contribute $7,623 during the balance of 2007. In addition, the Company
expects to contribute approximately $3,307 for the funding of its other
postretirement benefits during 2007.
13
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
Note 9 |
|
Water and Wastewater Rates |
|
|
|
During the first three months of 2007, certain of the Companys operating divisions
in New Jersey and Ohio were granted rate increases designed to increase total
operating revenues on an annual basis by approximately $3,620. |
|
|
|
In 2004, the Companys operating subsidiaries in Texas filed an application with the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to increase rates by $11,920 over
a multi-year period. The application seeks to increase annual revenues in phases and
is accompanied by a plan to defer and amortize a portion of the Companys
depreciation, operating and other tax expense over a similar multi-year period, such
that the impact on operating income approximates the requested amount during the
first years that the new rates are in effect. The application is currently pending
before the TCEQ and several parties have joined the proceeding to challenge the rate
request. The Company commenced billing for the requested rates and implemented the
deferral plan in 2004. The additional revenue billed and collected prior to the final
ruling is subject to refund based on the outcome of the ruling. The revenue
recognized and the expenses deferred by the Company reflect an estimate of the final
outcome of the ruling. As of March 31, 2007, the Company has deferred $12,382 of
operating costs and $3,000 of rate case expenses and recognized $17,553 of revenue
that is subject to refund based on the outcome of the final commission order. |
|
Note 10 |
|
Taxes Other than Income Taxes |
|
|
|
The following table provides the components of taxes other than income taxes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Property |
|
$ |
6,439 |
|
|
$ |
3,279 |
|
Capital Stock |
|
|
856 |
|
|
|
903 |
|
Gross receipts, excise and
franchise |
|
|
1,875 |
|
|
|
1,532 |
|
Payroll |
|
|
2,066 |
|
|
|
1,929 |
|
Other |
|
|
680 |
|
|
|
424 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total taxes other than income |
|
$ |
11,916 |
|
|
$ |
8,067 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
Note 11 |
|
Segment Information |
|
|
|
The Company has identified fourteen operating segments and has one reportable segment
named the Regulated segment. The reportable segment is comprised of thirteen
operating segments for our water and wastewater regulated utility companies which are
organized by the states where we provide these services. In addition, one segment is
not quantitatively significant to be reportable and is comprised of the businesses
that provide on-site septic tank pumping, sludge hauling services and certain other
non-regulated water and wastewater services. This segment is included as a component
of Other in the tables below. Also included in Other are corporate costs that
have not been allocated to the Regulated segment and intersegment eliminations. |
|
|
|
The following tables present information about the Companys reportable segment: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, 2007 |
|
|
March 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
Regulated |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
Regulated |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Consolidated |
|
Operating revenues |
|
$ |
134,588 |
|
|
$ |
2,713 |
|
|
$ |
137,301 |
|
|
$ |
117,038 |
|
|
$ |
911 |
|
|
$ |
117,949 |
|
Operations and
maintenance
expense |
|
|
57,588 |
|
|
|
2,707 |
|
|
|
60,295 |
|
|
|
52,173 |
|
|
|
(857 |
) |
|
|
51,316 |
|
Depreciation |
|
|
20,584 |
|
|
|
(448 |
) |
|
|
20,136 |
|
|
|
17,528 |
|
|
|
(698 |
) |
|
|
16,830 |
|
Operating income |
|
|
43,678 |
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
|
43,745 |
|
|
|
38,502 |
|
|
|
2,120 |
|
|
|
40,622 |
|
Interest expense,
net of AFUDC |
|
|
14,745 |
|
|
|
1,083 |
|
|
|
15,828 |
|
|
|
10,671 |
|
|
|
2,583 |
|
|
|
13,254 |
|
Income tax |
|
|
11,884 |
|
|
|
(756 |
) |
|
|
11,128 |
|
|
|
11,452 |
|
|
|
(381 |
) |
|
|
11,071 |
|
Net income |
|
|
17,080 |
|
|
|
(222 |
) |
|
|
16,858 |
|
|
|
16,646 |
|
|
|
(82 |
) |
|
|
16,564 |
|
Capital expenditures |
|
|
59,541 |
|
|
|
1,160 |
|
|
|
60,701 |
|
|
|
46,611 |
|
|
|
277 |
|
|
|
46,888 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Total assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regulated |
|
$ |
2,946,690 |
|
|
$ |
2,819,385 |
|
Other |
|
|
58,827 |
|
|
|
58,518 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated |
|
$ |
3,005,517 |
|
|
$ |
2,877,903 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
(UNAUDITED)
Note 12 |
|
Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
|
|
|
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB
Interpretation No. (FIN) 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income TaxesAn
Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, which prescribes a recognition threshold
and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of
a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Company adopted the
provisions of FIN 48 as of January 1, 2007 and has analyzed filing positions in its
federal and state jurisdictions where it is required to file income tax returns, as
well as for all open tax years in these jurisdictions. The Companys reserve for
uncertain tax positions was insignificant upon adoption of FIN 48 and the Company did
not record a cumulative effect adjustment related to the adoption of FIN 48. The
Company believes its income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained
under audit and it believes it does not have significant uncertain tax positions that, in the
event of adjustment, will result in a material effect on its results of operations or
financial position. The Company has elected to recognize accrued interest and
penalties related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense. As of March 31,
2007, the Companys Federal income tax returns for all years through 2002 have been
closed. Tax years 2003 through 2006 remain open to examination by the major taxing
jurisdictions to which we are subject, and 2004 has been settled through examination. |
16
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
Forward-looking Statements
This Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and
other sections of this Quarterly Report contain, in addition to historical information,
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These forward-looking statements address, among other things: our use of cash; projected
capital expenditures; liquidity; possible acquisitions and other growth ventures; the completion of
various construction projects; the projected timing and annual value of rate increases; the
recovery of certain costs and capital investments through rate increase requests; the projected
effects of recent accounting pronouncements, as well as information contained elsewhere in this
report where statements are preceded by, followed by or include the words believes, expects,
anticipates, plans, intends, will or similar expressions. These statements are based on a
number of assumptions concerning future events, and are subject to a number of uncertainties and
other factors, many of which are outside our control. Actual results may differ materially from
such statements for a number of reasons, including the effects of regulation, abnormal weather,
changes in capital requirements and funding, acquisitions, and our ability to assimilate acquired
operations. In addition to these uncertainties or factors, our future results may be affected by
the factors and risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006. We undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
General Information
Nature of Operations - Aqua America, Inc. (we or us), a Pennsylvania corporation, is the
holding company for regulated utilities providing water or wastewater services to what we estimate
to be approximately 2.8 million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New
Jersey, New York, Florida, Indiana, Virginia, Maine, Missouri, and South Carolina. Our largest
operating subsidiary, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., provides water or wastewater services to
approximately one-half of the total number of people we serve, which
are located in the suburban areas
north and west of the City of Philadelphia and in 23 other counties in Pennsylvania. Our other
subsidiaries provide similar services in 12 other states. In addition, we provide water and
wastewater service through operating and maintenance contracts with municipal authorities and other
parties, and septage hauling services, close to our utility companies service territories.
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AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
Financial Condition
During the first quarter of 2007, we had $60,701 of capital expenditures, acquired water systems,
wastewater systems and other acquisitions for $27,843, repaid $1,089 of customer advances for
construction and repaid debt and made sinking fund contributions and other loan repayments of
$8,192. The capital expenditures were related to improvements to treatment plants, new and
rehabilitated water mains, tanks, hydrants, and service lines, and well and booster improvements.
At
March 31, 2007, we had $15,102 of cash and cash equivalents
compared to $44,039 at December 31, 2006. During the first quarter of 2007, we used the proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt, the
proceeds from the issuance of common stock, internally generated funds and available working
capital to fund the cash requirements discussed above and to pay dividends. In January 2007, our
Pennsylvania operating subsidiary issued $50,000 of tax-exempt bonds secured by a supplement to its
first mortgage indenture with a weighted-average maturity of 33.5 years and with a weighted-average
interest rate of 4.435%. The proceeds are restricted to funding certain capital projects during
the period 2007 through 2009. In March 2007, the Company issued $30,000 of unsecured notes with a
weighted-average maturity of 22.5 years and a weighted-average interest rate of 5.73%. We used the
proceeds from the sales of these notes to repay short-term borrowings. At March 31, 2007, we had
short-term lines of credit of $238,000, of which $125,346 was available.
Management believes that internally generated funds along with existing credit facilities and the
proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt and common stock will be adequate to meet our
financing requirements for the balance of the year and beyond.
Results of Operations
Analysis of First Quarter of 2007 Compared to First Quarter of 2006
Revenues for the quarter increased $19,352 or 16.4% primarily due to additional revenues of $10,339
resulting from increased water and wastewater rates implemented in various operating subsidiaries,
additional revenues of $6,925 associated with acquisitions, and $766 of additional sewer revenues.
Acquisitions provided additional operating revenues in the Regulated segment of $5,250, primarily
from the New York Water Service acquisition, and $1,675 of additional revenues in Other as provided
by the acquisition of several septage businesses during 2006.
Operations and maintenance expenses increased by $8,979 or 17.5% primarily due to additional
expenses associated with acquisitions of $3,269, the receipt in the first quarter of 2006 of $1,500
relating to a waiver of certain contractual rights without a corresponding amount in the current
year, increased water production costs of $1,180, additional bad debt expense of $455 and normal
increases in other operating costs. Of the total acquisition expenses, $1,494 were associated with
the New York Water Service acquisition that was completed on January 1, 2007 and other acquisitions
in the Regulated segment. The receipt of the $1,500 was a one-time payment
recognized in the first quarter of 2006 as a reduction to operations and maintenance expense. The
increased water production costs, principally purchased power and chemicals, were associated with
vendor price increases.
18
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
Depreciation expense increased $3,306 or 19.6% reflecting the utility plant placed in service since
March 31, 2006, including the assets acquired through system acquisitions.
Amortization increased $95 or 8.5% due to the amortization of the costs associated with, and other
costs being recovered in, various rate filings.
Taxes other than income taxes increased by $3,849 or 47.7% due to additional property taxes
associated with the acquired operations of New York Water Service, and additional state and local
taxes incurred in the first quarter of 2007.
Interest expense increased by $2,377 or 16.8% primarily due to additional borrowings to finance
capital projects and increased interest rates on short-term borrowings.
Allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC) decreased by $197 primarily due to a
decrease in the average balance of utility plant construction work in progress, to which AFUDC is
applied; offset partially by an increase in the AFUDC rate which is based on short-term interest
rates.
Gain on sale of other assets totaled $69 in the first quarter of 2007 and $267 in the first quarter
of 2006. The decrease of $198 is due to the timing of sales of land.
Our effective income tax rate was 39.8% in the first quarter of 2007 and 40.1% in the first quarter
of 2006. The change was due to a decrease in our expenses that are not tax-deductible.
Net income for the quarter increased by $294 or 1.8%, in comparison to the same period in 2006
primarily as a result of the factors described above. On a diluted per share basis, earnings were
unchanged reflecting the change in net income and a 1.8% increase in the average number of common
shares outstanding. The increase in the number of shares outstanding is primarily a result of the
additional shares sold or issued through the employee stock and incentive plan, dividend
reinvestment plan and the 2,250,000 additional shares issued by us in public offerings in June and
August 2006.
19
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
Impact of Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretation No.
(FIN) 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income TaxesAn Interpretation of FASB Statement No.
109, which prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial
statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax
return. We adopted the provisions of FIN 48 as of on January 1, 2007 and have analyzed filing
positions in its federal and state jurisdictions where we are required to file income tax returns,
as well as for all open tax years in these jurisdictions. Our reserve for uncertain tax positions
was insignificant upon adoption of FIN 48 and we did not record a cumulative effect adjustment
related to the adoption of FIN 48. We believe our income tax filing positions and deductions will
be sustained under audit and we believe we do not have significant uncertain tax positions that, in the event
of adjustment, will result in a material effect on our results of operations or financial position.
We have elected to recognize accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as
income tax expense. As of March 31, 2007, our Federal income tax returns for all years through
2002 have been closed. Tax years 2003 through 2006 remain open to examination by the major taxing
jurisdictions to which we are subject, and 2004 has been settled through examination.
20
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|
|
Item 3.
|
|
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
We are subject to market risks in the normal course of business, including changes in
interest rates and equity prices. There have been no significant changes in our
exposure to market risks since December 31, 2006. Refer to Item 7A of the Companys
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 for additional
information.
|
|
|
Item 4.
|
|
Controls and Procedures |
|
(a) |
|
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures |
|
|
|
|
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that
evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that
our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this
report are effective such that the information required to be disclosed by us in
reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (i) recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SECs
rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including
the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding disclosure. |
|
|
(b) |
|
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting |
|
|
|
|
No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during our
most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. |
21
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Part II. Other Information
|
|
|
Item 1.
|
|
Legal Proceedings |
|
|
|
|
|
In 2004, our subsidiaries in Texas filed an application with the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to increase rates over
a multi-year period. In accordance with authorization from the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, our subsidiaries
commenced billing for the requested rates and deferred
recognition of certain expenses for financial statement purposes.
Several parties have joined the proceeding to challenge the rate
request. In the event our request is denied completely or in
part, we could be required to refund some or all of the revenue
billed to-date, and write-off some or all of the regulatory asset
for the expense deferral. For more information, see the
description under the section captioned Managements Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2006, and refer to Note 9 Water and
Wastewater Rates to the Consolidated Financial Statements of
Aqua America, Inc. and subsidiaries in this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. |
|
|
|
|
|
There are no other pending legal proceedings to which we or any
of our subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their
properties is the subject that are material or are expected to
have a material effect on our financial position, results of
operations or cash flows. |
|
|
|
Item 1A.
|
|
Risk Factors |
|
|
|
|
|
There have been no material changes to the risks disclosed in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006
(Form 10-K) under Part 1, Item 1A Risk Factors. The risks
described in our Form 10-K are not the only risks facing the
Company. Additional risks that we do not presently know or that
we currently believe are immaterial could also impair our
business or financial position. |
22
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|
|
Item 2.
|
|
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
|
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes Aqua Americas purchases of its common stock for the
quarter ended March 31, 2007: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
Maximum |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased |
|
|
that May |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
as Part of |
|
|
Yet be |
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Publicly |
|
|
Purchased |
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
Average |
|
|
Announced |
|
|
Under the |
|
|
|
of Shares |
|
|
Price Paid |
|
|
Plans or |
|
|
Plan or |
|
Period |
|
Purchased (1) |
|
|
per Share |
|
|
Programs |
|
|
Programs (2) |
|
January 1 - 31, 2007 |
|
|
527 |
|
|
$ |
22.25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
548,278 |
|
February 1 - 28, 2007 |
|
|
3,652 |
|
|
$ |
23.39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
548,278 |
|
March 1 - 31, 2007 |
|
|
266 |
|
|
$ |
22.82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
548,278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
4,445 |
|
|
$ |
23.22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
548,278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
These amounts consist of shares we purchased from our employees
who elected to pay the exercise price of their stock options (and then hold
shares of the stock) upon exercise by delivering to us (and, thus, selling)
shares of Aqua America common stock in accordance with the terms of our equity
compensation plans that were previously approved by our shareholders and
disclosed in our proxy statements. This feature of our equity compensation
plans is available to all employees who receive option grants under the plans.
We purchased these shares at their fair market value, as determined by reference
to the closing price of our common stock on the day prior to the option
exercise. |
|
|
(2) |
|
On August 5, 1997, our Board of Directors authorized a common
stock repurchase program that was publicly announced on August 7, 1997, for up
to 1,007,351 shares. No repurchases have been made under this program since
2000. The program has no fixed expiration date. The number of shares
authorized for purchase was adjusted as a result of the stock splits effected in
the form of stock distributions since the authorization date. |
23
AQUA AMERICA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|
|
Exhibit No. |
|
Description |
4.1
|
|
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2007. |
|
|
|
10.1
|
|
Agreement among Aqua America, Inc. and Karl M. Kyriss |
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
Bond Purchase Agreement among the Chester County
Industrial Development Authority, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. and Sovereign
Securities Corporation, LLC, dated December 21, 2006. |
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant
to Rule 13a-14(a)
under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. |
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant
to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. |
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350. |
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350. |
24
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be executed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
May 7, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
AQUA AMERICA, INC. |
|
|
|
|
|
Registrant |
|
|
|
|
|
NICHOLAS DEBENEDICTIS |
|
|
|
|
|
Nicholas DeBenedictis |
|
|
Chairman, President and |
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
|
|
DAVID P. SMELTZER |
|
|
|
|
|
David P. Smeltzer |
|
|
Chief Financial Officer |
25
EXHIBIT INDEX
|
|
|
Exhibit No. |
|
Description |
4.1
|
|
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2007. |
|
|
|
10.1
|
|
Agreement among Aqua America, Inc. and Karl M. Kyriss |
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
Bond Purchase Agreement among the Chester County Industrial
Development Authority, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. and Sovereign
Securities Corporation, LLC, dated December 21, 2006. |
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. |
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. |
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350. |
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350. |
26
Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
EXHIBIT 4.1
Prepared by and Return to:
Mary T. Tomich, Esq.
Dilworth Paxson LLP
1735 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-575-7000
FORTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2007
TO
INDENTURE OF MORTGAGE
DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 1941
AQUA PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
TO
J.P. MORGAN TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
THIS FORTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of January 1, 2007, by and between AQUA
PENNSYLVANIA, INC. (f/k/a Pennsylvania Suburban Water Company), a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Company) as successor by merger
to the Philadelphia Suburban Water Company (the Original Company), party of the first part, and
J.P. MORGAN TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the Trustee),
party of the second part.
WHEREAS, the Original Company heretofore duly executed and delivered to The Pennsylvania
Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, as trustee, an Indenture of Mortgage dated
as of January 1, 1941 (the Original Indenture), which by reference is hereby made a part hereof,
and in and by the Original Indenture the Original Company conveyed and mortgaged to such trustee
certain property therein described, to secure the payment of its bonds to be generally known as its
First Mortgage Bonds and to be issued under the Original Indenture in one or more series as
therein provided; and
WHEREAS, through a series of mergers, changes of names and successions, J.P. Morgan Trust
Company, National Association became the successor trustee; such mergers, changes of name and
successions not involving any change in the title, powers, rights or duties of the trustee, as
trustee under the Original Indenture as supplemented at the respective dates thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Original Company duly executed and delivered to the Trustee thirty-four
supplemental indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture, and the Company duly executed and
delivered to the Trustee six supplemental indentures to the Original Indenture so as to subject
certain additional property to the lien of the Original Indenture and to provide for the creation
of additional series of bonds; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated December 20,
2001, and effective on January 1, 2002, the Original Company agreed to merge, in conjunction with
its affiliated corporations, Consumers Pennsylvania Water Company Shenango Valley Division,
Consumers Pennsylvania Water Company Roaring Creek Division, Consumers Pennsylvania Water
Company Susquehanna Division, Waymart Water Company, Fawn Lake Forrest Water Company, Western
Utilities, Inc., and Northeastern Utilities, Inc. (such affiliates referred to hereinafter as the
Merging Entities) with and into the Company; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 2002 (the
Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture), the Company agreed to assume the obligations of the
Original Company under the Original Indenture and all supplements thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Company and its predecessor have issued under the Original Indenture, as
supplemented at the respective dates of issue, forty-eight series of First Mortgage Bonds
designated, respectively, as set forth in the following table, the Original or Supplemental
Indenture creating each series and the principal amount of bonds thereof issued being indicated
opposite the designation of such series:
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Designation |
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Indenture |
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Amount |
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3 1/4% Series due 1971 |
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Original |
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$ |
16,375,000 |
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9 5/8% Series due 1975 |
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Thirteenth Supplemental |
|
|
10,000,000 |
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9.15% Series due 1977 |
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Fourteenth Supplemental |
|
|
10,000,000 |
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3% Series due 1978 |
|
First Supplemental |
|
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2,000,000 |
|
3 3/8% Series due 1982 |
|
Second Supplemental |
|
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4,000,000 |
|
3.90% Series due 1983 |
|
Third Supplemental |
|
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5,000,000 |
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3 1/2% Series due 1986 |
|
Fourth Supplemental |
|
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6,000,000 |
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4 1/2% Series due 1987 |
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Fifth Supplemental |
|
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4,000,000 |
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4 1/8% Series due 1988 |
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Sixth Supplemental |
|
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4,000,000 |
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5% Series due 1989 |
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Seventh Supplemental |
|
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4,000,000 |
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4 5/8% Series due 1991 |
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Eighth Supplemental |
|
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3,000,000 |
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4.70% Series due 1992 |
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Ninth Supplemental |
|
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3,000,000 |
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6 7/8% Series due 1993 |
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Twelfth Supplemental |
|
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4,500,000 |
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4.55% Series due 1994 |
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Tenth Supplemental |
|
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4,000,000 |
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10 1/8% Series due 1995 |
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Sixteenth Supplemental |
|
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10,000,000 |
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5 1/2% Series due 1996 |
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Eleventh Supplemental |
|
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4,000,000 |
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7 7/8% Series due 1997 |
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Fifteenth Supplemental |
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5,000,000 |
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8.44% Series due 1997 |
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Twenty-Third Supplemental |
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12,000,000 |
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9.20% Series due 2001 |
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Seventeenth Supplemental |
|
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7,000,000 |
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8.40% Series due 2002 |
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Eighteenth Supplemental |
|
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10,000,000 |
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5.95% Series due 2002 |
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Twenty-Seventh Supplemental |
|
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4,000,000 |
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12.45% Series due 2003 |
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Twentieth Supplemental |
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10,000,000 |
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13% Series due 2005 |
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Twenty-First Supplemental |
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8,000,000 |
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10.65% Series due 2006 |
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Twenty-Second Supplemental |
|
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10,000,000 |
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9.89% Series due 2008 |
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Twenty-Fourth Supplemental |
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5,000,000 |
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7.15% Series due 2008 |
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Twenty-Eighth Supplemental |
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22,000,000 |
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9.12% Series due 2010 |
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Twenty-Fifth Supplemental |
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20,000,000 |
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8 7/8% Series due 2010 |
|
Nineteenth Supplemental |
|
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8,000,000 |
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6.50% Series due 2010 |
|
Twenty-Seventh Supplemental |
|
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3,200,000 |
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9.17% Series due 2011 |
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Twenty-Sixth Supplemental |
|
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5,000,000 |
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9.93% Series due 2013 |
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Twenty-Fourth Supplemental |
|
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5,000,000 |
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9.97% Series due 2018 |
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Twenty-Fourth Supplemental |
|
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5,000,000 |
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9.17% Series due 2021 |
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Twenty-Sixth Supplemental |
|
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8,000,000 |
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9.29% Series due 2026 |
|
Twenty-Sixth Supplemental |
|
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12,000,000 |
|
1995 Medium Term Note
Series |
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Twenty-Ninth Supplemental |
|
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77,000,000 |
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6.35% Series due 2025 |
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Thirtieth Supplemental |
|
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22,000,000 |
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1997 Medium Term Note Series |
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Thirty-First Supplemental |
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65,000,000 |
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6.75% Subseries A due 2007 |
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10,000,000 |
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6.30% Subseries B due 2002 |
|
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10,000,000 |
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6.14% Subseries C due 2008 |
|
|
|
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10,000,000 |
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5.80% Subseries D due 2003 |
|
|
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10,000,000 |
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5.85% Subseries E due 2004 |
|
|
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10,000,000 |
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Designation |
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Indenture |
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Amount |
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6.00% Subseries F due 2004 |
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15,000,000 |
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6.00% Series due 2029 |
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Thirty-Second Supplemental |
|
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25,000,000 |
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1999 Medium Term Note
Series |
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Thirty-Third Supplemental |
|
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222,334,480 |
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7.40% Subseries A due 2005 |
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15,000,000 |
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7.40% Subseries B due 2005 |
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11,000,000 |
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6.21% Subseries C due 2011 |
|
|
|
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15,000,000 |
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9.53% Subseries D due 2019 |
|
|
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4,000,000 |
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6.375% Subseries E due 2023 |
|
|
|
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14,000,000 |
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8.26% Subseries F due 2022 |
|
|
|
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1,500,000 |
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9.50% Subseries G due 2006 |
|
|
|
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1,440,000 |
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9.22% Subseries H due 2019 |
|
|
|
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2,534,480 |
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8.32% Subseries I due 2022 |
|
|
|
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3,500,000 |
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8.14% Subseries J due 2025 |
|
|
|
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4,000,000 |
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6.00% Subseries K due 2030 |
|
|
|
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18,360,000 |
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5.93% Subseries L due 2012 |
|
|
|
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25,000,000 |
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2.65% Subseries M due 2006 |
|
|
|
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5,000,000 |
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3.461% Subseries N due 2007 |
|
|
|
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12,000,000 |
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5.08% Subseries O due 2015 |
|
|
|
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20,000,000 |
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5.17% Subseries P due 2017 |
|
|
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7,000,000 |
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5.751% Subseries Q due 2019 |
|
|
|
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15,000,000 |
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5.751% Subseries R due 2019 |
|
|
|
|
5,000,000 |
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6.06% Subseries S due 2027 |
|
|
|
|
15,000,000 |
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6.06% Subseries T due 2027 |
|
|
|
|
5,000,000 |
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5.98% Subseries U due 2028 |
|
|
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3,000,000 |
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5.35% Series due 2031 |
|
Thirty-Fourth Supplemental |
|
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30,000,000 |
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5.55% Series due 2032 |
|
Thirty-Sixth Supplemental |
|
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25,000,000 |
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3.75% Series due 2010 |
|
Thirty-Seventh Supplemental |
|
|
3,200,000 |
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5.15% Series due 2032 |
|
Thirty Seventh Supplemental |
|
|
25,000,000 |
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5.05% Series due 2039 |
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Thirty-Eighth Supplemental |
|
|
14,000,000 |
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5.00% Series due 2036 |
|
Thirty-Ninth Supplemental |
|
|
21,770,000 |
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5.00% Series due 2037 |
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Thirty-Ninth Supplemental |
|
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24,165,000 |
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5.00% Series due 2038 |
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Thirty-Ninth Supplemental |
|
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25,375,000 |
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5.00% Series due 2035 |
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Fortieth Supplemental |
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24,675,000 |
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WHEREAS, the bonds of each of said series that are presently outstanding are listed on
Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, in order to secure the lien of the Original Indenture on the properties of the
Original Company and the Company, the Original Indenture and the first forty supplemental
indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture were duly recorded in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on the dates and in the office for the Recording of Deeds for the counties and in the
Mortgage Books at the pages indicated in Exhibit B hereto; and
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WHEREAS, in addition to the property described in the Original Indenture and the First through
Fortieth Supplemental Indentures thereto, the Company has acquired certain
other property and desires to confirm the lien of the Original Indenture thereon and in order
to confirm such lien shall cause this Forty-First supplemental Indenture, with a true and correct
copy of the Original Indenture attached hereto as Exhibit D (redacted to delete property
descriptions for counties in which such Original Indenture has already been recorded), to be
recorded in the office for the Recording of Deeds for the counties of Crawford and Lehigh; and
WHEREAS, the lien of the Original Indenture, as supplemented, has been perfected as a security
interest under the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code by filing a financing statement in the
office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to create under the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture, two series of bonds to be designated First Mortgage Bonds,
5.00% Series due 2040 (herein referred to as the 5.00% Series due 2040) to be limited in
aggregate principal amount to $23,915,000, to bear interest at the rate of 5.00% per annum, and to
mature on February 1, 2040, and First Mortgage Bonds, 5.00% Series due 2041 (herein referred to
as the 5.00% Series due 2041) to be limited in aggregate principal amount to $23,915,000, to bear
interest at the rate of 5.00% per annum, and to mature on February 1, 2041, each series to be
issued only as registered bonds without coupons and to be dated the date of delivery thereof; and
WHEREAS, in order to finance the costs of numerous acquisitions, constructions, modifications,
expansions, installations and replacements of the Companys water distribution, treatment and
related operating systems located in the Counties of Chester, Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery in
Pennsylvania and that are part of the Companys system for the distribution of water to its
customers and related financing costs, which are to be financed under a Financing Agreement dated
as of January 1, 2007 (the Financing Agreement) between the Company and the Chester County
Industrial Development Authority, a Pennsylvania body politic and corporate (the Authority), and
which are described in Exhibit A thereto (which facilities, less any deletions therefrom
and together with any additions, improvements and modifications thereto and substitutions therefore
made in accordance with the provisions of the Financing Agreement are referred to as the
Facilities), the Company has requested the Authority to issue a new series of bonds to be known
as the Authoritys Water Facilities Revenue Bonds (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project), Series A of
2007 the aggregate principal amount of $47,830,000 (the Authority Bonds); and
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue the Bonds under the provisions of Article IV of the
Original Indenture, and will comply with the provisions thereof as well as with other provisions of
the Original Indenture and indentures supplemental thereto in connection with the issuance of
additional bonds so that it will be entitled to procure the authentication and delivery of the
Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Authority Bonds are to be issued under a Trust Indenture, dated as of January 1,
2007 (the Authority Indenture), between the Authority and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee (the Authority Trustee); and
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WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Authority Bonds are to be loaned to the Company pursuant to the
terms of the Financing Agreement and the Bonds are to be issued by
the Company to secure the obligation of the Company to pay to or for the account of the
Authority an amount equal to the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the
Authority Bonds pursuant to the Financing Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the right, title and interest of the Authority in and to the Financing Agreement and
the payments thereunder and the security for such payments are to be assigned by the Authority to
the Authority Trustee, and the Bonds are to be delivered by the Company on behalf of the Authority
directly to the Authority Trustee, as assignee of the Authority, as security for the payment of the
principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on, the Authority Bonds; and
WHEREAS, Article XVIII of the Original Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by
resolution of its Board of Directors, may with the Trustee enter into an indenture supplemental to
the Original Indenture, which thereafter shall form a part of the Original Indenture, for the
purposes, inter alia, of subjecting to the lien of the Original Indenture additional property, of
defining the covenants and provisions applicable to any bonds of any series other than the 3 1/4%
Series due 1971, of adding to the covenants and agreements of the Company contained in the Original
Indenture other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed by the Company, of surrendering
any right or power in the Original Indenture reserved to or conferred upon the Company, and of
making such provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under the Original Indenture as
may be necessary or desirable and not inconsistent therewith; and
WHEREAS, the Company, by proper corporate action, has duly authorized the creation of the
5.00% Series due 2040 and the 5.00% Series due 2041 (to be issued in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Original Indenture and indentures supplemental thereto, including this
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture, and to be secured by said Original Indenture and indentures
supplemental thereto, including this Forty-first Supplemental Indenture) and has further duly
authorized the execution, delivery and recording of this Forty-first Supplemental Indenture setting
forth the terms and provisions of the 5.00% Series due 2040 and the 5.00% Series due 2041 insofar
as said terms and provisions are not set forth in said Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Bonds and the Trustees certificate upon said Bonds are to be substantially in
the following form, the proper amount, names of registered owners and numbers to be inserted
therein, and such appropriate insertions, omissions and changes to be made therein as may be
required or permitted by this Indenture to conform to any pertinent law or usage:
[Form of 5.00% Series due 2040]
AQUA PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
(Incorporated under the Laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania)
First Mortgage Bond, 5.00% Series Due 2040
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Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (f/k/a known as Pennsylvania Suburban Water Company, successor by
merger to Philadelphia Suburban Water Company), a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (hereinafter called the Company, which term shall include any
successor corporation as defined in the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to Chester County Industrial Development Authority or its registered
assigns, on the 1st day of February, 2040, at the designated office of J.P. Morgan Trust Company,
National Association (hereinafter called the Trustee) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the sum of
Twenty-three Million Nine Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts and to pay interest thereon to the registered owner hereof by draft or check of the Trustee
mailed to such registered owner from the interest payment date next preceding the date of the
authentication of this Bond (or if this Bond is authenticated after a Record Date as defined below
and on or before the succeeding interest payment date, from such succeeding interest payment date,
or if this Bond is authenticated on or prior to August 1, 2007, from the date hereof) until the
principal hereof shall become due and payable, at the rate of five percent (5.00%) per annum,
payable semiannually in like coin or currency on the first day of February and the first day of
August in each year, commencing August 1, 2007 and to pay interest on overdue principal (including
any overdue required or optional prepayment of principal) and premium, if any, and, to the extent
legally enforceable, on any overdue installment of interest at a rate of 5.00% per annum after
maturity whether by acceleration or otherwise until paid.
The interest so payable will (except as otherwise provided in the Forty-first Supplemental
Indenture referred to herein) be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months
and be paid to the person in whose name this Bond (or a Bond or Bonds in exchange for which this
Bond was issued) is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month
next preceding the month in which the interest payment date occurs whether or not such day is a
business day (a Record Date) and principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Bond shall be
paid in accordance with written payment instructions of the registered owner delivered to the
Trustee on or before such record date.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of bonds of the Company known as its First
Mortgage Bonds, issued and to be issued without limitation as to aggregate principal amount except
as set forth in the Indenture hereinafter mentioned in one or more series and equally secured
(except insofar as a sinking fund or other similar fund established in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture may afford additional security for the bonds of any specific series) by
an Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the Indenture) dated as of January 1, 1941, executed by
the Philadelphia Suburban Water Company (now Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., f/k/a Pennsylvania Suburban
Water Company, as successor by merger) to The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and
Granting Annuities (succeeded as trustee by J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association), as
Trustee (the Trustee), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a description of the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the
security, the rights of the holders and registered owners of the bonds and of the Trustee in
respect of such security, and the terms and conditions under which the bonds are and are to be
secured and may be issued under the Indenture; but neither the foregoing reference to the Indenture
nor any provision of this Bond or of the Indenture or of any indenture supplemental thereto shall
affect or impair the obligation of
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the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay at the stated or accelerated maturity
herein and in the Indenture provided, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this
Bond as herein provided. As provided in the Indenture, the bonds may be issued in series for
various principal amounts, may bear different dates and mature at different times, may bear
interest at different rates and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided or permitted. This
Bond is one of the Bonds described in an indenture supplemental to said Indenture known as the
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 2007, and designated therein as First
Mortgage Bonds, 5.00% Series due 2040 (the Bonds).
Concurrently herewith the Company is issuing is First Mortgage Bonds, 5.00% Series due 2041
in the aggregate principal amount of $23,915,000 (the 5.00% Series due 2041) and, together with
the 5.00% Series due 2040, the 2007 Bonds).
To the extent permitted by and as provided in the Indenture, modifications or alterations of
the Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto, and of the rights and obligations of the
Company and of the holders and registered owners of bonds issued and to be issued thereunder may be
made with the consent of the Company by an affirmative vote of the holders and registered owners of
not less than 75% in principal amount of bonds then outstanding under the Indenture and entitled to
vote, at a meeting of the bondholders called and held as provided in the Indenture, and, in case
one or more but less than all of the series of bonds then outstanding under the Indenture are so
affected, by an affirmative vote of the holders and registered owners of not less than 75% in
principal amount of bonds of any series then outstanding under the Indenture and entitled to vote
on and affected by such modification or alteration, or by the written consent of the holders and
registered owners of such percentages of bonds; provided, however, that no such modification or
alteration shall be made which shall reduce the percentage of bonds the consent of the holders or
registered owners of which is required for any such modification or alteration or which shall
affect the terms of payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, or permit the creation by
the Company of any lien prior to or on a parity with the lien of the Indenture with respect to any
property subject to the lien of the Indenture as a first mortgage lien thereon, or which shall
affect the rights of the holders or registered owners of less than all of the bonds of any series
affected thereby.
The Bonds have been issued by the Company to secure the obligation of the Company to pay to or
for the account of the Authority (defined below) an amount equal to the principal, premium, if any,
of, and interest on, the Authority Bonds (defined below) pursuant to the Financing Agreement (the
Financing Agreement) dated as of January 1, 2007 between the Chester County Industrial
Development Authority, a Pennsylvania body politic and corporate (the Authority), and the
Company, which Authority Bonds are being issued to finance the costs of numerous constructions,
modifications, expansions, installations and replacements of the Companys water distribution,
treatment and related operating systems located in the Counties of Chester, Bucks, Delaware and
Montgomery in Pennsylvania and that are part of the Companys system for the distribution of water
to its customers and related financing costs which are to be financed under the Financing Agreement
and which are described in Exhibit A thereto (which facilities, less any deletions
therefrom and together with any additions, improvements and modifications thereto and substitutions
therefor made in accordance with the provisions of the Financing Agreement are referred to as the
Facilities). The Facilities are to be financed through the sale of the Authoritys Water
Facilities Revenue Bonds (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project), Series A of 2007, in the aggregate principal amount of $47,830,000 (the Authority
Bonds).
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The Authority Bonds are to be issued under a Trust Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2007 (the
Authority Indenture) between the Authority and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the
Authority Trustee). The right, title and interest of the Authority in and to the Financing
Agreement and the payments thereunder and the security for such payments have been assigned by the
Authority to the Authority Trustee, and the Bonds have been delivered by the Company on behalf of
the Authority directly to the Authority Trustee, as assignee, as security for the payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Authority Bonds. The Authority Trustee may
not sell, assign or otherwise transfer the Bonds except for a transfer of the entire outstanding
principal amount thereof to its successor as trustee under the Authority Indenture, which successor
and each subsequent successor shall hold such Authority Bonds subject to the same restriction on
transfer.
In the event any Authority Bonds shall be purchased by the Company and cancelled pursuant to
the Authority Indenture, Bonds corresponding in principal amount to the Authority Bonds so
purchased and cancelled shall be deemed to be paid in full, and in the event and to the extent the
principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, any Authority Bonds is paid out of funds held by
the Authority Trustee other than payments on Bonds, the corresponding payment of the principal of
and premium, if any, or interest on, an aggregate principal amount of Bonds shall be deemed to have
been satisfied.
In the event this Bond shall be deemed to have been paid in full, this Bond shall be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. In the event this Bond shall be deemed to have been
paid in part, this Bond shall be presented to the Trustee for notation hereon of the payment of the
portion of the principal hereof so deemed to have been paid.
The Bonds are redeemable only as follows:
(a) The Bonds are subject to redemption prior to maturity, at the option of the Company, on or
after February 1, 2017, in whole or in part, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount
of the Bonds to be redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption.
(b) The Bonds are also subject to redemption at the direction of the Company, in whole, at any
time prior to maturity, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the bonds to be
redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption, at any time the Authority
Bonds are subject to extraordinary optional redemption pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii) of the
Authority Indenture.
(c) The Bonds are also subject to special mandatory redemption at the direction of the
Company, in part, prior to maturity, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the
bonds to be redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption, at such time
and in such amount as the Authority Bonds are subject to special mandatory redemption pursuant to
Section 7.01(a)(iii) of the Authority Indenture.
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(d) The Bonds are also subject to mandatory redemption by the Company in whole if the Trustee
shall receive a written demand from the Authority Trustee for redemption of all such Bonds held by
the Authority Trustee stating that an Event of Default as defined in Section 9.01(a) of the
Authority Indenture has occurred and is continuing and that payment of the principal of the
Authority Bonds has been accelerated pursuant to Section 9.01(b) of the Authority Indenture,
provided that at the time of notice of such redemption as provided in Section 2 of Article V of the
Original Indenture (i) said written demand shall not have been withdrawn by the Authority Trustee,
and (ii) no event of default under Section 1 of Article XI of the Original Indenture shall have
occurred and be continuing.
If this Bond or any portion hereof is called for redemption and payment thereof is duly
provided for as specified in the Indenture, interest shall cease to accrue hereon or on such
portion, as the case may be, from and after the date fixed for redemption.
The principal hereof may be declared or may become due prior to its maturity date on the
conditions, in the manner and with the effect set forth in the Indenture upon the happening of an
event of default, as in the Indenture provided; subject, however, to the right, under certain
circumstances, of the registered owners of a majority in principal amount of Bonds outstanding to
annul such declaration.
This Bond is transferable by the registered owner hereof in person or by attorney duly
authorized in writing, on books of the Company to be kept for that purpose at the designated
office of the Trustee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania upon surrender hereof for cancellation at such
office and upon presentation of a written instrument of transfer duly executed, and thereupon the
Company shall issue in the name of the transferee or transferees, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, a new Bond or Bonds in authorized denominations, of equal aggregate
unpaid principal amount. Any such transfer or exchange shall be subject to the terms and conditions
and to the payment of the charges specified in the Indenture.
The Company and the Trustee may deem and treat the registered owner of this Bond as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof
and the interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Bond or for
any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof or of the Indenture or of any indenture
supplemental thereto against any incorporator or any past, present or future stockholder, officer
or director of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, as such, either directly
or through the Company or through any such predecessor or successor corporation or through any
receiver or trustee in bankruptcy, by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of
law or equity, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; all such liability
being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly
waived and released by every holder or registered owner hereof, as more fully provided in the
Indenture.
This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or any indenture
supplemental thereto, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until J.P. Morgan Trust
Company, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture, or a successor trustee
thereunder, shall have signed the certificate of authentication endorsed hereon.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. has caused this Bond to be signed by its President
or a Vice President and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and this Bond to be dated January 16, 2007.
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(Form of Trustees Certificate)
This Bond is one of the Bonds, of the series designated therein, referred to in the
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[Form of 5.00% Series due 2041]
AQUA PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
(Incorporated under the Laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania)
First Mortgage Bond, 5.00% Series Due 2041
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Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (f/k/a known as Pennsylvania Suburban Water Company, successor by
merger to Philadelphia Suburban Water Company), a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (hereinafter called the
Company, which term shall include any successor corporation as defined in the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Chester County Industrial
Development Authority or its registered assigns, on the 1st day of February, 2041, at the
designated office of J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association (hereinafter called the
Trustee) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the sum of Twenty-three Million Nine Hundred Fifteen
Thousand Dollars in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts and to pay interest thereon to the
registered owner hereof by draft or check of the Trustee mailed to such registered owner from the
interest payment date next preceding the date of the authentication of this Bond (or if this Bond
is authenticated after a Record Date as defined below and on or before the succeeding interest
payment date, from such succeeding interest payment date, or if this Bond is authenticated on or
prior to August 1, 2007, from the date hereof) until the principal hereof shall become due and
payable, at the rate of five percent (5.00%) per annum, payable semiannually in like coin or
currency on the first day of February and the first day of August in each year, commencing August
1, 2007 and to pay interest on overdue principal (including any overdue required or optional
prepayment of principal) and premium, if any, and, to the extent legally enforceable, on any
overdue installment of interest at a rate of 5.00% per annum after maturity whether by acceleration
or otherwise until paid.
The interest so payable will (except as otherwise provided in the Forty-first Supplemental
Indenture referred to herein) be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months
and be paid to the person in whose name this Bond (or a Bond or Bonds in exchange for which this
Bond was issued) is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month
next preceding the month in which the interest payment date occurs whether or not such day is a
business day (a Record Date) and principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Bond shall be
paid in accordance with written payment instructions of the registered owner delivered to the
Trustee on or before such record date.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of bonds of the Company known as its First
Mortgage Bonds, issued and to be issued without limitation as to aggregate principal amount except
as set forth in the Indenture hereinafter mentioned in one or more series and equally secured
(except insofar as a sinking fund or other similar fund established in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture may afford additional security for the bonds of any specific series) by
an Indenture of Mortgage (herein called the Indenture) dated as of January 1, 1941, executed by
the Philadelphia Suburban Water Company (now Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., f/k/a Pennsylvania Suburban
Water Company, as successor by merger) to The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and
Granting Annuities (succeeded as trustee by J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association), as
Trustee (the Trustee), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a description of the property mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the
security, the rights of the holders and registered owners of the bonds and of the Trustee in
respect of such security, and the terms and conditions under which the bonds are and are to be
secured and may be issued under the Indenture; but neither the foregoing reference to the Indenture
nor any provision of this Bond or of the Indenture or of any indenture supplemental thereto shall
affect or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay at the
stated or accelerated maturity herein and in the Indenture provided, the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest on this Bond as herein provided. As provided in the Indenture, the bonds may
be issued in series for
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various principal amounts, may bear different dates and mature at different times, may bear
interest at different rates and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided or permitted. This
Bond is one of the Bonds described in an indenture supplemental to said Indenture known as the
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 2007, and designated therein as First
Mortgage Bonds, 5.00% Series due 2041 (the Bonds).
Concurrently herewith the Company is issuing is First Mortgage Bonds, 5.00% Series due 2040
in the aggregate principal amount of $23,915,000 (the 5.00% Series due 2040) and, together with
the 5.00% Series due 2041, the 2007 Bonds).
To the extent permitted by and as provided in the Indenture, modifications or alterations of
the Indenture, or of any indenture supplemental thereto, and of the rights and obligations of the
Company and of the holders and registered owners of bonds issued and to be issued thereunder may be
made with the consent of the Company by an affirmative vote of the holders and registered owners of
not less than 75% in principal amount of bonds then outstanding under the Indenture and entitled to
vote, at a meeting of the bondholders called and held as provided in the Indenture, and, in case
one or more but less than all of the series of bonds then outstanding under the Indenture are so
affected, by an affirmative vote of the holders and registered owners of not less than 75% in
principal amount of bonds of any series then outstanding under the Indenture and entitled to vote
on and affected by such modification or alteration, or by the written consent of the holders and
registered owners of such percentages of bonds; provided, however, that no such modification or
alteration shall be made which shall reduce the percentage of bonds the consent of the holders or
registered owners of which is required for any such modification or alteration or which shall
affect the terms of payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, or permit the creation by
the Company of any lien prior to or on a parity with the lien of the Indenture with respect to any
property subject to the lien of the Indenture as a first mortgage lien thereon, or which shall
affect the rights of the holders or registered owners of less than all of the bonds of any series
affected thereby.
The Bonds have been issued by the Company to secure the obligation of the Company to pay to or
for the account of the Authority (defined below) an amount equal to the principal, premium, if any,
of, and interest on, the Authority Bonds (defined below) pursuant to the Financing Agreement (the
Financing Agreement) dated as of January 1, 2007 between the Chester County Industrial
Development Authority, a Pennsylvania body politic and corporate (the Authority), and the
Company, which Authority Bonds are being issued to finance the costs of numerous constructions,
modifications, expansions, installations and replacements of the Companys water distribution,
treatment and related operating systems located in the Counties of Chester, Bucks, Delaware and
Montgomery in Pennsylvania and that are part of the Companys system for the distribution of water
to its customers and related financing costs which are to be financed under the Financing Agreement
and which are described in Exhibit A thereto (which facilities, less any deletions
therefrom and together with any additions, improvements and modifications thereto and substitutions
therefor made in accordance with the provisions of the Financing Agreement are referred to as the
Facilities). The Facilities are to be financed through the sale of the Authoritys Water
Facilities Revenue Bonds (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project), Series A of 2007, in the aggregate
principal amount of $47,830,000 (the Authority Bonds).
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The Authority Bonds are to be issued under a Trust Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2007 (the
Authority Indenture) between the Authority and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the
Authority Trustee). The right, title and interest of the Authority in and to the Financing
Agreement and the payments thereunder and the security for such payments have been assigned by the
Authority to the Authority Trustee, and the Bonds have been delivered by the Company on behalf of
the Authority directly to the Authority Trustee, as assignee, as security for the payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Authority Bonds. The Authority Trustee may
not sell, assign or otherwise transfer the Bonds except for a transfer of the entire outstanding
principal amount thereof to its successor as trustee under the Authority Indenture, which successor
and each subsequent successor shall hold such Authority Bonds subject to the same restriction on
transfer.
In the event any Authority Bonds shall be purchased by the Company and cancelled pursuant to
the Authority Indenture, Bonds corresponding in principal amount to the Authority Bonds so
purchased and cancelled shall be deemed to be paid in full, and in the event and to the extent the
principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, any Authority Bonds is paid out of funds held by
the Authority Trustee other than payments on Bonds, the corresponding payment of the principal of
and premium, if any, or interest on, an aggregate principal amount of Bonds shall be deemed to have
been satisfied.
In the event this Bond shall be deemed to have been paid in full, this Bond shall be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. In the event this Bond shall be deemed to have been
paid in part, this Bond shall be presented to the Trustee for notation hereon of the payment of the
portion of the principal hereof so deemed to have been paid.
The Bonds are redeemable only as follows:
(e) The Bonds are subject to redemption prior to maturity, at the option of the Company, on or
after February 1, 2017, in whole or in part, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount
of the Bonds to be redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption.
(f) The Bonds are also subject to redemption at the direction of the Company, in whole, at any
time prior to maturity, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the bonds to be
redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption, at any time the Authority
Bonds are subject to extraordinary optional redemption pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii) of the
Authority Indenture.
(g) The Bonds are also subject to special mandatory redemption at the direction of the
Company, in part, prior to maturity, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the
bonds to be redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption, at such time
and in such amount as the Authority Bonds are subject to special mandatory redemption pursuant to
Section 7.01(a)(iii) of the Authority Indenture.
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(h) The Bonds are also subject to mandatory redemption by the Company in whole if the Trustee
shall receive a written demand from the Authority Trustee for redemption of all such Bonds held by
the Authority Trustee stating that an Event of Default as defined in Section
9.01(a) of the Authority Indenture has occurred and is continuing and that payment of the
principal of the Authority Bonds has been accelerated pursuant to Section 9.01(b) of the Authority
Indenture, provided that at the time of notice of such redemption as provided in Section 2 of
Article V of the Original Indenture (i) said written demand shall not have been withdrawn by the
Authority Trustee, and (ii) no event of default under Section 1 of Article XI of the Original
Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing.
If this Bond or any portion hereof is called for redemption and payment thereof is duly
provided for as specified in the Indenture, interest shall cease to accrue hereon or on such
portion, as the case may be, from and after the date fixed for redemption.
The principal hereof may be declared or may become due prior to its maturity date on the
conditions, in the manner and with the effect set forth in the Indenture upon the happening of an
event of default, as in the Indenture provided; subject, however, to the right, under certain
circumstances, of the registered owners of a majority in principal amount of Bonds outstanding to
annul such declaration.
This Bond is transferable by the registered owner hereof in person or by attorney duly
authorized in writing, on books of the Company to be kept for that purpose at the designated
office of the Trustee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania upon surrender hereof for cancellation at such
office and upon presentation of a written instrument of transfer duly executed, and thereupon the
Company shall issue in the name of the transferee or transferees, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, a new Bond or Bonds in authorized denominations, of equal aggregate
unpaid principal amount. Any such transfer or exchange shall be subject to the terms and conditions
and to the payment of the charges specified in the Indenture.
The Company and the Trustee may deem and treat the registered owner of this Bond as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof
and the interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Bond or for
any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof or of the Indenture or of any indenture
supplemental thereto against any incorporator or any past, present or future stockholder, officer
or director of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, as such, either directly
or through the Company or through any such predecessor or successor corporation or through any
receiver or trustee in bankruptcy, by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of
law or equity, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; all such liability
being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly
waived and released by every holder or registered owner hereof, as more fully provided in the
Indenture.
This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or any indenture
supplemental thereto, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until J.P. Morgan Trust
Company, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture, or a successor trustee thereunder,
shall have signed the certificate of authentication endorsed hereon.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. has caused this Bond to be signed by its President
or a Vice President and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and this Bond to be dated January 16, 2007.
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(Form of Trustees Certificate)
This Bond is one of the Bonds, of the series designated therein, referred to in the
within-mentioned Forty-first Supplemental Indenture.
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and;
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Bonds, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as in this Forty-first Supplemental Indenture provided
and issued by the Company, valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and this
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture a valid and enforceable supplement to said Original Indenture,
have been done, performed and fulfilled, and the execution of this Forty-first Supplemental
Indenture has been in all respects duly authorized; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FORTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That, in order to secure
the payment of the principal and interest of all bonds issued under the Original Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto, according to their tenor and effect, and according to the terms of
the Original Indenture and of any indenture supplemental thereto, and to secure the performance of
the covenants and obligations in said bonds and in the Original Indenture and any indenture
supplemental thereto respectively contained, and to provide for the proper issuing, conveying and
confirming unto the Trustee, its successors in said trust and its and their assigns forever, upon
the trusts and for the purposes expressed in the Original Indenture and in any indenture
supplemental thereto, all and singular the estates, property and franchises of the Company thereby
mortgaged or intended so to be, the
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Company, for and in consideration of the premises and of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) in hand
paid by the Trustee to the Company upon the execution and delivery of this Forty-first Supplemental
Indenture, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and of other good and valuable consideration,
and intending to be legally bound, has granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released and
confirmed and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, release and confirm unto
J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, and to its successors in said trust
and its and their assigns forever:
All and singular the premises, property, assets, rights and franchises of the Company, whether
now or hereafter owned, constructed or acquired, of whatever character and wherever situated
(except as herein expressly excepted), including among other things the following, but reference to
or enumeration of any particular kinds, classes, or items of property shall not be deemed to
exclude from the operation and effect of the Original Indenture or any indenture supplemental
thereto any kind, class or item not so referred to or enumerated:
I.
REAL ESTATE AND WATER RIGHTS.
The real estate described in the deeds from the grantors named in Exhibit C hereto,
dated and recorded as therein set forth, and any other real estate and water rights acquired since
the date of the Fortieth Supplemental Indenture.
II.
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.
All mains, pipes, pipe lines, service pipes, buildings, improvements, standpipes, reservoirs,
wells, flumes, sluices, canals, basins, cribs, machinery, conduits, hydrants, water works, plants
and systems, tanks, shops, structures, purification systems, pumping stations, fixtures, engines,
boilers, pumps, meters and equipment which are now owned or may hereafter be acquired by the
Company (except as herein expressly excepted), including all improvements, additions and extensions
appurtenant to any real or fixed property now or hereafter subject to the lien of the Original
Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto which are used or useful in connection with the
business of the Company as a water company or as a water utility, whether any of the foregoing
property is now owned or may hereafter be acquired by the Company.
It is hereby declared by the Company that all property of the kinds described in the next
preceding paragraph, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, has been or is or will be owned or
acquired with the intention of using the same in carrying on the business or branches of the
business of the Company, and it is hereby declared that it is the intention of the Company that all
thereof (except property hereinafter specifically excepted) shall be subject to the lien of the
Original Indenture.
It is agreed by the Company that so far as may be permitted by law, tangible personal property
now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company, except such as is hereafter expressly excepted from
the lien hereof, shall be deemed to be and construed as fixtures and appurtenances to the real
property of the Company.
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III.
FRANCHISES AND RIGHTS OF WAY.
All the corporate and other franchises of the Company, all water and flowage rights, riparian
rights, easements and rights of way, and all permits, licenses, rights, grants, privileges and
immunities, and all renewals, extensions, additions or modifications of any of the foregoing,
whether the same or any thereof, or any renewals, extensions, additions or modifications thereof,
are now owned or may hereafter be acquired, owned, held, or enjoyed by the Company.
IV.
AFTER ACQUIRED PROPERTY.
All real and fixed property and all other property of the character hereinabove described
which the Company may hereafter acquire.
TOGETHER WITH all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances belonging or in
any way appertaining to the aforesaid property or any part thereof, with the reversion and
reversions, remainder and remainders, tolls, rents, revenues, issues, income, product and profits
thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest and claim whatsoever, at law as well as in
equity, which the Company now has or may hereafter acquire in and to the aforesaid premises,
property, rights and franchises and every part and parcel thereof.
EXCEPTING AND RESERVING, HOWEVER, certain premises, not used or useful in the supplying of
water by the Company, expressly excepted and reserved from the lien of the Original Indenture and
not subject to the terms thereof.
AND ALSO SAVING AND EXCEPTING from the property hereby mortgaged and pledged, all of the
following property (whether now owned by the Company or hereafter acquired by it): All bills, notes
and accounts receivable, cash on hand and in banks, contracts, choses in action and leases to
others (as distinct from the property leased and without limiting any rights of the Trustee with
respect thereto under any of the provisions of the Original Indenture or of any indenture
supplemental thereto), all bonds, obligations, evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock and other
securities, and certificates or evidences of interest therein, all automobiles, motor trucks, and
other like automobile equipment and all furniture, and all equipment, materials, goods, merchandise
and supplies acquired for the purpose of sale in the ordinary course of business or for consumption
in the operation of any properties of the Company other than any of the foregoing which may be
specifically transferred or assigned to or pledged or deposited with the Trustee hereunder or
required by the provisions of the Original Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto so to
be; provided, however, that if, upon the happening of a completed default, as specified in Section
1 of Article XI of the Original Indenture, the Trustee or any receiver appointed hereunder shall
enter upon and take possession of the mortgaged property, the Trustee or any such receiver may, to
the extent permitted by law, at the same time likewise take possession of any and all of the
property described in this paragraph then on hand and any and all other property of the Company
then on hand, not
described or referred to in the foregoing granting clauses, which is used or useful in
connection with the business of the Company as a water company or as a water utility, and use and
administer the same to the same extent as if such property were part of the mortgaged property,
unless and until such completed default shall be remedied or waived and possession of the mortgaged
property restored to the Company, its successors or assigns.
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SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the exceptions, reservations and matters hereinabove and in the Original
Indenture recited, to releases executed since the date of the Original Indenture in accordance with
the provisions thereof, to existing leases, to easements and rights of way for pole lines and
electric transmission lines and other similar encumbrances and restrictions which the Company
hereby certifies, in its judgment, do not impair the use of said property by the Company in its
business, to liens existing on or claims against, and rights in and relating to, real estate
acquired for right-of-way purposes, to taxes and assessments not delinquent, to alleys, streets and
highways that may run across or encroach upon said lands, to liens, if any, incidental to
construction, and to Permitted Liens, as defined in the Original Indenture; and, with respect to
any property which the Company may hereafter acquire, to all terms, conditions, agreements,
covenants, exceptions and reservations expressed or provided in such deeds and other instruments,
respectively, under and by virtue of which the Company shall hereafter acquire the same and to any
and all liens existing thereon at the time of such acquisition.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, all and singular the property, rights, privileges and franchises hereby
conveyed, transferred or pledged or intended so to be unto the Trustee and its successors in the
trust heretofore and hereby created, and its and their assigns forever.
IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, for the equal pro rata benefit and security of each and every entity
who may be or become the holders of bonds and coupons secured by the Original Indenture or by any
indenture supplemental thereto, or both, without preference, priority or distinction as to lien or
otherwise of any bond or coupon over or from any other bond or coupon, so that each and every of
said bonds and coupons issued or to be issued, of whatsoever series, shall have the same right,
lien and privilege under the Original Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto and shall
be equally secured hereby and thereby, with the same effect as if said bonds and coupons had all
been made, issued and negotiated simultaneously on the date thereof; subject, however, to the
provisions with reference to extended, transferred or pledged coupons and claims for interest
contained in the Original Indenture and subject to any sinking or improvement fund or maintenance
deposit provisions, or both, for the benefit of any particular series of bonds.
IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, DECLARED AND AGREED, by and between the parties hereto, that all such
bonds and coupons are to be authenticated, delivered and issued, and that all property subject or
to become subject hereto is to be held subject to the further covenants, conditions, uses and
trusts hereinafter set forth, and the Company, for itself and its successors and assigns, does
hereby covenant and agree to and with the Trustee and its successor or successors in said trust,
for the benefit of those who shall hold said bonds and coupons, or any of them, issued under this
Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, or both, as follows:
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ARTICLE I.
Form, Authentication and Delivery of the Bonds; Redemption Provisions
SECTION 1. There shall be a forty-ninth series of bonds, limited in aggregate principal amount
to $23,915,000 designated as Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., First Mortgage Bonds, 5.00% Series due 2040
and a fiftieth series of bonds, limited in aggregate principal amount to $23,915,000 designated as
Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., First Mortgage Bonds, 5.00% Series due 2041.
Interest on the Bonds shall be payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year
(each an interest payment date), commencing August 1, 2007. Each Bond shall be dated the date of
its authentication and shall bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date
of the authentication of such Bond (or if such Bond is authenticated after a Record Date as defined
below and on or before the succeeding interest payment date, from such succeeding interest payment
date, or if such Bond is authenticated on or prior to the record date for the first interest
payment date for the Bonds, in which case it shall bear interest from the date of original issuance
of the Bonds); provided, however, that, if at the time of authentication of any Bond, interest on
the predecessor Bond of such Bond is in default, such Bond shall bear interest from the date to
which interest has been paid, or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance
thereof. The 5.00% Series due 2040 shall be stated to mature (subject to the right of earlier
redemption at the prices and dates and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth) on
February 1, 2040 and shall bear interest at the rate of 5.00%. The 5.00% Series due 2041 shall be
stated to mature (subject to the right of earlier redemption at the prices and dates and upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth) on February 1, 2041 and shall bear interest at the rate
of 5.00%.
The Bonds of each series shall be issuable only as registered bonds without coupons, shall be
in the form hereinabove recited, in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) or any
integral multiple thereof, shall be lettered R-1 and shall bear such numbers as the Company may
reasonably require.
The principal of, and interest on the Bonds shall be payable at the designated office of the
trustee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and shall be payable, along with interest on the Bonds, in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
the payment of public and private debts; each installment of interest shall be paid by check to the
order of the person entitled thereto, mailed to such persons address as the same appears on the
books maintained for such purpose by or on behalf of the Company, or by bank wire transfer of
immediately available funds pursuant to instructions and conditions incorporated in an agreement
between such person and the Trustee or the Company.
The person in whose name any Bond is registered at the close of business on any Record Date
(as hereinafter defined) with respect to any interest payment date shall be entitled to receive the
interest payable on such interest payment date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Bond upon
any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Record Date and prior to such interest payment date;
provided, however, that if and to the extent the Company shall default in the payment of the
interest due on such interest payment date, such defaulted interest shall be paid to the persons in
whose names outstanding Bonds are registered at the close of business on a subsequent Record Date
established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Company to the holders of Bonds not less
than fifteen days preceding such subsequent Record Date, such Record Date to be not less than ten
days preceding the date of payment of such defaulted interest.
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The term Record Date with respect to any regular interest payment date shall mean the
fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding the month in which such interest payment date
occurs.
The Bonds are being issued by the Company to secure the obligation of the Company to pay to or
for the account of the Authority an amount equal to the principal of, at maturity or earlier
redemption, and interest on, the Authority Bonds pursuant to the Financing Agreement. The Authority
Bonds are being sold to finance the Facilities.
The Authority Bonds are to be issued under the Authority Indenture and the right, title and
interest of the Authority in and to the Financing Agreement and the payments thereunder and the
security for such payments have been assigned by the Authority to the Authority Trustee, and the
Bonds are to be delivered by the Company on behalf of the Authority directly to the Authority
Trustee, as assignee, as security for the payment of the principal of, at maturity or earlier
redemption, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Authority Bonds. The Authority Trustee may
not sell, assign or otherwise transfer the Bonds except for a transfer of the entire outstanding
principal amount thereof to its successor as Trustee under the Authority Indenture, which successor
and each subsequent successor shall hold the Bonds subject to the same restriction on transfer.
The text of the Bonds and of the certificate of the Trustee upon such Bonds shall be,
respectively, substantially of the tenor and effect hereinbefore recited.
Exchange of any Bonds shall be effected in accordance with the applicable provisions of
Sections 7, 8 and 9 of Article II of the Original Indenture.
SECTION 2. The Bonds are redeemable only as follows:
(a) The 5.00% Series due 2040 are subject to redemption prior to maturity on or after February
1, 2017 by the Company, to the extent that the Authority Bonds are called for redemption under
Section 7.01(a)(i) of the Authority Indenture, and then out of moneys deposited with or held by the
Trustee for such purpose, as a whole or in part, at any time in the manner described below, at the
redemption price of one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount to be redeemed, plus
interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption;
(b) The 5.00% Series due 2041 are subject to redemption prior to maturity on or after February
1, 2017 by the Company, to the extent that the Authority Bonds are called for redemption under
Section 7.01(a)(i) of the Authority Indenture, and then out of moneys deposited with or held by the
Trustee for such purpose, as a whole or in part, at any time in the manner described below, at the
redemption price of one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount to be redeemed, plus
interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption;
(c) The 5.00% Series due 2040 are subject to redemption at the direction of the Company, in
whole, at any time prior to maturity, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount to be
redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption, at any time the Authority
Bonds maturing February 1, 2040 are subject to extraordinary optional redemption pursuant to
Section 7.01(a)(ii) of the Authority Indenture;
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(d) The 5.00% Series due 2041 are subject to redemption at the direction of the Company, in
whole, at any time prior to maturity, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount to be
redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption, at any time the Authority
Bonds maturing February 1, 2041 are subject to extraordinary optional redemption pursuant to
Section 7.01(a)(ii) of the Authority Indenture;
(e) The 5.00% Series due 2040 are also subject to special mandatory redemption at the
direction of the Company, in part, prior to maturity, at a redemption price of 100% of the
principal amount of the bonds to be redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for
redemption, at such time and in such amount as the Authority Bonds maturing February 1, 2040 are
subject to special mandatory redemption pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(iii) of the Authority
Indenture.
(f) The 5.00% Series due 2041 are also subject to special mandatory redemption at the
direction of the Company, in part, prior to maturity, at a redemption price of 100% of the
principal amount of the bonds to be redeemed, plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for
redemption, at such time and in such amount as the Authority Bonds maturing February 1, 2041 are
subject to special mandatory redemption pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(iii) of the Authority
Indenture.
(g) The 5.00% Series due 2040 and the 5.00% Series due 2041 are also subject to mandatory
redemption by the Company in whole if the Trustee shall receive a written demand from the Authority
Trustee for redemption of all such Bonds held by the Authority Trustee stating that an Event of
Default as defined in Section 9.01(a) of the Authority Indenture has occurred and is continuing
and that payment of the principal of the Authority Bonds has been accelerated pursuant to Section
9.01(b) of the Authority Indenture, provided that at the time of notice of such redemption as
provided in Section 2 of Article V of the Original Indenture (i) said written demand shall not have
been withdrawn by the Authority Trustee, and (ii) no event of default under Section 1 of Article XI
of the Original Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 3. Any redemption of the Bonds shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of
Article V of the Original Indenture.
SECTION 4. In the event any Authority Bonds shall be purchased by the Company, surrendered by
the Company to the Authority Trustee for cancellation and cancelled by the Authority Trustee, Bonds
corresponding in principal amount to the Authority Bonds so purchased, surrendered and cancelled
shall be deemed to have been paid in full.
SECTION 5. In the event and to the extent the principal of and premium, if any, or interest
on, any Authority Bonds is paid out of funds held by the Authority Trustee other than payments of
Bonds, the corresponding payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, an
aggregate principal amount of Bonds equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Authority Bonds
shall be deemed to have been satisfied.
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SECTION 6. All Bonds deemed to have been paid in full as provided in Section 4 and 5 of this
Article I of this Forty-first Supplemental Indenture shall be surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation, and the Trustee shall forthwith cancel the same and, in accordance
with applicable laws and regulations and the Trustees policies and procedures, and on the written
request of the Company, deliver the same to the Company. In case part of an outstanding Bond shall
be deemed to have been partially paid as provided in said Section 4 or Section 5, upon presentation
of such Bond at the designated office of the Trustee, the Trustee shall make a notation thereon of
the payment of the portion of the principal amount of such Bond so deemed to have been paid unless
the registered owner shall elect to surrender such Bond to the Trustee, in which case the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge to the registered
owner, Bonds in such authorized denominations as shall be specified by the registered owner for the
unpaid balance of the principal amount of such outstanding Bond.
SECTION 7. The 5.00% Series due 2040 in the aggregate principal amount of $23,915,000 and the
5.00% Series due 2041 in the aggregate principal amount of $23,915,000 may be issued under the
provisions of Article IV of the Original Indenture and may forthwith be executed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee and shall be authenticated by the Trustee and delivered to or upon the
order of the Company, upon receipt by the Trustee of the resolutions, certificates, opinions or
other instruments or all of the foregoing required to be delivered upon the issue of bonds pursuant
to the provisions of the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE II.
Maintenance or Improvement Deposit.
SECTION 1. The Company covenants that it will deposit with the Trustee on or before the March
1 next occurring after the bonds of the 9.89% Series due 2008 cease to be outstanding, or on or
before the March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the 9.93% Series due 2013 cease to be
outstanding, or on or before the next March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the 9.97% Series
due 2018 cease to be outstanding, or on or before the March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the
9.12% Series due 2010 cease to be outstanding, or on or before the March 1 next occurring after the
bonds of the 9.29% Series due 2026 cease to be outstanding, or on or before the March 1 next
occurring after the bonds of the 9.17% Series due 2021 cease to be outstanding, or on or before the
next March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the 9.17% Series due 2011 cease to be outstanding,
or on or before the March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the 7.15% Series due 2008 cease to be
outstanding, or on or before the March 1 next occurring after the bonds of any of the Subseries of
the 1995 Medium Term Note Series issued under the Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture (consisting
of the 7.72% Subseries A due 2025 and the 6.89% Subseries C due 2015) shall cease to be
outstanding, or on or before the March 1 next occurring after the bonds of any of the Subseries of
the 1997 Medium Term Note Series issued under the Thirty-First Supplemental Indenture (consisting
of the 6.75% Subseries A due 2007 and the 6.14% Subseries C due 2008) cease to be outstanding, or
on or before March 1 next occurring after the bonds of 6.00% Series due 2029 cease to be
outstanding, or on or before March 1 next occurring after the bonds of any of the Subseries of the
1999 Medium Term Note Series issued under the Thirty-Third Supplemental Indenture (consisting of
the 6.21% Series due 2011, the 9.53% Subseries D due 2019, the 8.26% Subseries F due 2022, the
9.22% Subseries H due 2019, the 8.32% Subseries I due 2022, the 8.14% Subseries J due 2025, the
6.00% Subseries K due 2030, the 5.93% Subseries L due 2012, the 3.461% Subseries N due 2007, the
5.08% Subseries O due 2015, the 5.17% Subseries P due 2017, the 5.751% Subseries Q due 2019, the
5.751% Subseries R due 2019, the 6.06% Subseries S due 2027, the 6.06% Subseries T due 2027
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and the 5.98% Subseries U due 2028) cease to be outstanding, or on or before March 1 next
occurring after the bonds of the 5.35% Series due 2031 cease to be outstanding, or on or before
March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the 5.55% Series due 2032 cease to be outstanding, or on
or before March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the 3.75% Series due 2010 cease to be
outstanding, or on or before March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the 5.15% Series due 2032
cease to be outstanding, or on or before March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the 5.05% Series
due 2039 cease to be outstanding, or on or before March 1 next occurring after the bonds of the
5.00% Series due 2036 cease to be outstanding, or on or before March 1 next occurring after the
bonds of the 5.00% Series due 2037 cease to be outstanding, or on or before March 1 next occurring
after the bonds of the 5.00% Series due 2038 cease to be outstanding, or on or before March 1 next
occurring after the bonds of the 5.00% Series due 2035 cease to be outstanding, whichever is
latest, an amount in cash (the Maintenance or Improvement Deposit) equal to 9% of the Gross
Operating Revenues of the Company during the preceding calendar year less, to the extent that the
Company desires to take such credits, the following:
(a) the amount actually expended for maintenance during such calendar year; and
(b) the Cost or Fair Value, whichever is less, of Permanent Additions acquired during such
calendar year which at the time of taking such credit constitute Available Permanent Additions; and
(c) the unapplied balance, or any part thereof, of the Cost or Fair Value, whichever is less,
of Available Permanent Additions acquired by the Company during the five calendar years preceding
such calendar year and specified in the Officers Certificates delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2 of this Article, but only to the extent that the Permanent Additions with respect to
which such Cost or Fair Value was determined shall at the time of taking such credit constitute
Available Permanent Additions.
SECTION 2. The Company covenants that it will on or before March 1 in each year, beginning
with the first deposit made with the Trustee under the provisions of Section 1 of this Article, as
long as any of the Bonds are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee the following:
(a) An Officers Certificate, which shall state:
(i) The amount of the Gross Operating Revenues for the preceding calendar year;
(ii) 9% of such Gross Operating Revenues;
(iii) The amount actually expended by the Company for maintenance during such calendar
year;
(iv) The amount set forth in subparagraph (xii) of each Officers Certificate delivered
to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section during the preceding five calendar
years (specifying each such Officers Certificate), after deducting from each such amount
the aggregate of (a) the Cost or Fair Value, whichever is less, of all Permanent Additions
represented by such amount which have ceased to be Available Permanent Additions; and (b)
any part of such amount for which the Company has
previously taken credit against any Maintenance or Improvement Deposit (specifying the
Officers Certificate in which such credit was taken); and (c) any part of such amount for
which the Company then desires to take credit against the Maintenance or Improvement
Deposit;
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(v) An amount which shall be the aggregate of all amounts set forth pursuant to the
provisions of clause (c) of the foregoing subparagraph (iv);
(vi) The Cost or Fair Value, whichever is less, of Available Permanent Additions
acquired by the Company during the preceding calendar year;
(vii) That part of the amount set forth in subparagraph (vi) which the Company desires
to use as a credit against the Maintenance or Improvement Deposit;
(viii) The amount of cash payable to the Trustee under the provisions of Section 1 of
this Article, which shall be the amount by which the amount set forth in subparagraph (ii)
hereof exceeds the sum of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs (iii), (v) and (vii)
hereof;
(ix) The sum of all amounts charged on the books of the Company against any reserve for
retirement or depreciation during the preceding calendar year representing the aggregate of
the Cost when acquired of any part of the Companys plants and property of the character
described in the granting clauses hereof which has been permanently retired or abandoned;
(x) The aggregate of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs (v) and (vii) hereof;
(xi) The amount by which the amount set forth in subparagraph (x) exceeds the amount
set forth in subparagraph (ix), being the amount required to be deducted from the Cost or
Fair Value of Available Permanent Additions in order to determine a Net Amount of Available
Permanent Additions pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 of Article I of the Original
Indenture;
(xii) The amount set forth in subparagraph (vi) after deducting the amount, if any, set
forth in subparagraph (vii); and
(xiii) That all conditions precedent to the taking of the credit or credits so
requested by the Company have been complied with.
(b) In the event that the Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section shall state, pursuant to the requirements of
subparagraph (vi), the Cost or Fair Value of Available Permanent Additions acquired by the Company
during the preceding calendar year, the documents specified in paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of
subdivision (B) of Section 3 of Article IV of the Original Indenture.
(c) An amount in cash equal to the sum set forth in subparagraph (viii) of the Officers
Certificate provided for in paragraph (a) hereof.
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SECTION 3. All cash deposited with the Trustee as part of any Maintenance or Improvement
Deposit provided for in Section 1 of this Article, may, at the option of the Company, be applied to
the purchase of bonds under the provisions of Section 2 of Article X of the Original Indenture or
to the redemption of bonds under the provisions of Section 3 of Article X of the Original Indenture
or may be withdrawn by the Company at any time to reimburse the Company for the cost of a Net
Amount of Available Permanent Additions (excluding, however, from any such Available Permanent
Additions all Permanent Additions included in any certificate delivered to the Trustee for the
purpose of obtaining a credit against any Maintenance or Improvement Deposit provided for in
Section 1 of this Article to the extent that such Permanent Additions have been used for any such
credit). The Trustee shall pay to or upon the written order of the Company all or any part of such
cash upon the receipt by the Trustee of:
(a) A Resolution requesting such payment; and
(b) The documents specified in paragraphs 2, 5, 6 and 7 of subdivision (B) of Section 3 of
Article IV of the Original Indenture, with such modifications, additions and omissions as may be
appropriate in the light of the purposes for which they are used.
ARTICLE III.
Covenants of the Company.
SECTION 1. The Company hereby covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Trustee and all the present and future holders of the Bonds, that the Company will pay the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, all bonds issued or to be issued as aforesaid
under and secured by the Original Indenture as hereby supplemented, as well as all bonds which may
be hereafter issued in exchange or substitution therefor, and will perform and fulfill all of the
terms, covenants and conditions of the Original Indenture and of this Forty-first Supplemental
Indenture with respect to the additional bonds to be issued under the Original Indenture as hereby
supplemented.
SECTION 2. The Company covenants and agrees that so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding
(a) the Company will not make any Stock Payment if, after giving effect thereto, its retained
earnings, computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied, will be less than the sum of (i) Excluded Earnings, if any, since December 31, 2006, and
(ii) $20,000,000; (b) Stock Payments made more than 40 days after the commencement, and prior to
the expiration, of any Restricted Period shall not exceed 65% of the Companys Net Income during
such Restricted Period; and (c) the Company will not authorize a Stock Payment if there has
occurred and is continuing an event of default under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1 of
Article XI of the Original Indenture.
For the purposes of this Section 2 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Capitalization shall mean the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Debt at the
time outstanding, (ii) the aggregate par or stated value of all capital stock of the Company of all
classes at the time outstanding, (iii) premium on capital stock, (iv) capital surplus, and (v)
retained earnings.
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Debt means (i) all indebtedness, whether or not represented by bonds, debentures, notes or
other securities, for the repayment of money borrowed, (ii) all deferred indebtedness for the
payment of the purchase price of property or assets purchased (but Debt shall not be deemed to
include customer advances for construction or any bonds issued under the Indenture which are not
Outstanding Bonds), (iii) leases which have been or, in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, should be recorded as capital leases and (iv) guarantees of the obligations
of another of the nature described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) which have been or, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, should be recorded as debt.
Determination Date shall mean the last day of each calendar quarter. Any calculation with
respect to any Determination Date shall be based on the Companys balance sheet as of such date.
Excluded Earnings shall mean 35% of the Companys Net Income during any Restricted Period.
Net Income for any particular Restricted Period shall mean the amount of net income properly
attributable to the conduct of the business of the Company for such period, as determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, after payment of or
provision for taxes on income for such period.
Outstanding Bonds shall mean bonds which are outstanding within the meaning indicated in
Section 20 of Article I of the Original Indenture except that, in addition to the bonds referred to
in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of said Section 20, said term shall not include bonds for the
retirement of which sufficient funds have been deposited with the Trustee with irrevocable
instructions to apply such funds to the retirement of such bonds at a specified time, which may be
either the maturity thereof or a specified redemption date, whether or not notice of redemption
shall have been given.
Restricted Period shall mean a period commencing on any Determination Date on which the
total Debt of the Company is, or as the result of any Stock Payment then declared or set aside and
to be made thereafter will be, more than 70% of Capitalization, and continuing until the third
consecutive Determination Date on which the total Debt of the Company does not exceed 70% of
Capitalization.
Stock Payment shall mean any payment in cash or property (other than stock of the Company)
to any holder of shares of any class of capital stock of the Company as such holder, whether by
dividend or upon the purchase, redemption, conversion or other acquisition of such shares, or
otherwise.
SECTION 3. The Company covenants and agrees that so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding,
neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company will, directly or indirectly, lend or in any
manner extend its credit to, or indemnify, or make any donation or capital contribution to, or
purchase any security of, any corporation which directly or indirectly controls the Company, or any
subsidiary or affiliate (other than an affiliate which is a subsidiary of the Company) of any such
corporation.
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ARTICLE IV.
The Trustee.
SECTION 1. The Trustee hereby accepts the trust hereby declared and provided, and agrees to
perform the same upon the terms and conditions in the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2. Subject to the provisions of Article XIII of the Original Indenture, the Trustee
may execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform any of its duties by or through and
consult with attorneys, agents, officers or employees selected by the Trustee in its sole
discretion. The Trustee shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters of trusts
hereof and the duties hereunder and may in all cases pay such reasonable compensation to all such
attorneys, agents, officers and employees as may reasonably be employed in connection with the
trusts hereof. The Trustee may act or refrain from acting and rely upon and be free from all
liability for so relying upon the opinion or advice of any attorney (who may be the attorney or
attorneys for the Company). The Trustee may act and rely on written opinions of experts employed by
the Trustee and such advice shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from any action or
non-action in good faith taken in reliance upon such opinion or advice. The Trustee shall not be
bound to confirm, verify or make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
financial or other statements, resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order or other paper or document furnished pursuant to the
terms hereof.
SECTION 3. Before the Trustee shall be required to foreclose on, or to take control or
possession of, the real property or leasehold interest (the Premises) which may be the subject of
any mortgage or mortgages for which the Trustee is mortgagee in connection with the issuance of the
Bonds, the Trustee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the holders and/or beneficial owners
of the Bonds from and against any and all expense, loss, or liability that may be suffered by the
Trustee in connection with any spill, leak or release which may have occurred on or invaded the
Premises or any contamination by any Hazardous Substance (hereinafter defined), whether caused by
the Company or any other person or entity, including, but not limited to, (1) any and all
reasonable expenses that the Trustee may incur in complying with any of the Environmental Statutes
(hereinafter defined), (2) any and all reasonable costs that the Trustee may incur in studying or
remedying any spill, leak or release which may have occurred on or invaded the Premises or any
contamination, (3) any and all fines or penalties assessed upon the Trustee by reason of such
contamination, (4) any and all loss of value of the Premises or the improvements thereon by reason
of such contamination, and (5) any and all legal fees and costs reasonably incurred by the Trustee
in connection with any of the foregoing. As used in this Section, contamination by any Hazardous
Substance shall include contamination, arising from the presence, creation, production, collection,
treatment, disposal, discharge, release, storage, transport or transfer of any Hazardous Substance
at or from the Premises or any improvements thereon. As used in this Section, the term Hazardous
Substance shall mean petroleum hydrocarbons or any substance which (a) constitutes a hazardous
waste or substance under any applicable federal, state or local law, rule, order or regulation now
or hereafter adopted; (b) constitutes a hazardous substance as such term is defined under the
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
§9601 et seq.) and the regulations issued thereunder and any comparable state or local law
or regulation; (c) constitutes a hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, (42 U.S.C. §6991) and the regulations issued thereunder and any comparable state or local law
or regulation; (d) constitutes a pollutant, contaminant, chemical or industrial, toxic or hazardous
substance or waste as such terms are defined under Federal Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C.
§1251 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. §2601 et seq.), or any
comparable state or local laws or regulations; (e) exhibits any of the characteristics enumerated
in 40 C.F.R. Sections 261.20 261.24, inclusive; (f) those extremely hazardous substances listed
in Section 302 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-499, 100
Stat. 1613) which are present in threshold planning or reportable quantities as defined under such
act; (g) toxic or hazardous chemical substances which are present in quantities which exceed
exposure standards as those terms are defined under Sections 6 and 8 of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. §§655 and 657 and 29 C.F.R. Part 1910, subpart 2); and (h) any
asbestos, petroleum-based products or any Hazardous Substance contained within or release from any
underground or aboveground storage tanks. As used in this Section, the term Environmental
Statutes shall mean the statutes, laws, rules, orders and regulations referred to in (a) through
(g) inclusive in the preceding sentence.
ARTICLE V.
Miscellaneous.
SECTION 1. This instrument is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to
the Original Indenture, and shall form a part thereof, and except as hereby supplemented, the
Original Indenture and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth,
Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, Twenty-Fifth,
Twenty-Sixth, Twenty-Seventh, Twenty-Eighth, Twenty-Ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-First, Thirty-Second,
Thirty-Third, Thirty-Fourth, Thirty-Fifth, Thirty-Sixth, Thirty-Seventh, Thirty-Eighth,
Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Supplemental Indentures are hereby confirmed. All references in this
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture to the Original Indenture shall be deemed to refer to the
Original Indenture as heretofore amended and supplemented, and all terms used herein and not
specifically defined herein shall be taken to have the same meaning as in the Original Indenture,
as so amended, except in the cases where the context clearly indicates otherwise.
SECTION 2. Any notices to the Trustee under this Forty-first Supplemental Indenture shall be
delivered to the Trustee by registered or certified mail, hand delivery or other courier or express
delivery service (with receipt confirmed) or by telecopy (with receipt confirmed) at the following
address:
J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association
c/o The Bank of New York
Global Corporate Finance
100 Barclay Street
New York, NY 10286
Attention: Francine Kincaid
Telecopy: 212-623-6166
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Any change in such address or telecopy number may be made by notice to the Company delivered in the
manner set forth above.
SECTION 3. All recitals in this Forty-first Supplemental Indenture are made by the Company
only and not by the Trustee; and all of the provisions contained in the Original Indenture in
respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable
in respect hereof as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full.
SECTION 4. Although this Forty-first Supplemental Indenture is dated as of January 1, 2007 for
convenience and for the purpose of reference, the actual date or dates of execution hereof by the
Company and the Trustee are as indicated by their respective acknowledgments annexed hereto.
SECTION 5. In order to facilitate the recording or filing of this Forty-first Supplemental
Indenture, the same may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 6. This Forty-first Supplemental Indenture shall become effective for the incurrence
of debt upon delivery to the Trustee by the Company of the certificates required by Articles IV, VI
and VII of the Original Indenture, which shall occur concurrently with or prior to the
authentication of the 5.00% Series due 2040 and the 5.00% Series due 2041. This Forty-first
Supplemental Indenture is effective to evidence the Trustees lien on the property described herein
immediately upon execution.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused their corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and their authorized officers have hereto affixed their signatures, and their authorized officers
have duly attested the execution hereof, as of the day first above written.
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Vice President and Treasurer |
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as Trustee |
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Laurence OBrien
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The Bank of New York |
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Authorized Officer
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By:
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Name:
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Francine Kincaid |
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EXHIBIT A
OUTSTANDING FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
A-1
EXHIBIT B
RECORDING INFORMATION
BUCKS, CHESTER, DELAWARE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
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Recording |
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Book |
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Book |
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Original |
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2/20/41 |
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496 |
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H-13.Vol.307 |
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20 |
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1034 |
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1 |
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1625 |
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1 |
First Supplemental |
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8/26/48 |
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632 |
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1 |
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F-16.Vol.380 |
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200 |
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1668 |
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169 |
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2031 |
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257 |
Second Supplemental |
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7/1/52 |
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768 |
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438 |
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18.Vol.425 |
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186 |
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1962 |
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376 |
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2360 |
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517 |
Third Supplemental |
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11/25/53 |
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895 |
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1 |
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18.Vol.442 |
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325 |
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2052 |
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1 |
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2493 |
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1 |
Fourth Supplemental |
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1/9/56 |
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1089 |
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155 |
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Z-20.Vol.499 |
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1 |
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2199 |
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1 |
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2722 |
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425 |
Fifth Supplemental |
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3/20/57 |
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1181 |
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316 |
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B-22.Vol.536 |
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601 |
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2294 |
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50 |
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2850 |
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335 |
Sixth Supplemental |
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5/9/58 |
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1254 |
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1 |
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G-23 |
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201 |
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2380 |
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039 |
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2952 |
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289 |
Seventh Supplemental |
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9/25/59 |
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1332 |
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509 |
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B-25 |
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109 |
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2442 |
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1 |
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3090 |
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249 |
Eighth Supplemental |
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5/9/61 |
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Z-26 |
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17 |
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2526 |
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312 |
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Eighth Supplemental |
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5/10/61 |
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1409 |
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225 |
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3249 |
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289 |
Ninth Supplemental |
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4/10/62 |
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1458 |
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372 |
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G-28 |
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126 |
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2581 |
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463 |
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3307 |
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169 |
Tenth Supplemental |
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3/19/64 |
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1568 |
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1 |
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M-30 |
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967 |
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2976 |
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1043 |
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3310 |
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237 |
Eleventh Supplemental |
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11/4/66 |
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1655 |
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695 |
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Q-32 |
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6682 |
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762 |
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223 |
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3549 |
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129 |
Twelfth Supplemental |
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1/23/68 |
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1691 |
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531 |
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N-33 |
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219 |
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2792 |
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708 |
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3542 |
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315 |
Thirteenth
Supplemental |
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7/2/70 |
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1763 |
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1167 |
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D-35 |
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80 |
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2850 |
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301 |
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3687 |
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23 |
Fourteenth
Supplemental |
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11/5/70 |
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1774 |
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331 |
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K-35 |
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713 |
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2858 |
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3113 |
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700 |
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548 |
Fifteenth Supplemental |
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12/11/72 |
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1869 |
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196 |
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O-37 |
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998 |
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2926 |
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550 |
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3786 |
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96 |
Sixteenth Supplemental |
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5/28/75 |
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1979 |
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14 |
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E-44 |
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77 |
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3005 |
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511 |
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4010 |
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307 |
Seventeenth
Supplemental |
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12/18/77 |
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2072 |
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683 |
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L-51 |
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1 |
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3072 |
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43 |
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5002 |
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436 |
B-1
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Delaware |
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Recording |
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Book |
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Book |
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Book |
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Eighteenth
Supplemental |
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4/29/77 |
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2082 |
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567 |
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B-52 |
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344 |
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3078 |
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728 |
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5003 |
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291 |
Nineteenth
Supplemental |
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6/23/80 |
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2303 |
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714 |
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J-62 |
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92 |
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3261 |
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293 |
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5030 |
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502 |
Twentieth Supplemental |
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8/2/83 |
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2487 |
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370 |
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D-72 |
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1 |
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96 |
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810 |
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5662 |
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1045 |
Twenty-First
Supplemental |
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8/27/85 |
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2690 |
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806 |
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54 |
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550 |
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5864 |
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1347 |
Twenty-First
Supplemental |
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8/28/85 |
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264 |
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159 |
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Twenty-Second
Supplemental |
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4/22/86 |
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2774 |
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160 |
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263 |
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275 |
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326 |
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592 |
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5944 |
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360 |
Twenty-Third
Supplemental |
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4/1/87 |
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2960 |
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693 |
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Twenty-Third
Supplemental |
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4/2/87 |
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680 |
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337 |
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447 |
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1807 |
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6115 |
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602 |
Twenty-Fourth
Supplemental |
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7/25/88 |
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3199 |
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1095 |
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1224 |
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389 |
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0593 |
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0585 |
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6324 |
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143 |
Twenty-Fifth
Supplemental |
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1/12/90 |
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0136 |
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0250 |
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1848 |
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205 |
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731 |
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1571 |
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6538 |
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376 |
Twenty-Sixth
Supplemental |
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11/8/91 |
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369 |
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2190 |
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2660 |
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205 |
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894 |
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2241 |
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6780 |
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891 |
Twenty-Seventh
Supplemental |
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6/29/92 |
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0487 |
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1829 |
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3055 |
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182 |
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0969 |
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2023 |
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6918 |
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302 |
Twenty-Eighth
Supplemental |
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4/22/93 |
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0652 |
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1335 |
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3542 |
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1542 |
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1081 |
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0852 |
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7112 |
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0539 |
Twenty-Ninth
Supplemental |
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3/30/95 |
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1045 |
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1872 |
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3875 |
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1368 |
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1349 |
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0829 |
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7561 |
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1155 |
Thirtieth Supplemental |
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8/30/95 |
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1111 |
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0798 |
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3932 |
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0471 |
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1393 |
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2255 |
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7631 |
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0689 |
Thirty-First
Supplemental |
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7/11/97 |
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1421 |
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2196 |
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4201 |
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2133 |
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1607 |
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138 |
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7968 |
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779 |
Thirty-Second
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10/6/99 |
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1939 |
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421 |
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4646 |
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642 |
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1936 |
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1207 |
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8548 |
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1067 |
B-2
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Recording |
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Thirty-Third
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11/30/99 |
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1970 |
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1573 |
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4675 |
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1272 |
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1936 |
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1207 |
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8548 |
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1067 |
Thirty-Fourth
Supplemental |
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10/31/01 |
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2471 |
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1207 |
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5101 |
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2142 |
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2288 |
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0174 |
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9225 |
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761 |
Thirty-Fifth
Supplemental |
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1/10/02 |
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2541 |
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765 |
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5152 |
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818 |
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2329 |
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1019 |
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9314 |
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1079 |
Thirty-Sixth
Supplemental |
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6/5/02 |
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2731 |
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1881 |
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5296 |
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356 |
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2448 |
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1862 |
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9593 |
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1416 |
Thirty-Seventh Supplemental |
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12/31/02 |
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12/31/02 |
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12/30/02 |
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12/27/02 |
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1425 |
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B-5514 |
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1552 |
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02631 |
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0294 |
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10018 |
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0204 |
Thirty-Eighth Supplemental |
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11/23/04 |
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11/22/04 |
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11/22/04 |
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11/9/04 |
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1557 |
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B-6342 |
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800 |
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B-3348 |
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1698 |
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B-00020 |
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0237 |
Thirty-Ninth Supplemental |
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1471 |
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5/19/05 |
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1375 |
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0939 |
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0688 |
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Fortieth Supplemental |
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12/27/05 |
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4768 |
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1853 |
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12/23/05 |
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897 |
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12/23/05 |
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2206 |
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12/29/05 |
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BERKS COUNTY
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Indenture |
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Date of Recording |
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Original |
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3113 |
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707 |
Thirty-Second Supplemental |
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10/6/99 |
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3132 |
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1510 |
Thirty-Third Supplemental |
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11/30/99 |
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3149 |
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1260 |
Thirty-Fourth Supplemental |
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10/31/01 |
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3421 |
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896 |
Thirty-Fifth Supplemental |
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1/10/02 |
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3461 |
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417 |
Thirty-Sixth Supplemental |
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6/4/02 |
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3544 |
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Thirty-Seventh
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Thirty-Eighth Supplemental |
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11/30/04 |
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4197 |
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988 |
Thirty-Ninth Supplemental |
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5/18/05 |
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1017 |
Fortieth Supplemental |
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BRADFORD, COLUMBIA, LAWRENCE, MERCER, NORTHUMBERLAND, PIKE, SCHUYLKILL AND WAYNE COUNTIES
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EXHIBIT D
Original Indenture
(attached to Forty-First Supplemental Indenture to be recorded in Crawford County
and Lehigh County only; redacted to delete property descriptions for counties
in which the Original Indenture has already been recorded)
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J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, Mortgagee and Trustee named in the foregoing
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture, hereby certifies that its precise name and the post office
address are as follows:
J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association
c/o The Bank of New York
Global Corporate Finance
100 Barclay Street
New York, NY 10286
Attention: Francine Kincaid
Telecopy: 212-623-6166
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY
On the _3rd___day of January, 2007, before me, the Subscriber, a Notary Public for the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appeared Kathy L. Pape, who acknowledged herself to be the
Vice President and Treasurer of Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., a corporation, and that she as such Vice
President and Treasurer, being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing Forty-first Supplemental
Indenture as and for the act and deed of said corporation and for the uses and purposes therein
mentioned, by signing the name of the corporation by herself as such officer.
In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On the _3rd___day of January, 2007 before me, the Subscriber, a Notary Public for the State
of New York, personally appeared Francine Kincaid, who acknowledged herself to be a Vice President
of The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, and that she as such Vice President, being
authorized to do so, executed the foregoing Forty-first Supplemental Indenture as and for the act
and deed of said New York banking corporation and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned by
signing the name of said New York banking corporation by herself as such officer.
In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On this, the ___9th___day of January, 2007, before me ___Gerold Picard___, the undersigned
officer, personally appeared Francine Kincaid, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the
person whose name is subscribed as attorney in fact for J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National
Association, and acknowledged that she executed the same as the act of her principal for the
purposes therein contained.
In Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
Power of Attorney
This POWER OF ATTORNEY (this Power of Attorney) is made as of October 1, 2006, by
J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association. (JPM) in favor of The Bank of New York
(BNY).
WHEREAS, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and The Bank of New York Company, Inc. have entered into that
certain Amended and Restated Purchase and Assumption Agreement, amended and restated as of October
1, 2006 (as it may be amended from time to time, the Purchase Agreement), which provides
for the sale of the Corporate Trust Business by JPM to BNY and, in connection therewith, the
entering into of a Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, which provides for the terms
and conditions upon which BNY will perform as agent of JPM all delegable duties of JPM in a
Corporate Trust Capacity under any Serviced Agreement;
WHEREAS, THIS Power Of Attorney is being entered into in connection with the Servicing
Agreement and capitalized terms used in this Power of Attorney without definitions will have the
meanings assigned to them in the Servicing Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, subject to the terms and conditions of the Servicing Agreement, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
JPM appoints BNY its true and lawful attorney-in-fact to take all Specified Actions, and any
other actions, and to execute documents or others papers in JPMs place and stead, in each case to
the fullest extent of BNYs capacity as Servicer with respect to a Serviced Appointment (other than
a London Trustee Appointment).
Specified Action means any action (including any determination to take no action)
with respect to a Serviced Appointment requiring or permitting the exercise of judgment in
connection with decisions between or among alternative courses of action, which may include,
without limitation, determinations with respect to the following:
1. the release or subordination of any lien on assets pledged to secure any Securities;
2. the sale or other disposition of any assets underlying or pledged to secure any Securities;
3. the creation or imposition of any encumbrance (other than encumbrances created by the
Corporate Trust Agreements) upon any assets underlying or pledged to secure any Securities;
4. the acceptance of any substitute collateral pledged for or assets underlying any
Securities;
5. the acceptance of any substitute credit enhancement or liquidity facility (such as a
replacement letter of credit, replacement standby bond purchase agreements or a reserve fund to be
substituted for a letter of credit) for any Securitites;
6. the removal of any trustee, custodian or servicer or any agent of a trustee, issuer,
seller, servicer, depositor or any other Person that is a party to any Corporate Trust Agreement
(whether or not for cause) or to determine whether there is sufficient cause to remove any such
Person;
7. any waiver, amendment or modification of the terms of any Corporate Trust Agreement;
8. any defeasance of obligations in respect of any Securities;
9. any early termination of any Corporate Trust Agreement;
10. any plan of liquidation of a grantor or pass-through trust or other issuer of Securities;
11. the approval of the amount or kind of indemnity given or security pledged, for the benefit
of JPM (such as indemnity or security required to be given or pledged by Securityholders in
connection with such Securityholders request that JOM, as the named fiduciary, take extraordinary
actions under a Corporate Trust Agreement);
12. the release of any documents from any custody arrangement established for the direct or
indirect benefit of Securityholders (not including any such release that can be accomplished
pursuant to a power of attorney that has been granted by JPM (other than the power of attorney
granted to BNY herein) or any release of documents that can be accomplished pursuant to standing
arrangements, such as a form of request for release that can be evaluated objectively on its face
for sufficiency and does not require an exercise of discretion);
13. taking any action requiring the exercise of discretion (either in carrying out the action
or in deciding whether to take the action) that is requested by a party to the Corporate Trust
Agreements or any Securityholder(s) that is not required to be taken under the terms of the
Corporate Trust Agreements;
14. taking any other action related to a default or the sending of default notices to issuers
or Securityholders; other than an Event of Default (pursuant to which BNY and its Subsidiaries
shall act only in accordance with Sections 3.2(g) and 5.3 of the Servicing Agreement);
15. the execution of documentation in connection with New Appointments; or
16. taking any other action of a nature similar to any of the foregoing.
The parties hereto agree that this Power of Attorney shall terminate with respect to a
particular Serviced Appointment at such time as BNY is no longer acting as Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement with respect to such Serviced Appointment.
[Signature pages to follow.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the party below has executed this Power of Attorney by its duly authorized
corporate officers as of the date first above written.
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )ss.:
On this 9th of January, 2007, before me personally cam Gail M. Inaba known to me to
be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and she duly acknowledged
and verified to me that the execution thereof was her act and deed/the act and deed of the entity
identified therein.
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Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
Exhibit 10.1
AGREEMENT
THIS Agreement made as of the 30th day of March, 2007 by and between, Aqua America,
Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (Aqua America), and Karl M. Kyriss (the Executive).
WHEREAS, the Executive is presently employed as an executive of the Aqua America or one of its
Subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS, Aqua America considers it essential to foster the employment of well-qualified, key
management personnel, and, in this regard, the board of directors of Aqua America recognize that,
as is the case with many publicly-held corporations such as Aqua America, the possibility of a
change of control of Aqua America may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and
questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of key
management personnel to the detriment of Aqua America;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of Aqua America have determined that appropriate steps should
be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of key members of
management of Aqua America and its Subsidiaries to their assigned duties without distraction in the
face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a change of control of
Aqua America, although no such change is now contemplated; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of Aqua America or its
Subsidiaries, for which the Executive provides key executive services, Aqua America is entering
into this Agreement to provide that the Executive with certain compensation in the event
Executives employment is terminated subsequent to a Change of Control (as defined in Section 1
hereof) of Aqua America as a cushion against the financial and career impact on the Executive of
any such Change of Control; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meanings specified in this Section unless the context clearly otherwise requires:
(a) Affiliate and Associate shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in
Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act).
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(b) Base Compensation shall mean the average of the total of cash base salary and annual
bonus paid to, and dividend equivalents under the Equity Compensation Plan accrued for, the
Executive in each calendar year in all capacities with Aqua America, and its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, as would be reported for Federal income tax purposes on Form W-2 if currently subject
to tax, together with (i) any amounts the payment of which has been deferred by the Executive under
any deferred compensation plan of Aqua America, and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or otherwise,
(ii) any and all salary reduction authorized amounts under any of the benefit plans or programs of
Aqua America, and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (iii) the value, calculated on the same basis as
the value of stock option grants shown in Aqua Americas Proxy, for each calendar year in which a
grant was made, of the stock option grants made to the Executive under the Equity Compensation
Plan, but excluding any amounts attributable to the exercise of stock options, and (iv) the value,
based on the average value of shares vesting in each year, of any grants of Restricted Stock made
to the Executive under the Equity Compensation Plan, for the three calendar years (or such number
of actual full calendar years of employment, if less than three) immediately preceding the calendar
year in which occurs a Change of Control or the Executives Termination Date, whichever period
produces the higher amount.
(c) A Person shall be deemed the Beneficial Owner of any securities: (i) that such Person or
any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire
(whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of
conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided,
however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of securities tendered
pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or
Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for payment, purchase or exchange; (ii) that
such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right
to vote or dispose of or has beneficial ownership of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including without limitation pursuant to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided,
however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of any security under
this clause (ii) as a result of an oral or written agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote
such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding (A) arises solely from a revocable
proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in
accordance with, the applicable provisions of
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the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not then reportable by
such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or
(iii) that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or
Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates) has
any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to
clause (ii) above) or disposing of any voting securities of Aqua America; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section 1(c) shall cause a Person engaged in business as an
underwriter of securities to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities acquired through such
Persons participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of
forty days after the date of such acquisition.
(d) Board shall mean the board of directors of Aqua America.
(e) Change of Control shall mean:
(i) any Person (including any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity
except Aqua America or any employee benefit plan of Aqua America or of any Affiliate or Associate,
any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by Aqua America for or pursuant to the
terms of any such employee benefit plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such
Person, shall become the Beneficial Owner in the aggregate of 20% or more of the Common Stock of
Aqua America then outstanding;
(ii) during any twenty-four month period, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constitute the Board cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, unless the election, or
the nomination for election by Aqua Americas shareholders, of at least seventy-five percent of the
directors who were not directors at the beginning of such period was approved by a vote of at least
seventy-five percent of the directors in office at the time of such election or nomination who were
directors at the beginning of such period; or
(iii) there occurs a sale of substantially all of the assets of Aqua America or its
liquidation is approved by a majority of its shareholders or Aqua America is merged into or is
merged with an unrelated entity such that following the merger the shareholders of Aqua America no
longer own more than 51% of the resultant entity.
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Notwithstanding anything in this subsection 1(e) to the contrary, a Change of Control shall
not be deemed to have taken place under clause (e)(i) above if (i) such Person becomes the
beneficial owner in the aggregate of 20% or more of the Common Stock of Aqua America then
outstanding as a result, in the determination of a majority of those members of the Board of
Directors of Aqua America in
office prior to the acquisition, of an inadvertent acquisition by such Person if such Person, as
soon as practicable, divests itself of a sufficient amount of its Common Stock so that it no longer
owns 20% or more of the Common Stock then outstanding, or (ii) such Person becomes the beneficial
owner in the aggregate of 20% or more of the Common Stock of Aqua America outstanding as a result
of an acquisition of common stock by Aqua America which, by reducing the number of common stock
outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by
such Person to 20% or more of the shares of common stock then outstanding; provided, however that
if a Person shall become the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the shares of common stock then
outstanding by reason of common stock purchased by Aqua America and shall, after such share
purchases by Aqua America become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of common stock,
then the exemption set forth in this clause shall be inapplicable.
(f) Cause shall mean 1) misappropriation of funds, 2) habitual insobriety or substance
abuse, 3) conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, or 4) gross negligence in the
performance of duties, which gross negligence has had a material adverse effect on the business,
operations, assets, properties or financial condition of Aqua America or its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates.
(g) Equity Compensation Plan shall mean Aqua Americas 1994 and 2004 Equity Compensation
Plan, and its predecessors and successors.
(h) Good Reason Termination shall mean a Termination of Employment initiated by the
Executive upon one or more of the following occurrences:
(i) any failure of Aqua America or its successor(s) to comply with and satisfy any of the
terms of this the Agreement;
(ii) any significant involuntary reduction of the authority, duties, responsibilities or
reporting relationships held by the Executive immediately prior to the Change of Control;
(iii) any involuntary removal of the Executive from the employment grade, compensation level
or officer positions which the Executive holds with Aqua America or, if the Executive is employed
by a Subsidiary, with a Subsidiary, immediately prior to the Change of Control, except in
connection with promotions to higher office;
(iv) any involuntary reduction in the Executives target level of annual and long-term
compensation as in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control;
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(v) any transfer of the Executive, without Executives express written consent, to a location
which is outside the Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania area by more than 50 miles, other than on a temporary
basis (less than 6 months); or
(vi) the Executive being required to undertake business travel to an extent substantially
greater than the Executives business travel obligations immediately prior to the Change of
Control.
(i) Normal Retirement Date shall mean the first day of the calendar month coincident with or
next following the Executives 65th birthday.
(j) Subsidiary shall mean any corporation in which Aqua America, directly or indirectly,
owns at least a 50% interest or an unincorporated entity of which Aqua America, directly or
indirectly, owns at least 50% of the profits or capital interests.
(k) Termination Date shall mean the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination described
in Section 2 hereof or any later date specified therein, as the case may be.
(l) Termination of Employment shall mean the termination of the Executives actual
employment relationship with Aqua America and any of it Subsidiaries that actually employs the
Executive.
2. Notice of Termination. Any Termination of Employment following a Change of Control
shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with
Section 14 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a Notice of Termination means a written
notice which (i) indicates the specific provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) briefly
summarizes the facts and circumstances deemed to provide a basis for the Executives Termination of
Employment under the provision so indicated, and (iii) if the Termination Date is other than the
date of receipt of such notice, specifies the Termination Date (which date shall not be more than
15 days after the giving of such notice).
3. Severance Compensation upon Termination.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 11 hereof, in the event of the Executives
involuntary Termination of Employment for any reason other than Cause or in the event of a Good
Reason Termination, in either event within two years after a Change of Control, Aqua America shall
pay to the Executive, upon the execution of a release in the form required by Aqua America of its
terminating executives prior to the Change of Control, within 15 days after the Termination Date
(or as soon as possible thereafter in the event that the procedures set forth in
Section 11(b) hereof cannot be completed within 15 days), an amount in cash equal to two (2) times
the Executives Base Compensation, subject to required employment taxes and deductions.
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(b) In the event the Executives Normal Retirement Date would occur prior to 24 months after
the Termination Date, the aggregate cash amount determined as set forth in (a) above shall be
reduced by multiplying it by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days from
the Termination Date to the Executives Normal Retirement Date and the denominator of which shall
be 730 days. In the event the Termination Date occurs after the Executives Normal Retirement
Date, no payments shall be made under this Section 3.
4. Other Payments and Benefits. The payment due under Section 3 hereof shall be in
addition to and not in lieu of any payments or benefits due to the Executive under any other plan,
policy or program of Aqua America, and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. In addition, the Executive
shall be entitled to (i) a continuation of health, dental, life and welfare benefits, excluding
disability benefits, otherwise provided to senior level executives or employees generally, as the
same may be amended for all such individuals from time to time, for the period of two years, (ii)
continued use of the automobile furnished to the Executive for the lesser of (1) two years after
the Termination Date or (2) the balance of the applicable lease term, if any, in either case to the
same extent as was provided to the Executive, if any, in the calendar year immediately preceding
the Change of Control and the ability to purchase such automobile at its book value at the
completion of such period and (iii) fully-paid executive level outplacement services from the
provider or the Executives choice for six (6) months following the Termination Date.
5. Trust Fund. Aqua America sponsors an irrevocable trust fund pursuant to a trust
agreement to hold assets to satisfy its obligations to the Executive under this Agreement. Funding
of such trust fund shall be subject to the discretion of Aqua Americas President, as set forth in
the agreement pursuant to which the fund has been established.
6. Enforcement.
(a) In the event that Aqua America shall fail or refuse to make payment of any amounts due the
Executive under Sections 3 and 4 hereof within the respective time periods provided therein, Aqua
America shall pay to the Executive, in addition to the payment of any other sums provided in this
Agreement, interest, compounded daily, on any amount remaining unpaid from the date payment is
required under Section 3 or 4, as appropriate, until paid to the Executive, at the rate from time
to time announced by PNC Bank as its prime rate plus 1%, each change in such rate to take effect
on the effective date of the change in such prime rate.
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(b) It is the intent of the parties that the Executive not be required to incur any expenses
associated with the enforcement of his rights under this Agreement by arbitration, litigation or
other legal action because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the
benefits intended to be extended to the Executive hereunder. Accordingly, Aqua America shall pay
the Executive on demand the amount necessary to reimburse the Executive in full for all reasonable
expenses (including all attorneys fees and legal expenses) incurred by the Executive in enforcing
any of the obligations of Aqua America under this Agreement.
7. No Mitigation. The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any
payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor
shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided for herein be reduced by any compensation
earned by other employment or otherwise.
8. Non-exclusivity of Rights. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the
Executives continuing or future participation in or rights under any benefit, bonus, incentive or
other plan or program provided by Aqua America, or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and for
which the Executive may qualify.
9. No Set-Off. Aqua Americas obligation to make the payments provided for in this
Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any
circumstances, including, without limitation, any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right which Aqua America, or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates may have against the
Executive or others.
10. Taxes. Any payment required under this Agreement shall be subject to all
requirements of the law with regard to the withholding of taxes, filing, making of reports and the
like, and Aqua America shall use its best efforts to satisfy promptly all such requirements.
11. Certain Reduction of Payments.
(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that it shall be
determined that any payment or distribution by Aqua America to or for the benefit of the Executive,
whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
otherwise (a Payment), would constitute an excess parachute payment within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), the aggregate present
value of amounts payable or distributable to or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this
Agreement (such payments or distributions pursuant to this Agreement are
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hereinafter referred to as Agreement Payments) shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the
Reduced Amount. The Reduced Amount shall be an amount expressed in present value, which
maximizes the aggregate present value of Agreement Payments without causing any Payment to be
subject to the loss of deduction under Section 280G of the Code. For purposes of this Section 11,
present value shall be determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code.
(b) All determinations to be made under this Section 11 shall be made by Aqua Americas
independent public accountant immediately prior to the Change of Control (the Accounting Firm),
which firm shall provide its determinations and any supporting calculations both to Aqua America
and the Executive within 10 days of the Termination Date. Any such determination by the Accounting
Firm shall be binding upon Aqua America and the Executive. The Executive shall then have the right
to determine which of the Agreement Payments shall be eliminated or reduced in order to produce the
Reduced Amount in accordance with the requirements of this Section. Within five days after this
determination, Aqua America shall pay (or cause to be paid) or distribute (or cause to be
distributed) to or for the benefit of the Executive such amounts as are then due to the Executive
under this Agreement.
(c) As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 280G of the Code at the time
of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Agreement
Payments, as the case may be, will have been made by Aqua America which should not have been made
(Overpayment) or that additional Agreement Payments which have not been made by Aqua America
could have been made (Underpayment), in each case, consistent with the calculations required to
be made hereunder. Within two years after the Termination of Employment, the Accounting Firm shall
review the determination made by it pursuant to the preceding paragraph and Aqua America shall
cooperate and provide all information necessary for such review. In the event that the Accounting
Firm determines that an Overpayment has been made, any such Overpayment shall be treated for all
purposes as a loan to the Executive which the Executive shall repay to Aqua America together with
interest from the date of payment under this Agreement at the applicable Federal rate provided for
in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code (the Federal Rate); provided, however, that no
amount shall be payable by the Executive to Aqua America if and to the extent such payment would
not reduce the limit on the amount that is deductible under Section 280G of the Code. In the
event that the Accounting Firm determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment
shall be promptly paid by Aqua America to or for the benefit of the Executive together with
interest from the date of payment under this Agreement at the Federal Rate.
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(d) All of the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm in performing the determinations
referred to in subsections (b) and (c) above shall be borne solely by Aqua America. Aqua America
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Accounting Firm of and from any and all claims, damages
and expenses resulting from or relating to its determinations pursuant to subsections (b) and (c)
above, except for claims, damages or expenses resulting from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Accounting Firm.
12. Term of Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall be indefinite until Aqua
America notifies the Executive in writing that this Agreement will not be renewed at least sixty
days prior to the proposed termination; provided, however, that (i) after a Change of Control
during the term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall remain in effect until all of the
obligations of the parties hereunder are satisfied or have expired, and (ii) this Agreement shall
terminate if, prior to a Change of Control, the employment of the Executive with Aqua America and
its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, shall terminate for any reason; provided, however, that if a
Change of Control occurs within 18 months after (a) the Executives termination incurred for any
reason other than a voluntary resignation or retirement (a Good Reason Termination shall not be
deemed voluntary) or termination for Cause or (b) the termination of this Agreement, the Executive
shall be entitled to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if the Executives
termination had occurred on the date of the Change of Control.
13. Successor Company. Aqua America shall require any successor or successors
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the
business and/or assets of Aqua America, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Executive, to acknowledge expressly that this Agreement is binding upon and enforceable against the
successor or successors, in accordance with the terms hereof, and to become jointly and severally
obligated with Aqua America to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent
that Aqua America would be required to perform if no such succession or successions had taken
place. Failure of Aqua America to notify the Executive in writing as to such successorship, to
provide the Executive the opportunity to review and agree to the successors assumption of this
Agreement or to obtain such agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a
breach of this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, Aqua America Aqua America and any successor
or successors to its business and/or assets, jointly and severally.
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14. Notice. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder or
necessary or convenient in connection herewith shall be in writing and shall be
delivered personally or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or
by overnight express courier service, as follows:
If to Aqua America or, to:
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Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3489 |
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Karl M. Kyriss
or to such other names or addresses as Aqua America or the Executive, as the case may be, shall
designate by notice to the other party hereto in the manner specified in this Section; provided,
however, that if no such notice is given by Aqua America following a Change of Control, notice at
the last address of Aqua America or to any successor pursuant to Section 13 hereof shall be deemed
sufficient for the purposes hereof. Any such notice shall be deemed delivered and effective when
received in the case of personal delivery, five days after deposit, postage prepaid, with the U.S.
Postal Service in the case of registered or certified mail, or on the next business day in the case
of overnight express courier service.
15 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without giving effect to any conflict of laws provisions.
16. Contents of Agreement, Amendment and Assignment. This Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements, sets forth the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof and cannot be changed, modified, extended or terminated except upon
written amendment executed by the Executive and Aqua America. The provisions of this Agreement may
require a variance from the terms and conditions of certain compensation or bonus plans under
circumstances where such plans would not provide for payment thereof in order to obtain the maximum
benefits for the Executive. It is the specific intention of the parties that the provisions of
this Agreement shall supersede any provisions to the contrary in such plans, and such plans shall
be deemed to have been amended to correspond with this Agreement without further action by Aqua
America.
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17. No Right to Continued Employment. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as
giving the Executive any right to be retained in the employ of Aqua America or any of its
Subsidiaries.
18. Successors and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective heirs,
representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, except that the duties and
responsibilities of Aqua America hereunder shall not be assignable in whole or in part.
19. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or application thereof to anyone
or under any circumstances shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions or applications of this Agreement which can
be given effect without the invalid or unenforceable provision or application.
20. Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver. No right conferred upon the Executive by this
Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and each and every such right
or remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder
or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission by the Executive in
exercising any right, remedy or power hereunder or existing at law or in equity shall be construed
as a waiver thereof.
21. Miscellaneous. All section headings are for convenience only. This Agreement may
be executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original. It shall not be necessary in
making proof of this Agreement or any counterpart hereof to produce or account for any of the other
counterparts.
22. Arbitration. In the event of any dispute under the provisions of this Agreement
other than a dispute in which the sole relief sought is an equitable remedy such as an injunction,
the parties shall be required to have the dispute, controversy or claim settled by arbitration in
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the National Rules for the Settlement of Employment
Disputes of the American Arbitration Association, before one arbitrator who shall be an executive
officer or former executive officer of a publicly traded corporation, selected by the parties. Any
award entered by the arbitrator shall be final, binding and nonappealable and judgment may be
entered thereon by either party in accordance with applicable law in any court of competent
jurisdiction. This arbitration provision shall be specifically enforceable. The arbitrator shall
have no authority to modify any provision of this Agreement or to award a remedy for a dispute
involving this Agreement other than a benefit specifically provided under or by virtue of the
Agreement. Aqua
America shall be responsible for all of the fees of the American Arbitration Association and
the arbitrator and any expenses relating to the conduct of the arbitration (including reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
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Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
EXHIBIT 10.2
BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
$47,830,000
CHESTER COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Water Facilities Revenue Bonds
(Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project)
Series A of 2007
Bond Purchase Agreement dated December 21, 2006, among the CHESTER COUNTY INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (the Authority), AQUA PENNSYLVANIA, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
Company), and SOVEREIGN SECURITIES CORPORATION, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company
(the Underwriter).
1. Background.
(a) The Authority proposes to enter into a Financing Agreement (the Financing Agreement)
dated as of January 1, 2007 with the Company, under which the Authority will agree to loan to the
Company funds to (i) finance certain capital costs of numerous acquisitions, constructions,
modifications, expansions, installations and replacements of water distribution, treatment and
related operating systems located in the counties of Chester, Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery in
Pennsylvania (the Facilities) that are part of the Companys system (the System) for the
distribution of water to its customers, and (ii) pay related financing costs (collectively, the
Project). To finance the loan under the Financing Agreement, the Authority proposes to issue and
sell $47,830,000 aggregate principal amount of Chester County Industrial Development Authority
Water Facilities Revenue Bonds (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project), Series A of 2007 (the Bonds) to
the Underwriter, who will in turn reoffer the Bonds for sale to the public.
(b) The Bonds will be issued pursuant to the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Law,
Act of August 23, 1967, P.L. 251, as amended and supplemented (the Act), resolutions adopted by
the Authority on November 15, 2006 and December 18, 2006 (collectively, the Authority Resolution)
and under a Trust Indenture dated as of January 1, 2007 (the Trust Indenture), between the
Authority and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee). The Bonds will have such
terms as are set forth in Schedule I attached hereto.
The Bonds will be payable out of payments by the Company under the Financing Agreement,
including payments under its First Mortgage Bond, 5.00% Series due 2040 in the principal amount of
$23,915,000 (the 2040 First Mortgage Bond); and its First Mortgage Bond, 5.00% Series due 2041 in
the principal amount of $23,915,000 (the 2041 First Mortgage Bond and along with the 2040 First
Mortgage Bond collectively, the First Mortgage Bonds) issued with respect to the Bonds. The
First Mortgage Bonds will be issued under and secured by the Companys Indenture of Mortgage dated
as of January 1, 1941 (the Indenture of Mortgage), from the Company to The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A., trustee
(successor to The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, The
Pennsylvania Company for Banking and Trusts, The First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Company,
First Pennsylvania Bank, N.A., CoreStates Bank, N.A., Mellon Bank, N.A., Chase Manhattan Trust
Company, National Association and J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association) (the Mortgage
Trustee), as presently amended and supplemented and as to be further supplemented by a Forty-first
Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage to be dated as of January 1, 2007 (the Forty-first Supplemental
Mortgage, which together with the Indenture of Mortgage, as amended and supplemented, is referred
to hereinafter as the Mortgage). Each First Mortgage Bond will be issued in the same aggregate
principal amount and will mature on the same date and bear interest at the same rate as the Bonds
that they secure. All of the Authoritys rights under the Financing Agreement to receive and
enforce repayment of its loan to the Company and to enforce payment of the Bonds, including all of
the Authoritys rights to the First Mortgage Bonds, and all of the Authoritys rights to moneys and
securities in the Project Funds, the Revenue Funds and the Debt Service Funds (and the accounts
within all such Funds applicable to the Bonds) established by the Trust Indenture, except for the
Authoritys rights to certain fees and reimbursements for expenses, indemnification and notice
thereunder and rights relating to amendments of and notices under the Financing Agreement, will be
assigned to the Trustee as security for the Bonds pursuant to the Trust Indenture.
(c) The Project will finance the acquisition, construction, installation and equipping of
facilities for the furnishing of water for purposes of Section 142(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), so that the interest on the Bonds will not be includable in
gross income for federal income tax purposes under the Code and the Underwriter may offer the Bonds
for sale without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act) or
qualification of the Trust Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the 1939
Act).
(d) A Preliminary Official Statement dated December 15, 2006, including the Appendices thereto
and all documents incorporated therein by reference (the Preliminary Official Statement), has
been supplied to the parties hereto, and a final Official Statement to be dated the date hereof,
including the Appendices thereto and all documents incorporated therein by reference, prepared for
use in such offerings will be supplied to the parties hereto as soon as it is available, subject to
Section 10 hereof (such final Official Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented with the
consent of the Authority, the Underwriter and the Company, is hereinafter referred to as the
Official Statement).
(e) The Bonds will be insured by a bond insurance policy (the Bond Insurance Policy) issued
by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (the Bond Insurer).
2. Purchase, Sale and Closing. On the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Underwriter will buy from the Authority, and the Authority will sell to the Underwriter, all (but
not less than all) of the Bonds at a purchase price equal to $49,282,118.80, which is equal to the
$47,830,000.00 aggregate principal amount of the Bonds, plus original issue premium of
$2,169,568.80 less the underwriting discount of $717,450.00. Payment for the Bonds shall be made
in immediately available funds to the Trustee for the account of the Authority. Closing (the
Closing) will be at the offices of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, bond counsel, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on January 16, 2007 or at
such other date, time or place or in such other manner as may be agreed on by the parties
hereto. The Bonds will be delivered as fully registered bonds in the aggregate principal amount of
$47,830,000 in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (DTC), with
CUSIP numbers printed thereon, and shall conform in all respects to DTCs Book-Entry Only System.
Delivery of the Bonds to DTC will be made by delivering the Bonds to the Trustee utilizing the DTC
FAST system. If the Underwriter so requests, the Bonds shall be made available to the Underwriter
(prior to their delivery to DTC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at least three full business days
before the Closing for purposes of inspection.
The Underwriter agrees to make a bona fide public offering of the Bonds at the initial
offering prices or yields set forth in the Official Statement; provided, however, that the
Underwriter reserves the right (and the Authority and the Company hereby expressly acknowledge such
right): to make concessions to dealers; to effect transactions that stabilize or maintain the
market price of the Bonds above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market and to
discontinue at any time such stabilizing transactions; and to change such initial offering prices,
all as the Underwriter shall deem necessary in connection with the marketing of the Bonds.
3. Authoritys Representations and Warranties. The Authority makes the following
representations and warranties, all of which shall survive Closing; that:
(a) The Authority is a body politic and corporate, duly created and existing under the
Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Commonwealth), and has, and at the
date of Closing will have, full legal right, power and authority to: enter into this Bond Purchase
Agreement; execute and deliver the Bonds, the Trust Indenture, the Financing Agreement, this Bond
Purchase Agreement and the Authoritys tax certificate and the other various certificates executed
by the Authority in connection therewith (collectively, with the Authority Resolution, the
Authority Financing Documents); issue, sell and deliver the Bonds to the Underwriter as provided
herein; and carry out and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Authority Financing
Documents and the Official Statement to be carried out and/or consummated by it;
(b) The Authority Resolution was duly adopted at a public meeting of the Authority at which a
quorum was present and acted throughout; and the Authority Resolution is in full force and effect
and has not been amended, repealed or superseded in any way;
(c) The sections entitled INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT (insofar as it relates to the Authority),
THE AUTHORITY and ABSENCE OF MATERIAL LITIGATION (solely insofar as the information set forth
therein relates to the Authority) contained in the Preliminary Official Statement as of its date
did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(d) The sections entitled INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT (insofar as it relates to the Authority),
THE AUTHORITY and ABSENCE OF MATERIAL LITIGATION (solely insofar as the information set forth
therein relates to the Authority)
contained in the Official Statement as of its date does not or will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading;
(e) The Authority has complied, and will at the Closing be in compliance, in all material
respects with the provisions of the Act;
(f) The Authority has duly authorized and approved the Preliminary Official Statement and the
Official Statement; and has duly authorized and approved the execution and delivery of, and the
performance by the Authority of the obligations on its part contained in, the Authority Financing
Documents;
(g) To the best of the knowledge of the officer of the Authority executing this Bond Purchase
Agreement, the Authority is not in material breach of or in default under any applicable law or
administrative regulation of the Commonwealth or the United States; and the execution and delivery
of the Authority Financing Documents, and compliance with the provisions of each thereof, do not
and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or default under any existing law,
administrative regulation, judgment, decree, loan agreement, note, resolution, agreement or other
instrument to which the Authority is a party or is otherwise subject;
(h) All approvals, consents and orders of any governmental authority, board, agency or
commission having jurisdiction that would constitute a condition precedent to the Authoritys legal
ability to issue the Bonds or to the Authoritys performance of its obligations hereunder and under
the Authority Financing Documents have been obtained or will be obtained prior to the Closing;
(i) The Bonds, when issued, authenticated and delivered in accordance with the Trust Indenture
and sold to the Underwriter as provided herein, will be validly issued and will be valid and
binding limited obligations of the Authority enforceable against the Authority in accordance with
their terms (except as enforcement of remedies may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws or legal or equitable principles affecting the enforcement
of creditors rights (Creditors Rights Limitations));
(j) The terms and provisions of the Authority Financing Documents when executed and delivered
by the respective parties thereto will constitute the valid, legal and binding obligations of the
Authority enforceable against the Authority in accordance with their respective terms (except as
enforcement of remedies may be limited by Creditors Rights Limitations);
(k) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity,
before or by any court, or public board or body, pending or, to the knowledge of the Authority
after due inquiry, threatened against the Authority, affecting the existence of the Authority or
the titles of its officers to their respective offices or seeking to prohibit, restrain or enjoin
the sale, issuance or delivery of the Bonds or of the revenues or assets of the Authority pledged
or to be pledged to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds, or the pledge thereof,
or in any way contesting or affecting the validity or enforceability of the Authority
Financing Documents or contesting in any way the completeness or accuracy of the Preliminary
Official Statement or the Official Statement, or contesting the power or authority of the Authority
with respect to the issuance of the Bonds or the execution, delivery or performance of any of the
Authority Financing Documents, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would affect in
any way the validity or enforceability of any of the Authority Financing Documents;
(l) The net proceeds received from the Bonds and applied in accordance with the Trust
Indenture and Financing Agreement shall be used in accordance with the Act as described in the
Official Statement;
(m) The Authority has not been notified of any listing or proposed listing by the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that the Authority is a bond issuer whose arbitrage certifications
may not be relied upon; and
(n) Any certificate signed by any of the authorized officers of the Authority and delivered to
the Underwriter shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Authority to the Underwriter
as to the statements made therein.
4. Companys Representations and Warranties. The Company makes the following
representations and warranties on and as of the date hereof and as of the date of Closing, all of
which will survive the Closing:
(a) The Company has not sustained since December 31, 2005 any material loss or interference
with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree; and since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Official Statement, there have not
been any material changes in the outstanding capital stock or the long-term debt of the Company or
any material adverse change, or a development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders equity or results
of operations of the Company, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Official
Statement;
(b) The Company was organized, is in good standing and subsists as a corporation under the
laws of the Commonwealth, with power (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Official Statement;
(c) The First Mortgage Bonds have been duly authorized; and, when issued and delivered as
contemplated by this Bond Purchase Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued
and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to
the benefits provided by the Mortgage;
(d) The Original Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company,
and the Forty-first Supplemental Mortgage has been duly authorized by the Company. When the
Forty-first Supplemental Mortgage, in substantially the form approved by the Company, has been
executed and delivered by the Company and assuming due authorization and execution by the Mortgage
Trustee, and recorded as required by law, the Mortgage will constitute a valid and legally binding
instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by Creditors Rights Limitations; will
constitute a direct, valid and enforceable first mortgage lien (except as enforceability of such
lien may be limited by Creditors Rights Limitations) upon all of the properties and assets of the
Company (not heretofore released as provided for in the Mortgage) specifically or generally
described or referred to in the Mortgage as being subject to the lien thereof, excepting permitted
liens under the Mortgage and excepting property and assets that the Mortgage expressly excludes
from the lien thereof; and will create a mortgage upon all properties and assets acquired by the
Company after the execution and delivery of the Forty-First Supplemental Mortgage and required to
be subjected to the lien of the Mortgage pursuant thereto when so acquired, except for permitted
liens under the Mortgage. The Original Indenture has been and the Forty-First Supplemental
Mortgage will be duly filed, recorded or registered in each place in the Commonwealth in which such
filing, recording or registration was or is required to protect and preserve the lien of the
Mortgage; and all necessary approvals of regulatory authorities, commissions and other governmental
bodies having jurisdiction over the Company required to subject the mortgaged properties and assets
or trust estate (as defined in the Mortgage) to the lien of the Mortgage have been duly obtained;
(e) In each of the following cases with such exceptions as are not material and do not
interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company, the Company has good and marketable
title to all of its real property currently held in fee simple; and all of its other interests in
real property (other than certain rights of way, easements, occupancy rights, riparian and flowage
rights, licenses, leaseholds, and real property interests of a similar nature). In each case such
title is free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as may be described in
the Official Statement, the lien of the Mortgage, permitted liens under the Mortgage or such as do
not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company. Any real property and buildings held under
lease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such
exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property and buildings by the Company;
(f) In each of the following cases except for such exceptions that are not material and do not
interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company, the Company has all licenses,
franchises, permits, authorizations, rights, approvals, consents and orders of all governmental
authorities or agencies necessary for the ownership or lease of the properties owned or leased by
it and for the operation of the business carried on by it as described in the Official Statement,
and all water rights, riparian rights, easements, rights of way and other similar interests and
rights described or referred to in the Mortgage necessary for the operation of the business carried
on by it as described in the Official Statement. Except as otherwise set forth in the Official
Statement, all such licenses, franchises, permits, orders, authorizations, rights, approvals and
consents are in full force and effect and contain no unduly burdensome provisions; except as
otherwise set forth in the Official Statement, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending or, to its knowledge after due inquiry, threatened that would result in a material
modification, suspension or revocation thereof. The Company has the legal power to exercise the
rights of eminent domain for the purposes of conducting its water utility operations;
(g) The issue and sale of the Bonds, the issue and delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds and
the compliance by the Company with all of the applicable provisions of the
First Mortgage Bonds and the Mortgage and the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Forty-first Supplemental Mortgage, the Financing Agreement, this Bond Purchase
Agreement and the Continuing Disclosure Agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach of
any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance (other than the lien of the Mortgage) upon any of the
property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company are subject, nor will
such action result in a violation of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended,
or the Bylaws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its property. No
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any
such regulatory authority or other governmental body (other than those already obtained) is
required to be obtained by the Company for the issue and sale of the Bonds, the issue and delivery
of the First Mortgage Bonds, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Bond
Purchase Agreement, the Financing Agreement, the Forty-first Supplemental Mortgage, the First
Mortgage Bonds and the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, or the consummation by the Company of the
other transactions contemplated by this Bond Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage, except for the
issuance and registration by the Commonwealth Public Utility Commission of a Securities Certificate
authorizing the incurring of the debt evidenced by the First Mortgage Bonds;
(h) The Company has applied to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for an order to
authorize the issuance and delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds on terms not inconsistent with this
Bond Purchase Agreement;
(i) The Company is not a holding company, a registered holding company or an affiliate of a
registered holding company within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended;
(j) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company is a party or
to which any property of the Company is subject, other than as set forth in the Official Statement
and other than litigation incident to the kind of business conducted by the Company, wherein an
unfavorable ruling, decision or finding is likely that would have a material adverse effect on the
financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company; and, to the best
of the Companys knowledge after due diligence, no such proceedings are threatened by governmental
authorities or threatened by others;
(k) The Project consists of either land or property of a character subject to depreciation for
federal income tax purposes and will be used to furnish water that is or will be made available to
members of the general public (including electric utility, industrial, agricultural, or commercial
users); the rates for the furnishing or sale of the water have been established or approved by a
State or political subdivision thereof, by an agency or instrumentality of the United States, or by
a public service or public utility commission or other similar body of any State or political
subdivision thereof; and all other information supplied by the Company to the Underwriter with
respect to the exclusion from gross income pursuant to Section 103 of the Code of the interest on
the Bonds is correct and complete;
(l) The Company has not, within the immediately preceding ten (10) years, defaulted in the
payment of principal or interest on any of its bonds, notes or other securities, or any legally
authorized obligation issued by it; and
(m) The information with respect to the Company and the Project and the descriptions of the
First Mortgage Bonds and the Mortgage contained in the Preliminary Official Statement and the
Official Statement (including appendices A and B thereto) do not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make such information and descriptions,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
5. Authoritys Covenants. The Authority will:
(a) furnish such information, execute such instruments and take such other action in
cooperation with the Underwriter as the Underwriter may reasonably request to qualify the Bonds for
offer and sale under the Blue Sky or other securities laws and regulations of such states and other
jurisdictions in the United States of America as the Underwriter may designate and will assist, if
necessary therefor, in the continuance of such qualifications in effect so long as required for
distribution of the Bonds; provided, however, that the Authority shall in no event be required to
file a general consent to suit or service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a
dealer in securities in any such state or other jurisdiction;
(b) not, on its part, amend or supplement the Official Statement without prior notice to and
the consent of the Underwriter and the Company and will advise the Underwriter and the Company
promptly of the institution of any proceedings by any governmental agency or otherwise affecting
the use of the Official Statement in connection with the offer and sale of the Bonds; and
(c) refrain from knowingly taking any action (and permitting any action with regard to which
the Authority may exercise control) which would result in the loss of the exclusion from gross
income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Bonds referred to under the caption TAX
MATTERS in the Official Statement.
6. Companys Covenants. The Company agrees that it will:
(a) refrain from knowingly taking any actions (and from permitting any action with regard to
which the Company may exercise control) that would result in the loss of the exclusion from gross
income for federal tax purposes of interest on the Bonds;
(b) indemnify and hold harmless the Authority, its members, directors, officers, agents,
attorneys, and employees and the Underwriter, its officers, directors, officials, agents,
attorneys, employees, and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
1934 Act), from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or
several, to which the Authority and the Underwriter, or either of them, or any of their respective
members, directors, officers, agents, attorneys, and employees and each person, if any, who
controls the Underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act or 1934 Act as aforedescribed may
become subject, under federal laws or regulations, or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon: (i) a breach of the Companys representations included in this Agreement; (ii) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact pertaining to the Project or the
Company set forth in the Official Statement, the Preliminary Official Statement or any amendment to
either; (iii) the willful or negligent omission of (or the alleged omission to state) a material
fact in the Official Statement, in the Preliminary Official Statement, or in any amendment or
supplement to either, as such fact is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein that pertain to the Company or the Project not misleading in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made; (iv) or arising by virtue of the failure to register the
Bonds under the 1933 Act or the failure to qualify the Indenture under the 1939 Act; (v) or arising
by virtue of any audit or investigation conducted by a state or federal agency, department or
entity questioning, among other things, the tax-exempt status of the Bonds;
(c) undertake, pursuant to the Continuing Disclosure Agreement dated as of January 1, 2007 to
be entered into between the Company and the Trustee (the Continuing Disclosure Agreement), to
provide annual reports and notices of certain material events in accordance with Rule 15c2-12 under
the 1934 Act, as amended (Rule 15c2-12). A description of this undertaking and the Continuing
Disclosure Agreement is set forth in the Preliminary Official Statement and will also be set forth
in the Final Official Statement;
(d) not amend or supplement the Official Statement without prior notice to, and the consent
of, the Underwriter, and will advise the Underwriter and the Authority promptly of the institution
of any proceedings by any governmental agency or otherwise affecting the use of the Official
Statement in connection with the offer and the sale of the Bonds; and
(e) take all actions reasonably necessary to obtain the issuance and registration of a
Securities Certificate with respect to the debt to be evidenced by the First Mortgage Bonds from
the Commonwealth Public Utility Commission by no later than January 13, 2007.
7. Underwriters Covenant and Representations and Warranties.
(a) By acceptance hereof the Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Authority,
its members, directors, officers, agents, attorneys, and employees and the Company, its officers,
directors, agents, attorneys, and employees and each person if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act against all or several claims, losses, damages,
liabilities and expenses asserted against them, or any of them, at law or in equity, in connection
with the offering and sale of the Bonds on the grounds that the information under the caption
UNDERWRITING in the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement (or any supplement
or amendment to said information) contains an untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material
fact or omits or allegedly omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made (it being
understood that the Underwriter furnished only the information under such UNDERWRITING heading),
or failure on the part of the Underwriter to deliver an Official Statement to any purchaser. The
Underwriter will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by a party, person or
entity indemnifiable under this Section 7 in connection with investigating or defending any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Underwriter may otherwise have. The
Underwriter shall not be liable for any settlement of, any such action effected without its
consent.
(b) The Underwriter will be paid an underwriting discount of $717,450.00 with respect to the
Bonds.
(c) The Underwriter acknowledges that the Authority is relying upon the veracity of the
certification in clause (b) above on the date hereof as a condition precedent to lending the
proceeds of the Bonds to the Company.
8. Notice of Indemnification; Settlement. Promptly after a party, person or entity
indemnifiable under Section 6 or 7 of this Bond Purchase Agreement (an Indemnitee) receives
notice of the commencement of any audit, investigation or action against such Indemnitee in respect
of which indemnity is to be sought by the Indemnitee against the Company or an Underwriter, as the
case may be (the Indemnifying Party), the Indemnitee will notify the Indemnifying Party in
writing of such action, and the Indemnifying Party may assume the defense thereof, including the
employment of counsel and the payment of all expenses; but the omission so to notify the
Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability that it may have to
the Indemnitee otherwise than hereunder. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such action effected without its consent, but if settled with the consent of the
Indemnifying Party or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the
Indemnifying Party will indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. The indemnity agreements contained in this
Bond Purchase Agreement shall include reimbursement for expenses reasonably incurred by an
Indemnitee in investigating the claim and in defending it if the Indemnifying Party declines to
assume the defense and shall survive delivery of the Bonds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event of an investigation or audit by the Internal Revenue Service or the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other state or federal agency, department, or entity with respect to the Bonds,
the Authority shall have the right and duty to undertake its own defense, including the employment
of counsel, with full power to litigate, compromise or settle the same on its own behalf, and the
Company agrees that it will indemnify and hold the Authority harmless for all costs and expenses,
including, but not limited to, attorney fees and expenses and costs, of any such settlement.
9. Equitable Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6(b) of
this Bond Purchase Agreement is unavailable to the Underwriter (or any controlling person thereof)
in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then the Company
shall, in lieu of indemnifying the Underwriter, contribute to the amount paid or payable by the
Underwriter as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriter,
respectively, from the offering of the Bonds. If, however, the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then the Company shall
contribute to such amount paid or payable by the Underwriter in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the
Underwriter, respectively, in connection with the statements or omission which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefit received by the Company or the Underwriter shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering (before deducting
issuance costs and expenses other than underwriting fees and commissions) received by the Company,
on the one hand, bear to the total underwriting fees and commissions received by the Underwriter,
on the other hand. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact related to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriter
and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above in this Section 9. The amount paid or payable by the Underwriter
as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to above in this Section 9 shall
be deemed to include any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Underwriter
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 9, the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Bonds underwritten by it and distributed
to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that the Underwriter has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or allegedly untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission.
10. Official Statement; Public Offering.
(a) In order to enable the Underwriter to comply with Rule 15c2-12: the Company has prepared
(or caused to be prepared) the Preliminary Official Statement, which the Company and the Authority
(but, in the case of the Authority, only with respect to the information therein under the headings
THE AUTHORITY and, insofar as they relate to the Authority, INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT and ABSENCE
OF MATERIAL LITIGATION) deem final and complete as of its date except for certain Permitted
Omissions as described in Rule 15c2-12; the Company shall provide to the Underwriter sufficient
copies of the Official Statement in sufficient time to accompany any confirmation that requires
payment from any customer and in any event within seven business days after the date of this Bond
Purchase Agreement; and of which the Company has or gains knowledge would render the Official
Statement misleading in any material respect in the period from the date of its delivery to the
Underwriter by the Company (as that phrase is defined in Rule 15c2-12) then the Company shall
promptly give the Underwriter notice thereof. The Authority and the Company hereby authorize the
use of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement by the Underwriter in
connection with the offering of the Bonds.
(b) After the Closing, and until the Underwriter has informed the Authority and the Company
that the Underwriter has sold all the Bonds, the Authority and the Company will not adopt or
distribute any amendment of or supplement to the Official Statement, except with the prior written
consent of the Underwriter; and if any event relating to or affecting the Authority, the Company or
the Bonds shall occur, the result of which shall make it necessary, in the opinion of the
Underwriter, to amend or supplement the Official Statement in order to make it not misleading in
the light of the circumstances existing at that time, the Company shall forthwith prepare, and the
Company and the Authority shall approve for distribution, a
reasonable number of copies of an amendment of or supplement to the Official Statement, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, so that the Official Statement then
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that time, not
misleading. The Authority shall cooperate with the Company in the issuance and distribution of any
such amendment or supplement.
(c) Upon Closing, the Underwriter shall promptly provide a Nationally Recognized Municipal
Securities Information Repository and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board with a copy of the
Official Statement for filing in accordance with Rule 15c2-12, and inform the Authority and the
Company in writing as to the date and place of such filing and the date of the end of the
underwriting period.
11. Conditions of Underwriters and Authoritys Obligations. The Underwriters
obligations to purchase and pay for the Bonds and the Authoritys obligation to issue and deliver
the Bonds are subject to fulfillment of the following conditions at or before Closing:
(a) The representations of the Authority and the Company herein shall be true in all material
respects on and as of the date of the Closing and shall be confirmed by appropriate certificates at
Closing;
(b) Neither the Authority nor the Company shall be in default in the performance of any of
their respective covenants herein;
(c) The Underwriter shall have received:
(i) An opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Bond Counsel, dated the date
of Closing, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, addressed to (or with
reliance letters delivered in respect of) the Authority, the Trustee and the Underwriter;
(ii) An opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Bond Counsel, dated the date
of Closing, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, addressed to the
Underwriter;
(iii) An opinion of Conrad OBrien Gellman & Rohn, P.C., counsel for the Authority,
dated the date of Closing, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto, addressed
to the Underwriter and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and
Bond Counsel;
(iv) Opinions of Dilworth Paxson LLP, counsel to the Company, and the Companys Senior
Vice President Law and Administration, dated the date of Closing, substantially in the
forms attached as Exhibit D hereto, addressed to the Underwriter, the Authority and Bond
Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and to Bond
Counsel;
(v) An opinion of Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP, counsel for the Underwriter,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter;
(vi) An opinion of legal counsel to the Bond Insurer in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Bond Counsel and the Underwriter, relating to the enforceability of the Bond
Insurance Policy and the information concerning the Bond Insurer in the Official Statement;
(vii) An agreed upon procedures letter dated the date of the Official Statement and
addressed to the Company from the Companys auditor with respect to financial information
set forth in Appendix A to the Official Statement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Companys auditor and the Underwriter;
(viii) A certificate dated the date of Closing executed by the Chairman of the
Authority to the effect that:
(A) the representations and warranties of the Authority contained herein, to
the best of the knowledge of such Chairman, are true and correct in all material
respects as of the date of Closing; and
(B) to the best of the knowledge of such Chairman, the Authority has complied
in all material respects with all agreements executed by the Authority in connection
with issuance of the Bonds and satisfied in all material respects the Authoritys
covenants contained in Section 5 herein and all of the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing;
(ix) A certificate dated the date of Closing executed by the chief financial officer of
the Company to the effect that:
(A) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Bond Purchase
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date of Closing;
(B) the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement, as of their
respective dates, insofar as they relate to the Company, do not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, under the circumstances
in which they were made, not misleading in any respect; and
(C) no event affecting the Company has occurred since the date of the Bond
Purchase Agreement that is required to be disclosed in the Official Statement in
order to make the statements and information therein not misleading in any material
respect;
(x) Two executed copies of the Trust Indenture, the Financing Agreement, the Bond
Purchase Agreement, the Forty-first Supplemental Mortgage and the Continuing Disclosure
Agreement and specimen copies of the First Mortgage Bonds;
(xi) Two copies of the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, as amended
to the date of Closing, and of the resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Company authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of this
Bond Purchase Agreement, the Financing Agreement, the First Mortgage Bonds, the Forty-first
Supplemental Mortgage, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement and the incurrence of
indebtedness with respect thereto and all transactions described in the Official Statement
and contemplated by this Bond Purchase Agreement, all certified by its Secretary or
Assistant Secretary;
(xii) Two copies of the Authority Resolution;
(xiii) One or more letters from the Companys auditor, dated the date of the
Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement and addressed to the Company,
consenting to the use of the financial statements prepared by such firm and all references
to such firm contained in the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement;
(xiv) Evidence of the issuance of the Bond Insurance Policy by the Bond Insurer, which
policy shall unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the payment when due of the principal
of and interest on the Bonds;
(xv) Evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter of a rating of AAA assigned by Standard
& Poors Ratings Services, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, and that such rating is
in full force and effect as of the date of Closing;
(xvi) Evidence satisfactory to Bond Counsel and the Underwriter of the receipt by the
Authority of a Preliminary Allocation relating to the Bonds and approval of the Project from
the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and of the registration of
a Securities Certificate relating to the First Mortgage Bonds and the Bonds with the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; and
(xvii) Such additional documentation as the Underwriter or its counsel or Bond Counsel
may reasonably request to evidence compliance with applicable law and the validity of the
Bonds, the Financing Agreement, the Trust Indenture, this Bond Purchase Agreement, the
Forty-first Supplemental Mortgage, the First Mortgage Bonds and the Continuing Disclosure
Agreement, and to evidence that the interest on the Bonds is not includable in gross income
under the Code and the status of the offering under the 1933 Act and the 1939 Act;
(d) At Closing there shall not have been any material adverse change in the financial
condition of the Company or any adverse development concerning the business or assets of the
Company that would result in a material adverse change in the prospective financial condition or
results of operations of the Company from that described in the Official Statement, which, in the
judgment of the Underwriter, makes it inadvisable to proceed with the sale of the Bonds; and the
Underwriter shall have received certificates of the Company certifying that no such material
adverse change has occurred or, if such a change has occurred, full information with respect
thereto; and
(e) The Underwriter shall deliver at Closing a certificate in form acceptable to Bond Counsel
to the effect that the Underwriter has sold to the public (excluding bond houses
and brokers) a substantial amount of the Bonds at initial offering prices no higher than, or
yields no lower than, those shown on the cover page of the Official Statement and that such
certificate may be relied upon for purposes of determining compliance with Section 148 of the Code.
12. Events Permitting the Underwriter to Terminate. The Underwriter may terminate its
obligation to purchase the Bonds at any time before Closing if any of the following occurs:
(a) A legislative, executive or regulatory action or proposed action, or a court decision,
which in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter casts sufficient doubt on the legality of, or
the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on, obligations such as
the Bonds so as to materially impair the marketability or materially lower the market price of the
Bonds; or
(b) Any action by the Securities and Exchange Commission or a court that would require
registration of the Bonds or the First Mortgage Bonds under the 1933 Act or qualification of the
Indenture under the 1939 Act; or
(c) Any general suspension of trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange or the
establishment, by the New York Stock Exchange, by the Securities and Exchange Commission, by any
federal or state agency, or by the decision of any court, of any limitation on prices for such
trading, or any outbreak of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis, or
any material escalation in any such hostilities, calamity or crisis, the effect of which on the
financial markets of the United States of America shall be such as to materially impair the
marketability or materially lower the market price of the Bonds; or
(d) Any event or condition occurring or arising after the date hereof, which in the reasonable
judgment of the Underwriter renders untrue or incorrect, in any material respect as of the time to
which the same purports to relate, the information contained in the Official Statement, or which
requires that information not reflected in the Official Statement or Appendices thereto should be
reflected therein in order to make the statements and information contained therein not misleading
in any material respect as of such time; provided that the Authority, the Company and the
Underwriter will use their best efforts to amend or supplement the Official Statement to reflect,
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter, such changes in or additions to the information
contained in the Official Statement; or
(e) Pending or threatened litigation affecting or arising out of the ownership of the
Facilities or any other facilities of the Company or the issuance of the Bonds, which, in the
reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, would materially impair the marketability or materially
lower the market price of the Bonds; or
(f) Quantities of the Official Statement are not delivered to the Underwriter in a timely
manner as required by Section 10 hereof. If the Underwriter terminates its obligation to purchase
the Bonds because any of the conditions specified in Section 11 hereof or this Section 12 shall not
have been fulfilled at or before the Closing, such termination shall not result in any liability on
the part of the Authority, the Underwriter, or, except for the payment of such costs of issuance
described in Section 13 hereof which are due and payable, the Company; or
(g) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission fails to issue and register a Securities
Certificate with respect to the First Mortgage Bonds and the Bonds. Notwithstanding termination
under this section 12(g), the obligations of the Company under sections 8, 9 and 13 shall remain in
full force and effect.
12A. Event Permitting the Company to Terminate. The Company may terminate its
obligations hereunder (except for the obligations under sections 8, 9 and 13) in the event prior to
Closing, notwithstanding its exercise of diligent efforts it is unable to obtain from the
Commonwealth Public Utility Commission the issuance and registration of a Securities Certificate
with respect to the First Mortgage Bonds and the Bonds.
13. Expenses. All expenses and costs of the authorization, issuance, sale and
delivery of the Bonds including, without limitation, accrued interest, the preparation of and
furnishing to the Underwriter of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement, the
preparation and execution of the Bonds, the Financing Agreement, the Trust Indenture, the First
Mortgage Bonds, the Forty-first Supplemental Mortgage, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement and this
Bond Purchase Agreement, the Insurance Policy premium, rating agency fees, the issuance and closing
fees of the Authority, the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Authority, the fees and
disbursements of Bond Counsel, the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriter and the
expenses incurred in connection with qualifying the Bonds for sale under the securities laws of
various jurisdictions and preparing Blue Sky and legal investment memoranda, shall be paid by the
Company from funds contributed by the Company and from proceeds of the Bonds. The Authority shall,
bear no out-of-pocket expense in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Bond
Purchase Agreement. The Underwriter will pay all other expenses of the Underwriter in connection
with the public offering of the Bonds.
14. Execution in Counterparts. This Bond Purchase Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument,
and any of the parties hereto may execute this Bond Purchase Agreement by signing any such
counterpart.
15. Notices and Other Actions. All notices, requests, demands and formal actions
hereunder will be in writing mailed, faxed (with confirmation of receipt) or delivered by
nationally recognized, next-day delivery service to:
The Underwriter:
Sovereign Securities Corporation, LLC
Mail Code: 20-210-CPC LLC
1500 Market Street
Centre Square-Concourse
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Attention: George C. Werner, III
Managing Director
Fax #: (267) 675-0643
Email: gwerner@sovereignbank.com
The Company:
Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.
762 Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010
Attention: Kathy Lee Pape, Vice President, Treasurer & Rate Counsel
Fax #: (610) 519-0989
Email: klpape@aquaamerica.com
The Authority:
Chester County Industrial Development Authority
737 Constitution Drive
Exton, Pennsylvania 19341
Attention: Gary W. Smith, Executive Director
Fax #: (610) 458-5700
Email: gsmith@cceconomicdevelopment.com
16. Governing Law. This Bond Purchase Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, excluding those relating to choice of
laws or conflict of laws, and may not be assigned by the Authority, the Company or the Underwriter.
17. Successors. This Bond Purchase Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties and their respective successors and, as to Sections 6, 7 and 8 hereof, the
Indemnitees, and will not confer any rights upon any other person. The term successor shall not
include any holder of any Bonds merely by virtue of such holding.
18. Limitations on Liability. No personal recourse shall be had for any claim based
on this Bond Purchase Agreement or the Bonds against any board member, officer, agent, employee, or
attorney past, present or future, of the Authority or any successor body as such, either directly
or through the Authority or any successor body, under any constitutional provision, statute, or
rule of law or by enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise. Notwithstanding any
provision or obligation to the contrary in this Bond Purchase Agreement, the liability of the
Authority for payments of any kind, nature or description provided for herein or in any other
document executed pursuant hereto shall be limited to the revenues derived by the Authority from
the Financing Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authority, the Company and the Underwriter have caused their duly
authorized Underwriters to execute and deliver this Bond Purchase Agreement as of the date first
written above.
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CHESTER COUNTY INDUSTRIAL |
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DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY |
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William S. Latoff, Chairman |
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AQUA PENNSYLVANIA , INC. |
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By:
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Kathy L. Pape |
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Kathy L. Pape, Vice President, |
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Treasurer and Rate Counsel |
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SOVEREIGN SECURITIES CORPORATION, LLC |
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By:
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George C. Werner, III |
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George C. Werner, III |
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Managing Director |
SCHEDULE I
Terms of Bonds
Dated Date: January 16, 2007
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Principal Amount |
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Rate of Interest |
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Price |
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A
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February 1, 2040
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23,915,000 |
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5.00 |
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104.577 |
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4.430 |
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February 1, 2041
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23,915,000 |
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104.495 |
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Interest Payment Dates:
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Optional Redemption. The Bonds are subject to optional redemption prior to maturity by the
Authority, at the direction of the Company, on or after February 1, 2017, as a whole or in part at
any time, at a redemption price equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount
thereof, plus interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption.
Extraordinary Optional Redemption. The Bonds are subject to redemption, at any time prior to
maturity, at the option of the Authority, upon the direction of the Company, in whole, at a
Redemption Price of 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed, plus interest accrued
thereon to the date fixed for redemption, if any of the following events shall have occurred:
(a) The damage or destruction of all or substantially all of the Facilities to such extent,
that, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, the repair and restoration thereof would not be
economical; or
(b) the taking by condemnation, or the threat thereof, of all or substantially all of the
Facilities or the taking by condemnation of any part, use or control of the Facilities so as to
render them unsatisfactory to the Company for their intended use; or
(c) in the Companys reasonable opinion, (1) unreasonable burdens or excessive liabilities
shall have been imposed upon the Company with respect to the Facilities or the operation thereof,
including, but not limited to, federal, state or other ad valorem, property, income or other taxes
not being imposed on the date of the Agreement other than ad valorem property taxes presently
levied upon privately owned property used for the same general purposes as the Facilities, or (2)
the continued operation of the Facilities is impractical, uneconomical or undesirable for any
reason.
Any such redemption shall be on any date within 180 days following the occurrence of one of
the events listed above permitting the exercise of the option.
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Special Mandatory Redemption. The Bonds are subject to mandatory redemption, in part, on the
first interest payment date for which notice can be given in accordance with the Trust Indenture
after the Project has been completed and the certificate of the Company with respect thereto
required by the Financing Agreement has been filed with the Authority and the Trustee, to the
extent of any amounts transferred from the Project Fund to the Debt Service Fund pursuant to the
Trust Indenture, at a Redemption Price of 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed,
plus accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF APPROVING OPINION OF
BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP
Upon delivery of the Bonds, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bond
Counsel, will issue its approving opinion in substantially the following form:
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Chester County Industrial Development Authority
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U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee |
737 Constitution Drive
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Exton, Pennsylvania 19341
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Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. |
1500 Market Street
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Centre Square Concourse
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 |
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as Bond Counsel to the Chester County Industrial Development Authority (the
Authority) in connection with the issuance and sale of its $47,830,000 aggregate principal amount
of Chester County Industrial Development Authority Water Facilities Revenue Bonds (Aqua
Pennsylvania, Inc. Project) Series A of 2007 (the Bonds). The Bonds are being issued by the
Authority at the request of Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., as successor to Philadelphia Suburban Water
Company (the Company), to finance facilities located in the Pennsylvania Counties of Chester,
Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery (the Project Facilities) for the furnishing of water which is made
available on reasonable demand to members of the general public in portions of the Pennsylvania
Counties of Chester, Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery.
The Bonds are issuable in fully registered form, and are being issued under the Trust
Indenture dated as of January 1, 2007 (the Indenture) between the Authority and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee (the Trustee). The Authority and the Company are entering into
a Financing Agreement dated as of January 1, 2007 (the Financing Agreement), pursuant to which
the Authority will lend the proceeds of the Bonds to the Company to finance the Project Facilities.
In satisfaction of its obligation under the Financing Agreement with respect to the Bonds, the
Company, concurrently with the issuance of the Bonds, is delivering to the Trustee its First
Mortgage Bond 5.00% Due 2040 (the 2040 First Mortgage Bond) and its First Mortgage Bond 5.00% Due
2041 (the 2041 First Mortgage Bond and, together with the 2040 First Mortgage Bond, the First
Mortgage Bonds) in the aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Bonds. The
Authority has assigned its interests under the Financing Agreement with respect to the Bonds,
including its right to receive the First Mortgage Bonds and the payments thereunder, to the Trustee
for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds.
Sections 103 and 141-150 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code),
provide generally that interest on certain issues of bonds, the proceeds of which are to be used to
provide facilities for the furnishing of water within the meaning of Section 142(a) of the Code,
will be excludable from the gross income of the holder thereof. The Code imposes various
requirements pertaining to the use and investment of the proceeds of such bonds, the maturity of
and security for such bonds, the procedure for issuance of such bonds, the rebate of arbitrage
profits to the Internal Revenue Service and filings with the Internal Revenue Service. We have
concluded that the Bonds meet the requirements of the Code in reliance on representations of the
Authority and the Company with respect to the application of the proceeds of the Bonds, the nature
of the Project Facilities and other matters solely within the knowledge of the Authority and the
Company which we have not independently verified., and have assumed continuing compliance with the
covenants in the Indenture, the Financing Agreement and the certificates of the Company with
respect to the Project Facilities delivered at closing pertaining to the requirements of those
sections of the Code which affect the exclusion from gross income of interest on the Bonds for
federal income tax purposes. In the event that such representations are determined to be
inaccurate or incomplete or the Authority or the Company fails to comply with the aforementioned
covenants, interest on the Bonds could become includable in gross income from the date of issuance,
regardless of the date on which the event causing such inclusion occurs.
In our capacity as Bond Counsel, we have examined such documents, records of the Authority and
other instruments as we deemed necessary to enable us to express the opinions set forth below,
including original counterparts or certified copies of the Indenture, the Financing Agreement, the
First Mortgage Bonds, the other documents listed in the closing memorandum filed with the Trustee
and an executed Water Facilities Revenue Bond (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project) Series A of 2007 as
authenticated by the Trustee.
Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that:
1. The Authority is a public instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a body
corporate and politic, organized and existing under Pennsylvania law, with full power and authority
to execute and deliver the Financing Agreement and the Indenture, and to issue and sell the Bonds.
2. The Financing Agreement and the Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Authority and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Authority enforceable
against the Authority in accordance with their respective terms, subject to state and federal laws
and equitable principles affecting the enforcement of creditors rights.
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3. All right, title and interest of the Authority under the Financing Agreement as they relate
to the Bonds, including the right to receive the First Mortgage Bonds and the payments thereunder
(except for certain rights to indemnification and to payments in respect of administrative expenses
of the Authority), have been effectively assigned to the Trustee by the Indenture.
4. The issuance and sale of the Bonds have been duly authorized by the Authority; the Bonds
have been duly executed and delivered by the Authority; and, on the assumption that all Bonds have
been authenticated by the Trustee, the Bonds are legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Authority enforceable against the Authority in accordance with their terms, subject to state and
federal laws and equitable principles affecting the enforcement of creditors rights, and are
entitled to the benefit and security of the Indenture.
5. Under existing laws as enacted and construed on the date of initial delivery of the Bonds,
interest on the Bonds is excludable from gross income for purposes of federal income tax, assuming
the accuracy of the certifications of the Authority and the Company and continuing compliance by
the Authority and the Company with the requirements of the Code, except that interest on a Bond is
not excludable while the Bond is held by a substantial user of the Project Facilities or a related
person as provided in the Code. Interest on the Bonds is a tax preference item that is subject to
individual and corporate federal alternative minimum tax. Interest on Bonds held by foreign
corporations may be subject to the branch profits tax imposed by the Code.
The Bonds are offered at a premium (original issue premium) over their respective principal
amounts. For federal income tax purposes, original issue premium is amortizable periodically over
the term of the Bond through reductions in the holders tax basis for the Bond for determining
taxable gain or loss from sale or from redemption prior to maturity. Amortizable premium is
accounted for as reducing the tax-exempt interest on the Bond rather than creating a deductible
expense or loss.
Ownership of the Bonds may result in other federal income tax consequences to certain
taxpayers, including, without limitation, financial institutions, property and casualty insurance
companies, individual recipients of social security or railroad retirement benefits, certain S
corporations and taxpayers who may be deemed to have incurred or continued debt to purchase or
carry the Bonds. We express no opinion as to these matters.
6. Under the existing laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as enacted and construed on the
date of initial delivery of the Bonds, interest on the Bonds is exempt from Pennsylvania personal
income tax and Pennsylvania corporate net income tax, and the Bonds are exempt from personal
property taxes in Pennsylvania.
We do not express any opinion herein as to the adequacy or accuracy of the Official Statement
of the Authority pertaining to the offering of the Bonds.
We call your attention to the fact that the Authoritys obligation to make payments in respect
of the Bonds is limited to moneys received from payments to be made by the Company pursuant to the
First Mortgage Bonds and as provided in the Indenture and that the
Bonds do not pledge the credit or taxing power of the County of Chester or the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania or any political subdivision thereof. The Authority has no taxing power.
Very truly yours,
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION OF
BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP
January 16, 2007
Sovereign Securities Corporation, LLC
1500 Market Street
Centre Square Concourse
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to our opinion as bond counsel identified as Closing Item No. [E-3(a)]
delivered to you concurrently herewith and relating to the above-referenced Bonds (the Bonds).
At your request we have undertaken a review of certain other matters pertaining to the Bonds. All
terms are used but not defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Official
Statement dated December 21, 2006 (the Official Statement) prepared in connection with the public
offering of the Bonds.
Based on the review described in our bond opinion, it is our opinion that:
1. The Bond Purchase Agreement dated December 21, 2006 (the Bond Purchase Agreement), among
you, the Company and the Authority relating to the Bonds has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Authority and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Authority
enforceable against the Authority in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors
rights generally and general principles of equity.
2. It is not necessary in connection with the offering and sale of the Bonds to register the
Bonds under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
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3. The information in the Official Statement under the captions INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
Description of the Bonds and Security for the Bonds, THE BONDS (other than the information
under the sub-caption Book-Entry Only System) and SECURITY FOR THE BONDS (other than the
information under the sub-captions The Mortgage and Additional Parity Indebtedness as to which we express no view) and
the information set forth in Appendix C to the Official Statement (other than information under the
headings THE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS AND THE MORTGAGE as to which we express no view), insofar as
such information purports to summarize provisions of the Bonds, the Indenture and the Agreement,
fairly and accurately summarize such information in all material respects. The information in the
Official Statement under the caption TAX MATTERS and the related information set forth on the
outside front cover of the Official Statement accurately reflect our firms opinion with respect to
the matters discussed therein in all material respects.
This letter is furnished by us solely for your benefit in connection with the provisions of
the Bond Purchase Agreement and may not be relied upon by any other persons for any purpose without
our express written permission.
Very truly yours,
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE AUTHORITY
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Chester County Industrial Development Authority
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Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP |
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Exton, PA 19341
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U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee |
1500 Market Street
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Centre Square Concourse
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50 S. 16th Street |
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to the Chester County Industrial Development Authority (Authority)
in connection with the authorization, execution and issuance by the Authority of the captioned
Bonds (Bonds). This opinion is being rendered pursuant to Section 11(c)(iii) of the Bond
Purchase Agreement, dated December 21, 2006 (the Bond Purchase Agreement) by and among Sovereign
Securities Corporation, LLC (Underwriter), Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (Borrower) and the
Authority. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Bond Purchase Agreement.
As the basis for this opinion, we have examined the Pennsylvania Economic Development
Financing Law, 73 P.S. §§ 371 et seq., as amended (Act); the Resolutions of the
Authority relating to the Bonds adopted on November 15, 2006 and December 18, 2006 (collectively,
Resolution), and such other documents, certificates and records of the Authority and other
instruments and matters of law as we have deemed necessary to enable us to express the opinion set
forth below, including, without limitation, original counterparts or certified copies of the Trust
Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2007 (Indenture), between the Authority and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (Trustee), the Financing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007
(Financing Agreement), between the Authority and the Borrower) and the Bond Purchase Agreement.
The Indenture, the Loan Agreement and the Bond Purchase Agreement are collectively referred to
herein as the Authority Documents.
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We have assumed and relied upon the truth, completeness, authority and accuracy of all
documents, certificates and instruments examined and the authenticity of all signatures thereon.
We have also assumed that each of the documents referred to herein are, where appropriate,
duly authorized and executed by and valid and legally binding obligations of, and enforceable in
accordance with their terms against all parties thereto other than the Authority and that the
actions required to be taken or consents required to be obtained by such parties have been taken
and obtained. In rendering this opinion, we have also assumed that such parties have acted in full
compliance with the terms of all applicable laws, regulations and orders.
As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates and
representations of officers and representatives of the Authority or of other public officials,
without independent investigation.
We have not made any independent investigation in rendering this opinion other than the
examination described above. Our opinion is therefore qualified in all respects by the scope of
that examination.
Our opinions are specifically limited to the present internal laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) and present federal law and no opinion is expressed as to the effect
the laws of any other jurisdiction might have upon the subject matter of the opinions expressed
herein under conflict of laws principles or otherwise.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, assumptions, qualifications and
exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Authority is a body corporate and politic constituting an instrumentality of the
Commonwealth and is duly created and presently existing pursuant to the Act.
2. The Authority has duly authorized the execution and issuance of the Bonds and the execution
and delivery of the Authority Documents. The Bonds have been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Authority and the Authority Documents have each been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Authority and the Bonds and each of the Authority Documents are valid and binding
agreements of the Authority, enforceable against the Authority in accordance with their respective
terms.
3. The execution and the issuance by the Authority of the Bonds, the execution and delivery by
the Authority of the Authority Documents and performance by the Authority of the Authoritys
obligations under the Bonds and the Authority Documents, do not conflict with or constitute on the
part of the Authority a violation of, breach of or default under any existing constitutional
provision or statute of the Commonwealth applicable to the Authority, or, to our knowledge without
having undertaken any independent investigation, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
resolution, note agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Authority is a party or by
which the Authority is bound and which is known to us, or, to our knowledge, without having
undertaken any independent investigation, any order, rule or regulation of any court, governmental
agency or body of the Commonwealth having jurisdiction over the Authority or any of its activities
or property.
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4. To our knowledge, without having undertaken any independent investigation, there is no
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court,
public board or body, pending or threatened against the Authority, wherein an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding would materially and adversely affect the obligations of the Authority under the
Bonds.
5. The Resolution has been duly adopted by the Authority in compliance with the Pennsylvania
Sunshine Act of October 15, 1998, P.L. 729, No. 93 (65 P.S. § 701 et seq.). The
Authority has obtained the approval of the Commonwealth Department of Community and Economic
Development for the issuance of the Bonds, and to our actual knowledge, such approval is in full
force and effect.
6. The Authority has approved the distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement dated
December 15, 2006 and the Official Statement dated December 21, 2006 (Official Statement) by the
Underwriter in connection with the offering of the Bonds.
7. The information contained in the Official Statement under the headings INTRODUCTORY
STATEMENT The Authority, THE AUTHORITY and ABSENCE OF MATERIAL LITIGATION (solely insofar
as the information set forth therein relates to the Authority) has been reviewed by us and nothing
has come to our attention which would lead us to believe that such information contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact which is required to be stated
therein or which is necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect.
The opinions expressed herein are subject in all respects to the following qualifications: (a)
no opinion is rendered as to the availability of equitable remedies including, but not limited to,
specific performance and injunctive relief, whether enforceability is considered in a processing in
equity or at law; (b) no opinion is rendered as to the effect of bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other similar laws or legal principles affecting
creditors rights or remedies; (c) no opinion is rendered as to the creation, perfection or
priority of any lien or security interest; (d) no opinion is rendered with respect to any blue
sky or other securities laws of the Commonwealth or of other jurisdictions; and (e) no opinion is
rendered with regard to any federal income tax law or regulation or any state tax law or regulation
of the Commonwealth or of other jurisdictions.
No opinion is expressed as to the validity or enforceability of any provisions of the
Authority Documents: (a) allowing any person or entity to institute judicial or non-judicial
proceedings or to exercise any other rights, without notice to the person or entity against whom
enforcement is sought; (b) waiving any right or defense of any person or entity; (c) providing or
implying the availability of self-help in any particular event or circumstances; (d) relating to
court costs or legal fees which may be properly chargeable or recoverable in any judicial
proceedings; (e) relating to indemnification; and (f) relating to confession of judgment.
We call your attention to the fact that the Bonds are special and limited obligations of the
Authority, payable solely from the payments derived by the Authority under the Financing Agreement.
The Bonds are not obligations or liabilities of the Commonwealth or the County of
Chester, Pennsylvania or any other political subdivision thereof nor do the Bonds pledge the
credit of the Commonwealth or the County of Chester, Pennsylvania or any other political
subdivision thereof nor do the Bonds pledge the credit of the Authority (other than to the limited
extent described above). The Authority has no taxing power.
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This opinion is given as of the date hereof. No opinion is expressed as to any matter not set
forth in the numbered paragraphs herein. We make no undertaking to supplement this opinion if
facts or circumstances hereafter come to our attention or changes in law occur after the date
hereof. This opinion is rendered solely in connection with the original delivery and payment for
the Bonds on the date hereof, and may not be relied upon for any other purpose. This opinion may
not be relied upon by any other person, including any purchaser of the Bonds from the Underwriter
or otherwise or for any other purpose, nor may this opinion be distributed, quoted or disclosed to
any person, firm or entity without the prior written consent in each instance of a partner of the
undersigned firm.
Very truly yours,
CONRAD OBRIEN GELLMAN & ROHN, P.C.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF OPINIONS OF THE COMPANYS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE
COMPANYS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT LAW AND ADMINISTRATION
January 16, 2007
Chester County Industrial Development Authority
737 Constitution Drive
Exton, PA 19341
Sovereign Securities Corporation, LLC
1500 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (the Company) in connection with (i) the
issuance by Chester County Industrial Development Authority (the Authority), and the sale to
Sovereign Securities Corporation, LLC pursuant to that certain Bond Purchase Agreement dated
December 21, 2006 (the Purchase Agreement), of $47,830,000 aggregate principal amount of Chester
County Industrial Development Authority Water Facilities Revenue Bonds (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.),
Series A of 2007 (the Authority Bonds), and (ii) the issuance and delivery of the Companys First
Mortgage Bond, 5.00% Series due 2040 in the principal amount of $23,915,000 (the 2040 First
Mortgage Bond); and its First Mortgage Bond, 5.00% Series due 2041 in the principal amount of
$23,915,000 (the 2041 First Mortgage Bond and along with the 2040 First Mortgage Bond
collectively, the First Mortgage Bonds), issued under an Indenture of Mortgage (the Original
Mortgage) dated as of January 1, 1941, as amended and supplemented by supplemental indentures
thereto, including the Forty-first Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 2007 (the
Forty-first Supplemental Indenture) under which The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. is
successor trustee (the Mortgage Trustee). The Original Mortgage as amended and supplemented is
hereinafter called the Mortgage. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
We have examined and reviewed, among other things:
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resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution
and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, the Financing Agreement, the Forty-first
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Continuing Disclosure Agreement) between the Company and U.S. Bank National
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the Securities Certificate relating to the issue and sale of the First Mortgage
Bonds, filed by the Company with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission pursuant to
the provisions of Chapter 19 of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Code, and a copy of the
Order of the Public Utility Commission registering such Securities Certificate,
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executed counterparts of the Original Mortgage and of the Forty-first
Supplemental Indenture supplemental thereto and evidence satisfactory to us of the due
recordation thereof in the Counties of Adams, Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester,
Columbia, Cumberland, Delaware, Forest, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Luzerne, Mercer,
Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder, Susquehanna,
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authentication of the First Mortgage Bonds pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2(B)
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a certificate of the Company and various bringdown title searches of various
title companies in the Counties of Adams, Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester,
Columbia, Cumberland, Delaware, Forest, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Luzerne, Mercer,
Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike,
Schuylkill, Snyder, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming, Pennsylvania, each dated as of a
recent date (collectively, Title Searches), as to matters relating to title to
real estate and the lien of the Mortgage thereon, on which certificate and searches
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In rendering this opinion, we have assumed that all signatures on documents and instruments
examined by us are genuine (except signatures of the Company on the Purchase Agreement, the
Fortieth Supplemental Indenture, the Financing Agreement, the First Mortgage Bonds and the
Continuing Disclosure Agreement (collectively, the Company Documents) and the Official
Statement), the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with
the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed, with your
permission, that none of the signatories of the documents and instruments referred to above is an
affiliate of the Company within the meaning of 66 Pa.C.S. §2101 (1989).
As to questions of fact material to the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have relied solely
and without investigation upon certificates of public officials, certificates of officers of the
Company and the representations of the Company contained in the Company Documents (including the
exhibits and schedules to such documents) and the certificates and other documents delivered
pursuant thereto. To the extent that the opinions contained herein are given to the best of our
knowledge, such knowledge means the actual knowledge of those attorneys within our firm who have
provided substantive representation to the Company in connection with this financing, without
investigation and inquiry, and does not include matters of which such attorneys could be deemed to
have constructive knowledge.
In rendering this opinion, we have also assumed that each of the Company Documents has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by each party thereto (other than the Company) and that
each of the Company Documents is binding and enforceable against each such party in accordance with
its respective terms.
Further, as to matters relating to title to real estate and the lien of the Mortgage, we have
relied exclusively upon various certificates of officers of the Company and the Title Searches and
we have not made, nor undertaken to make, any investigation or inquiry with respect to title to
real property or the priority of any lien thereon.
We are generally familiar with the Companys operations as a public utility within the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Commonwealth).
Based upon the foregoing and such other examination of fact and law as we have deemed
necessary for purposes of this opinion, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company was organized and subsists under the laws of the Commonwealth, with power
(corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Official
Statement.
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2. The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform the Purchase
Agreement, the Financing Agreement, the First Mortgage Bonds, the Forty-first Supplemental
Indenture and the Continuing Disclosure Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Financing Agreement, the Bond Purchase Agreement, the First Mortgage Bonds, the
Fortieth Supplemental Indenture and the Continuing Disclosure Agreement have been duly authorized
by all requisite corporate action.
3. The Purchase Agreement, the Financing Agreement and the Continuing Disclosure Agreement
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their respective terms.
4. The First Mortgage Bonds have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered and each constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company entitled to
the benefits provided by the Mortgage.
5. The First Mortgage Bonds are not subject to the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.
6. The Mortgage constitutes a direct, valid and enforceable mortgage lien (except as
enforceability of such lien may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors rights) upon all of the properties and assets of the
Company (not heretofore released as provided for in the Mortgage) specifically or generally
described or referred to in the Mortgage as being subject to the lien thereof, except for permitted
liens under the Mortgage; the Original Mortgage, either separately or as an exhibit to the
Thirty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 2002 or the Thirty-Eighth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of November 15, 2004, and the Fortieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
December 15, 2005 has been properly recorded in the Counties of Adams, Berks, Bradford, Bucks,
Carbon, Chester, Columbia, Cumberland, Delaware, Forest, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Luzerne,
Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder, Susquehanna,
Wayne and Wyoming in the Commonwealth and such recordations are the only recordations necessary in
order to establish, preserve, protect and perfect the lien of the Mortgage on all real estate and
fixed property of the Company (excluding easement and other similar rights) described in the
Mortgage as subject to the lien thereof.
7. In each of the following cases with such exceptions as are not material and do not
interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company, the Company has good and marketable
title to all of its real property currently held in fee simple; good and marketable title to all of
its other interests in real property (other than to certain rights of way, easements, occupancy
rights, riparian and flowage rights, licenses, leaseholds, and real property interests of a similar
nature); and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it; in each case free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as may be described in the Official
Statement, the lien of the Mortgage, permitted liens under the Mortgage or such as do not
materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to
be made of such property by the Company; and any real property and buildings held under lease by
the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property and buildings by the Company.
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8. The Company is not a holding company, a registered holding company or an affiliate of a
registered holding company within the meaning of the Public Utility Company Holding Act of 1935, as
amended.
9. The Mortgage and the First Mortgage Bonds conform in all material respects as to legal
matters to the descriptions thereof in the Official Statement.
Without having undertaken to determine independently the accuracy, completeness and fairness
of the statements contained in the Official Statement, nothing has come to our attention in
connection with our representation of the Company in respect of the issuance of the First Mortgage
Bonds which leads us to believe that the information with respect to the Company contained in the
Official Statement (including Appendix A and the information incorporated therein by reference)
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact which is
required to be stated therein or which is necessary to make such information and descriptions, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect.
The foregoing opinions are subject to the following qualifications:
(i) The opinions expressed in paragraphs 3 and 4 are subject to the qualifications that the
enforceability of the First Mortgage Bonds are subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, and other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting
creditors rights, (ii) certain provisions of Pennsylvania law affecting the availability of
certain remedies, and (iii) the further qualification that the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies is subject to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(ii) Our opinions are subject to limitations imposed by general principles of equity,
including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in proceedings at law or in equity).
(iii) We express no opinion as to the enforceability with respect to any provisions purporting
to waive the effect of applicable laws and remedies and any provisions releasing any party from, or
requiring indemnification for, liability for gross negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct.
(iv) Any requirements in any of the documents specifying that provisions of a document may
only be waived in writing may not be enforced to the extent that an oral agreement or an implied
agreement by trade practice or course of conduct has been created modifying any provision of such
document.
(v) We express no opinion as to the applicability to the transactions contemplated by the
Company Documents of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable state law relating to
fraudulent transfers and obligations.
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(vi) Other applicable local, state and federal laws, regulations and ordinances, court
decisions and constitutional requirements may limit or render unenforceable certain of the rights
or remedies contained in the Company Documents, but in our opinion, none of the same would
materially impair the practical realization of the benefits intended to be provided by the Company
pursuant to the Company Documents.
(vii) Our opinion is limited in all respects to the laws of the Commonwealth in effect as of
the date hereof and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction.
(viii) This opinion is limited to the matters set forth herein, no opinion may be inferred or
implied beyond the matters expressly stated herein, and our statements contained in the opinion
portion of this letter must be read in conjunction with the assumptions, limitations, exceptions
and qualifications set forth in this letter.
(ix) The opinions herein are expressed as of the date hereof only and not as of some future
date. We undertake no responsibility to advise you of any change in law or new laws, regulations
or judicial decisions in the future. Nor do we assume any obligation to update or supplement this
opinion to reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention.
References to laws, regulations and judicial decisions herein shall include only officially
published laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This opinion is solely for the benefit of each of you and the benefit of any subsequent holder
of the First Mortgage Bonds or the Authority Bonds and may not be relied upon by any other person
or for any other purpose.
Very truly yours,
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[Letterhead of Aqua Pennsylvania]
January ___, 2007
Sovereign Securities Corporation, LLC
1500 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am Senior Vice President-Law and Administration for Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (the Company).
Pursuant to Section 11(c)(iv) of the Bond Purchase Agreement dated December 21, 2006 (the
Purchase Agreement) among the Authority, the Underwriter and the Company (f/k/a Pennsylvania
Suburban Water Company, as successor by merger to Philadelphia Suburban Water Company) relating to
the Authority Bonds, I have been asked to render an opinion to you regarding certain matters
involving the Company. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
definitions ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
In rendering this opinion, I have assumed the following:
i. the genuineness of all signatures (other than the signatures of the Company on the Fortieth
Supplemental Mortgage, as hereinafter defined);
ii. the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to me as originals;
iii. the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as copies, and the
authenticity of the originals of such copies;
iv. the entity executing the Mortgage as trustee is duly organized and validly existing, in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, is properly qualified to do
business in all jurisdictions in which the business conducted by it makes such qualification
necessary and has all necessary legal and corporate power and authority to enter into and perform
its obligations under the Mortgage;
v. the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Mortgage by or on behalf of the party
thereto other than the Company;
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vi. the enforceability against each party thereto (other than the Company) of the Mortgage in
accordance with its respective terms; and
vii. that the execution, delivery and performance of the Mortgage by the entity other than the
Company which is party thereto does not and will not conflict with, result in any breach of, or
constitute a default under any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental
authority, or any agreement, indenture or other instrument, to which any such party is a party or
by which it or its properties are bound, and that all necessary approvals, consents, permits,
registrations, filings or other notices to or grants of authority from any federal or local
governmental body necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of the Mortgage by each
party thereto (other than the Company) have been duly received or made, with all appeal periods
expired and no appeals taken.
I am making each of the foregoing assumptions with your permission and with the disclaimer
that we make no representation as to the accuracy of such assumptions, although I have no knowledge
that any such assumption is untrue.
In my opinion:
1. In each of the following cases with such exceptions as are not material and do not
materially interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company: (a) the Company has all
licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, rights, approvals, consents and order of all
governmental authorities or agencies necessary for the ownership or lease of the properties owned
or leased by it and for the operation of the business carried on by it as described in the Official
Statement, and all water rights, riparian rights, easements, rights of way and other similar
interests and rights described or referred to in the Mortgage necessary for the operation of the
business carried on by it as described in the Official Statement; (b) except as otherwise set forth
in the Official Statement, all such licenses, franchises, permits, orders, authorizations, rights,
approvals and consents are in full force and effect and contain no unduly burdensome provisions;
(c) to the best of my knowledge, except as otherwise set forth in the Official Statement, there are
no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to my knowledge, threatened that would result in a
material modification, suspension or revocation thereof; and (d) the Company has the legal power to
exercise the rights of eminent domain for the purposes of conducting its water utility operations.
2. The issue and sale of the Bonds; the issue and delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds and the
compliance by the Company with all of the applicable provisions of the First Mortgage Bonds and the
Mortgage; and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Forty-first
Supplemental Mortgage, the Financing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Continuing
Disclosure Agreement will not materially conflict with or result in a material breach of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any material lien, charge or encumbrance (other than the lien of the Mortgage) upon
any of the property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or
by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject,
nor will such action result in a violation of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as
amended, or the Bylaws of the Company or any statute or any
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order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
the Company or any of its property. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body not
already obtained is required for the issue and delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds, the execution,
delivery and performance of the Purchase Agreement, the Financing Agreement, the Forty-first
Supplemental Mortgage, the First Mortgage Bonds, and the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, or the
consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage.
3. There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company is a party or
of which any property of the Company is the subject, other than as set forth in the Official
Statement and other than litigation incident to the kind of business conducted by the Company,
wherein an unfavorable ruling, decision or finding is likely that would have a material adverse
effect on the financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company.
4. Each of the Indenture of Mortgage dated as of January 1, 1941 (the Original Mortgage),
between the Company and The Philadelphia Company for Insurance on Lives and Exacting Annuities (now
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor in interest), as trustee (the Trustee) and
the forty-one indentures supplemental thereto, including the Forty-first Supplemental Indenture
dated as of January 1, 2006 between the Company and the Trustee (the Original Mortgage as so
supplemented and amended, the Mortgage) was duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and the Mortgage constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to
creditors rights generally from time to time in effect, and subject, as to enforceability, to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
The foregoing opinions are subject to the following qualifications:
i. The enforceability of the Mortgage, including, without limitation, any non-judicial and
self-help remedies and waivers contained therein, may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally and are subject to limitations imposed by general principles of equity,
including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in proceedings at law or in equity), public policy and applicable
law which may limit the availability of the remedies provided for therein,
ii. I express no opinion as to the adequacy of any notice with respect to the disposition of
any collateral. I also express no opinion as to the effectiveness or enforceability of provisions
relating to waivers of notice or waivers of other rights, severability, prepayment fees or
penalties, choice of law, or any provisions which release or limit the Companys liability or
relate to cumulative remedies or, to the extent they purport to or would have the effect of
compensating the Company in amounts in excess of any actual loss suffered by the Company,
provisions relating to the payment of a default rate of interest.
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iii. I express no opinion as to enforceability with respect to any provisions in the Mortgage
executed by the Company purporting to waive the effect of applicable laws and remedies and any
provisions releasing any party from, or requiring indemnification for, liability for gross
negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct.
iv. Requirements in the Mortgage specifying that provisions of the Mortgage may only be waived
in writing may not be enforced to the extent that an oral agreement or an implied agreement by
trade practice or course of conduct has been created modifying any provision of such Mortgage.
v. My opinion is limited in all respects to laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in effect
as of the date hereof and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction.
vi. This opinion is limited to the matters set forth herein, no opinion may be inferred or
implied beyond the matters expressly stated herein, and our statements contained in the opinion
portion of this letter must be read in conjunction with the assumptions, limitations, exceptions
and qualifications set forth in this letter.
vii. The opinions herein are expressed as of the date hereof only and not as of some future
date. I undertake no responsibility to advise you of any change in law or new laws, regulations or
judicial decisions in the future nor do I assume any obligation to update or supplement this
opinion to reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention. References
to laws, regulations and judicial decisions herein shall include only officially published
laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This opinion is solely for your benefit and may not be relied upon by any other person or for
any other purpose.
Very truly yours,
Roy H. Stahl
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Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
Exhibit 31.1
Certification
I, Nicholas DeBenedictis, certify that:
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Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this quarterly report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
in this quarterly report; |
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The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants
internal control over financial reporting, and |
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The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the
audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: May 7, 2007
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NICHOLAS DEBENEDICTIS |
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Nicholas DeBenedictis |
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Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
Exhibit 31.2
Certification
I, David P. Smeltzer, certify that:
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Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this quarterly report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
in this quarterly report; |
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The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants
internal control over financial reporting, and |
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The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the
audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
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DAVID P. SMELTZER |
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David P. Smeltzer |
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Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2007 of Aqua
America, Inc. (the Company) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the Report), I, Nicholas DeBenedictis, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that, to my knowledge:
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The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78m(a) or Section 78o(d)); and |
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2007 of Aqua
America, Inc. (the Company) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the Report), I, David P. Smeltzer, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that, to my knowledge:
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Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78m(a) or Section 78o(d)); and |
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The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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DAVID P. SMELTZER |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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May 7, 2007 |
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