Exhibit 1.1
$250,000,000
Series T 5.70% Senior Notes
due February 15, 2033
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
February 11, 2003
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Alabama Power Company, an Alabama corporation (the "Company"),
confirms its agreement (the "Agreement") with you and the other Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the "Underwriters", which term shall
also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10
hereof) for whom you are acting as representative (in such capacity you shall
hereinafter be referred to as the "Representative"), with respect to the sale by
the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not
jointly, of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Series T 5.70% Senior
Notes due February 15, 2033 (the "Senior Notes") as set forth in Schedule I
hereto.
The Company understands that the Underwriters are making a
public offering of the Senior Notes pursuant to this Agreement. The Senior Notes
will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of December 1, 1997, as
heretofore supplemented (the "Base Indenture"), between the Company and JPMorgan
Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the
"Trustee"), and as further supplemented by a twentieth supplemental indenture,
dated as of February 19, 2003, to the Base Indenture relating to the Senior
Notes (the "Supplemental Indenture" and, together with the Base Indenture and
any other amendments or supplements thereto, the "Indenture"), between the
Company and the Trustee.
SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company
represents and warrants to the Underwriters as follows:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (File Nos. 333-100721,
000-000000-00, 000-000000-00, and 333-100721-03), in respect of the Senior
Notes and certain other securities has been prepared and filed in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"); such registration statement, as amended, and any
post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or
to be delivered to the Underwriters, has been declared effective by the
Commission in such form (except that copies of the registration statement,
as amended, and any post-effective amendment delivered to the Underwriters
need not include exhibits but shall include all documents incorporated by
reference therein); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
has been initiated or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened by
the Commission (any preliminary prospectus, as supplemented by a
preliminary prospectus supplement, included in such registration statement
or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act, being hereinafter called
a "Preliminary Prospectus"); such registration statement, as it became
effective, including the exhibits thereto and all documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 at the time such
registration statement became effective, being hereinafter called the
"Registration Statement"; the prospectus relating to the Senior Notes, in
the form in which it was included in the Registration Statement at the time
it became effective, being hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any
reference herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, as of the date
of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any
reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed
after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case
may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act"), and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual
report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934
Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented in final form by a prospectus supplement
relating to the Senior Notes in the form in which it is filed with the
Commission, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act in accordance with
Section 3(e) hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference
therein as of the date of such filing, being hereinafter called the "Final
Supplemented Prospectus".
(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
or Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, complied in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of the 1934 Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and as of such time of
filing, when read together with the Prospectus, none of such documents
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement
thereto, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will comply in
all material respects with the applicable provisions of the 1934 Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and, when read
together with the Prospectus as it otherwise may be amended or
supplemented, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, except that the Company makes no warranty
or representation to the Underwriters with respect to: (A) any statements
or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriters expressly for use
in the Final Supplemented Prospectus; or (B) any information set forth in
the Final Supplemented Prospectus under the caption "Description of the
Series T Senior Notes - Book-Entry-Only Issuance - The Depository Trust
Company".
(c) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Final Supplemented
Prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, when any such post-effective
amendments are declared effective or supplements are filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, will comply, in all material respects with
the applicable provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1939 Act
(hereinafter defined) and the General Rules and Regulations of the
Commission thereunder and do not and will not, (i) as of the applicable
effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
and (ii) as of the applicable filing date as to the Final Supplemented
Prospectus and any Prospectus as further amended or supplemented, contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; except that the
Company makes no warranties or representations with respect to (A) that
part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statements of
Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the "1939 Act"), (B) statements or omissions made in the Registration
Statement or the Final Supplemented Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the
Underwriters expressly for use therein or (C) any information set forth in
the Final Supplemented Prospectus under the caption "Description of the
Series T Senior Notes - Book-Entry-Only Issuance - The Depository Trust
Company".
(d) With respect to the Registration Statement, the conditions for use of
Form S-3, as set forth in the General Instructions thereof, have been
satisfied.
(e) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, except as
otherwise stated therein, there has been no material adverse change in the
business, properties or financial condition of the Company, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business.
(f) The Company is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Alabama and has due corporate authority to carry on the
public utility business in which it is engaged and to own and operate the
properties used by it in such business, to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture and to issue and sell
the Senior Notes to the Underwriters.
(g) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(h) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, on the
Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), will have been duly executed and
delivered by the Company, and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee, the Indenture will, on the
Closing Date constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the
extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (1) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally or (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) (the
"Enforceability Exceptions"); the Indenture will conform in all material
respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Final
Supplemented Prospectus; and, on the Closing Date, the Indenture will have
been duly qualified under the 1939 Act.
(i) The issuance and delivery of the Senior Notes have been duly authorized
by the Company and, on the Closing Date, the Senior Notes will have been
duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided
for in the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor as described in
the Final Supplemented Prospectus, will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof
may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions, will be in the form
contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture and will
conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto in the
Final Supplemented Prospectus.
(j) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, the Indenture and the Senior Notes and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated herein and therein and compliance
by the Company with its obligations hereunder and thereunder shall have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company and do not and will not result in any violation of the charter or
bylaws of the Company, and do not and 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 upon any property or assets of the Company under (A) any
contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may
be bound or to which any of its properties may be subject (except for
conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be materially adverse to the Company or materially adverse to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), or (B) any existing
applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any
government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, or
any regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body
having jurisdiction over the Company, or any of its properties.
(k) No authorization, approval, consent or order of any court or
governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with the
issuance and sale by the Company of the Senior Notes or the transactions by
the Company contemplated in this Agreement, except (A) such as may be
required under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder; (B)
such as may be required under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended; (C) the qualification of the Indenture under the 1939
Act; (D) the approval of the Alabama Public Service Commission (the
"Alabama Commission"); and (E) such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities
or "blue sky" laws.
(l) The financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, together with the related
schedules and notes, present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as
of and for the dates indicated; said financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis (except that the
unaudited financial statements may be subject to normal year-end
adjustments) throughout the periods involved and necessarily include
amounts that are based on the best estimates and judgments of management.
The selected financial data and the summary financial information included
in the Final Supplemented Prospectus present fairly the information shown
therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the
audited and unaudited financial statements incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement. No material modifications should be made to the
unaudited condensed financial statements incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Final Supplemented Prospectus for them to be
in conformity with GAAP.
SECTION 2. SALE AND DELIVERY TO THE UNDERWRITERS; CLOSING.
(a) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to
sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter,
severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, the
principal amount of the Senior Notes set forth in Schedule I to this
Agreement opposite the name of such Underwriter (plus any additional amount
of the Senior Notes that such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof), at a price equal to
98.542% of the principal amount thereof.
(b) Payment for and delivery of certificates for the Senior Notes shall be
made at the offices of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, Bank of America Plaza, 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx at 9:00 A.M., Atlanta time, on
February 19, 2003 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10) or such other time, place or date as shall be agreed upon by
the Representative and the Company (such time and date of payment and
delivery being herein called the "Closing Date"). Payment shall be made to
the Company by wire transfer in federal funds at the Closing Date against
delivery of the Senior Notes to the Representative. It is understood that
each Underwriter has authorized the Representative, for each Underwriter's
account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the
principal amount of the Senior Notes which each Underwriter has agreed to
purchase. The Representative, individually and not as Representative of the
Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the
principal amount of the Senior Notes to be purchased by any Underwriter
whose payment has not been received by the Closing Date, but such payment
shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
The delivery of the Senior Notes shall be made in fully
registered form, registered in the name of CEDE & CO., to the offices of The
Depository Trust Company in New York, New York or its designee, and the
Underwriters shall accept such delivery.
The certificate(s) for the Senior Notes will be made available
for examination by the Representative not later than 12:00 Noon, New York time,
on the last business day prior to the Closing Date.
SECTION 3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants
with the Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company, on or prior to the Closing Date, will deliver to the
Underwriters conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of all amendments thereto, heretofore or hereafter made,
including any post-effective amendment (in each case including all exhibits
filed therewith, and including unsigned copies of each consent and
certificate included therein or filed as an exhibit thereto, except
exhibits incorporated by reference, unless specifically requested). As soon
as the Company is advised thereof, it will advise the Representative orally
of the issuance of any stop order under the 1933 Act with respect to the
Registration Statement, or the institution of any proceedings therefor, of
which the Company shall have received notice, and will use its best efforts
to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to secure the prompt
removal thereof, if issued. The Company will deliver to the Representative
sufficient conformed copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and the Final Supplemented Prospectus and of all supplements and amendments
thereto (in each case without exhibits) for distribution to the
Underwriters and, from time to time, as many copies of the Prospectus and
the Final Supplemented Prospectus as the Underwriters may reasonably
request for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act or the 0000 Xxx.
(b) The Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of each amendment
and supplement to the Final Supplemented Prospectus relating to the
offering of the Senior Notes in such quantities as the Underwriters may
from time to time reasonably request. If, during the period (not exceeding
nine months) when the delivery of a prospectus shall be required by law in
connection with the sale of any Senior Notes by an Underwriter, any event
relating to or affecting the Company, or of which the Company shall be
advised in writing by the Underwriters, shall occur, which in the opinion
of the Company or of Underwriters' counsel should be set forth in a
supplement to or an amendment of the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as the
case may be, in order to make the Final Supplemented Prospectus not
misleading in the light of the circumstances when it is delivered, or if
for any other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or
supplement the Final Supplemented Prospectus or to file under the 1934 Act
any document incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus in order to comply with the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, the
Company forthwith will (i) notify the Underwriters to suspend solicitation
of purchases of the Senior Notes and (ii) at its expense, make any such
filing or prepare and furnish to the Underwriters a reasonable number of
copies of a supplement or supplements or an amendment or amendments to the
Final Supplemented Prospectus which will supplement or amend the Final
Supplemented Prospectus so that, as supplemented or amended, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances when the Final Supplemented Prospectus is
delivered, not misleading or which will effect any other necessary
compliance. In case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in
connection with the sale of any Senior Notes after the expiration of the
period specified in the preceding sentence, the Company, upon the request
of such Underwriter, will furnish to such Underwriter, at the expense of
such Underwriter, a reasonable quantity of a supplemented or amended
prospectus, or supplements or amendments to the Final Supplemented
Prospectus, complying with Section 10(a) of the 1933 Act. During the period
specified in the second sentence of this subsection, the Company will
continue to prepare and file with the Commission on a timely basis all
documents or amendments required under the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder; provided, that the Company shall not file such
documents or amendments without also furnishing copies thereof prior to
such filing to the Representative and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP.
(c) The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to
qualify the Senior Notes for offering and sale under the applicable
securities laws of such states and the other jurisdictions of the United
States as the Representative may designate; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to file a consent to
service of process or to file annual reports or to comply with any other
requirements in connection with such qualification deemed by the Company to
be unduly burdensome.
(d) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as
soon as practicable but not later than 45 days after the close of the
period covered thereby, an earnings statement of the Company (in form
complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the rules and regulations
under the 0000 Xxx) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than
the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective
date" (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(e) As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, and in any
event within the time prescribed by Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, to file
the Final Supplemented Prospectus with the Commission and to advise the
Representative of such filing and to confirm such advice in writing.
(f) During a period of 15 days from the date of this Agreement, the Company
will not, without the Representative's prior written consent, directly or
indirectly, sell, offer to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or
otherwise dispose of, any Senior Notes or any security convertible into or
exchangeable into or exercisable for the Senior Notes or any debt
securities substantially similar to the Senior Notes (except for the Senior
Notes issued pursuant to this Agreement and the Company's $170,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Series U Senior Notes due February 15, 2006).
The Representative agrees that commercial paper or other debt securities
with scheduled maturities of less than one year are not subject to this
Section 3(f).
SECTION 4. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The Company will pay all expenses incidental to
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including but not
limited to, the expenses of (i) the printing and filing of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the
preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificate(s) for the Senior Notes,
(iii) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel and accountants, (iv)
the qualification of the Senior Notes under securities laws in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3(c) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith
and in connection with the preparation of any blue sky survey (such fees and
disbursements of counsel shall not exceed $3,500), (v) the printing and delivery
to the Underwriters of copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed
and of each amendment thereto and of the Prospectus, the Final Supplemented
Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vi) the printing and
delivery to the Underwriters of copies of any blue sky survey, (vii) the fee of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with its
review of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, if applicable, (viii) the
fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Senior Notes,
(ix) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Senior Notes, (x) the
cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar and (xi) the cost of
qualifying the Senior Notes with The Depository Trust Company.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 9 hereof, the
Underwriters shall pay all other expenses incurred by them in connection with
their offering of the Senior Notes including fees and disbursements of their
counsel, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Senior Notes are
subject to the following conditions:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall be in effect on the Closing Date and no proceedings for
that purpose shall be pending before, or to the knowledge of the Company
threatened by, the Commission on such date. If filing of the Final
Supplemented Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to
Rule 424, the Final Supplemented Prospectus, and any such supplement, shall
have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424.
(b) Any required orders of the Alabama Commission and the Commission
permitting the transactions contemplated hereby substantially in accordance
with the terms and conditions hereof shall be in full force and effect and
shall contain no provision unacceptable to the Underwriters or the Company
(but all provisions of such order or orders heretofore entered, copies of
which have heretofore been delivered to the Representative, are deemed
acceptable to the Underwriters and the Company and all provisions of such
order or orders hereafter entered shall be deemed acceptable to the
Underwriters and the Company unless within 24 hours after receiving a copy
of any such order any party to this Agreement shall give notice to the
other parties to the effect that such order contains an unacceptable
provision).
(c) On the Closing Date the Representative shall have received:
(1) The opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP,
general counsel for the Company, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Schedule II-A.
(2) The opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Schedule II-B.
(3) The opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx,
counsel to the Trustee, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Schedule III.
(4) The opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Schedule IV.
(5) At the Closing Date, there shall not have been, since the date
hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and the Final Supplemented Prospectus,
any material adverse change in the business, properties or financial
condition of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business, and the Representative shall have received a
certificate of the President or any Vice President of the Company, and
dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) there has been no
such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties
in Section 1 hereof are true and correct with the same force and
effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date, (iii)
the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied on or prior to the
Closing Date, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened by the Commission.
(6) On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received from
Deloitte & Touche LLP, a letter dated the Closing Date to the effect
that: (A) they are independent public accountants with respect to the
Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the rules and
regulations under the 1933 Act; (B) on the basis of certain limited
procedures performed through a specified date not more than five
business days prior to the date of such letter, namely (i) reading the
minute books of the Company; (ii) performing the procedures specified
by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review
of interim financial information as described in Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 71, "Interim Financial Information", on the unaudited
financial statements, if any, of the Company incorporated in the
Prospectus and on the latest available unaudited financial statements
of the Company, if any, for any calendar quarter subsequent to the
date of those incorporated in the Prospectus; and (iii) making
inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility
for financial and accounting matters regarding such unaudited
financial statements or any specified unaudited amounts derived
therefrom (it being understood that the foregoing procedures do not
constitute an audit performed in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards and they would not necessarily reveal matters of
significance with respect to the comments made in such letter, and
accordingly that Deloitte & Touche LLP make no representations as to
the sufficiency of such procedures for the Underwriters' purposes),
nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that: (1)
any material modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed
financial statements, if any, incorporated in the Prospectus, for them
to be in conformity with GAAP; (2) such unaudited condensed financial
statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act as it applies to
Form 10-Q and the related published rules and regulations thereunder;
(3) the unaudited amounts for Operating Revenues, Earnings Before
Interest and Income Taxes and Net Income After Dividends on Preferred
Stock and the unaudited Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges set forth
in the Final Supplemented Prospectus do not agree with the amounts set
forth in or derived from the unaudited financial statements for the
same period; (4) as of a specified date not more than five business
days prior to the date of delivery of such letter, there has been any
change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any
decrease in net assets as compared with amounts shown in the latest
audited balance sheet incorporated in the Prospectus, except in each
case for changes or decreases which (i) the Prospectus discloses have
occurred or may occur, (ii) are occasioned by the declaration of
dividends, (iii) are occasioned by draw-downs under existing pollution
control financing arrangements, (iv) are occasioned by draw-downs and
regularly scheduled payments of capitalized lease obligations, (v) are
occasioned by the purchase or redemption of bonds or stock to satisfy
mandatory or optional redemption provisions relating thereto, (vi) are
occasioned by the reclassification of current maturities of long-term
debt, or (vii) are disclosed in such letter; and (5) the unaudited
amounts for Operating Revenues, Earnings Before Interest and Income
Taxes and Net Income After Dividends on Preferred Stock and the
unaudited Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for any calendar quarter
subsequent to those set forth in (3) above, which, if available, shall
be set forth in such letter, do not agree with the amounts set forth
in or derived from the unaudited financial statements for the same
period or were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with
that of the corresponding audited amounts or ratios included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.
(7) On the Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been
furnished with such documents and opinions as it may reasonably
require for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon the issuance and
sale of the Senior Notes as herein contemplated and related
proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the
conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Senior Notes as herein
contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the
Representative and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
(8) That no amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
the Final Supplemented Prospectus filed subsequent to the date of this
Agreement (including any filing made by the Company pursuant to
Section 13 or 14 of the 0000 Xxx) shall be unsatisfactory in form to
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP or shall contain information (other than with
respect to an amendment or supplement relating solely to the activity
of the Underwriters) which, in the reasonable judgment of the
Representative, shall materially impair the marketability of the
Senior Notes.
(9) The Company shall have performed its obligations when and as
provided under this Agreement.
If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated
by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time prior to the Closing
Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except as provided in Sections 4, 7 and 9(b) hereof.
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY. The obligations of the
Company shall be subject to the conditions set forth in the first sentence of
Section 5(a) and in Section 5(b). In case such conditions shall not have been
fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company by mailing or
delivering written notice thereof to the Representative. Any such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as otherwise
provided in Sections 4, 7 and 9(b) hereof.
SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION.
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(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the
Underwriters and each person, if any, who controls any such Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the
1934 Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the 1933
Act, 1934 Act or otherwise, and to reimburse such Underwriter and such
controlling person or persons, if any, for any legal or other expenses
incurred by them in connection with defending any actions, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus or, if the Company shall
furnish to the Underwriters any amendments or any supplements thereto, or
shall make any filings pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act which
are incorporated therein by reference, in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus
as so amended or supplemented, or arise out of or are based upon any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission which was made in such
Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus, Prospectus or Final
Supplemented Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by, or through the Representative on
behalf of, the Underwriters for use therein and except that this indemnity
with respect to the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Final
Supplemented Prospectus, if the Company shall have furnished any amendment
or supplement thereto, shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter
(or of any person controlling such Underwriter) on account of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or actions arising from the sale of the Senior
Notes to any person if a copy of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
or the Final Supplemented Prospectus (exclusive of documents incorporated
therein by reference pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3), as the same may then
be amended or supplemented, shall not have been sent or given by or on
behalf of such Underwriter to such person with or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale involved and the untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was corrected in the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus
as supplemented or amended at the time of such confirmation. Each
Underwriter agrees, within ten days after the receipt by it of notice of
the commencement of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought
by it, or by any person controlling it, from the Company on account of its
agreement contained in this Section 7, to notify the Company in writing of
the commencement thereof but the omission of such Underwriter so to notify
the Company of any such action shall not release the Company from any
liability which it may have to such Underwriter or to such controlling
person otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement contained in
this Section 7. In case any such action shall be brought against an
Underwriter or any such person controlling such Underwriter and such
Underwriter shall notify the Company of the commencement thereof as above
provided, the Company shall be entitled to participate in (and, to the
extent that it shall wish, including the selection of counsel, to direct)
the defense thereof, at its own expense. In case the Company elects to
direct such defense and select such counsel, any Underwriter or controlling
person shall have the right to employ its own counsel, but, in any such
case, the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Underwriter or such controlling person unless the employment of such
counsel has been authorized in writing by the Company in connection with
defending such action. No indemnifying party shall, without the written
consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of,
or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification may be
sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or
potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise
or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party
from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not
include any statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a
failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. In no event shall
any indemnifying party have any liability or responsibility in respect of
the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim effected without
its prior written consent.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its directors and such of its officers who have
signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a)
of the 1934 Act to the same extent and upon the same terms as the indemnity
agreement of the Company set forth in Section 7(a) hereof, but only with
respect to alleged untrue statements or omissions made in the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Final
Supplemented Prospectus, or such documents as amended or supplemented, in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
the Company by, or through the Representative on behalf of, such
Underwriter for use therein.
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE DELIVERY. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, or
contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto,
shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or
by, or on behalf of the Company and shall survive delivery of the Senior Notes
to the Underwriters.
SECTION 9. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
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(a) The Representative may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the
Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if (i) trading in
securities on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been generally suspended or
there shall have been a material disruption in settlement in securities
generally, (ii) minimum or maximum ranges for prices shall have been generally
established on the New York Stock Exchange by the Commission or by the New York
Stock Exchange, (iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by
federal or New York State authorities, or (iv) there shall have occurred any
outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is
involved, any declaration of war by the United States Congress or any other
substantial national or international calamity, crisis or emergency (including,
without limitation, acts of terrorism) affecting the United States, in any such
case provided for in clauses (i) through (iv) with the result that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Representative, the marketability of the Senior Notes
shall have been materially impaired.
(b) If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Representative pursuant to
subsection (a) above or because of any failure or refusal on the part of the
Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this
Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, then in any such case, the Company will
reimburse the Underwriters for the reasonable fees and disbursements of Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx LLP and for the out of pocket expenses (in an amount not exceeding
$10,000) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the
purchase, sale and delivery of the Senior Notes and, upon such reimbursement,
the Company shall be absolved from any further liability hereunder, except as
provided in Sections 4 and 7.
SECTION 10. DEFAULT BY AN UNDERWRITER. If an Underwriter shall fail on the
Closing Date to purchase the Senior Notes that it is obligated to purchase under
this Agreement (the "Defaulted Securities"), the Representative shall have the
right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for the non-defaulting
Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all,
of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the
terms herein set forth. If, however, the Representative shall not have completed
such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the principal amount of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of
the Senior Notes, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally
and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that
their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting
obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the principal amount of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the
Senior Notes, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of
any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a
termination of this Agreement, either the Representative or the Company shall
have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period not exceeding seven
days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or
Final Supplemented Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
SECTION 11. NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative at Xxxxxxx, Sachs &
Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Credit Capital
Markets; notices to the Company shall be mailed to 000 Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Secretary, with
a copy to Southern Company Services, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X.,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx.
SECTION 12. PARTIES. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors. Nothing
expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters and the
Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers
and directors referred to in Section 7 and their heirs and legal
representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and
all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective
successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their
heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or
corporation. No purchaser of Senior Notes from any of the Underwriters shall be
deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made and to be performed in said State. Except as otherwise set forth
herein, specified times of day refer to New York City time.
SECTION 14. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of
the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together
constitute one and the same instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of
our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof,
whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding
agreement between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
By: __________________
Title:
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written
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(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
For itself and as Representative of the other
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
SCHEDULE I
Principal Amount of
Name of Underwriters S enior Notes
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. $175,000,000
ABN AMRO Incorporated $18,750,000
Barclays Capital Inc. $18,750,000
BNY Capital Markets, Inc. $18,750,000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc. $18,750,000
TOTAL: $ 250,000,000
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Schedule II-A
[Letterhead of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP]
_____, 2003
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
Series T 5.70% Senior Notes
due February 15, 2033
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as general counsel to Alabama Power Company (the
"Company") in connection with (i) the Company's issuance of $250,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its Series T 5.70% Senior Notes due February 15,
2033 (the "Notes") pursuant to a Senior Note Indenture dated as of December 1,
1997, by and between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The
Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the "Trustee"), as heretofore supplemented
and as further supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
February 19, 2003 (collectively, the "Indenture"); and (ii) the purchase by the
Underwriters of the Notes pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting Agreement
dated February 11, 2003, among the Company and the Underwriters for whom you are
acting as Representative (the "Underwriting Agreement"). This opinion is being
delivered to you as Representative pursuant to Section 5(c)(1) thereof.
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined
the registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-100721, 000-000000-00,
000-000000-00 and 333-100721-03) pertaining to the Notes (the "Registration
Statement") filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and
the prospectus dated November 6, 2002 as supplemented by a final prospectus
supplement relating to the Notes dated February 11, 2003 (the "Final
Supplemented Prospectus"), which pursuant to Form S-3 incorporates by reference
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2001, the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarters
ended ________ and the Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Company dated
__________ (the "Exchange Act Documents"), each as filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters
of fact upon, the documents delivered to you at the closing (except the
certificate representing the Notes, of which we have examined a specimen), and
we have made such other and further investigations as we deemed necessary to
express the opinions hereinafter set forth.
The Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement are herein
referred to as the "Agreements".
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications
and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion, relying as to matters of
New York law upon the opinion dated the date hereof rendered to you by Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx LLP, that:
1. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing
and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Alabama and
has due corporate authority to carry on the public utility business in which it
is engaged and to own and operate the properties used by it in such business and
to enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreements and the Notes.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Company.
3. All orders, consents, or other authorizations or approvals
of the Alabama Public Service Commission and the Commission legally required for
the issuance and sale of the Notes have been obtained; such orders are
sufficient for the issuance and the sale of the Notes; the issuance and the sale
of the Notes conform in all material respects with the terms of such orders; and
no other order, consent or other authorization or approval of any Alabama or
United States governmental body (other than in connection or in compliance with
the provisions of the securities or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction, as to
which we express no opinion) is legally required for the issuance and sale of
the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement.
4. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding
instrument of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, subject to the qualifications that the enforceability of the
Company's obligations under the Indenture may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law); and the Indenture conforms as to legal matters in all
material respects to the description thereof in the Final Supplemented
Prospectus.
5. The Notes have been duly authorized and executed by the
Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in the manner provided in the
Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject
to the qualifications that the enforceability of the Company's obligations under
the Notes may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and
by general principles of equity; and the Notes conform as to legal matters in
all material respects to the description thereof in the Final Supplemented
Prospectus.
6. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act").
We have not independently verified the accuracy, completeness
or fairness of the statements made or included in the Registration Statement,
the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and take no
responsibility therefor, except as and to the extent set forth in paragraphs 4
and 5 above. In the course of the preparation by the Company of the Registration
Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, we
participated in conferences with certain officers and employees of the Company,
with other counsel for the Company, with representatives of Deloitte & Touche
LLP and with your counsel. Based upon our examination of the Registration
Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, our
investigations made in connection with the preparation of the Registration
Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents and
our participation in the conferences referred to above, (i) we are of the
opinion that the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final
Supplemented Prospectus, as of __________, complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and that the Exchange Act Documents, as
of their respective dates of filing with the Commission, complied as to form in
all material respects with the relevant requirements of the Exchange Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, except that in
each case we express no opinion as to the financial statements or other
financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act
Documents, and (ii) nothing came to our attention which gives us reason to
believe that the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading, or that the Final Supplemented Prospectus (including the
Exchange Act Documents) contained, as of its date, or contains, on the date
hereof, any untrue statement therein of a material fact or omitted, as of its
date, or omits, on the date hereof, to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, except that in each case we express no opinion
or belief with respect to the financial statements or other financial or
statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and
with respect to information set forth in the Final Supplemented Prospectus under
the caption "Description of the Series T Senior Notes - Book-Entry-Only Issuance
- The Depository Trust Company".
We are members of the State Bar of Alabama and we do not
express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the laws of such State
and, to the extent set forth herein, the law of the State of New York and the
federal law of the United States.
This opinion is rendered to you in connection with the
above-described transaction. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any
other purpose, or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our
prior written consent, except that Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP
may rely on this opinion in giving their opinions pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement insofar as such opinion relates to matters of Alabama law.
Yours very truly,
XXXXX & XXXXXXX LLP
Schedule II-B
[Letterhead of XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX LLP]
_____, 2003
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
Series T 5.70% Senior Notes
due February 15 , 2033
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Alabama Power Company (the
"Company") in connection with (i) the Company's issuance of $250,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its Series T 5.70% Senior Notes due February 15,
2033 (the "Notes") pursuant to a Senior Note Indenture dated as of December 1,
1997, by and between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The
Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the "Trustee"), as heretofore supplemented
and as further supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
February 19, 2003 (collectively, the "Indenture"); and (ii) the purchase by the
Underwriters of the Notes pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting Agreement
dated February 11, 2003 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), among the Company and
the Underwriters for whom you are acting as Representative. This opinion is
being delivered to you as Representative pursuant to Section 5(c)(2) thereof.
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined
the registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-100721, 000-000000-00,
000-000000-00 and 333-100721-03) pertaining to the Notes (the "Registration
Statement") filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and
the prospectus dated November 6, 2002 as supplemented by a final prospectus
supplement relating to the Notes dated February 11, 2003 (the "Final
Supplemented Prospectus"), which pursuant to Form S-3 incorporates by reference
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2001, the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarters
ended _________ and the Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Company dated
_________ (the "Exchange Act Documents"), each as filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters
of fact upon, the documents delivered to you at the closing (except the
certificate representing the Notes, of which we have examined a specimen), and
we have made such other and further investigations as we deemed necessary to
express the opinions hereinafter set forth. In such examination, we have assumed
the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to
original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic
copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
The Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement are herein
referred to collectively as the "Agreements".
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications
and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion, relying as to matters of
Alabama law upon the opinion dated the date hereof rendered to you by Xxxxx &
Xxxxxxx LLP, and relying as to matters of New York law upon the opinion dated
the date hereof rendered to you by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP, that:
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Alabama and has due corporate authority to carry on the public utility business
in which it is engaged, to own and operate the properties used by it in such
business and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreements and
the Notes.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Company.
3. All orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals
of the Alabama Public Service Commission and the Commission legally required for
the issuance and sale of the Notes have been obtained; such orders are
sufficient for the issuance and sale of the Notes; the issuance and sale of the
Notes conform in all material respects with the terms of such orders; and no
other order, consent or other authorization or approval of any Alabama or United
States governmental body (other than in connection or in compliance with the
provisions of the securities or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction, as to which
we express no opinion) is legally required for the issuance and sale of the
Notes in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement.
4. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding
instrument of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, subject to the qualifications that the enforceability of the
Company's obligations under the Indenture may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law); and the Indenture conforms as to legal matters in all
material respects to the description thereof in the Final Supplemented
Prospectus.
5. The Notes have been duly authorized and executed by the
Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in the manner provided in the
Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject
to the qualifications that the enforceability of the Company's obligations under
the Notes may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and
by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Notes conform as to
legal matters in all material respects to the description thereof in the Final
Supplemented Prospectus.
6. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
We have not independently verified the accuracy, completeness
or fairness of the statements made or included in the Registration Statement,
the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and take no
responsibility therefor, except as and to the extent set forth in paragraphs 4
and 5 above. In the course of the preparation by the Company of the Registration
Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, we
participated in conferences with certain officers and employees of the Company,
with other counsel for the Company, with representatives of Deloitte & Touche
LLP and with your counsel. Based upon our examination of the Registration
Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, our
investigations made in connection with the preparation of the Registration
Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents and
our participation in the conferences referred to above, (i) we are of the
opinion that the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final
Supplemented Prospectus, as of _______________, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and that the Exchange Act Documents, as
of their respective dates of filing with the Commission, complied as to form in
all material respects with the relevant requirements of the Exchange Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, except that in
each case we express no opinion as to the financial statements or other
financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act
Documents, and (ii) nothing came to our attention which gives us reason to
believe that the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading, or that the Final Supplemented Prospectus (including the
Exchange Act Documents) contained, as of its date, or contains, on the date
hereof, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted as of its date, or
omits, as of the date hereof, to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, except that in each case we express no opinion or
belief with respect to the financial statements or other financial or
statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and
with respect to information set forth in the Final Supplemented Prospectus under
the caption "Description of the Series T Senior Notes - Book-Entry-Only Issuance
- The Depository Trust Company".
We are members of the State Bar of Georgia and we do not
express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of
Georgia and the federal law of the United States and, to the extent set forth
herein, the laws of the States of Alabama and New York.
This opinion is rendered to you in connection with the
above-described transaction. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any
other purpose, or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our
prior written consent.
Yours very truly,
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX LLP
Schedule III
[Letterhead of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx]
_____, 2003
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
Alabama Power Company
000 Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Alabama Power Company
Series T 5.70% Senior Notes
due February 15, 2033
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly
known as The Chase Manhattan Bank) (the "Bank") in connection with (a) the
Senior Note Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1997 as heretofore supplemented
(the "Original Indenture"), between Alabama Power Company (the "Company") and
the Bank, as Trustee, (b) the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
February 19, 2003 (together with the Original Indenture, herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Company and the Bank, as Trustee.
In that connection, we have examined originals, or copies
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents,
records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the
purpose of this opinion, including copies of the Indenture and certain
resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Bank.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
i) the Bank has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a banking corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of New York;
ii) the Bank has the corporate trust power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its duties
under the Indenture, has duly executed and delivered the Indenture and, insofar
as the laws governing the trust powers of the Bank are concerned and assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Company of the
Indenture constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Bank,
enforceable against the Bank in accordance with its terms subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other
laws affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to
general principles of equity (including, without limitation, concepts of
materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
iii) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Bank of the Indenture does not conflict with or
constitute a breach of the charter or bylaws of the Bank; and
iv) no approval, authorization or other action by, or
filing with, any governmental authority of the
United States of America or the State of New York having jurisdiction over the
trust powers of the Bank is required in connection with the execution and
delivery by the Bank of the Indenture or the performance by the Bank of its
duties thereunder, except such as have been obtained, taken or made.
We are admitted to practice only in the State of New York, and
we express no opinion as to matters governed by any laws other than the laws of
the State of New York and the Federal law of the United States of America. We
are furnishing this opinion to you solely for your benefit. This opinion is not
to be relied upon by any other person or used, circulated, quoted or otherwise
referred to for any other purpose.
Very truly yours,
CRAVATH, SWAINE & XXXXX
Schedule IV
[Letterhead of XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX LLP]
_____, 2003
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the Several Underwriters
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
Series T 5.70% Senior Notes
due February 15, 2033
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have represented you in connection with (i) the issuance by
Alabama Power Company (the "Company") of $250,000,000 of its Series T 5.70%
Senior Notes due February 15, 2033 (the "Notes") pursuant to a Senior Note
Indenture dated as of December 1, 1997, by and between the Company and JPMorgan
Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the
"Trustee"), as heretofore supplemented and as further supplemented by the
Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 19, 2003 (collectively,
the "Indenture"); and (ii) the purchase by the Underwriters of the Notes
pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting Agreement dated February 11, 2003,
among the Company and the Underwriters for whom you are acting as Representative
(the "Underwriting Agreement"). This opinion is being delivered to you as
Representative pursuant to Section 5(c)(4) thereof.
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined
the registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-100721, 000-000000-00,
000-000000-00 and 333-100721-03) pertaining to the Notes (the "Registration
Statement"), filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and
the prospectus dated November 6, 2002, as supplemented by a prospectus
supplement dated February 11, 2003 (the "Final Supplemented Prospectus"), which
pursuant to Form S-3 incorporates by reference the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, the Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarters ended _________ and the Current
Reports on Form 8-K of the Company, dated __________ (the "Exchange Act
Documents"), each as filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act").
In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters
of fact upon, the documents delivered to you at the closing (except the Notes,
of which we have examined specimens), and we have made such other and further
investigations as we deemed necessary to express the opinions hereinafter set
forth. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures,
the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all
documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
The Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement are herein
referred to as the "Agreements".
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications
and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion, relying as aforesaid and
as to all matters covered hereby which are governed by or dependent upon the law
of the State of Alabama upon the opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, dated the date
hereof and addressed to you that:
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Alabama and has due corporate authority to carry on the public utility business
in which it is engaged and to own and operate the properties used by it in such
business and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreements and
the Notes.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Company.
3. All orders, consents, or other authorizations or approvals
of the Alabama Public Service Commission and the Commission legally required for
the issuance and sale of the Notes have been obtained; such orders are
sufficient for the issuance and sale of the Notes; the issuance and sale of the
Notes conform in all material respects with the terms of such orders; and no
other order, consent or other authorization or approval of any Alabama or United
States governmental body (other than in connection or in compliance with the
provisions of the securities or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction, as to which
we express no opinion) is legally required for the issuance and sale of the
Notes in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement.
4. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding
instrument of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, subject to the qualifications that the enforceability of the
Company's obligations under the Indenture may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law); and the Indenture conforms as to legal matters in all
material respects to the description thereof in the Final Supplemented
Prospectus.
5. The Notes have been duly authorized and executed by the
Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in the manner provided in the
Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject
to the qualifications that the enforceability of the Company's obligations under
the Notes may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and
by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Notes conform as to
legal matters in all material respects to the description thereof in the Final
Supplemented Prospectus.
6. The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
We have not independently verified the accuracy, completeness
or fairness of the statements made or included in the Registration Statement,
the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and take no
responsibility therefor, except as and to the extent set forth in paragraphs 4
and 5 above. In the course of the preparation by the Company of the Registration
Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, we
participated in conferences with certain officers and employees of the Company,
with representatives of Deloitte & Touche LLP and with counsel to the Company.
Based upon our examination of the Registration Statement, the Final Supplemented
Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, our investigations made in connection
with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final Supplemented
Prospectus and our participation in the conferences referred to above, (i) we
are of the opinion that the Registration Statement, as of its effective date,
and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as of ___________, complied as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder and that the Exchange Act
Documents, as of their respective dates of filing with the Commission, complied
as to form in all material respects with the relevant requirements of the
Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
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Commission thereunder, except that in each case we express no opinion as to the
financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Final Supplemented
Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents, and (ii) nothing came to our attention
which gives us reason to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its
effective date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Final Supplemented
Prospectus (including the Exchange Act Documents) contained, as of its date, or
contains, on the date hereof, any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted, as of its date, or omits, on the date hereof, to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that in each
case we express no opinion or belief with respect to the financial statements or
other financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange
Act Documents and with respect to information set forth in the Final
Supplemented Prospectus under the caption "Description of the Series T Senior
Notes - Book-Entry-Only Issuance - The Depository Trust Company".
We are members of the State Bar of New York and we do not
express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of
New York and the federal law of the United States, and to the extent set forth
herein, the law of the State of Alabama.
This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the
above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose
or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written
consent except that Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP may rely on
this opinion in giving their opinions pursuant to Section 5 of the Underwriting
Agreement, insofar as such opinions relate to matters of New York law, and Xxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP may rely on this opinion in giving its opinion pursuant to
Sections 102, 302 and 904 of the Indenture, insofar as such opinion relates to
matters of New York law.
Very truly yours,
XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX LLP
