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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May&nbsp;11, 2009</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Entry into
a Material Definitive Agreement.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
May&nbsp;11, 2009, Black Hills Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into an
underwriting agreement (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;) with Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc., acting for themselves and as
representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule&nbsp;A to the
Underwriting Agreement, in connection with an underwritten public offering (the
&#147;Offering&#148;) of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 9% notes due 2014
(the &#147;Notes&#148;). The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, pursuant to the Company&#146;s existing shelf registration statement
(File No.&nbsp;333-150669) (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;). The closing of the
Offering is expected to occur on May&nbsp;14, 2009, subject to satisfaction of
customary closing conditions.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to repay a portion of the
borrowings under its $383 million acquisition credit facility with The Royal
Bank of Scotland Group, as successor administrative agent, and certain other
lenders. The acquisition credit facility provided funding for a portion of the
purchase price for the Company&#146;s acquisition of Aquila,&nbsp;Inc.&#146;s regulated
electric utility in Colorado and its regulated gas utilities in Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, and expires on December&nbsp;29, 2009.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;1 hereto and is
incorporated by reference into this Item&nbsp;1.01 as though fully set forth
herein.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall
there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which
such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The Offering
is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Other
Events.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company is offering and selling the Notes under the Registration Statement and accompanying prospectus and prospectus supplement, which Registration Statement relates to the offer and sale on a delayed basis from time to time of an indeterminate amount of the Company&#146;s securities. This Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K is being filed in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes as described herein and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Registration Statement the documents and instruments attached hereto as exhibits. A copy of the Press Release announcing the pricing of the Notes is also attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99 hereto.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial
Statements and Exhibits</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Exhibits.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant files the following exhibits as part of this report:</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;of Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;14, 2009, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.</font></p></td>
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  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Steven J. Helmers regarding the legality and enforceability of the Notes. </font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;5.2</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Conner&nbsp;&amp; Winters, LLP.</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;23.1</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Steven J. Helmers (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Conner&nbsp;&amp; Winters, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.2).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;25</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="104" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:78.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;99</font></p></td>
  <td width="616" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:462.0pt;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release, dated May&nbsp;11, 2009.</font></p></td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></u></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BLACK
  HILLS CORPORATION</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="328" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:246.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  ANTHONY S. CLEBERG</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="328" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:246.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Anthony
  S. Cleberg</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="328" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:246.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="328" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:246.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:
  &nbsp;May&nbsp;13, 2009</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="96" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;1</font></p></td>
  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Underwriting
  Agreement dated May&nbsp;11, 2009, among the Company and Credit Suisse
  Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc., acting for themselves and as
  representatives of the several underwriters. </font></p>
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  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="96" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4</font></p></td>
  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;of Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;14, 2009, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.</font></p></td>
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  <td width="96" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="96" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</font></p></td>
  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Steven J. Helmers regarding the legality and enforceability of the Notes. </font></p></td>
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  <td width="96" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Conner&nbsp;&amp; Winters, LLP.</font></p></td>
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  <td width="96" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Steven J. Helmers (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Conner&nbsp;&amp; Winters, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.2).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="96" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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  <td width="96" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;25</font></p></td>
  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.</font></p></td>
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  <td width="624" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.5in;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;1</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$250,000,000</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Black
Hills Corporation</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">9% Senior
Notes due 2014</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT</font></u></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;11,
2009</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RBS SECURITIES INC.,</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As Representatives (the &#147;<b>Representatives</b>&#148;)
of the Several Underwriters,</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eleven Madison Avenue,</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, N.Y. 10010-3629</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Sirs:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Introductory</i>.&#160; Black
Hills Corporation, a South&nbsp;Dakota corporation (the &#147;<b>Company</b>&#148;),
agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule&nbsp;A hereto (the &#147;<b>Underwriters</b>&#148;) to issue and sell to the several Underwriters
$250,000,000 principal amount of its 9% Senior Notes due 2014 (the &#147;<b>Offered Securities</b>&#148;) to be issued under an indenture dated
as of May&nbsp;21, 2003, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(as successor to LaSalle Bank National Association), as Trustee, as
supplemented by a first supplemental indenture dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003,
between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (as successor to
LaSalle Bank National Association), as Trustee, and a second supplemental
indenture to be dated as of May&nbsp;14, 2009, between the Company and Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee with respect to the Offered
Securities (as so supplemented, the &#147;<b>Indenture</b>&#148;).</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Representations and Warranties of the Company</i>.&#160; The Company represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the several Underwriters that:</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;
<i>Filing and Effectiveness of Registration
Statement; Certain Defined Terms</i>.&#160;
The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-3
(No.&nbsp;333-150669), including a related prospectus or prospectuses, covering
the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act, which has become
effective.&#160; &#147;<b>Registration Statement</b>&#148; at any particular time means such registration
statement in the form then filed with the Commission, including any amendment
thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein and all 430B
Information and all 430C Information with respect to such registration
statement, that in any case has not been superseded or modified.&#160; &#147;<b>Registration
Statement</b>&#148; without reference to a time means the Registration
Statement as of the Effective Time.&#160; For
purposes of this definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be
included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule&nbsp;430B.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For
purposes of this Agreement:</font></h3>

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<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>430B Information</b>&#148; means information
included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(e)&nbsp;or retroactively deemed to be a part of the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430B(f).</font></h3>

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<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>430C Information</b>&#148; means information
included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;430C.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Act</b>&#148; means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Applicable Time</b>&#148; means approximately 5:00&nbsp;p.m.
(Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Closing Date</b>&#148; has the meaning defined in Section&nbsp;3
hereof.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Commission</b>&#148; means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Effective Time</b>&#148; of the Registration
Statement relating to the Offered Securities means the time of the first
contract of sale for the Offered Securities.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Energy Policy Act</b>&#148; means the Energy Policy
Act of 2005, as amended.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Exchange Act</b>&#148; means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Federal Power Act</b>&#148; means the Federal Power
Act, as amended.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Final Prospectus</b>&#148; means the Statutory
Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430B Information and
other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;of
the Act.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</b>&#148;
means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general
distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified
in Schedule B to this Agreement.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</b>&#148; means any &#147;issuer
free writing prospectus&#148;, as defined in Rule&nbsp;433, relating to the Offered
Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if
not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company&#146;s records
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;433(g).</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</b>&#148;
means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Rules&nbsp;and Regulations</b>&#148; means the rules&nbsp;and
regulations of the Commission.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Securities Laws</b>&#148; means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 (&#147;<b>Sarbanes-Oxley</b>&#148;), the
Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act, the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations,
the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors
of &#147;issuers&#148; (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as applicable, the rules&nbsp;of
the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Stock Market (&#147;<b>Exchange Rules</b>&#148;).</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Statutory Prospectus</b>&#148; with reference to any particular time
means the prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that is included in the
Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including all
430B&nbsp;Information and all 430C&nbsp;Information with respect to the Registration
Statement.&#160; For purposes of the foregoing
definition, 430B&nbsp;Information shall be considered to be included in the
Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus
(including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;and
not retroactively.</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<b>Trust Indenture Act</b>&#148; means the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.</font></h3>

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<h3 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unless
otherwise specified, a reference to a &#147;rule&#148; is to the indicated rule&nbsp;under
the Act.</font></h3>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;
</font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Compliance with Securities Act Requirements</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; (i)&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;At the time the
Registration Statement initially became effective, (B)&nbsp;at the time of each
amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of
the Act (whether by post-effective amendment, incorporated report or form of
prospectus), (C)&nbsp;at the Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities
and (D)&nbsp;on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement conformed and will
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust
Indenture Act and the Rules&nbsp;and Regulations and did not and will not
include 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
not misleading and (ii)&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;on its date, (B)&nbsp;at the time of
filing the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;and (C)&nbsp;on
the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules&nbsp;and
Regulations, and will not include 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 not misleading.&#160;
The preceding sentence does not
apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information is that described as such in Section&nbsp;8(b)&nbsp;hereof.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp;
<i>Automatic Shelf Registration Statement</i>.&#160; (i)&nbsp; <i>Well-Known
Seasoned Issuer Status</i>.&#160; (A)&nbsp;At
the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement, (B)&nbsp;at the time
of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of
the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated
report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act or
form of prospectus), and (C)&nbsp;at the time the Company or any person acting
on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule&nbsp;163(c))
made any offer relating to the Offered Securities in reliance on the exemption
of Rule&nbsp;163, the Company was a &#147;well known seasoned issuer&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405,
including not having been an &#147;ineligible issuer&#148; as defined in Rule&nbsp;405.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&nbsp;
<i>Effectiveness of Automatic Shelf Registration
Statement</i>.&#160; The Registration
Statement is an &#147;automatic shelf registration statement&#148;, as defined in Rule&nbsp;405,
that initially became effective within three years of the date of this
Agreement.&#160; If immediately prior to the
Renewal Deadline (as hereinafter defined), any of the Offered Securities remain
unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will prior to the Renewal Deadline
file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic
shelf registration statement relating to the Offered Securities, in a form
reasonably satisfactory to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (&#147;<b>Credit Suisse</b>&#148;).&#160; If the Company is no longer eligible to file
an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will prior to the
Renewal Deadline, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration
statement relating to the Offered Securities, in a form reasonably satisfactory
to Credit Suisse, and will use its best efforts to cause such registration
statement to be declared effective within 180&nbsp;days after the Renewal
Deadline.&#160; The Company will take all
other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of
the Offered Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration
statement relating to the Offered Securities.&#160;
References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new
automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration
statement, as the case may be.&#160; &#147;<b>Renewal Deadline</b>&#148; means the third
anniversary of the initial effective time of the Registration Statement.</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp;
<i>Eligibility to Use Automatic Shelf Registration
Form</i>.&#160; The Company has not
received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule&nbsp;401(g)(2)&nbsp;objecting
to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.&#160; If at any time when Offered Securities remain
unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission a notice </font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">pursuant to Rule&nbsp;401(g)(2)&nbsp;or
otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration
statement form, the Company will (A)&nbsp;promptly notify Credit Suisse, (B)&nbsp;promptly
file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper
form relating to the Offered Securities, in a form reasonably satisfactory to
Credit Suisse, (C)&nbsp;use its best efforts to cause such registration
statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon as
practicable, and (D)&nbsp;promptly notify Credit Suisse of such
effectiveness.&#160; The Company will take all
other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of
the Offered Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration
statement that was the subject of the Rule&nbsp;401(g)(2)&nbsp;notice or for
which the Company has otherwise become ineligible.&#160; References herein to the Registration
Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective
amendment, as the case may be.</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)&nbsp;
<i>Filing Fees</i>. &#160;The Company has paid or shall pay the required
Commission filing fees relating to the Offered Securities within the time
required by Rule&nbsp;456(b)(1)&nbsp;without regard to the proviso therein and
otherwise in accordance with Rules&nbsp;456(b)&nbsp;and 457(r).</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;
<i>Ineligible Issuer Status</i>.&#160; (i)&nbsp;At the earliest time after the
filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering
participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule&nbsp;164(h)(2))
of the Offered Securities and (ii)&nbsp;at the date of this Agreement, the
Company was not and is not an &#147;ineligible issuer&#148;, as defined in Rule&nbsp;405,
including (A)&nbsp;the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in the
preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or
having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as
described in Rule&nbsp;405 and (B)&nbsp;the Company in the preceding three
years not having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or
similar proceeding, not having had a registration statement be the subject of a
proceeding under Section&nbsp;8 of the Act and not being the subject of a
proceeding under Section&nbsp;8A of the Act in connection with the offering of
the Securities, all as described in Rule&nbsp;405.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)&nbsp;
<i>General Disclosure Package</i>.&#160; As of the Applicable Time, neither (i)&nbsp;the
General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the
Applicable Time and the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated May&nbsp;11,
2009, including the base prospectus, dated May&nbsp;6, 2008 (which is the most
recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally),<b>  </b>and the other information, if any, stated
in Schedule&nbsp;B to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure
Package, all considered together (collectively, the &#147;<b>General Disclosure Package</b>&#148;), nor (ii)&nbsp;any individual
Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the
General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.&#160; The preceding sentence does
not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section&nbsp;8(b)&nbsp;hereof.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)&nbsp;
<i>Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses</i>.&#160; Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of
its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public
offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the
Company notified or notifies Credit Suisse as described in the next sentence,
did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration
Statement.&#160; If at any time following
issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event
or development as a result of which </font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then
contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or
development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
would 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, (i)&nbsp;the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify
Credit Suisse and (ii)&nbsp;the Company has promptly amended or will promptly
amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct
such conflict, untrue statement or omission.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)&nbsp;
<i>Good Standing of the Company</i>.&#160; The Company has been duly incorporated and is
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of South&nbsp;Dakota,
with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and the
Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good
standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">except where
the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not, individually or
in the aggregate, result in a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of
operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole (&#147;<b>Material
Adverse Effect</b>&#148;).</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)&nbsp;
<i>Subsidiaries</i>.&#160; Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and is existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, as the case may be, with power and authority (corporate and
other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
General Disclosure Package; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited partnership, general
partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing
in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">except where
the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not, individually or
in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or partnership
or limited liability company interests, as the case may be, of each subsidiary
of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid
and nonassessable; and the capital stock or partnership or limited liability
company interests, as the case may be, of each subsidiary owned by the Company,
directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and
defects.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp;
<i>Execution and Delivery of Indenture</i>.&#160; The Indenture has been duly authorized and
has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; the Offered Securities
have been duly authorized and, when the Offered Securities are delivered and
paid for pursuant to this Agreement on each Closing Date, the Indenture will
have been duly executed and delivered, such Offered Securities will have been
duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, will conform to the
information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such
Offered Securities contained in the Final Prospectus and the Indenture and such
Offered Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights and to general
equity principles.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)&nbsp;
</font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">No Finder&#146;s Fee</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the
Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder&#146;s fee or other
like payment in connection with this offering.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)&nbsp;
<i>Registration Rights</i>.&#160; Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to
file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of
the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to
include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration
Statement or in any </font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">securities being
registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company
under the Act (collectively, &#147;<b>registration
rights</b>&#148;), and any person to whom the Company has granted
registration rights has agreed, if necessary, not to exercise such rights until
after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period referred to in Section&nbsp;5
hereof.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)&nbsp;
<i>Absence of Further Requirements</i>.&#160; No consent, approval, authorization, or order
of, or filing or registration with, any person (including any governmental
agency or body or any court) is required for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture in connection with
the offering, issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company,
except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under
state securities laws.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m)&nbsp;
</font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Title to Property</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package, the Company and its subsidiaries have good and defensible title to all
interests in oil and gas properties owned by them and good and marketable title
to all other real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them
that are material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each
case free from liens, charges, encumbrances and defects that would materially
affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be
made thereof by them and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package, the Company and its subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal
property that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would materially
interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(n)&nbsp;
<i>Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting
from Transaction</i>.&#160; The
execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and this Agreement, and
the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities and compliance with the terms
and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering
Event (as defined below) under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge
or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries pursuant to, (i)&nbsp;the charter or by-laws or other
organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii)&nbsp;any
statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any
court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (iii)&nbsp;any agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the
properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except, in the
case of clauses (ii)&nbsp;and (iii), as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.&#160;
A &#147;<b>Debt Repayment Triggering Event</b>&#148;
means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse
of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture, or other evidence of
indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder&#146;s behalf) the right to
require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such
indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(o)&nbsp; <i>Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts</i>.&#160; Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is in violation of its respective charter, by-laws or
organizational documents or in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse
of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant
or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any
of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject,
except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result
in a Material Adverse Effect.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(p)&nbsp;
<i>Authorization of Agreement</i>.&#160; This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(q)&nbsp;
<i>Possession of Licenses</i>.&#160; The Company and its subsidiaries possess, and
are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations,
franchises, licenses and permits </font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(&#147;<b>Licenses</b>&#148;) necessary or material to the
conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the General Disclosure
Package to be conducted by them and have not received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in
the aggregate have a </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Material Adverse Effect.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(r)&nbsp;
<i>Absence of Labor Dispute</i>.&#160; No labor dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company,
is imminent that could have a Material Adverse Effect.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(s)&nbsp;
<i>Possession of Intellectual Property</i>.&#160; The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess
or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other
rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and
other intellectual property (collectively, &#147;<b>intellectual</b>
<b>property</b>  <b>rights</b>&#148;) necessary to conduct the business
now operated by them, or presently employed by them, and have not received any
notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with
respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
have a Material Adverse Effect.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(t)&nbsp;
<i>Environmental Laws</i>.&#160; Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any
statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or
body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or
release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or
restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic
substances (collectively, &#147;<b>environmental laws</b>&#148;),
owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is
subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or
contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim
relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability
or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to
such a claim.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(u)&nbsp; <i>Accurate Disclosure</i>.&#160; The statements in the Registration Statement,
General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings &#147;Description of the Notes&#148;, &#147;Description of
Senior Debt Securities&#148;, &#147;Description of Subordinated Debt Securities&#148;, &#147;Description
of Capital Stock&#148;, &#147;Description of Warrants&#148;, &#147;Description of Purchase
Contracts&#148;, &#147;Description of Units&#148;, &#147;Material United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations&#148; and &#147;Underwriting&#148;, insofar as such statements summarize
legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are
accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or
proceedings in all material respects and present the information required to be
shown.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)&nbsp; <i>Absence of Manipulation</i>.&#160; The Company has not taken, directly or
indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that
would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale
or resale of the Offered Securities.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(w)&nbsp; <i>Internal Controls and Compliance with the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act</i>.&#160; Except as
set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, its subsidiaries and
the Company&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;<b>Board</b>&#148;)
are in compliance in all material respects with Sarbanes-Oxley and all
applicable Exchange Rules. The Company maintains a system of internal controls,
including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal
controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit
function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, &#147;<b>Internal Controls</b>&#148;) that comply in all
material respects with the Securities Laws and are sufficient to provide
reasonable assurances that (i)&nbsp;transactions are executed in accordance
with management&#146;s general or specific authorizations, (ii)&nbsp;transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting </font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">principles in the United States and to
maintain accountability for assets, (iii)&nbsp;access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management&#146;s general or specific authorization and (iv)&nbsp;the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.&#160; The Internal Controls are,
or upon consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities will be,
overseen by the Audit Committee (the &#147;<b>Audit
Committee</b>&#148;) of the Board in accordance with Exchange Rules.&#160; Since the date of the filing of the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2008, the Company has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee
or the Board, and within the next 90&nbsp;days the Company does not reasonably
expect to publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee or the Board, (i)&nbsp;any
significant deficiency in the design or operation of Internal Controls that
could adversely affect the Company&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial data, any material weakness in Internal Controls, any material
change in Internal Controls or any fraud involving management or other
employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls (each, an &#147;<b>Internal Control Event</b>&#148;) or (ii)&nbsp;any
material violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(x)&nbsp;
</font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Absence of Accounting Issues</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; A member of the Audit Committee has confirmed
to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or General Counsel of
the Company that, except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the
Audit Committee is not reviewing or investigating, and neither the Company&#146;s
independent auditors nor its internal auditors have recommended that the Audit
Committee review or investigate, (i)&nbsp;adding to, deleting, changing the
application of, or changing the Company&#146;s disclosure with respect to, any of
the Company&#146;s material accounting policies; (ii)&nbsp;any matter which could
result in a restatement of the Company&#146;s financial statements for any annual or
interim period during the current or prior three fiscal years; or (iii)&nbsp;any
Internal Control Event.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(y)&nbsp;
<i>Litigation</i>.&#160; Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any
inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body,
domestic or foreign) against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have
a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability
of the Company to perform its obligations under the Indenture or this
Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the
Offered Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any
inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body,
domestic or foreign) are, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, threatened or
contemplated.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(z)&nbsp;
<i>Financial Statements</i>.&#160; The financial statements included in the
Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package present fairly the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the
dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods
shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis; the schedules included in the Registration Statement present
fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the assumptions used
in preparing the pro forma financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and the General Disclosure Package provide a reasonable basis for
presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or
events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate
effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the
proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical
financial statement amounts.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(aa)&#160; <i>No
Material Adverse Change in Business</i>.&#160;
Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the end of
the period covered by the latest audited financial statements included in the
General Disclosure Package (i)&nbsp;there has been no change, nor any
development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, </font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">business, properties
or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole that is
material and adverse, (ii)&nbsp;except as disclosed in or contemplated by the
General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any
kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock
(other than regular quarterly cash dividends of not more than $0.355 per share
in respect of the Company&#146;s common stock) and (iii)&nbsp;except as disclosed in
or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material
adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term
indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(bb)&#160; <i>Investment
Company Act</i>.&#160; The Company is
not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities
and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General
Disclosure Package, will not be an &#147;investment company&#148; as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#147;<b>Investment
Company Act</b>&#148;).</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(cc)&#160; <i>Ratings</i>.&#160; No &#147;nationally recognized statistical rating
organization&#148; as such term is defined for purposes of Rule&nbsp;436(g)(2)&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;has
imposed (or has informed the Company that it is considering imposing) any
condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company&#146;s retaining any rating assigned
to the Company or any securities of the Company or (ii)&nbsp;has indicated to
the Company that it is considering any of the actions described in Section&nbsp;7(f)(ii)&nbsp;hereof.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(dd)&#160; <i>Reserve
Report Data</i>.&#160; The oil and gas
reserve estimates of the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal years
ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, December&nbsp;31, 2007, and December&nbsp;31,
2008, contained in the General Disclosure Package are derived from reports that
have been prepared by Ralph E. Davis Associates,&nbsp;Inc., in the case of the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, and Cawley, Gillespie&nbsp;&amp;
Associates,&nbsp;Inc., in the case of the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31,
2007, and December&nbsp;31, 2008, as set forth therein, such reserve estimates
fairly reflect the estimated oil and gas reserves of the Company and its
subsidiaries at the dates indicated therein and are in accordance with the
Commission guidelines applicable thereto applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ee)&#160; <i>Independent
Reserve Engineers.&#160; </i>Each of
Cawley, Gillespie&nbsp;&amp; Associates,&nbsp;Inc., and Ralph E. Davis
Associates,&nbsp;Inc., have represented to the Company that they are, and the
Company believes each of them to be, independent reserve engineers with respect
to the Company and its subsidiaries and for the periods set forth in the
General Disclosure Package.</font></h2>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.&#160; <i>Purchase, Sale and
Delivery of Offered Securities</i>.&#160;
On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to
sell to the several Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of
99.4% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest from May&nbsp;14,
2009, to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), the respective principal
amounts of Offered Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters
in Schedule&nbsp;A hereto.</font></h1>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company will deliver the Offered Securities to or as instructed by
the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Representatives against payment of the purchase
price by the Underwriters in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an
account at a bank acceptable to Credit Suisse drawn to the order of the Company
at the office of Cravath, Swaine&nbsp;&amp; Moore LLP, 825 Eighth Avenue, New
York, NY 10019-7416 at 9:00&nbsp;a.m., New&nbsp;York time, on May&nbsp;14,
2009, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter
as Credit Suisse and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to
as the &#147;<b>Closing Date</b>&#148;.&#160; For purposes of Rule&nbsp;15c6-1 under the
Exchange Act, the Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable
settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery
of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the
offering.&#160; The Offered Securities so to
be delivered or evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking
at the above office of Cravath, Swaine&nbsp;&amp; Moore LLP at least
24&nbsp;hours prior to the Closing Date.</font></p>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.&#160; <i>Offering by Underwriters</i>.&#160; It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as
set forth in the Final Prospectus.</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.&#160; <i>Certain Agreements of the
Company</i>.&#160; The Company agrees
with the several Underwriters that:</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Filing
of Prospectuses.&#160; </font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has
filed or will file each Statutory Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus)
pursuant to and in accordance with Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2)&nbsp;(or, if applicable
and consented to by Credit Suisse, subparagraph&nbsp;(5), such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed) not later than the second business day
following the earlier of the date it is first used or the execution and
delivery of this Agreement.&#160; The Company
has complied and will comply with Rule&nbsp;433.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp; <i>Filing of Amendments; Response to Commission Requests</i>.&#160; The Company will promptly advise Credit
Suisse of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or any
Statutory Prospectus at any time and will offer Credit Suisse</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> a reasonable
opportunity to comment on any such
amendment or supplement; and the Company will also advise Credit Suisse
promptly of (i)&nbsp;the filing of any such amendment or supplement, (ii)&nbsp;any
request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to the Registration
Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional
information, (iii)&nbsp;the institution by the Commission of any stop order
proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or the threatening of any
proceeding for that purpose, and (iv)&nbsp;the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered
Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any
proceedings for such purpose.&#160; The
Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop
order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as
soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp; <i>Continued Compliance with Securities Laws</i>.&#160; If, at any time when a prospectus relating to
the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule&nbsp;172 would be)
required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event
occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is
necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the
Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify
Credit Suisse of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the
Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers
and any other dealers upon request of Credit Suisse, an amendment or supplement
which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect
such compliance.&#160; Neither Credit Suisse&#146;s
consent to, nor the Underwriters&#146; delivery of, any such amendment or supplement
shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;7
hereof.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Rule&nbsp;158.&#160; </font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As soon as practicable, but
not later than 16&nbsp;months, after the date of this Agreement, the Company
will make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement
covering a period of at least 12&nbsp;months beginning after the date of this
Agreement and satisfying the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a)&nbsp;of the Act
and Rule&nbsp;158.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)&nbsp; <i>Furnishing of Prospectuses</i>.&#160; The Company will furnish to the
Representatives copies of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits,
any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and
supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and&#160; in such quantities as Credit Suisse
reasonably requests.&#160; The Company will
pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such
documents.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)&nbsp; <i>Blue Sky Qualifications</i>.&#160; The Company will arrange for the
qualification of the Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their
eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as Credit
Suisse reasonably designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so
long as required for the distribution; provided that, in connection therewith,
the Company shall </font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to take any action that would subject it to a general consent to
service of process in any such jurisdiction.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)&nbsp; <i>Reporting
Requirements</i>.&#160; For so long as
the Offered Securities remain outstanding, the Company will furnish to the
Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon
as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report
to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the
Representatives (i)&nbsp;as soon as available, a copy of each report and any
definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the
Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders, and (ii)&nbsp;from time to time, such
other information concerning the Company as Credit Suisse may reasonably
request.&#160; However, so long as the Company
is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the Commission on its
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (&#147;<b>EDGAR</b>&#148;), it is not required to furnish such
reports or statements to the Representatives or the Underwriters.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)&nbsp; <i>Payment of Expenses</i>.&#160; The Company will pay all expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including but not
limited to any filing fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements
of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred in connection with qualification of
the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as Credit
Suisse reasonably designates and the preparation and printing of memoranda
relating thereto, any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating
of the Offered Securities, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">costs and expenses relating to investor
presentations or any &#147;road show&#148; in connection with the offering and sale of
the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company&#146;s officers and employees and any
other expenses of the Company including the chartering of airplanes (but excluding any separately-incurred travel
expenses of employees and representatives of the Representatives and the
Underwriters), fees and expenses incident to listing the Offered
Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, NASDAQ
Stock Market and other national and foreign exchanges, fees and expenses in
connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Exchange
Act, and expenses incurred in distributing
preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and
supplements thereto) to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for
preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors
or prospective investors.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp; <i>Use
of Proceeds</i>.&#160; The Company will
use the net proceeds received in connection with this offering in the manner
described in the &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; section of the General Disclosure Package
and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company does
not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities
hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any
Underwriter.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)&nbsp; <i>Absence
of Manipulation</i>.&#160; The Company
will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would
constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Restriction
on Sale of Securities.&#160; </font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company
will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of,
directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement
under the Act relating to United States dollar-denominated debt securities
issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a maturity of more than one year
from the date of issue, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such
offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent
of Credit Suisse for a period beginning on the date hereof and ending 90&nbsp;days after the Closing Date (the &#147;<b>Lock-Up Period</b>&#148;); provided, however, that
this paragraph&nbsp;(k)&nbsp;shall not prohibit the filing of a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement for the sole purpose of registering
first mortgage bonds issued by a subsidiary of the Company but not guaranteed
by the Company.</font></h2>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.&#160; <i>Free Writing Prospectuses</i>.&#160; (a)&nbsp; <i>Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses</i>.&#160; The Company
represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of Credit
Suisse, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the
prior consent of the Company and Credit Suisse, it has not made and will not
make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a &#147;free
writing prospectus&#148;, as defined in Rule&nbsp;405, required to be filed with the
Commission.&#160; Any such free writing
prospectus consented to by the Company and Credit Suisse is hereinafter
referred to as a &#147;<b>Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus</b>&#148;.&#160; The Company
represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus as an &#147;issuer free writing prospectus&#148;, as defined in Rule&nbsp;433,
and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules&nbsp;164
and&nbsp;433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including
timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping.</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp; <i>Term Sheets</i>.&#160; The Company will prepare a final term sheet
relating to the Offered Securities, containing only information that describes
the final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise in a form consented to
by Credit Suisse, and will file such final term sheet within the period
required by Rule&nbsp;433(d)(5)(ii)&nbsp;following the date such final terms
have been established for all classes of the offering of the Offered
Securities.&#160; Any such final term sheet is
an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus for
purposes of this Agreement.&#160; The Company
also consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that
contains only (i)&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;information describing the preliminary terms of
the Offered Securities or their offering or (B)&nbsp;information that describes
the final terms of the Offered Securities or their offering and that is
included in the final term sheet of the Company contemplated in the first
sentence of this subsection or (ii)&nbsp;other information that is not &#147;issuer
information&#148;, as defined in Rule&nbsp;433, it being understood that any such
free writing prospectus referred to in clause&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;or (ii)&nbsp;above
shall not be an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.</font></h2>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.&#160; <i>Conditions of the
Obligations of the Underwriters</i>.&#160;
The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the
Offered Securities on the Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein (as though made on the
Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp; <i>Accountants&#146; Comfort Letter</i>.&#160; The Representatives shall have received
letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Closing Date, of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp;
Touche LLP confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and
independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Laws and
substantially in the form of Schedule&nbsp;C hereto (except that, in any letter
dated the Closing Date, the specified date referred to in Schedule&nbsp;C
hereto shall be a date no more than three days prior to the Closing Date).</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp; <i>Accountants&#146; Comfort Letter</i>.&#160; The Representatives shall have received
letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Closing Date, of KPMG LLP
confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent
public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Laws and substantially
in the form of Schedule&nbsp;D hereto (except that, in any letter dated the
Closing Date, the specified date referred to in Schedule&nbsp;D hereto shall be
a date no more than three days prior to the Closing Date).</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Reserve
Report Confirmation Letter</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; The Representatives shall have received
letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Closing Date, of Cawley,
Gillespie&nbsp;&amp; Associates,&nbsp;Inc., containing statements and
information with respect to the estimated oil and gas reserves of the Company
and its subsidiaries and substantially in the form of Schedule E hereto.</font></h2>

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Report Confirmation Letter</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; The Representatives shall have received
letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Closing Date, of Ralph E.
Davis Associates,&nbsp;Inc., containing statements and information with respect
to the estimated oil and gas reserves of the Company and its subsidiaries and
substantially in the form of Schedule F hereto.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Filing
of Prospectus.&#160; </font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Final
Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules&nbsp;and
Regulations and Section&nbsp;5(a)&nbsp;hereof.&#160;
No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or of any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or any
Underwriter, shall be contemplated by the Commission.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)&nbsp; <i>No Material Adverse Change</i>.&#160; Subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i)&nbsp;any change, or any
development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole which, in the
judgment of Credit Suisse, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii)&nbsp;any downgrading in the
rating of any debt securities of the Company by any &#147;nationally recognized
statistical rating organization&#148; (as defined for purposes of Rule&nbsp;436(g)),
or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or
review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an
announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no
implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii)&nbsp;any change
in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or
currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to
make it, in the judgment of Credit Suisse, impractical to market or to enforce
contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market
or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv)&nbsp;any suspension or
material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such
exchange; (v)&nbsp;or any suspension of trading of any securities of the
Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi)&nbsp;any
banking moratorium declared by any U.S. Federal or New York authorities; (vii)&nbsp;any
major disruption of settlements of securities, payment or clearance services in
the United States or any other country where such securities are listed or (viii)&nbsp;any
attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving
the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or
international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of Credit Suisse, the
effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or
emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the
Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)&nbsp; <i>Opinion of Counsel for Company</i>.&#160; The Representatives shall have received an
opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Conner&nbsp;&amp; Winters, LLP, counsel for
the Company, to the effect that:</font></h2>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp; <i>Indenture; Offered Securities</i>.&#160; The Indenture has been duly qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act; the Offered Securities delivered on the Closing Date
conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the
description of such Offered Securities contained in the Final Prospectus; and
the Indenture and the Offered Securities delivered on the Closing Date
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms and the Offered Securities are entitled to the
benefits provided by the Indenture, subject in each case to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights and to general
equity principles;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&nbsp; <i>Investment Company Act</i>.&#160;
The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described
in the General Disclosure Package, will not be an &#147;investment company&#148; as
defined in the Investment Company Act;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp; <i>Absence of Further Requirements</i>.&#160; No consent, approval, authorization or order
of, or filing with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or
any court) is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the
Offered Securities by </font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Company, except such as have been obtained
or made and such as may be required under state securities laws, the Energy Policy
Act or the Federal Power Act;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)&nbsp; <i>Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction</i>.&#160; The execution, delivery and performance of
the Indenture and this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Offered
Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result
in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant
to (A)&nbsp;the charter or by-laws of the Company, (B)&nbsp;any statute, rule,
regulation or, to such counsel&#146;s knowledge, order of any governmental agency or
body or any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or any of their properties (other than the Energy Policy Act or the Federal
Power Act or any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body
relating to the Energy Policy Act or the Federal Power Act or any court having
jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their
properties in a proceeding relating to the Energy Policy Act or the Federal
Power Act), except in the case of this clause&nbsp;(B)&nbsp;for such breaches,
violations, defaults or impositions as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, or (C)&nbsp;any agreement or
instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or as an exhibit
to any document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (it
being understood that such counsel&#146;s opinion under this clause&nbsp;(C)&nbsp;need
not extend to compliance with any financial ratio or any limitation in any
contractual restriction expressed as a dollar (or other currency) amount);</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)&nbsp; <i>Compliance with Registration Requirements; Effectiveness</i>.&#160; The Registration Statement has become
effective under the Act, the Final Prospectus was filed with the Commission
pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;specified in such opinion
on the date specified therein, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part
thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act; the statements (A)&nbsp;under
the headings &#147;Description of the Notes&#148;, &#147;Description of Senior Debt Securities&#148;,
&#147;Description of Subordinated Debt Securities&#148;, &#147;Description of Capital Stock&#148;, &#147;Description
of Warrants&#148;, &#147;Description of Purchase Contracts&#148;, &#147;Description of Units&#148;, &#147;Material
United States Federal Tax Considerations&#148; and &#147;Underwriting&#148; in the
Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus and (B)&nbsp;in
Item 15 of the Registration Statement, in each case, of legal matters,
agreements, documents or proceedings are accurate and fair summaries thereof in
all material respects and present the information required to be shown; and
such counsel do not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to
be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus which are
not described as required or of any contracts or documents of a character
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus
or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not
described and filed as required;</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vi)&nbsp; <i>Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts.&#160; </i>To such counsel&#146;s knowledge, the
Company is not in violation of its charter or by-laws and, to such counsel&#146;s
knowledge, no default (or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of
time would be a default) has occurred in the due performance or observance of
any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement
or instrument that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement or
the General Disclosure Package or filed or incorporated by reference as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement; and</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vii)&nbsp;
<i>Accurate Disclosure.&#160; </i>The Registration Statement, as of
the Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities, and the Final
Prospectus, as of the date of this Agreement, and each amendment or supplement
thereto, as of its issue date, complied as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules&nbsp;and
Regulations (it being understood that such counsel need express no opinion as
to the content of the financial statements or the other financial data or
assessments of or reports on the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting contained in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or the Statement of Eligibility on Form&nbsp;T-1
(the &#147;<b>Form&nbsp;T-1</b>&#148;) of the
Trustee with respect to the Offered Securities).</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated in
conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company,
representatives of the independent registered public accountants of the
Company, and representatives of the Underwriters at which the contents of the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus
were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not
assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package or the Final Prospectus (except and to the extent stated in
subparagraph (v)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;7(g)), on the basis of the
foregoing, nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that causes them
to believe that (A)&nbsp;any part of the Registration Statement, as of the
Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B)&nbsp;the
Final Prospectus, as of the date of this Agreement or as of the Closing Date,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date or as of the
Closing Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (C)&nbsp;the
General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel
need express no comment or belief as to the content of the financial statements
or the other financial data or assessments of or reports on the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting contained in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or the Form&nbsp;T-1).</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)&nbsp; <i>Opinion of General Counsel to the Company</i>.&#160; The Representatives shall have received an
opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Steven J. Helmers,&nbsp;Esq., General
Counsel to the Company, to the effect that:</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp; <i>Good Standing of the Company.</i>&#160; The Company has been duly incorporated and is
an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of South
Dakota, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct
its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and the Company is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all
other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct
of its business requires such qualification, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">except where the failure to
be so qualified and in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Significant
Subsidiaries.&#160; </font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each subsidiary
of the Company listed on Schedule G hereto (each, a &#147;<b>Significant Subsidiary</b>&#148;) has been duly incorporated or
organized, as the case may be, and is existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may
be, with power and authority (corporate </font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the General Disclosure Package;
and each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation, limited partnership, general partnership or limited liability
company, as the case may be, in good standing in all other jurisdictions in
which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified and in
good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or partnership
or limited liability company interests, as the case may be, of each Significant
Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable; and the capital stock or partnership or limited liability
company interests, as the case may be, of each Significant Subsidiary owned by
the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens,
encumbrances and defects;</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Indenture; Offered Securities.</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;
The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company; and the Offered Securities delivered on the Closing Date have been
duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered;</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Authority.</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;
The Company has full corporate power and authority to authorize, issue
and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by this Agreement;</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Authorization of Agreement.</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;
This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company;</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vi)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Registration Rights.&#160; </font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package,
there are no contracts, agreements or understandings known to such General
Counsel between the Company and any person granting such person the right to
require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect
to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to
require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement or in any securities being registered
pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the
Act;</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vii)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Possession of Licenses.</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;
To such General Counsel&#146;s knowledge, the Company and each of its
subsidiaries possess adequate Licenses issued by appropriate governmental
agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business as now operated by them as
described in the General Disclosure Package and, except as described in the
General Disclosure Package, such General Counsel is not aware of the receipt of
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
such License that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect;</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(viii)&nbsp; </font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Environmental Laws.</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;
To such General Counsel&#146;s knowledge, except as disclosed in the General
Disclosure Package, the Company and each subsidiary of the Company (A)&nbsp;is
in compliance with any and all applicable environmental laws, (B)&nbsp;has
received all permits, licenses and other approvals required of it under
applicable environmental laws to conduct its business and (C)&nbsp;is in
compliance with all terms and conditions of each such permit, license and
approval, except where such noncompliance with environmental laws, failure to
receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with
the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ix)&nbsp; <i>Absence of Further Requirements</i>.&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required under
South Dakota law, the Energy Policy Act or the Federal Power Act for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection
with the issuance and </font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">sale of the
Offered Securities by the Company, except such as have been obtained and such
as may be required under state securities laws;</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(x)&nbsp; <i>Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction</i>.&#160; The execution, delivery and performance of
the Indenture and this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Offered
Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result
in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant
to (A)&nbsp;the Energy Policy Act or the Federal Power Act or any rule,
regulation or, to such General Counsel&#146;s knowledge, order of any governmental
agency or body relating to the Energy Policy Act or the Federal Power Act or
any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company
or any of their properties in a proceeding relating to the Energy Policy Act or
the Federal Power Act or (B)&nbsp;any agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is subject, except in the case of this clause&nbsp;(B)&nbsp;for
such breaches, violations, defaults or impositions as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xi)&#160; <i>Accurate Disclosure.</i>&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The descriptions under the headings &#147;Risk Factors&#148;, &#147;Business&#148;
and &#147;Black Hills Corporation&#148; in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental
proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate in all material
respects and fairly present the information required to be shown </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(it being understood that such General Counsel need express no opinion
as to the content of the financial statements or the other financial data or
assessments of or reports on the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting contained in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or the Form&nbsp;T-1)</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, such General Counsel shall state that such General Counsel
has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the
Company, representatives of the independent registered public accountants of
the Company, and representatives of the Underwriters at which the contents of
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus were discussed and, although such General Counsel is not passing
upon and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (except and to the extent stated in
subparagraph (xi) of this Section&nbsp;7(h)), on the basis of the foregoing,
nothing has come to the attention of such General Counsel that causes him to
believe that</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> (A)&nbsp;any part of the
Registration Statement, as of the Effective Time relating to the Offered
Securities, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (B)&nbsp;the Final Prospectus, as of the
date of this Agreement or as of the Closing Date, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, as of its issue date or as of the Closing Date, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (C)&nbsp;the
General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such General
Counsel need express no comment or belief as to the content of the financial
statements or the other financial data or assessments of or reports on the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting </font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">contained in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or the Form&nbsp;T-1).</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp; <i>Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters.&#160; </i>The Representatives shall have
received from Cravath, Swaine&nbsp;&amp; Moore LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to
such matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.&#160;
In rendering such opinion, Cravath, Swaine&nbsp;&amp; Moore LLP may rely
as to the incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by
South&nbsp;Dakota law upon the opinion of Steven J. Helmers,&nbsp;Esq., General
Counsel to the Company, referred to above.</font></h2>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:18.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)&nbsp; <i>Officers&#146; Certificate</i>.&#160; The Representatives shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, of an executive officer of the Company and
a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such
officers shall state that:&#160; the
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct; the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to
the Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge and after reasonable
investigation, are contemplated by the Commission; and, subsequent to the date
of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package,
there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event
involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, business or properties of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or contemplated by the
General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.</font></h2>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such
opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably
request.&#160; Credit Suisse may in its sole
discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions
to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.</font></p>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8. &#160;<i>Indemnification and
Contribution</i>.&#160; (a)&nbsp; <i>Indemnification of Underwriters</i>.&#160; The Company will indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees,
agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter
within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the
Exchange Act (each, an &#147;<b>Indemnified Party</b>&#148;),
against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several,
to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange
Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement at any
time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse
each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against
any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or
proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party
thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the
enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses
are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any
such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises
out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or
omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists
of the information described as such in subsection&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;below.</font></h1>

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<h5 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp; <i>Indemnification of Company</i>.&#160; Each Underwriter will severally and not
jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each
of its officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Act or Section&nbsp;20
of the Exchange Act (each, an &#147;<b>Underwriter
Indemnified Party</b>&#148;), against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject,
under the Act</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory
law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement at any
time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will
reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any
such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or
proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a
party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue
statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such
expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information
in the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter:&#160; the concession and reallowance figures
appearing in the fourth&nbsp;paragraph under the caption &#147;Underwriting&#148; and the
information contained in the ninth (pertaining to stabilizing transactions,
over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids)
and tenth (pertaining to the effect of stabilizing transactions, syndicate
covering transactions and penalty bids) paragraphs under the caption &#147;Underwriting&#148;.</font></h5>

<h5 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h5>

<h5 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp; <i>Actions against Parties; Notification</i>.&#160; Promptly after receipt by an indemnified
party under this Section&nbsp;of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under subsection&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above, notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
under subsection&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above except to the extent that it
has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to
an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above.&#160; In case any such action is brought against
any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be
liable to such indemnified party under this Section&nbsp;for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of
which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could
have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i)&nbsp;includes
an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any
claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii)&nbsp;does not
include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure
to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.</font></h5>

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<h5 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp; <i>Contribution</i>.&#160; If the indemnification provided for in this Section&nbsp;is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;or
(b)&nbsp;above (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other</font></h5>

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<h5 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">from
the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii)&nbsp;if the allocation provided
by clause&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred
to in clause&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;above but also the relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.&#160; The relative benefits received by the Company
on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the
same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters.&#160;
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 relates to
information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties&#146;
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
the first sentence of this subsection&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;shall be deemed to include
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the
subject of this subsection&nbsp;(d).&#160;
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection&nbsp;(d), no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Offered Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.&#160; No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f)&nbsp;of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.&#160; The
Underwriters&#146; obligations in this subsection&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;to contribute are
several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not
joint.&#160; The Company and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section&nbsp;8(d)&nbsp;were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section&nbsp;8(d).</font></h5>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.&#160; <i>Default of Underwriters</i>.&#160; If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in
their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on the&#160; Closing Date and the aggregate principal
amount of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount
of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the
Closing Date, Credit Suisse may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company
for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of
the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to
their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that
such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date.
If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal
amount of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults
occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of Offered Securities that the
Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date and arrangements
satisfactory to Credit Suisse and the Company for the purchase of such Offered
Securities by other persons are not made within 36&nbsp;hours after such
default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section&nbsp;10.&#160; As used in this Agreement, the term &#147;Underwriter&#148;
includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing
herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.&#160; <i>Survival of Certain
Representations and Obligations</i>.&#160;
The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters
set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results
thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their
respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person,
and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities.&#160; If the purchase of the Offered Securities by
the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of
the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section&nbsp;9 hereof or the
occurrence of any event specified in</font></h1>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">clause (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii)&nbsp;or (viii)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;7(f),
the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in
connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the respective
obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section&nbsp;8
hereof shall remain in effect.&#160; In
addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the
representations and warranties in Section&nbsp;2 and all obligations under Section&nbsp;5
shall also remain in effect.</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.&#160; <i>Notices</i>.&#160; All communications hereunder will be in
writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to the Representatives c/o Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New&nbsp;York, NY 10010-3629,
Attention:&nbsp;&nbsp;IBD Legal, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 625 Ninth Street, Rapid City,
SD 57701, Attention:&#160; Steven J. Helmers,&nbsp;Esq.,
General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant
to Section&nbsp;8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to
such Underwriter.</font></h1>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.&#160; <i>Successors</i>.&#160; This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section&nbsp;8,
and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.</font></h1>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.&#160; <i>Representation of
Underwriters</i>.&#160; The
Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with this
financing, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives
jointly or by Credit Suisse will be binding upon all the Underwriters.</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14.&#160; <i>Counterparts</i>.&#160; This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15.&#160; <i>Absence of Fiduciary Relationship.&#160; </i>The Company acknowledges and
agrees that:</font></h1>

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<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <i>No Other Relationship</i>.&#160; Each Representative has been retained solely
to act as an underwriter in connection with the sale of Offered Securities and
that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and
either Representative has been created in respect of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether
either Representative has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;</font></h6>

<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h6>

<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <i>Arms&#146; Length Negotiations</i>.&#160; The price of the Offered Securities set forth
in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and
arms-length negotiations with the Representatives and the Company is capable of
evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and
conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;</font></h6>

<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h6>

<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <i>Absence of Obligation to
Disclose</i>.&#160; The Company has
been advised that each Representative and its affiliates are engaged in a broad
range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the
Company and that neither Representative has any obligation to disclose such
interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory
or agency relationship; and</font></h6>

<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h6>

<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <i>Waiver</i>.&#160; The Company waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims it may have against either Representative for
breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that
neither Representative shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect) to
the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person
asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company,
including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.</font></h6>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h1>

<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">16.&#160; <i>Applicable Law</i>.&#160; This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New&nbsp;York.</font></b></h1>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and
state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New&nbsp;York in any
suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.&#160; </font>The
Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of
venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough
of Manhattan in The City of New&nbsp;York and irrevocably and unconditionally
waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or
proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">22</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If
the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives&#146; understanding of our
agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts
hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and
the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">Very truly yours,</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">BLACK HILLS CORPORATION</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">by</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:46.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ David R. Emery</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:46.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:7.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David R. Emery</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:7.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief
  Executive Officer</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing Underwriting
Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:45.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">CREDIT
  SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">by</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Jason Satsky</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:31.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jason Satsky</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:31.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="45%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:45.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">RBS
  SECURITIES INC.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Mark Frenzel</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
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  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:31.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mark Frenzel</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
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  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:31.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.98%;">
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Acting on behalf of themselves and as the Representatives of the several
Underwriters.</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SCHEDULE A</font></b></p>

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  <td width="81%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Underwriter</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br> Amount of<br> Offered Securities</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="81%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Credit
  Suisse Securities (USA) LLC</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.9%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="81%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RBS Securities Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.9%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="81%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BMO Capital Markets Corp</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.9%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="81%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.9%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="81%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wedbush Morgan Securities
  Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.9%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="81%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">U.S. Bancorp
  Investments,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.9%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,500,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="81%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.9%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,250,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="81%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:81.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Williams Capital Group,
  L.P.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.9%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,250,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:10.5pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; General Use Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package)</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:10.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;General Use Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus&#148; includes each of the following documents:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:10.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 1.&#160; Final term sheet, dated May 11, 2009, a copy
of which is attached hereto.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:10.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:10.5pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Other Information Included in the
General Disclosure Package</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:10.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The following
information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:10.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; None.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE
C</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Form&nbsp;of
D&amp;T letter)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE
D</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Form&nbsp;of KPMG
letter)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE
E</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Form&nbsp;of
Cawley, Gillespie&nbsp;&amp; Associates,&nbsp;Inc., letter)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE
F</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Form&nbsp;of
Ralph E. Davis Associates,&nbsp;Inc., letter)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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G</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(&#147;Significant
Subsidiaries&#148;)</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Electric Generation, LLC</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Exploration and Production,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Non-Regulated Holdings, LLC</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Power,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Service Company, LLC</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Utility Holdings,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Wyoming,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills/Colorado Electric Utility
Company, LP</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills/Colorado Gas Utility Company, LP</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills/Colorado Utility Company, LLC</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills/Colorado Utility Company II, LLC</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills/Iowa Gas Utility Company, LLC</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills/Kansas Gas Utility Company, LLC</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills/Nebraska Gas Utility Company,
LLC</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Enserco Energy Inc.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wyodak Resources Development Corp.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BLACK HILLS CORPORATION</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AND</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AS TRUSTEE</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DATED AS OF</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MAY&nbsp;14, 2009</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$250,000,000</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9% NOTES DUE 2014</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SECOND
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of May&nbsp;14, 2009 (this &#147;<u>Supplemental
Indenture</u>&#148;), to the Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003 (as
supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003,
and as further supplemented, amended or modified, the &#147;<u>Indenture</u>&#148;), by
and between BLACK HILLS CORPORATION, a South Dakota corporation (the &#147;<u>Company</u>&#148;),
and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (as
successor to LaSalle Bank National Association), as trustee (the &#147;<u>Trustee</u>&#148;).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes (as defined below):</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
the Company and the Trustee have duly authorized the execution and delivery of
the Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of senior debt
securities (the &#147;<u>Securities</u>&#148;) to be issued in one or more series as in
the Indenture provided;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
the Company has appointed the Trustee as successor trustee under the Indenture,
and the Trustee has accepted such appointment, pursuant to the Agreement of
Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance dated as of February&nbsp;17, 2009,
among Bank of America, N.A. (as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National
Association), the Trustee and the Company;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join the Company in the
execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to establish and
provide for the issuance by the Company of a series of Securities designated as
its 9% Notes due 2014 in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;A (the &#147;<u>Notes</u>&#148;),
on the terms set forth herein;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
Section&nbsp;3.1 of the Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be
entered into by the Company and the Trustee for such purpose provided certain
conditions are met;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
the conditions set forth in the Indenture for the execution and delivery of
this Supplemental Indenture have been complied with; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,
all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, and a valid
amendment of, and supplement to, the Indenture have been done;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOW, THEREFORE:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by
the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for the
equal and ratable benefit of the holders, that the Indenture is supplemented
and amended, to the extent expressed herein, as follows:</font></p>

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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE I</font></b></h1>

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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Scope of Supplemental
Indenture; General</font></b></h1>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
Supplemental Indenture supplements and, to the extent inconsistent therewith,
replaces the provisions of the Indenture, to which provisions reference is
hereby made.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
changes, modifications and supplements to the Indenture effected by this
Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the
terms of, the Notes, which shall initially be in an aggregate principal amount
of $250,000,000,<b><i style="font-weight:bold;">  </i></b>which
amount may be increased pursuant to an Officers&#146; Certificate (as defined in the
Indenture) in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and shall not apply
to any other Securities that may be issued under the Indenture unless a
supplemental indenture with respect to such other Securities specifically
incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements.&#160; Pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture,
there is hereby created and designated a series of Securities under the Indenture
entitled &#147;9% Notes due 2014.&#148;&#160; The Notes
shall be in the form of Exhibit&nbsp;A hereto.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
the event that the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate any
Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date (as
defined below) (such Notes, &#147;<u>Additional Securities</u>&#148;), the Company shall
use its best efforts to obtain the same &#147;CUSIP&#148; number for such Notes as is
printed on the Notes outstanding at such time; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>,
that if any series of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture subsequent
to the Issue Date is determined, pursuant to an Opinion of Counsel (as defined
in the Indenture) of the Company in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, to be a different class of security than the Notes outstanding at such
time for federal income tax purposes, the Company may obtain a &#147;CUSIP&#148; number
for such Notes that is different than the &#147;CUSIP&#148; number printed on the Notes
then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Notes issued under this
Supplemental Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters as one
class and no series of Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a
separate class on any matter.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following terms have the meanings set forth below in this Supplemental
Indenture.&#160; Capitalized terms used but
not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Indenture.&#160; To the extent terms defined
herein differ from the Indenture the terms defined herein shall govern.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Adjusted
Treasury Rate</u>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i)&nbsp;the
yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately
preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release
designated &#147;H.15 (519)&#148; or any successor publication which is published weekly
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to
constant maturity under the caption &#147;Treasury Constant Maturities&#148; for the
maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">maturity is within three months before or after the Stated Maturity of
the Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding
to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Adjusted Treasury
Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line
basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii)&nbsp;if such release (or any
successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation
date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the
semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for
such Redemption Date, in each case calculated on the third Business Day
preceding the Redemption Date, plus in each case 0.50%.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Assets</u>&#148;
of any Person means the whole or any part of its business, property, assets,
cash and receivables.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Change
of Control</u>&#148; means the occurrence of any of the following:&#160; (i)&nbsp;the consummation of any transaction
(including any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person
becomes the &#147;beneficial owner&#148; (as defined in Rules&nbsp;13d-3 and 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;such
person shall be deemed to have &#147;beneficial ownership&#148; of all shares that any
such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time) of shares representing more than
50% of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or
other Voting Stock into which the Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified,
consolidated, exchanged or changed, (ii)&nbsp;the direct or indirect sale,
lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger
or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a
whole to any person other than the Company or one of the Subsidiaries, (iii)&nbsp;the
merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any person or the merger or
consolidation of any person with or into the Company, in any such event
pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding shares of the Voting
Stock of the Company or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into
or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such
transaction in which the shares of Voting Stock of the Company outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or
exchanged for, shares representing more than 50% of the voting power of the
Voting Stock of the resulting or surviving person or any direct or indirect
parent company of the resulting or surviving person immediately after giving
effect to such transaction, (iv)&nbsp;the first day on which a majority of the
members of the board of directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors
or (v)&nbsp;the adoption of a plan providing for the liquidation or dissolution
of the Company.&#160; Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control
under clause (i)&nbsp;above if (a)&nbsp;the Company becomes a direct or
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company and (b)(x)&nbsp;the
direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company
immediately following such transaction are substantially the same as the
holders of the Company&#146;s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction or (y)&nbsp;immediately
following such transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying
the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of shares </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of
such holding company.&#160; The term &#147;person,&#148;
as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section&nbsp;13(d)(3)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Change
of Control Offer</u>&#148; has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;4.2.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Change
of Control Payment</u>&#148; has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;4.2.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Change
of Control Payment Date</u>&#148; has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;4.2.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Change
of Control Triggering Event</u>&#148; means the occurrence of both a Change of
Control and a Rating Event.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Comparable
Treasury Issue</u>&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term from the
Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of the Notes that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of the Notes.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Comparable
Treasury Price</u>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date, if clause (ii)&nbsp;of
the definition of Adjusted Treasury Rate is applicable, the average of three,
or such lesser number as is obtained by the Trustee, Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for such Redemption Date.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Consolidated
Capitalization</u>&#148; means, as of any date of determination, the sum obtained by
adding (i)&nbsp;Consolidated Shareholders&#146; Equity, (ii)&nbsp;Consolidated
Indebtedness (exclusive of any that is due and payable within one year of the
date such sum is determined) and, without duplication, (iii)&nbsp;any
preference or preferred stock of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary
that is subject to mandatory redemption or sinking fund provisions.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Consolidated
Indebtedness</u>&#148; means, as of any date of determination, total indebtedness as
shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Consolidated
Shareholders&#146; Equity</u>&#148; means, as of any date of determination, the total
Assets of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries less all liabilities of
the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries that would, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (as in effect on
the date of this Supplemental Indenture), be classified on a balance sheet as
liabilities, including (i)&nbsp;indebtedness secured by property of the Company
or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries whether or not the Company or such
Consolidated Subsidiary is liable for the payment of such indebtedness unless,
in the case that the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary is not so liable,
such property has not been included among the Assets of the Company or such
Consolidated Subsidiary on such balance sheet, (ii)&nbsp;deferred liabilities
and (iii)&nbsp;indebtedness of the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries that is expressly subordinated in right and priority of payment to
other </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">liabilities of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary.&#160; As used in this definition, &#147;liabilities&#148;
includes preference or preferred stock of the Company or any Consolidated
Subsidiary only to the extent of any such preference or preferred stock that is
subject to mandatory redemption or sinking fund provisions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Consolidated
Subsidiary</u>&#148; means, at any date, any Subsidiary the financial statements of
which under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (as
in effect on the date of this Supplemental Indenture) would be consolidated
with those of the Company in its consolidated financial statements as of such
date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Continuing
Directors</u>&#148; means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board
of directors of the Company who (i)&nbsp;was a member of such board of
directors on the Issue Date or (ii)&nbsp;was nominated for election or elected
to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of such board of directors at the time of such
nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company&#146;s
proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a
director, without objection to such nomination).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Event
of Default</u>&#148; has the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;5.1.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Fitch</u>&#148;
means Fitch Ratings,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Holder</u>&#148;
means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the books of the
Security Registrar for the Notes.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Indebtedness</u>&#148;
means (i)&nbsp;all indebtedness, whether or not represented by bonds,
debentures, notes or other securities, incurred, created or assumed by the
Company or any Subsidiary for the repayment of money borrowed, (ii)&nbsp;all
indebtedness for money borrowed secured by a lien upon property owned by the
Company or any Subsidiary, regardless of whether the Company or such Subsidiary
has assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment of such indebtedness for
money borrowed, and (iii)&nbsp;all indebtedness of others for money borrowed
that is guaranteed as to payment of principal or interest by the Company or any
Subsidiary or in effect guaranteed by the Company or such Subsidiary through a
contingent agreement to purchase such indebtedness or through any &#147;keep-well&#148;
or similar agreement to be directly or indirectly liable for the repayment of
such indebtedness.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Investment
Grade Rating</u>&#148; means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the
equivalent) by Fitch, Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody&#146;s and BBB- (or the
equivalent) by S&amp;P.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Issue
Date</u>&#148; means the date on which the Notes are originally issued under this
Supplemental Indenture.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Make-Whole
Amount</u>&#148; means the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of the present
values of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, together with
scheduled payments of interest (exclusive of accrued and unpaid interest (if
any) to the Redemption Date) from the Redemption Date to the Stated Maturity of
the </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notes, in each case discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual
basis, assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at the
Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) on the
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to the Redemption Date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Moody&#146;s</u>&#148;
means Moody&#146;s Investors Service,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Quotation
Agent</u>&#148; means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by the Trustee after
consultation with the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Rating
Agencies</u>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;each of Fitch, Moody&#146;s and S&amp;P and (ii)&nbsp;if
any of Fitch, Moody&#146;s or S&amp;P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a
rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company&#146;s
control, a &#147;nationally recognized statistical rating organization&#148; within the
meaning of Rule&nbsp;15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act, selected
by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a
replacement agency for Fitch, Moody&#146;s or S&amp;P, as the case may be.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Rating
Event</u>&#148; means the rating of the Notes is lowered by at least two of the
three Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating
by at least two of the three Rating Agencies, on any day during the period
(which period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under
publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating
Agencies) commencing 60 days prior to the first public notice of the occurrence
of a Change of Control or the intention of the Company to effect a Change of
Control and ending 60 days following the consummation of such Change of
Control.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Reference
Treasury Dealer</u>&#148; means each primary U.S. Government securities dealer
selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations</u>&#148; means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of
the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each
case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Trustee
by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>S&amp;P</u>&#148;
means Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Subsidiary</u>&#148;
means a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or trust in
which more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company and/or by one or more other Subsidiaries.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Voting
Stock</u>&#148; means, with respect to any specified &#147;person&#148; (as that term is used
in Section&nbsp;13(d)(3)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act) as of any date, stock,
partnership interests or any other participations, rights, warrants, options or
other interests in the nature of an equity interest that ordinarily (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) has voting power for the election
of directors, managers or trustees of such </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">person, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of
stock has that voting power by reason of any contingency.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Trustee</u>&#148;
means the party named as such above until a successor replaces such party in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and thereafter means
the successor serving hereunder.</font></p>

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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE III</font></b></h1>

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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The
Notes</font></b></h1>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Payments of Principal and
Interest.</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Notes shall bear interest from and including May&nbsp;14, 2009, to but
excluding the date of Maturity, at the rate of 9% per annum.&#160; The Notes shall mature on May&nbsp;15,
2014.&#160; The Company shall pay interest on
the Notes semiannually on May&nbsp;15 and November&nbsp;15 of each year,
commencing November&nbsp;15, 2009, to the Person in whose name any such Note or
any predecessor Note is registered in the Security Register at the close of
business on the May&nbsp;1 and November&nbsp;1 next preceding such Interest
Payment Date.&#160; The Company initially
authorizes the Trustee to act as Paying Agent.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Optional Redemption.</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subject
to the provisions of Article&nbsp;XI of the Indenture, the Notes shall be
redeemable at the option of the Company, as a whole at any time or in part from
time to time, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i)&nbsp;the
principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest
(if any) to the Redemption Date and (ii)&nbsp;the Make-Whole Amount with
respect to the Notes to be redeemed.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>No Sinking Fund.</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Notes shall not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Book Entry, Delivery and Form.</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Notes shall initially be issued in the form of a Global Security (the &#147;<u>Global
Note</u>&#148;).&#160; The Global Note shall
initially be deposited on or about the Issue Date with, or on behalf of, The
Depository Trust Company (the &#147;<u>Depositary</u>&#148;) and registered in the name
of Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co., as nominee of the Depositary.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;3.5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Form&nbsp;of Legend for Global
Note.</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
addition to the legend set forth in Section&nbsp;2.2 of the Indenture, every
Global Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend
substantially in the following form:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (&#147;DTC&#148;), TO THE COMPANY
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.</font></p>

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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE IV</font></b></h1>

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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Covenants</font></b></h1>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;4.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Limitations on
Liens.</u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">So long as any
Notes are Outstanding, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall mortgage,
pledge, grant a security interest in or hypothecate, or permit any mortgage,
pledge, security interest, lien or other encumbrance upon, any capital stock of
any Subsidiary now or hereafter owned directly or indirectly by the Company or
any Subsidiary, to secure any Indebtedness without concurrently making
effective provision whereby the Outstanding Notes shall (so long as such other
Indebtedness shall be so secured) be equally and ratably secured with any and
all such other Indebtedness and any other indebtedness similarly entitled to be
equally and ratably secured; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that this
restriction shall not apply to, or prevent the creation of:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance existing on the Issue
Date;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance upon any capital stock
created at the time of the acquisition of such capital stock by the Company or
any Subsidiary or within one year after such time to secure all or a portion of
the purchase price for such capital stock;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance upon any capital stock
existing thereon at the time of the acquisition of such capital stock by the
Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not the obligations secured thereby are
assumed by the Company or such Subsidiary, other than any mortgage, pledge,
security interest, lien or encumbrance created in connection with or in
anticipation of such acquisition not for the purpose of securing the purchase
price for such capital stock;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance upon any capital stock
to secure or provide for the acquisition, construction, improvement, expansion
or development of property by the Company or any Subsidiary; <u>provided</u>
that such mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance may not
extend to or cover any other property of the Company or any Subsidiary that is
not the subject of the related financing;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance upon any capital stock
of Black Hills Wyoming,&nbsp;Inc. (or any of its direct or indirect
Subsidiaries), or any other Subsidiary or group of Subsidiaries formed to
refinance the project now known as the &#147;Wygen I&#148; project; <u>provided</u> that
such mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance may not extend to
or cover any other property of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not the
subject of such refinancing;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>so
long as no additional property of the Company or any Subsidiary is encumbered
or made subject to a mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or other
encumbrance, any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance
granted in connection with (a)&nbsp;extending, renewing, replacing or
refinancing in whole or in part the Indebtedness secured by any mortgage,
pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance described in the foregoing
clauses (1)&nbsp;through (5)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;any transaction or series of
related transactions involving separate projects pursuant to which any of the
mortgages, pledges, security interests, liens or encumbrances described in the
foregoing clauses (1)&nbsp;through (5)&nbsp;are combined or aggregated; <u>provided</u>,
that, for purposes of this subclause (b), all of the Indebtedness secured by
such mortgages, pledges, security interests, liens or encumbrances immediately
prior to such transaction or series of related transactions is repaid in
connection therewith; <u>provided</u>  <u>further</u>, that, for purposes of
this subclause (b), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by such
combined or aggregated mortgages, pledges, security interests, liens or other
encumbrances does not exceed the sum of (x)&nbsp;the aggregate amount of
extended, renewed, replaced or refinanced Indebtedness secured by such
mortgages, pledges, security interests, liens or encumbrances outstanding
immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions and (y)&nbsp;5%
of Consolidated Capitalization, less the total amount of all Indebtedness then
outstanding that has been incurred and secured pursuant to this subclause (y)&nbsp;in
any prior, separate transactions or series of related transactions;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance upon any capital stock
now or hereafter owned by the Company or any Subsidiary to secure any
Indebtedness, which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restriction and
not otherwise permitted under any of the foregoing clauses (1)&nbsp;through
(6), in an aggregate principal amount which, together with the amount of all
other such Indebtedness then outstanding that has been incurred and secured
under this clause (7), does not at the time of the creation of such mortgage,
pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance exceed 5% of Consolidated
Capitalization; or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any
judgment, levy, execution, attachment or other similar lien arising in
connection with court proceedings, <u>provided</u> that:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
execution or enforcement of each such lien is effectively stayed within 60 days
after entry of the corresponding judgment (or the corresponding judgment has
been discharged within such 60-day period) and the claims secured thereby are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings timely commenced and
diligently prosecuted;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
payment of each such lien is covered in full by insurance provided by a third
party and the insurance company has not denied or contested coverage thereof;
or</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>each
such lien is adequately bonded within 60 days of the creation of such lien.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In case the
Company shall propose to mortgage, pledge, grant a security interest in or
hypothecate any capital stock of any Subsidiary owned directly or indirectly by
the Company or any Subsidiary to secure any Indebtedness, other than as
permitted by clauses (1)&nbsp;to (7), inclusive, of this Section&nbsp;4.1, the
Company shall prior thereto give written notice thereof to the Trustee, and the
Company shall prior to or simultaneously with such mortgage, pledge, grant of
security interest or hypothecation, by supplemental indenture executed by the
Company and the Trustee (or to the extent legally necessary by another trustee
or an additional or separate trustee), in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
effectively secure (for so long as such other Indebtedness shall be so secured)
all the Outstanding Notes equally and ratably with such Indebtedness and with
any other indebtedness similarly entitled to be equally and ratably secured.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;4.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Change of
Control.</u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If a Change of
Control Triggering Event occurs, each Holder of the Notes shall have the right
to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder&#146;s Notes pursuant
to the offer described below (the &#147;<u>Change of Control Offer</u>&#148;) on the
terms set forth in this </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;4.2.&#160; In the Change of Control Offer, the Company
shall offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) on the Notes
repurchased, to the date of repurchase (the &#147;<u>Change of Control Payment</u>&#148;),
subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to
receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Within 30 days
following any Change of Control Triggering Event (unless the Company has
previously mailed a redemption notice with respect to all Outstanding Notes
pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.2 of this Supplemental Indenture) or, at the option
of the Company, prior to any Change of Control Triggering Event but after
public announcement of the transaction or transactions that constitute or may
constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice by
first-class mail to each Holder of the Notes (with a copy to the Trustee),
which notice shall:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>describe
the circumstances and relevant facts regarding the Change of Control Triggering
Event (including, to the extent available, information with respect to pro
forma historical income, cash flow and capitalization, in each case after giving
effect to the Change of Control);</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>offer
to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date shall
be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days following the date such
notice is mailed (the &#147;<u>Change of Control Payment Date</u>&#148;), pursuant to the
procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice, which offer
will constitute the Change of Control Offer; and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>if
mailed prior to the date on which the Change of Control Triggering Event
occurs, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of
Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the applicable Change of
Control Payment Date.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On the Change
of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>accept
for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>deposit
with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in
respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together
with an Officers&#146; Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes
or portions of Notes being repurchased.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Holders electing
to have any Notes repurchased shall be required to surrender the Notes, with an
appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the
notice at least three Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment
Date.&#160; Holders shall be entitled to
withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives, not later than
one Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a written notice
(including by facsimile or other electronic transmission) setting forth the name
of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes which were delivered for
purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its
election to have such Notes purchased.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On the Change
of Control Payment Date, all Notes purchased by the Company under this Section&nbsp;4.2
shall be delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancelation, and the
Company shall pay the Change of Control Payment to the Holders entitled
thereto.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section&nbsp;4.2, the Company shall not be
required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control Triggering Event if a third party makes a Change of Control Offer in
the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for
a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all
Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company
shall comply with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;14e-1 under the Exchange Act
and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws and
regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a
result of a Change of Control Triggering Event.&#160;
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with the provisions of this Section&nbsp;4.2, the Company shall comply
with the applicable securities laws and regulations.&#160; The Company shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under this Section&nbsp;4.2 by virtue of such
compliance.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the Indenture, the Trustee may enter into
a supplemental indenture for the purpose of waiving or modifying the provisions
of this Section&nbsp;4.2 with the written consent of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes.</font></p>

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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Remedies</font></b></h1>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;5.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Events of
Default.</u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Event of
Default</u>&#148; means, with respect to the Notes, any one or more of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule&nbsp;or regulation of
any administrative or governmental body):</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>default
in the payment of the principal of or any Make-Whole Amount on any Note at its
Maturity, or any Change of Control Payment on any Change of Control Payment
Date;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>default
in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in
this Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty
a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section&nbsp;5.1
specifically addressed or which has expressly been included in the Indenture
solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than the
Notes), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after
there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default
or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a &#147;Notice
of Default&#148; hereunder (without giving effect to any applicable grace period
with respect to such covenant or warranty);</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i)&nbsp;a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or (ii)&nbsp;a decree or order adjudging the Company a
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the
Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in
effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; and</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or
the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official </p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of the Company
or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of
corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action.</font></p>

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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE VI</font></b></h1>

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<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Miscellaneous</font></b></h1>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Governing
Law.</u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to
such State&#146;s conflicts of laws principles.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Ratification
of Indenture.</u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except as
expressly modified or amended hereby, the Indenture continues in full force and
effect and is in all respects confirmed, ratified and preserved.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Trustee.</u></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental
Indenture.&#160; The statements and recitals
herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not of the Trustee.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Counterparts.</u></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same instrument.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.5</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Separability.</u></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In case any
provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the date first above written.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;A</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;OF NOTE</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[Face of Security]</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[If this Security is a Global
Note, insert:&#160; THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.&#160; THIS SECURITY MAY&nbsp;NOT BE EXCHANGED IN
WHOLE OR IN PART&nbsp;FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART&nbsp;MAY&nbsp;BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY
PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS
PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A
NEW YORK CORPORATION (&#147;DTC&#148;), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE&nbsp;&amp;
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE&nbsp;&amp;
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]</font></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CUSIP No.: 092113 AF6</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No.
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9%
Notes due 2014</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BLACK HILLS CORPORATION</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BLACK HILLS CORPORATION, a South Dakota corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
or registered assigns the principal sum of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DOLLARS on May&nbsp;15, 2014 (the &#147;Stated Maturity&#148;), or earlier at the option
of the Company as provided herein (the &#147;Redemption Date&#148;), and to pay interest
thereon from May&nbsp;14, 2009, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on May&nbsp;15
and November&nbsp;15 in each year (each, an &#147;Interest Payment Date&#148;),
commencing November&nbsp;15, 2009, at the rate of 9% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or duly provided for.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003,
between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (as successor to
LaSalle Bank National Association), as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented
by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003, and the
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;14, 2009 (collectively, the &#147;Indenture&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The interest payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Holder in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the May&nbsp;1 or November&nbsp;1 (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose.&#160; Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid
at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in the Indenture.&#160;
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The principal of this Security payable on the Stated Maturity, or the
principal of, or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and, if the Redemption Date is not
an Interest Payment Date, interest on this Security payable on the Redemption
Date, or the Change of Control Payment payable on the Change of Control Payment
Date, will be paid against presentation of this Security at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, 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.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A-2</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interest payable on this Security on any Interest Payment Date and on
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or Change of Control Payment Date, as
the case may be, will include interest accrued from and including the next
preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or
duly provided for (or from and including May&nbsp;14, 2009, if no interest has
been paid on this Security) to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the
Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or Change of Control Payment Date, as the
case may be.&#160; If any Interest Payment
Date or the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or Change of Control Payment
Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, as defined below, the principal
or Make-Whole Amount or Change of Control Payment, if any, and/or interest
payable with respect to such Interest Payment Date or Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date or Change of Control Payment Date, as the case may be, will be
paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
it were paid on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on
the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date
or Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or Change of Control Payment Date, as the
case may be.&#160; &#147;Business Day&#148; means each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[If this Security is a Global Note, insert:&#160; All payments of principal or Make-Whole
Amount or Change of Control Payment, if any, and interest in respect of this
Security will be made by the Company in immediately available funds.]</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A-3</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its facsimile corporate seal.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated:&#160; May&nbsp;14, 2009</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">BLACK HILLS CORPORATION</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Name:</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Title:</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:46.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:46.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:46.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Name:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:46.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Title:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:46.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A-4</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TRUSTEE&#146;S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.</font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL<br>
  ASSOCIATION, as Trustee</font></p>
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  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Name:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Title:</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A-5</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[Reverse of
Security]</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BLACK HILLS
CORPORATION</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9% Notes due
2014</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Security
is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the &#147;Securities&#148;), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an
Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003, as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003, and the Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;14, 2009 (as so supplemented,
herein called the &#147;Indenture&#148;), each between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association ( as successor to LaSalle Bank National Association), as
trustee (herein called the &#147;Trustee,&#148; which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Security is a
part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered.&#160; The
aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be issued under such series is
initially limited to $250,000,000 (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities).&#160; All terms used in this Security which are
defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If an Event of
Default, as defined in the Indenture, with respect to the Securities shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Securities
are subject to redemption, at the option of the Company, in whole at any time
or in part from time to time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i)&nbsp;the
principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid
interest (if any) to the Redemption Date and (ii)&nbsp;the Make-Whole Amount
with respect to the Securities being redeemed.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notice of
redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Securities, not less than 30 or
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as provided in the
Indenture.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event
of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities for
the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof
upon the cancelation hereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If a Change of
Control Triggering Event occurs, each Holder of the Securities will have the
right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or
an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder&#146;s Securities
in cash at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount
of the Securities repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) on the
Securities repurchased, to the date of repurchase, subject to the right of the
Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the
relevant Interest Payment Date, all as provided in the Indenture.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A-6</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Indenture
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of
the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company
and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of
the aggregate principal amount of all Securities issued under the Indenture at
the time Outstanding and affected thereby.&#160;
The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not
less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such Securities, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture.&#160; Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture
permit the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal
amount, in certain instances, of the Outstanding Securities of any series to
waive, on behalf of all of the Holders of Securities of such series, certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No reference
herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of (and Make-Whole Amount or Change of
Control Payment, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, places and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register of the
Company upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and
Make-Whole Amount or Change of Control Payment, if any) and interest on this
Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for
the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this
Security is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of
different authorized denominations but otherwise having the same terms and
conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the same.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Securities
of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Prior to due
presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A-7</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No recourse
shall be had for the payment of the principal of or Make-Whole Amount or Change
of Control Payment, if any, or the interest on this Security, or for any claim
based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the
Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator,
stockholder, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past,
present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either
directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue
of any constitution, statute or rule&nbsp;of law 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.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Securities
and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to such State&#146;s conflicts
of laws principles.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A-8</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ASSIGNMENT
FORM</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To assign this Security, fill in the form
below:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I or we assign and transfer this Security to</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="100%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Insert
assignee&#146;s soc. sec. or tax identification no.)</font></p>

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  <td width="100%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="100%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Print or type
assignee&#146;s name, address and zip code)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and irrevocably appoint ________________________________
as agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company.&#160; The agent may substitute another to act for
him.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Your Signature:</font></p>
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  <td width="37%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:37.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.96%;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
  face of this Security)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tax Identification No.:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signature Guarantee by:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="43%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signatures must be guaranteed by an &#147;eligible guarantor institution&#148;
meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program
(&#147;STAMP&#148;) or such other &#147;signature guarantee program&#148; as may be determined by
the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></p>

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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 5.1</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[Letterhead of Steven J. Helmers]</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;11, 2009</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Corporation</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">625 Ninth Street</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rapid City, South Dakota
57701</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 24.45pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re: Black Hills
Corporation</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 24.45pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-3</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 24.45pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">File No.&nbsp;333-150669
(the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 24.45pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gentlemen:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I am
General Counsel of Black Hills Corporation, a South Dakota corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;),
and I have acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the Registration
Statement and with respect to the issuance and sale by the Company of $250 million
aggregate principal amount of 9% Notes due 2014 (the &#147;Securities&#148;) offered
pursuant to that certain Prospectus Supplement dated May&nbsp;11, 2009 (the &#147;Prospectus
Supplement&#148;) and the accompanying Prospectus dated May&nbsp;6, 2008. The
Securities are to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003,
by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
successor Trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented by a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003, between the Company and the Trustee,
and a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;14, 2009, between the
Company and the Trustee (collectively, the &#147;Indenture&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
reaching the conclusions expressed in this opinion, I, or persons responsible
to me, have examined (i)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s restated articles of incorporation
and amended and restated bylaws dated January&nbsp;30, 2009, (ii)&nbsp;the
Registration Statement, and (iii)&nbsp;the Indenture. In addition, I have (a)&nbsp;examined
such certificates of public officials and of corporate officers and directors
and such other documents and matters as I, or persons responsible to me, have
deemed necessary or appropriate, (b)&nbsp;relied upon the accuracy of facts and
information set forth in all such documents, and (c)&nbsp;assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to
me, or persons responsible to me, as originals, the conformity to original
documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the authenticity of
the originals from which all such copies were made.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based
on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and limitations stated
herein, I am of the opinion that the Securities have been duly authorized and,
when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions
of that certain Underwriting Agreement dated May&nbsp;11, 2009 (the &#147;Underwriting
Agreement&#148;) by and among the Company and the Representatives (as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement), will be legally issued and constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">My
opinion set forth above is subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent transfer or conveyance, moratorium or other similar
laws now or hereinafter in effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors&#146; rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I am a
member of the bar of the State of South Dakota. My opinion expressed above is
limited to the laws of the States of South Dakota and New York and the federal
law of the United States of America, and I do not express any opinion herein
concerning the laws of any other jurisdiction. The Indenture provides that it
is governed by the laws of the State of New York. To the extent that the
opinion expressed herein relates to matters governed by the laws of the State
of New York, I have relied, with their permission, as to all matters of New
York law, on the opinion of Conner&nbsp;&amp; Winters, LLP dated May&nbsp;11,
2009, which is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.2 to the Registration Statement, and my
opinion is subject to the exceptions, qualifications and assumptions contained
in such opinion.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I
consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to the reference to me in the Prospectus Supplement constituting
a part of the Registration Statement under the caption </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Legal Opinions.&#148; In
giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am in the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.</font></p>

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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 5.2</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><img width="288" height="52" src="g132383kgi001.jpg"></font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4000 One Williams Center</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">918.586.5711 Phone</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">918.586.8982 Fax</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">www.cwlaw.com</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;11, 2009</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven J. Helmers,&nbsp;Esq.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">General Counsel</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Corporation</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">625 Ninth Street</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rapid City, South Dakota
57701</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 24.45pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re: Black Hills
Corporation</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 24.45pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-3, as amended</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 24.45pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">File No.&nbsp;333-150669
(the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 24.45pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Helmers:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 12.25pt;text-indent:-12.25pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">You
are acting as counsel for Black Hills Corporation, a South Dakota corporation
(the &#147;Company&#148;), in connection with the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement and with respect to the issuance and sale by the Company
of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 9% Notes due 2014 (the &#147;Securities&#148;)
offered pursuant to that certain Prospectus Supplement dated May&nbsp;11, 2009
(the &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148;) and the accompanying Prospectus dated May&nbsp;6,
2008. The Securities are to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of May&nbsp;21,
2003, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
successor Trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented by a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2003, between the Company and the Trustee,
and a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;14, 2009, between the
Company and the Trustee (collectively, the &#147;Indenture&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As
such counsel, you are furnishing an opinion in accordance with the requirements
of Item 601(b)(5)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Act&#148;). In connection with such opinion, you have asked us to
opine with respect to certain matters governed by New York law.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified
or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s restated
articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws dated January&nbsp;30,
2009, (ii)&nbsp;the Registration Statement, and (iii)&nbsp;the Indenture. We
have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to
our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements,
certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other
representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents,
certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis
for the opinions set forth herein.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In our
examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. In making our
examination of executed documents or documents to be executed, we have assumed
that the parties thereto, including the Company, had or will have the power, corporate
or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also
assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and
execution and delivery by such parties of such documents, and, as to parties
other than the Company, the validity and binding effect on such parties. We
have also assumed that the Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing in good standing under the laws of the State of South Dakota and that
the Company has complied with all aspects of applicable laws of jurisdictions
other than the United States of America and the State of New York</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven
J. Helmers, Esq.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May
11, 2009</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Page
2</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Indenture and the Registration Statement. We
have also assumed that the choice of New York law to govern the Indenture is a
valid and legal provision.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our
opinions set forth herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York that
are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the
Prospectus Supplement and to the extent that judicial or regulatory orders or
decrees or consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings,
recordings or registrations with governmental authorities are relevant, to
those required under such laws (all of the foregoing being referred to as &#147;Opined
on Law&#148;). We do not express any opinion with respect to the law of any
jurisdiction other than Opined on Law or as to the effect of any such non
opined law on the opinions herein stated.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based
upon and subject to the foregoing and the limitations, qualifications,
exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the
Securities, when duly executed, delivered and paid for in accordance with the
terms of that certain Underwriting Agreement dated May&nbsp;11, 2009 (the &#147;Underwriting
Agreement&#148;) by and among the Company and the Representatives (as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement), will be legally issued and constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The opinion set forth
above is subject to the following qualifications, further assumptions and
limitations:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;the
enforcement of any agreements or instruments may be limited by (1)&nbsp;bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar
laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors&#146; rights generally and (2)&nbsp;general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity); and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;we
have assumed that the execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture
and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder do not and
will not violate, conflict with or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument
to which the Company or its properties is subject.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
understand that in relying on this opinion you may attach this opinion as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our
firm under the caption &#147;Legal Opinions&#148; in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving
this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act or the rules&nbsp;and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Conner&nbsp;&amp;
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington,
D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;T-1</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">STATEMENT
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDER THE
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DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;305(b)(2)</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WELLS
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of
trustee as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  National Banking Association</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">94-1347393</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Jurisdiction of
  incorporation or</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">organization if
  not a U.S. national</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Identification
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">101
  North Phillips Avenue</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Sioux
  Falls, South Dakota</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">57104</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
  principal executive offices)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Zip code)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Wells Fargo&nbsp;&amp; Company<br>
Law Department, Trust Section</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MAC N9305-175</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font>&#160;Floor</b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55479</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(612)
667-4608</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address and
telephone number of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Black
Hills Corporation</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of obligor as specified in its
charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">South
  Dakota</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">46</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">-0458824</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">incorporation or
  organization)</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Identification
  No.)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">625
Ninth Street<br>
Rapid City, South Dakota 87701</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TELEPHONE:&#160; (605) &#160;721-1700<br>
</font></b>&#160;(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone
Number, Including Area</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Code,
of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9% Notes due 2014</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 1.&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>General Information.</u>&#160; Furnish the following information as to the
trustee:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Name
and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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of the Currency</p>

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Department</p>

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D.C.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Washington,
D.C.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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Reserve Bank of San Francisco</p>

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Francisco, California 94120</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Whether
it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Affiliations
with Obligor.</u>&#160; If the obligor is an
affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None with respect to the
trustee.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No responses are included
for Items 3-14 of this Form&nbsp;T-1 because the obligor is not in default as
provided under Item 13.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 15.&#160; <u>Foreign Trustee.</u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 16.&#160; <u>List
of Exhibits.</u></font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>List
below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>A
copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.*</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>A
copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence and
Fiduciary<br> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Powers for Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, dated February&nbsp;4, 2004.**</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>See
Exhibit&nbsp;2</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Copy
of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.***</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Not
applicable.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
consent of the trustee required by Section&nbsp;321(b)&nbsp;of the Act.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;7.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>A copy of
the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the
requirements of its supervising or examining authority.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;8.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Not
applicable.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;9.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Not
applicable.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to
the trustee&#146;s Form&nbsp;T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form&nbsp;S-4 dated December&nbsp;30,
2005 of Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC file number </font>333-130784-06.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">**&#160;&#160; Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the
trustee&#146;s Form&nbsp;T-1 filed as exhibit 25 to the Form&nbsp;T-3 dated March&nbsp;3,
2004 of Trans-Lux Corporation file number </font>022-28721.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*** Incorporated by
reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee&#146;s Form&nbsp;T-1
filed as exhibit 25 to the Form&nbsp;S-4 dated May&nbsp;26, 2005 of Penn
National Gaming Inc. file number </font>333-125274.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURE</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this
statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Fort Worth and State of Texas on
the 29th day of April, 2009.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WELLS FARGO BANK,
  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John C. Stohlmann</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EXHIBIT 6</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;29, 2009</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities and Exchange
Commission</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gentlemen:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with Section&nbsp;321(b)&nbsp;of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents
that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal, State,
Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be
furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
its request thereof.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Very truly yours,</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WELLS FARGO BANK,
  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consolidated
Report of Condition of</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wells Fargo Bank
National Association</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of 101 North
Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">And Foreign and
Domestic Subsidiaries,</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">at the close of business
December&nbsp;31, 2008, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. &#167;161 for National
Banks.</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">In&nbsp;Millions</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ASSETS</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash and
  balances due from depository institutions:</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Noninterest-bearing
  balances and currency and coin</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,932</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interest-bearing
  balances</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,623</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Held-to-maturity
  securities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Available-for-sale
  securities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">73,363</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Federal funds
  sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Federal funds
  sold in domestic offices</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">19,749</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities
  purchased under agreements to resell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,513</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Loans and lease
  financing receivables:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Loans and leases
  held for sale</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,140</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Loans and
  leases, net of unearned income</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">335,209</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LESS: Allowance
  for loan and lease losses</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8,273</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Loans and
  leases, net of unearned income and allowance</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">326,936</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trading Assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,366</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Premises and
  fixed assets (including capitalized leases)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,347</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other real
  estate owned</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,031</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Investments in
  unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">427</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Intangible
  assets</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Goodwill</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,371</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other intangible
  assets</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,449</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32,711</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">538,958</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LIABILITIES</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deposits:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In domestic
  offices</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">308,404</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Noninterest-bearing</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">75,417</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interest-bearing</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">232,987</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In foreign
  offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38,446</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Noninterest-bearing</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">991</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interest-bearing</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37,455</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Federal funds
  purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Federal funds
  purchased in domestic offices</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">45,153</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="66%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:66.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities sold
  under agreements to repurchase</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28,427</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trading
  liabilities</font></p>
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  money</font></p>
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  mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">43,555</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subordinated
  notes and debentures</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,971</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other
  liabilities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,957</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total
  liabilities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.4%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">497,153</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minority
  interest in consolidated subsidiaries</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">154</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EQUITY CAPITAL</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Perpetual
  preferred stock and related surplus</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common stock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">520</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Surplus (exclude
  all surplus related to preferred stock)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28,659</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Retained
  earnings</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,644</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accumulated
  other comprehensive income</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4,172</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other equity
  capital components</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total equity capital</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">41,651</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:83.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total
  liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.4%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">538,958</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Howard I. Atkins, EVP&nbsp;&amp;
CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has
been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate
Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Howard I. Atkins</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We, the undersigned
directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare
that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has
been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal
regulatory authority and is true and correct.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BLACK
HILLS CORP. ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $250 MILLION OF SENIOR NOTES</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RAPID CITY, SD &#151; May&nbsp;11,
2009 &#151; Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH) today announced it has priced a public
debt offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured
notes due 2014.&#160; The notes were priced at
par and will carry an interest rate of 9 percent.&#160; Black Hills expects the issuance and delivery
to occur on May&nbsp;14, 2009, subject to customary closing conditions.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Corp.
plans to use the proceeds to pay down a portion of the $353 million of
borrowings on the bridge acquisition facility established to fund the July&nbsp;14,
2008 purchase of five natural gas and electric utility properties from Aquila,&nbsp;Inc.&#160; The company originally drew $383 million on
the facility to complete the acquisition, financing the balance of the purchase
with cash proceeds from the divestiture of seven independent power production
facilities.&#160; To provide additional
flexibility to complete its long-term replacement financing, on Dec.&nbsp;18,
2008 the company extended the bridge acquisition facility from a Feb.&nbsp;5,
2009 maturity date to a Dec. 29, 2009 maturity date.&#160; Last month, the company used proceeds of $30.2
million from the sale of a 25 percent ownership interest in its Wygen III power
plant to pay down a portion of the bridge acquisition facility.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;We are pleased
with the market response to our debt offering, which allowed us to achieve a
more favorable rate than was available in either the fourth quarter of 2008 or
the first quarter of 2009,&#148; said David R. Emery, chairman, president and chief
executive officer of Black Hills Corp.&#160; &#147;By
reducing the remaining acquisition facility debt to approximately $105 million,
we have ample flexibility to refinance the remainder during 2009.&#160; Our current cash and revolver availability
now exceeds $450 million.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The senior notes
were offered by Black Hills Corp. pursuant to a shelf registration statement
filed on May&nbsp;6, 2008 with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160; Credit Suisse and Royal Bank of Scotland
served as joint book-running managers for the offering and BMO Nesbitt Burns,
Scotia Capital (USA), and Wedbush Morgan Securities served as senior co-managers.&#160; U.S. Bancorp Investments, Wells Fargo
Securities, and The Williams Capital Group served as co-managers.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies of the
prospectus supplement relating to the offering may be obtained from the offices
of Credit Suisse by writing to the Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Prospectus Department, Eleven Madison Avenue, Level 1B, New York, NY 10010 or
by calling 1-800-221-1037.&#160; An electronic
copy of the prospectus supplement is available on the website of the Securities
and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This news release
by Black Hills Corp. shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such
jurisdiction. </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABOUT BLACK HILLS CORP.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Black Hills Corp.
&#151; a diversified energy company with a tradition of exemplary service and a
vision to be the energy partner of choice &#151; is based in Rapid City, S.D., with
corporate offices in Golden, Colo., and Omaha, Neb.&#160; The company serves 759,000 utility customers
in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.&#160; The company&#146;s non-regulated businesses
generate wholesale electricity, produce natural gas, oil and coal, and market
energy.&#160; Black Hills employees partner to
produce results that improve life with energy.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CAUTION REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This news release
includes &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; as defined by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or SEC.&#160; We make these
forward-looking statements in reliance on the safe harbor protections provided
under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.&#160; All statements, other than statements of historical
facts, included in this news release that address activities, events or
developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the
future are forward-looking statements.&#160;
These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions which we
believe are reasonable based on current expectations and projections about
future events and industry conditions and trends affecting our business.&#160; However, whether actual results and
developments will conform to our expectations and predictions is subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties that, among other things, could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking
statements, including the risk factors described in Item 1A of Part&nbsp;I of
our 2008 Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed with the SEC, and other reports
that we file with the SEC from time to time. </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking statements emerge from time-to-time, and it is not possible for
us to predict all such factors, or the extent to which any such factor or
combination of factors may cause actual results to differ from those contained
in any forward-looking statement.&#160; We
assume no obligation to update publicly any such forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.</font></p>

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