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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-08-247687.txt : 20081204
<SEC-HEADER>0001193125-08-247687.hdr.sgml : 20081204
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20081204112057
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-08-247687
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081203
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081204
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081204

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UNITIL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000755001
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				020381573
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08858
		FILM NUMBER:		081229070

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 LIBERTY LANE WEST
		CITY:			HAMPTON
		STATE:			NH
		ZIP:			03842
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6037736504

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6 LIBERTY LANE WEST
		CITY:			HAMPTON
		STATE:			NH
		ZIP:			03842
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 <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December&nbsp;3, 2008 </B></FONT></P> <P
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ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>UNITIL CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
</I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>1-8858</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>02-0381573</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>of incorporation)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Commission File Number)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>6 Liberty Lane West, Hampton, New Hampshire</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>03842-1720</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></FONT></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (603)&nbsp;772-0775 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>N/A </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Former name or former address,
if changed since last report) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 8.01 Other Events </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">On December&nbsp;3, 2008, Unitil Corporation (&#147;Unitil&#148;) announced that its subsidiary, Northern Utilities, Inc. (&#147;Northern&#148;), issued and sold $30 million of its 6.95% Senior Notes, Series A, due December&nbsp;3, 2018
(the &#147;Series A Notes&#148;) and $50 million of its 7.72% Senior Notes, Series B, due December&nbsp;3, 2038 (the &#147;Series B Notes&#148;, and, together with the Series A Notes, the &#147;Notes&#148;). The material terms of the Notes are set
forth in the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of December&nbsp;3, 2008 among Northern and the several purchasers named therein and filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The sale was exempt from the registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes will ultimately be used to repay a portion of the bridge financing for Unitil&#146;s acquisition of Northern, which was completed on December 1, 2008. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Exhibits </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Note Purchase Agreement dated as of December 3, 2008 by and among Northern Utilities, Inc. and the several Purchasers named therein, relating to the $30,000,000 6.95% Senior Notes, Series A, due
December 3, 2018 and the $50,000,000 7.72% Senior Notes, Series B, due December 3, 2038.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated December 3, 2008.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Mark H. Collin</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mark H. Collin</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Senior Vice President, Chief</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: December&nbsp;4, 2008 </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Note Purchase Agreement dated as of December 3, 2008 by and among Northern Utilities, Inc. and the several Purchasers named therein, relating to the $30,000,000 6.95% Senior Notes, Series A, due
December 3, 2018 and the $50,000,000 7.72% Senior Notes, Series B, due December 3, 2038.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated December 3, 2008.</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 4.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">E<SMALL>XECUTION</SMALL> C<SMALL>OPY</SMALL> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N<SMALL>ORTHERN</SMALL> U<SMALL>TILITIES</SMALL>,
I<SMALL>NC</SMALL>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$30,000,000 6.95% Senior Notes, Series A, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">due December&nbsp;3, 2018 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$50,000,000 7.72% Senior Notes, Series B, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">due December&nbsp;3, 2038 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N<SMALL>OTE</SMALL>
P<SMALL>URCHASE</SMALL> A<SMALL>GREEMENT</SMALL> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated as of December&nbsp;3,
2008 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>T<SMALL>ABLE</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> C<SMALL>ONTENTS</SMALL> </B></FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:32pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>H<SMALL>EADING</SMALL></B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>P<SMALL>AGE</SMALL></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION</SMALL> 1.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A<SMALL>UTHORIZATION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION</SMALL> 2.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ALE</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASE</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION</SMALL> 3.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C<SMALL>LOSING</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION</SMALL> 4.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C<SMALL>ONDITIONS</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> C<SMALL>LOSING</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4.1.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Representations and Warranties</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4.2.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4.3.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 4.4.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 4.5.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 4.6.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 4.7.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 4.9.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4.10.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 4.12.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">R<SMALL>EPRESENTATIONS</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> W<SMALL>ARRANTIES</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">R<SMALL>EPRESENTATIONS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASERS</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Access to Information; Knowledge and Experience</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I<SMALL>NFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Financial and Business Information</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Officer&#146;s Certificate</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">P<SMALL>AYMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> P<SMALL>REPAYMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 8.3.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Maturity; Surrender, Etc.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 8.5.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Purchase of Notes</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 8.6.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Make-Whole Amount</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A<SMALL>FFIRMATIVE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OVENANTS</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Compliance with Law</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Insurance</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Maintenance of Properties</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payment of Taxes and Claims</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 9.5.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Corporate Existence, Etc.; Ownership of Subsidiaries</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 9.7.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notes to Rank Pari Passu</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N<SMALL>EGATIVE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OVENANTS</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">21</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Limitation on Funded Indebtedness</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">22</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 10.2.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Limitation on Liens</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">23</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 10.3.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Transactions with Affiliates</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">25</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Merger or Consolidation; Sale or Transfer of Assets</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">25</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 10.5.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Restrictions on Dividends</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">26</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Line of Business</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">27</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section 10.7.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Terrorism Sanctions Regulations</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">E<SMALL>VENTS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> D<SMALL>EFAULT</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">29</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">R<SMALL>EGISTRATION</SMALL>; E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL>; S<SMALL>UBSTITUTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">P<SMALL>AYMENTS</SMALL> <SMALL>ON</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Place of Payment</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">E<SMALL>XPENSES</SMALL>, E<SMALL>TC</SMALL>.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Survival</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>URVIVAL</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> R<SMALL>EPRESENTATIONS</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> W<SMALL>ARRANTIES</SMALL>; E<SMALL>NTIRE</SMALL> A<SMALL>GREEMENT</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A<SMALL>MENDMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> W<SMALL>AIVER</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N<SMALL>OTICES</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">R<SMALL>EPRODUCTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> D<SMALL>OCUMENTS</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C<SMALL>ONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> I<SMALL>NFORMATION</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>UBSTITUTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASER</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">M<SMALL>ISCELLANEOUS</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Successors and Assigns</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">36</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">G<SMALL>OVERNING</SMALL> L<SMALL>AW</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">J<SMALL>URISDICTION</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> P<SMALL>ROCESS</SMALL>; W<SMALL>AIVER</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> J<SMALL>URY</SMALL> T<SMALL>RIAL</SMALL></FONT></TD>
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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6 Liberty Lane West </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Hampton, New Hampshire
03842-1720 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$30,000,000 6.95% Senior Notes, Series A, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">due December&nbsp;3, 2018 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$50,000,000 7.72% Senior Notes, Series B, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">due December&nbsp;3, 2038 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated as of
December&nbsp;3, 2008 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">T<SMALL>O</SMALL> E<SMALL>ACH</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASERS</SMALL> L<SMALL>ISTED</SMALL>
<SMALL>IN</SMALL> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>CHEDULE</SMALL>&nbsp;A H<SMALL>ERETO</SMALL>: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and Gentlemen: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Northern Utilities, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation (the
<I>&#147;Company&#148;</I>), agrees with each of the purchasers whose names appear at the end hereof (each, a <I>&#147;Purchaser&#148;</I> and, collectively, the <I>&#147;Purchasers&#148;</I>) as follows: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>1.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A<SMALL>UTHORIZATION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company will authorize the issue and sale of (i)&nbsp;$30,000,000 principal amount of its 6.95% Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;A, due December&nbsp;3, 2018 (the <I>&#147;Series A Notes&#148;</I>) and
(ii)&nbsp;$50,000,000 principal amount of its 7.72% Senior Notes, Series B, due December&nbsp;3, 2038 (the <I>&#147;Series B Notes&#148;</I>, and together with the Series A Notes, the <I>&#147;Notes&#148;</I>, such term to include any such notes
issued in substitution therefor pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;13</B>). The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in <B>Exhibits&nbsp;1(a)</B> and <B>1(b)</B>, respectively, with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by each
Purchaser and the Company. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in <B>Schedule&nbsp;B</B>; and references to a <I>&#147;Schedule&#148;</I> or an <I>&#147;Exhibit&#148;</I> are, unless otherwise specified, to a
Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>2.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ALE</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASE</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the
Company, at the Closing provided for in <B>Section&nbsp;3</B>, Notes of the respective Series and in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser&#146;s name in <B>Schedule&nbsp;A</B> at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount
thereof. The Purchasers&#146; obligations hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>3.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C<SMALL>LOSING</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The sale and purchase of the
Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 at 10:00&nbsp;a.m., Central time, at a closing (the <I>&#147;Closing&#148;</I>) on December&nbsp;3, 2008 or
on such other Business Day thereafter on or prior to December&nbsp;15, 2008 as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers. At the Closing the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of
a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser&#146;s name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by such
Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds to account number&nbsp;004622844048 at Bank of America, General Funds, ABA
number&nbsp;026 009 593, for the account of Northern Utilities, Inc. If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this <B>Section&nbsp;3</B>, or any of the conditions specified in
<B>Section&nbsp;4</B> shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser&#146;s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have
by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>4.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C<SMALL>ONDITIONS</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> C<SMALL>LOSING</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Purchaser&#146;s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser&#146;s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the
following conditions: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.1. Representations and Warranties</I>. The representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement shall be correct when made and at the time of the Closing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.2. Performance; No Default</I>. The Company shall
have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of
the proceeds thereof as contemplated by <B>Section&nbsp;5.14</B>) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have entered into any transaction since the date of the Memorandum
that would have been prohibited by <B>Section&nbsp;10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 </B>or <B>10.5</B> had such Sections applied since such date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.3. Compliance Certificates. </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <I>Officer&#146;s Certificate</I>. The Company shall have delivered to such
Purchaser an Officer&#146;s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions specified in <B>Sections 4.1, 4.2 </B>and<B> 4.9</B> have been fulfilled. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <I>Secretary&#146;s Certificate</I>. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated
the date of Closing, certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes and this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.4. Opinions of Counsel</I>. Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and
substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the date of the Closing (a)&nbsp;from Dewey&nbsp;&amp; LeBoeuf LLP, counsel for the Company, covering the matters set forth in <B>Exhibit&nbsp;4.4(a)</B> and covering such other matters incident to the
transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers), (b)&nbsp;from Gary Epler, Chief Regulatory Counsel for Unitil Service
Corp., covering the matters set forth in <B>Exhibit&nbsp;4.4(b)</B> and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs Gary Epler
to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers) and (c)&nbsp;from Chapman and Cutler LLP, the Purchasers&#146; special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in <B>Exhibit 4.4(c)</B> and covering such other
matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may reasonably request. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.5. Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law,
Etc</I>. On the date of the Closing such Purchaser&#146;s purchase of Notes shall (a)&nbsp;be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as
section&nbsp;1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b)&nbsp;not violate any applicable law or regulation (including,
without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c)&nbsp;not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation
was not in effect on the date hereof. If requested by such Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer&#146;s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably specify to enable such Purchaser to
determine whether such purchase is so permitted. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.6. Sale of Other Notes</I>. Contemporaneously with the Closing the
Company shall sell to each other Purchaser and each other Purchaser shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing as specified in <B>Schedule&nbsp;A</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.7. Payment of Special Counsel Fees</I>. Without limiting the provisions of <B>Section&nbsp;15.1</B>, the Company shall have paid on or before the Closing the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of the Purchasers&#146; special counsel referred to in <B>Section&nbsp;4.4</B> to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.8. Private Placement Numbers</I>. A Private Placement Number issued by Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s CUSIP Service Bureau (in
cooperation with the SVO) shall have been obtained for each Series of the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.9. Changes in Corporate Structure</I>.
The Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable, or, other than as contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial
part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in <B>Schedule 5.5</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.10. Funding Instructions</I>. At least three Business Days prior to the date of the
Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Company confirming the information specified in <B>Section&nbsp;3</B> including (i)&nbsp;the name and address of the transferee
bank, (ii)&nbsp;such transferee bank&#146;s ABA number and (iii)&nbsp;the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.11. Proceedings and Documents</I>. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such
transactions shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such
special counsel may reasonably request. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.12. Regulatory Approvals. </I></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <I>Acquisition</I>. The Acquisition shall have been (i)&nbsp;consummated in compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976,
as amended, (ii)&nbsp;reviewed and approved by the Federal Communications Commission and such other regulatory authorities as may have jurisdiction, and (iii)&nbsp;duly authorized by orders or other appropriate action of the New Hampshire Public
Utilities Commission (the <I>&#147;NHPUC&#148;</I>), the Maine Public Utilities Commission (the <I>&#147;MPUC&#148;</I>), and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (<I>&#147;MDPU&#148;</I>), such order(s) shall be in full force and effect
at the time of the Closing and any appeal periods applicable thereto shall have expired with no appeals filed during such periods. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)
<I>Sale of Notes</I>. The issue and sale of the Notes shall have been duly authorized by order of the NHPUC, the MPUC and such other regulatory authorities as may have jurisdiction, such order(s) shall be in full force and effect at the time of the
Closing and any appeal periods applicable thereto shall have expired with no appeals filed during such periods. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.13.
Matters Related to Acquisition.</I> (a)&nbsp;Prior to the date of Closing, such Purchaser shall have received (i)&nbsp;a true and correct copy of the Stock Purchase Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits), and all amendments thereto, and
(ii)&nbsp;<I>pro forma</I> balance sheets of the Company as of September&nbsp;30, 2008, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser, which shall reflect the financial condition of the Company after giving effect to the
Acquisition and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) On the date of Closing, prior to the issuance and sale of
the Notes, (i)&nbsp;the Acquisition shall be consummated pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;Unitil shall acquire good and marketable title to 100% of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company and Granite,
and (iii)&nbsp;in connection with the foregoing, all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and Granite that is required to be paid more than one year from the date on which it was incurred shall be paid and satisfied in full. </FONT></P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;4.14. Unitil Credit Agreement.</I> Unitil and certain bank lenders shall have executed
and delivered that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November&nbsp;26, 2008, among Unitil, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Lender, and RBS Citizens, N.A. and TD Bank, N.A., as Lenders, providing for not less than $45,000,000 in
committed loans for the benefit of Unitil, which Credit Agreement shall be in full force and effect, and each Purchaser shall have received a true, correct and complete executed copy thereof. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>5.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">R<SMALL>EPRESENTATIONS</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> W<SMALL>ARRANTIES</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser that: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.1. Organization; Power and Authority. </I>The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified
as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and
proposes to transact, except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the
Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.2. Authorization, Etc</I>. This Agreement and the Notes have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i)&nbsp;applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors&#146; rights generally and (ii)&nbsp;general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.3. Disclosure</I>. The Company, through its agent, RBC Capital Markets, has delivered to each Purchaser a copy of a confidential Private Placement Memorandum, dated September&nbsp;3, 2008 (the
<I>&#147;Memorandum&#148;</I>), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. This
Agreement, the Memorandum and the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and identified in <B>Schedule 5.3</B>, and the financial
statements listed in <B>Schedule 5.5</B> (this Agreement, the Memorandum and such documents, certificates or other writings identified in <B>Schedule 5.3</B> and such financial statements listed in <B>Schedule 5.5</B> delivered to each Purchaser
being referred to, collectively, as the <I>&#147;Disclosure Documents&#148;</I>), taken as a whole, do not, as of their respective dates, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December&nbsp;31, 2007, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business or
properties of the Company or any Subsidiary except changes that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to the Company that would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of the Company and Subsidiaries;
Affiliates</I>. (a)&nbsp;<B>Schedule&nbsp;5.4</B> contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists (i)&nbsp;of the Company&#146;s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its
organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary, (ii)&nbsp;of the Company&#146;s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and
(iii)&nbsp;of the Company&#146;s directors and senior officers. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity
interests of each Subsidiary shown in <B>Schedule&nbsp;5.4</B> as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any
Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in <B>Schedule&nbsp;5.4</B>). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Each Subsidiary identified in <B>Schedule&nbsp;5.4</B> is a
corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact except, in each case, as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) No Subsidiary is a party to, or
otherwise subject to any legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than this Agreement, the agreements listed on <B>Schedule&nbsp;5.4</B> and customary limitations imposed by corporate or utility regulatory law or similar statutes)
restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such
Subsidiary in an amount substantially inconsistent with the past practice of such Subsidiary. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) The Company is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of Unitil. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.5. Financial Statements; Material Liabilities</I>. The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on <B>Schedule&nbsp;5.5</B>. All of said financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments). The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any Material
liabilities that are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Documents except liabilities, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.6. Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc</I>. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes will not (i)&nbsp;contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under,
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws, or any other Material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary
or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (ii)&nbsp;conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority
applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii)&nbsp;violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary except, in each case, as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.7. Governmental Authorizations, Etc</I>. (a)&nbsp;The Company is subject to
regulation by the NHPUC and the MPUC with respect to retail rates, adequacy of service, issuance of securities, accounting and other matters and to regulation by FERC under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in regards to certain bookkeeping, accounting
and reporting requirements. The issuance and sale of the Notes have been authorized by an order of the NHPUC and an order of the MPUC, which orders have each become final and the applicable waiting or appeal periods (including any extension thereof)
have expired with no appeals filed during such periods. No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the
Company of this Agreement or the Notes other than the orders of the NHPUC and MPUC referenced above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Acquisition, as it relates
solely to the Company, has been authorized by orders of the NHPUC, the MPUC and the MDPU, which orders have each become final and all applicable waiting or appeal periods (including any extension thereof) with respect to such approvals have expired
with no appeals filed during such periods, except that the appeal period applicable to the approval from the MDPU will expire December&nbsp;8, 2008, however, the only party with standing to appeal such approval is the Massachusetts Attorney General
who affirmed to Unitil in writing on November&nbsp;26, 2008 that she will not appeal such approval. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.8. Litigation;
Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders</I>. (a)&nbsp;Except as disclosed in the Memorandum, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or
any Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Except as disclosed in the Memorandum, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under any
term of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation
(including without limitation Environmental Laws or the USA Patriot Act) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.9. Taxes</I>. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and
have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before
they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (i)&nbsp;the amount of which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (ii)&nbsp;the amount, applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
respect of income taxes for all fiscal periods are recognized in accordance with GAAP, and, except as disclosed in the Memorandum, the Company knows of no unpaid assessment for additional income taxes for any fiscal period or any basis therefore.
The federal income tax liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been finally determined (whether by reason of completed audits or the statute of limitations having run) for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2004. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.10. Title to Property; Leases</I>. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient
title to their respective properties that individually or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in <B>Section&nbsp;5.5</B> or purported to have been acquired by
the Company or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement, except for those defects in title and Liens that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All leases that individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.11. Licenses, Permits, Etc</I>. (a)&nbsp;The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits,
franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others, except for
those conflicts that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) To the
knowledge of the Company, there is no Material violation by any Person of any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or
used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.12. Compliance with ERISA</I>. (a)&nbsp;The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have
operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title&nbsp;I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in section&nbsp;3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition
has occurred or exists that would reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title&nbsp;I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions, or to Code section&nbsp;401(a)(29) or 412, as augmented by Code sections&nbsp;436 and 430, respectively, effective January&nbsp;1, 2008,
other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) None of the Plans that are subject to
the minimum funding requirements of section 412 of the Code or section 302 of ERISA, nor any trust established thereunder, have incurred any &#147;accumulated funding deficiency&#148; or &#147;liquidity shortfall&#148; (as those terms are defined in
section 302 of ERISA or section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred
withdrawal liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under section&nbsp;4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) The postretirement benefit obligations (determined as of the last day of the Company&#146;s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No.&nbsp;106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been determined in accordance with GAAP
and are reflected in footnotes 4 and 5 of the Company&#146;s audited financial statements for its most recently ended fiscal year. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of section&nbsp;406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant
to section&nbsp;4975(c)(1)(A)&#150;(D) of the Code. The representation by the Company to each Purchaser in the first sentence of this <B>Section&nbsp;5.12(e)</B> is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of such Purchaser&#146;s
representation in <B>Section&nbsp;6.2</B> as to the sources of the funds used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.13. Private Offering by the Company</I>. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, solicited any offer to buy any of the same
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and not more than 54 other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither the
Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of section&nbsp;5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any
securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations</I>. The Company will, promptly following the
Closing, recapitalize by applying the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to purchase a portion of Unitil&#146;s equity investment in the Company acquired in connection with the Acquisition. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes
hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation&nbsp;U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or
carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation&nbsp;X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation&nbsp;T of said Board (12 CFR
220). The Company does not own or carry any margin stock. As used in this Section, the terms <I>&#147;margin stock&#148;</I> and <I>&#147;purpose of buying or carrying&#148;</I> shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.15. Existing Funded Indebtedness; Future Liens.</I> (a)&nbsp;At the time of the Closing, the Company and its
Subsidiaries will have no Funded Indebtedness outstanding. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or
permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien not permitted by <B>Section&nbsp;10.2</B>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Funded
Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the
incurring of, Funded Indebtedness of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.16. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc</I>. (a)&nbsp;Neither the
sale of the Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31&nbsp;CFR,
Subtitle&nbsp;B, Chapter&nbsp;V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary (i)&nbsp;is a Person named on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or with whom people of the United States are restricted from doing business with under section&nbsp;1 of
the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii)&nbsp;engages in any dealings or transactions with any such Person. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot Act. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United
States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.17. Status under Certain Statutes. </I>Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended. The Company is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 2005, as amended, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.18. Environmental Matters</I>. (a)&nbsp;Except as disclosed in the Memorandum, neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any claim or has received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties now
or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or other assets, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Except as disclosed in the Memorandum, all buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or
any Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.19. Notes Rank Pari Passu.</I> The obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Notes rank <I>pari passu</I> in right of
payment with all other senior unsecured Funded Indebtedness (actual or contingent) of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.20 Acquisition.
</I>The Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements necessary for the valid and effective transfer of the shares of 100% of the Voting
Stock of the Company and Granite to Unitil. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;5.21. Solvency and Consideration. </I>On the date of Closing, after giving
effect to the Acquisition and the issue and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds as contemplated by <B>Section</B>&nbsp;<B>5.14 </B>hereof, the Company is solvent, has capital not unreasonably small in relation to its business or
any contemplated or undertaken transaction and has assets having a value both at fair valuation and a present fair salable value greater than the amount required to pay its debts as they become due and greater than the amount that will be required
to pay its probable liability on its existing debts as they become due and matured. The Company does not intend to incur, nor does it believe, nor should it believe that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due.
The Company will not be rendered insolvent by the execution, delivery and performance of its obligations under or in respect of the Notes or this Agreement. The Company does not intend to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors by or through the
execution, delivery or performance of its obligations under or in respect of the Notes or this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">R<SMALL>EPRESENTATIONS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASERS</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;6.1. Purchase for Investment</I>. Each Purchaser severally represents that it is an institutional &#147;accredited investor&#148; as
defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;under the Securities Act and is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds
and not with a view to the distribution thereof, <I>provided</I> that the disposition of such Purchaser&#146;s or their property shall at all times be within such Purchaser&#146;s or their control. Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not
been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an
exemption is required by law, and that the Company is not required to and does not intend to register the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;6.2. Source of Funds</I>. Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the
following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a <I>&#147;Source&#148;</I>) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) the Source is an &#147;insurance company general account&#148; (as the term is defined in the United States Department of
Labor&#146;s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (<I>&#147;PTE&#148;</I>) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the NAIC (the <I>&#147;NAIC Annual
Statement&#148;</I>)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee
benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of
separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser&#146;s state of domicile; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser&#146;s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its
related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) the Source is either (i)&nbsp;an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 or (ii)&nbsp;a bank
collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee
organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) the Source constitutes assets of an &#147;investment fund&#148; (within the meaning of Part V of PTE 84-14 (the <I>&#147;QPAM Exemption&#148;</I>)) managed by a &#147;qualified professional asset manager&#148; or
<I>&#147;QPAM&#148;</I> (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan&#146;s assets that are included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or
maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of section V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client assets managed by such
QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g)&nbsp;of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, as of the last day of its most recent calendar quarter, the QPAM does not own a 10% or more interest in the Company and no person controlling or controlled by the
QPAM (applying the definition of &#147;control&#148; in section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 20% or more interest in the Company (or less than 20% but greater than 10%, if such person exercises control over the management or policies of the
Company by reason of its ownership interest) and (i)&nbsp;the identity of such QPAM and (ii)&nbsp;the names of all employee benefit plans whose assets are included in such investment fund have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to
this clause (d); or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) the Source constitutes assets of a &#147;plan(s)&#148; (within the meaning of
section&nbsp;IV of PTE 96-23 (the <I>&#147;INHAM Exemption&#148;</I>)) managed by an &#147;in-house asset manager&#148; or &#147;INHAM&#148; (within the meaning of Part IV of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g)&nbsp;and
(h)&nbsp;of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of &#147;control&#148; in section&nbsp;IV(d) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the
Company and (i)&nbsp;the identity of such INHAM and (ii)&nbsp;the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) the Source is a governmental plan; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this
clause (g); or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the
coverage of ERISA. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As used in this <B>Section&nbsp;6.2</B>, the terms &#147;employee benefit plan,&#148; &#147;governmental plan,&#148; and &#147;separate
account&#148; shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section&nbsp;3 of ERISA. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;6.3. Binding
Effect.</I> Each Purchaser severally represents that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and this Agreement constitutes its valid and legally binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;6.4. Access to Information; Knowledge and Experience. </I>Each Purchaser severally represents that it (i)&nbsp;has been furnished with
or has had access to the information requested from the Company, (ii)&nbsp;has had an opportunity to discuss with management of the Company the business and financial affairs of the Company and (iii)&nbsp;has such knowledge and experience in
business and financial matters and with respect to investments in securities similar to the Notes that it is capable of evaluating the risks and merits of this investment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;
</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I<SMALL>NFORMATION</SMALL> <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;7.1. Financial and Business Information</I>. So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Quarterly Statements &#151; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(i) within 90 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders&#146; equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such
quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(ii) within 90 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of Unitil (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Unitil and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders&#146; equity and cash flows of Unitil and its Subsidiaries, for such
quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior
Financial Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments, <I>provided</I> that
delivery within the time period specified above of copies of Unitil&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (the <I>&#147;Form&nbsp;10-Q&#148;</I>) prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to
satisfy the requirements of <B>Section&nbsp;7.1(a)(ii)</B>, <I>provided, further,</I> that the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form&nbsp;10-Q if Unitil shall have timely made such Form&nbsp;10-Q available on
&#147;EDGAR&#148; or on its home page on the worldwide web (at the date of this Agreement located at, respectively, http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml and http://www.unitil.com) (such availability being referred to as <I>&#147;Electronic
Delivery&#148;</I>); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Annual Statements &#151; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders&#146; equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such
year, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Unitil, duplicate copies of </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) a consolidated balance sheet of Unitil and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders&#146; equity and cash flows of Unitil and its Subsidiaries for such year,
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C) setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail,
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by a report thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which report shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such report in the circumstances </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>provided</I> that the delivery within the time period specified above of Unitil&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K (the <I>&#147;Form 10-K&#148;</I>) for such fiscal year (together with Unitil&#146;s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-3 under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC, shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of <B>Section&nbsp;7.1(b)(ii)</B>, <I>provided, further,</I> that the
Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form&nbsp;10-K if Unitil shall have timely made Electronic Delivery thereof; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <I>SEC and Other Reports</I> &#151; promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i)&nbsp;each proxy statement, financial statement, or report sent by the Company, Unitil or any Subsidiary to its public
securities holders generally, and (ii)&nbsp;each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits, and each prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by the Company, Unitil or any Subsidiary with the SEC; <I>provided</I>
that copies of any such documents required to be delivered pursuant to this clause&nbsp;(c) may be delivered by Electronic Delivery; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <I>Notice of Default or Event of Default</I> &#151; promptly, and in any event within
five days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice
or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in <B>Section&nbsp;11(e)</B>, a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) <I>Material Adverse Events </I>&#151; promptly upon the occurrence thereof, notice of any event, circumstance
or condition which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes; and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) <I>Requested Information</I> &#151; with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations,
affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company, Unitil or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including, but without limitation, actual copies of Unitil&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q and Form&nbsp;10-K) or relating to the ability of the
Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;7.2. Officer&#146;s Certificate</I>. Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;7.1(a)(i)</B> or <B>Section&nbsp;7.1(b)(i) </B>shall be accompanied by a certificate of a
Senior Financial Officer setting forth: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <I>Covenant Compliance</I> &#151; the information (including detailed
calculations) required in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of <B>Sections&nbsp;10.1 </B>(to the extent Funded Indebtedness is incurred during the period covered by such certificate) and<B> 10.5</B>,
during the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such Section, where applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be,
permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in existence); and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(b) <I>Event of Default</I> &#151; a statement that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the
Company and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any
condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists (including, without limitation, any such event or condition resulting from the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to
comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;7.3. Visitation</I>. The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes
that is an Institutional Investor, at such Institutional Holder&#146;s expense, to visit and inspect any of the principal executive offices of the Company or any Subsidiary, including its books of account, to request copies and extracts therefrom
and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times during
customary business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested. Each holder of the Notes agrees to keep confidential any Confidential Information received as a result of the rights granted in this <B>Section&nbsp;7 </B>in the manner provided
in <B>Section&nbsp;20</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">P<SMALL>AYMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> P<SMALL>REPAYMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;8.1. Required Prepayments. </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(a) <I>Series&nbsp;A Notes</I>. The Company agrees that on December&nbsp;3 in each year commencing December&nbsp;3, 2016 and ending December&nbsp;3, 2018, it will redeem and there shall become due and payable on the principal indebtedness
evidenced by the Series A Notes an amount equal to the lesser of (i)&nbsp;$10,000,000 or (ii)&nbsp;the principal amount of the Series A Notes then outstanding. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <I>Series B Notes</I>. The Company agrees that on December&nbsp;3 in each year commencing December&nbsp;3, 2029 and ending December&nbsp;3, 2038, it will redeem and there shall become due and payable on the
principal indebtedness evidenced by the Series B Notes an amount equal to the lesser of (i)&nbsp;$5,000,000 or (ii)&nbsp;the principal amount of the Series B Notes then outstanding (each such redemption being a <I>&#147;Series B required sinking
fund payment&#148;</I>). At the same time the Company makes a Series B required sinking fund payment, the Company shall have the option (which shall be non-cumulative) to redeem an additional principal amount of the Series B Notes outstanding of
$5,000,000 (a <I>&#147;Series B optional sinking fund payment&#148;</I>); <I>provided,</I> that the cumulative amount of such Series B optional sinking fund payments may not exceed $20,000,000 in principal amount of Series B Notes. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event that the Company shall prepay less than all of the Notes of any Series pursuant to any Series B optional sinking fund payment or
<B>Section&nbsp;8.2</B>, or shall purchase less than all of the Notes pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;8.5</B>, the amounts of the prepayments in respect of each Series (as applicable) of Notes required by this <B>Section&nbsp;8.1 </B>shall be deemed to
be applied first, to the amount of principal scheduled to be paid on the maturity date of such Series, and then to the remaining scheduled required sinking payments in inverse chronological order. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;8.2. Optional Prepayments</I>. The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to
time any part of, the Notes (but if in part then in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $100,000), at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such prepayment, <I>plus</I> the Make-Whole
Amount for such Series, determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount, which Make-Whole Amount shall be payable (a)&nbsp;in connection with all optional prepayments of the Series&nbsp;A Notes pursuant to this
<B>Section&nbsp;8.2</B> and (b)&nbsp;only in connection with optional prepayments of the Series&nbsp;B Notes pursuant to this <B>Section&nbsp;8.2</B> occurring on or prior to December&nbsp;3, 2033. The amount to be paid in respect of the
Series&nbsp;B Notes in connection with any optional prepayment pursuant to this <B>Section&nbsp;8.2 </B>after December&nbsp;3, 2033 shall be 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such
prepayment, but without payment of the Make-Whole Amount. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this
<B>Section&nbsp;8.2</B> not less than 15 days and not more than 45&nbsp;days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of each
Series to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with <B>Section&nbsp;8.3</B>), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount
being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting
forth the details of such computation. Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of each such Make-Whole Amount, if any, as of
the specified prepayment date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;8.3. Allocation of Partial Prepayments</I>. In the case of each partial prepayment of the
Notes pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;8.2</B>, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be (a)&nbsp;allocated among each Series of Notes in proportion to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of each such Series of Notes, and
(b)&nbsp;allocated <I>pro rata</I> among all of the holders of the Notes within such Series at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;8.4. Maturity; Surrender, Etc</I>.<I> </I>In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this <B>Section&nbsp;8</B>,
the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment (which shall be a Business Day), together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable
Make-Whole Amount, if any. From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall
cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;8.5. Purchase of Notes</I>. The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire,
directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes of any Series except (a)&nbsp;upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes of all Series in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes or (b)&nbsp;pursuant to an offer to purchase
any outstanding Notes of all Series made by the Company or an Affiliate pro rata to the holders of all Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions; <I>provided</I> that any such offer pursuant to this clause (b)&nbsp;shall
provide each holder with reasonably sufficient information to enable it to make an informed decision and shall remain open for at least ten Business Days. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any
payment or prepayment of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;8.6. Make-Whole Amount. </I></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Make-Whole Amount&#148;</I> means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining
Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal, <I>provided</I> that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the
following terms have the following meanings: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Called Principal&#148;</I> means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such
Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;8.2</B> or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;12.1</B>, as the context requires. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Discounted Value&#148; </I>means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled
Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same
periodic basis as that on which interest on the Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Reinvestment Yield&#148;</I> means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i)&nbsp;the yields reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day
preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as &#147;Page&nbsp;PX1&#148; (or such other display as may replace Page&nbsp;PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively
traded on the run U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii)&nbsp;if such yields are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time
are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect
to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as
of such Settlement Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the case of each determination under clause&nbsp;(i) or clause&nbsp;(ii), as the case may be, of the preceding
paragraph, such implied yield will be determined, if necessary, by (a)&nbsp;converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b)&nbsp;interpolating linearly between (1)&nbsp;the
applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2)&nbsp;the applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment
Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Remaining Average
Life&#148;</I> means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i)&nbsp;such Called Principal into (ii)&nbsp;the sum of the products obtained by multiplying
(a)&nbsp;the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b)&nbsp;the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such
Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Remaining Scheduled Payments&#148;</I> means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note,
all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, <I>provided</I> that if
such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement
Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;8.2</B> or <B>Section&nbsp;12.1</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Settlement
Date&#148; </I>means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;8.2</B> or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to
<B>Section&nbsp;12.1</B>, as the context requires. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A<SMALL>FFIRMATIVE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OVENANTS</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;9.1. Compliance with Law</I>. Without limiting
<B>Section&nbsp;10.7</B>, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject, including, without limitation, ERISA, the USA Patriot Act
and Environmental Laws, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective
businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or the failure to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other
governmental authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;9.2. Insurance.</I> The Company will insure and keep insured, and will cause every Subsidiary to insure and keep insured, to a reasonable amount with reputable insurance companies, so much of their respective properties as
companies engaged in a similar business and to the extent such companies in accordance with good business practice customarily insure properties of a similar character against loss by fire and from other causes or, in lieu thereof, in the case of
itself or its Subsidiaries, the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained a system or systems of self-insurance which will accord with the approved practices of companies owning or operating properties of a similar character and maintaining
such systems, and of a size similar to that of the Company and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;9.3. Maintenance of Properties</I>. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition
(other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, <I>provided</I> that this Section shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation
and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;9.4. Payment of Taxes and Claims</I>. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of
their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or
assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, <I>provided</I> that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i)&nbsp;the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or
such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary or (ii)&nbsp;the
nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;9.5. Corporate Existence, Etc.; Ownership of Subsidiaries</I>. (a)&nbsp;Subject to <B>Section&nbsp;10.4(ii)</B> the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence. Subject to <B>Section&nbsp;10.4</B>, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the legal existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) and all rights and
franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such legal existence, right or franchise would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except pursuant to an action or
order by a Governmental Authority, the Company shall at all times be and remain a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Unitil. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;9.6.
Books and Records</I>. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory
jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;9.7. Notes to Rank Pari Passu</I>. The Company will
ensure that its payment obligations under this Agreement and the Notes will at all times rank at least <I>pari passu</I>, without preference or priority, with all other senior unsecured Funded Indebtedness of the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>10.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N<SMALL>EGATIVE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OVENANTS</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;10.1. Limitation on Funded Indebtedness.</I> (a)&nbsp;The Company will not, and will not
permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur or assume any Funded Indebtedness other than: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) Funded
Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) additional Funded Indebtedness, so long as the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of such Funded Indebtedness, after giving effect to the application of the proceeds thereof (subject to the proviso set forth hereafter) and when added to all other Funded Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on a
consolidated basis) then outstanding, does not exceed 65% of the Total Capitalization; <I>provided,</I> that in giving effect to the application of such proceeds, only applications which are substantially contemporaneous with the incurrence of such
additional Funded Indebtedness shall be given such effect, except that if the application of such proceeds involves the redemption of other securities of the Company, and such redemption cannot be made substantially contemporaneously with the
incurrence of such additional Funded Indebtedness, then such intended redemption shall nevertheless be given effect for purposes hereof if either (1)&nbsp;the Company shall have given irrevocable written notice of redemption of such other securities
to the holders thereof at or prior to the time of the incurrence of such additional Funded Indebtedness and such redemption is thereafter made in accordance with the terms of such notice, or (2)&nbsp;if such notice was not permitted to be given at
or prior to the time of the incurrence of such additional Funded Indebtedness and the redemption will occur within 180 days after such incurrence, then (A)&nbsp;the proceeds of such Funded Indebtedness to be used for such redemption shall have been
set aside in an escrow or trust account with a United States bank or other financial institution having capital and surplus of at least $35,000,000, together with written instructions to the escrow agent or trustee to send notice of redemption of
such securities provided by the Company to the holders thereof in accordance with the terms of such securities and thereafter to use such proceeds for such redemption in accordance with the terms of such notice, such escrow or trust account to also
provide (x)&nbsp;that the funds set aside therein are not to be released to or for the benefit of the Company except for the purpose of accomplishing the redemption contemplated thereby, or with the prior written consent of all holders of Notes then
outstanding, and (y)&nbsp;that if the funds set aside therein are invested in securities by such bank or financial institution, they shall be invested only in direct obligations of the United States of America maturing in not more than 180 days, and
(B)&nbsp;unless otherwise agreed to in writing by all of the holders of Notes then outstanding, the redemption to be funded from such escrow or trust account is actually made in accordance with the terms under which such escrow or trust account is
established. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) In addition to the limitations contained in <B>Section&nbsp;10.1(a)</B>, no Subsidiary shall create, incur, assume or
become liable for or have outstanding, or permit its property to be subject to a Lien securing any Funded Indebtedness if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent transaction, the aggregate amount of all Funded Indebtedness of all
Subsidiaries would exceed 20% of Total Shareholders&#146; Equity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) For the purposes of this <B>Section&nbsp;10.1</B>, any Person becoming a Subsidiary after the date
hereof shall be deemed, at the time it becomes a Subsidiary, to have incurred all of its then outstanding Indebtedness, and any Person extending, renewing or refunding any Indebtedness shall be deemed to have incurred such Indebtedness at the time
of such extension, renewal or refunding. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;10.2. Limitation on Liens.</I> Except as hereinafter in this Section expressly
permitted, the Company will not at any time, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, assume or suffer to exist, except in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary, any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, real or
personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or of or upon any income or profits therefrom, without making effective provision, and the Company covenants that in any such case it will make or cause to be made effective provision, whereby the
Notes then outstanding shall be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Indebtedness to be secured thereby, so long as any such other Indebtedness shall be so secured. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the Company or a Subsidiary from creating, assuming or suffering to exist, and the Company and its
Subsidiaries are hereby expressly permitted to create, assume or suffer to exist, without securing the Notes as hereinabove provided, Liens of the following character: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) any purchase money mortgage or other Lien existing on any property of the Company or a Subsidiary at the time of acquisition, whether
or not assumed, or created contemporaneously with the acquisition or construction of property, to secure or provide for the payment of the purchase or construction price of such property, and any conditional sales agreement or other title retention
agreement with respect to any property hereafter acquired; <I>provided, however,</I> that (i)&nbsp;the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by all such mortgages and other Liens on a particular parcel of property shall not exceed
100% of the lesser of the total cost or fair market value at the time of the acquisition or construction of such property, including the improvements thereon (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company or the relevant
Subsidiary) and (ii)&nbsp;all such Indebtedness shall have been incurred within the applicable limitations provided in <B>Section&nbsp;10.1</B>; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) refundings or extensions of any Lien permitted by this <B>Section&nbsp;10.2</B> for amounts not exceeding the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refunded or extended at the time of the refunding or extension
thereof, and covering only the same property theretofore securing the same; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) deposits, Liens or pledges to enable the
Company or a Subsidiary to exercise any privilege or license, or to secure payment of worker&#146;s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security, or to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts or leases
to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party, or to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary, or to secure surety, stay or appeal bonds to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party; or other similar deposits or
pledges made in the ordinary course of business; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) mechanics&#146;, workmen&#146;s, repairmen&#146;s, materialmen&#146;s or
carrier&#146;s liens or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business; or deposits or pledges to obtain the release of any such Liens; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company or a Subsidiary with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review and in respect
of which a stay of execution pending such appeal or proceeding for review shall have been secured; or Liens incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in the course of any legal proceeding to which the
Company or a Subsidiary is a party; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) Liens for taxes (i)&nbsp;not yet subject to penalties for non-payment or
(ii)&nbsp;being contested, <I>provided,</I> payment thereof is not required by <B>Section&nbsp;9.4</B>; or minor survey exceptions, or minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights of way, sewers, electric lines,
telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties, which encumbrances, easements, reservations, rights and restrictions do not in the aggregate Materially detract from the
value of said properties or Materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the Company or a Subsidiary; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(g) Liens incurred in connection with the lease of conversion burners and water heaters to customers; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) Liens
on property acquired through the merger or consolidation of another utility company with or into, or the purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of another utility company by, the Company or a Subsidiary, <I>provided</I> that such Lien
does not extend to other property of the Company or a Subsidiary; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) pledges, assignments and other security devices
entered into in connection with the financing or refinancing of customers&#146; conditional sales contracts; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j) Liens
securing short-term Indebtedness incurred in connection with the purchase and sale of gas and/or energy supply (including transportation charges) or Guarantees in respect of obligations under such contracts; <I>provided that</I>, such Liens attach
solely to such gas or energy supply; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) unsecured contractual rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection
with funds contributed and borrowed under the Cash Pooling and Loan Agreement, to the extent advances from the Cash Pool (as defined in the Cash Pooling and Loan Agreement) are used for the purpose of purchasing gas and/or energy supply; <I>provided
that</I>, if at any time any Liens are granted to secure such contractual rights, such Liens shall attach solely to such gas or energy supply; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(l) Liens created or incurred after the date of Closing, in addition to those otherwise permitted by this <B>Section&nbsp;10.2</B>, securing Indebtedness which does not exceed in the aggregate $10,000,000 at any one
time outstanding; <I>provided</I> that all such Indebtedness shall have been incurred within the applicable limitations provided in <B>Section&nbsp;10.1</B>; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If at any time the Company or a Subsidiary shall create or assume any Lien not permitted by this Section,
to which the covenant to secure the Notes in the first paragraph of this <B>Section&nbsp;10.2</B> is applicable, the Company will promptly deliver to each holder of record of the Notes then outstanding: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(x) an Officers&#146; Certificate stating that the covenant of the Company contained in the first paragraph of this
<B>Section&nbsp;10.2</B> has been complied with; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(y) an opinion of counsel addressed to such holders to the effect
that such covenant has been complied with, and that any instruments executed by the Company in the performance of such covenant comply with the requirements of such covenant. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;10.3. Transactions with Affiliates</I>. The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to enter into directly or indirectly any
transaction or group of related transactions (including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company or another Subsidiary), except in
the ordinary course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company&#146;s or such Subsidiary&#146;s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable
arm&#146;s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, except as may be necessary in order for the Company to comply with requirements of any applicable state or federal statute or regulation; <I>provided, however,</I> that if it is not
possible to identify what terms would apply to a comparable arm&#146;s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, such transaction shall be upon such terms as shall be fair and reasonable under the circumstances. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;10.4. Merger or Consolidation; Sale or Transfer of Assets.</I> The Company will not (a)&nbsp;consolidate with or be a party to a merger
with any other corporation or (b)&nbsp;sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries; <I>provided, however,</I> that the Company may consolidate, merge or otherwise combine with any
other corporation (including, without limitation, Granite), or sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) the corporation which results from such consolidation, merger or combination or the corporation to which the Company sells, leases or
otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its and its Subsidiaries&#146; assets (in either case, the <I>&#147;surviving corporation&#148;</I>) is either the Company (in the case of a merger, consolidation or combination), or, if not, is
organized under the laws of any State of the United States or the District of Columbia, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) in the event that the
surviving corporation is not the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Notes are expressly assumed in writing by the surviving corporation and the surviving corporation shall furnish the holders of the Notes an opinion
of counsel satisfactory to such holders to the effect that the instrument of assumption has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding contract and agreement of the surviving corporation enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors&#146; rights generally and by general equitable principles,
and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) at the time of such consolidation, merger or combination or sale, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s and its Subsidiaries&#146; assets, and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Company or the surviving
corporation, as the case may be, could incur at least $1.00 of additional Funded Indebtedness pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;10.1</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;10.5. Restrictions on Dividends.</I> (a)&nbsp;The Company will not except as hereinafter provided: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(i) declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in shares of its own common stock); or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii)
make any other distribution of cash, property or assets on any shares of any class of its capital stock or apply any of its cash, property or assets (other than amounts equal to net proceeds received from the sale of common stock of the Company
subsequent to the date of this Agreement) to the purchase or retirement of, or make any other distribution, through reduction of capital or otherwise, in respect of any shares of its capital stock; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(which dividends, distributions, purchases and retirements are hereinafter referred to as <I>&#147;distributions&#148;</I>) if, after giving effect to such distribution,
the aggregate amount of (1)&nbsp;all such distributions declared, paid, made or applied subsequent to January&nbsp;1, 2008, <I>plus</I> (2)&nbsp;all regular dividends declared on any class of Preferred Stock of the Company subsequent to
January&nbsp;1, 2008 and all amounts charged to retained earnings after January&nbsp;1, 2008 in connection with the purchase or retirement of any shares of Preferred Stock of the Company, would exceed an amount equal to the sum of (x)&nbsp;100% of
the Company&#146;s Adjusted Net Income (Deficit) accumulated subsequent to January&nbsp;1, 2008, <I>plus</I> (y)&nbsp;100% of the net proceeds from any common or preferred equity issuances by the Company subsequent to January&nbsp;1, 2008,
<I>plus</I> (z)&nbsp;$9,000,000. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, in connection with the consummation of the Acquisition,
the Company may, promptly following the Closing, apply the proceeds from the sale of the Notes to recapitalize by applying the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to purchase a portion of Unitil&#146;s equity investment in the Company acquired
by Unitil in connection with the Acquisition. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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distributed in property shall be deemed to be the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) of such property at the time of the making of the distribution in question. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;10.6. Line of Business</I>. The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to engage in any business if, as a result, the
general nature of the business, taken on a consolidated basis, which would then be engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries
on the date of this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;10.7. Terrorism Sanctions Regulations</I>. The Company will not and will not permit any
Subsidiary to (a)&nbsp;become a Person named on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or with whom the people of the United States are restricted from doing business with under
section&nbsp;1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (b)&nbsp;engage in any dealings or transactions with any such Person. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">E<SMALL>VENTS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> D<SMALL>EFAULT</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">An &#147;Event of Default&#148; shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(a) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and
payable; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in any of
<B>Sections&nbsp;7.1(d) or Section&nbsp;10</B>; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance
with&nbsp;any term contained herein (other than those referred to in <B>Sections&nbsp;11(a)</B>, <B>(b)</B>&nbsp;and <B>(c))</B> and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i)&nbsp;a Responsible Officer obtaining actual
knowledge of such default and (ii)&nbsp;the Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a &#147;notice of default&#148; and to refer specifically to this
<B>Section&nbsp;11(d))</B>; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) any representation or warranty made in writing by the Company or by any officer of the
Company in this Agreement or in any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f)(i) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or
premium or make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $5,000,000 beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii)&nbsp;the Company or any Subsidiary is in
default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $5,000,000 or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other
condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared (or one or more Persons are entitled to declare such Indebtedness to be), due and payable before its stated maturity or before its
regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii)&nbsp;as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Indebtedness to convert such Indebtedness into equity
interests), (x)&nbsp;the Company or any Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least
$5,000,000, or (y)&nbsp;one or more Persons have the right to require the Company or any Subsidiary so to purchase or repay such Indebtedness; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) the Company or any Subsidiary (i)&nbsp;is generally not paying, or admits in writing
its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii)&nbsp;files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to
take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii)&nbsp;makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv)&nbsp;consents to the appointment of a custodian, receiver,
trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v)&nbsp;is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi)&nbsp;takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the
foregoing; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) a court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without
consent by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a
petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60&nbsp;days; or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $10,000,000 (in excess of insurance available
therefor) are rendered against one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60&nbsp;days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60&nbsp;days after the
expiration of such stay. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">R<SMALL>EMEDIES</SMALL> <SMALL>ON</SMALL> D<SMALL>EFAULT</SMALL>, E<SMALL>TC</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;12.1. Acceleration</I>. (a)&nbsp;If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in <B>Section&nbsp;11(g)</B> or <B>(h)</B>&nbsp;(other than an Event of Default described in
clause&nbsp;(i) of <B>Section&nbsp;11(g)</B> or described in clause&nbsp;(vi) of <B>Section&nbsp;11(g) </B>by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause&nbsp;(i) of <B>Section&nbsp;11(g))</B> has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding
shall automatically become immediately due and payable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:3px;line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) If any other Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of at least 66<FONT SIZE="1"><SUP>&nbsp;2</SUP></FONT><FONT SIZE="2">/</FONT><FONT SIZE="1">3</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">% in principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable. </FONT></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) If any Event of Default described in <B>Section&nbsp;11(a)</B> or <B>(b)</B>&nbsp;has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any
time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held by it or them to be immediately due and payable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this <B>Section&nbsp;12.1</B>, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus (x)&nbsp;all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon (including, but not limited to, interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate) and (y)&nbsp;the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be
immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain
its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a
result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;12.2. Other Remedies</I>. If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under <B>Section&nbsp;12.1</B>,
the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein
or in any Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:3px;line-height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;12.3. Rescission</I>. At any time after any Notes have been declared due and
payable pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;12.1(b)</B> or <B>(c)</B>, the holders of not less than 66-<FONT SIZE="1"><SUP>&nbsp;2</SUP></FONT><FONT SIZE="2">/</FONT><FONT SIZE="1">3</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">% in principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a)&nbsp;the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any
Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the
Notes, at the Default Rate, (b)&nbsp;all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;17</B>, and
(c)&nbsp;no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Notes. No rescission and annulment under this <B>Section&nbsp;12.3</B> will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or
impair any right consequent thereon. </FONT></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc</I>. No course of dealing and no
delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder&#146;s rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by
any Note upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Company under
<B>Section&nbsp;15</B>, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this <B>Section&nbsp;12</B>,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys&#146; fees, expenses and disbursements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>13.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">R<SMALL>EGISTRATION</SMALL>; E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL>; S<SMALL>UBSTITUTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;13.1. Registration of Notes</I>. The Company shall keep at its principal executive office, or at such other office the address of which
the Company may hereafter notify the holders of the Notes from time to time, a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and
address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder
thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and
correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes</I>. Upon
surrender of any Note to the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in <B>Section&nbsp;18(iii)</B>), for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of
transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder&#146;s attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of
each transferee of such Note or part thereof), within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company&#146;s expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) of the
same Series in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of
the Note of such Series originally issued hereunder. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have
been paid thereon. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000, provided
that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its
nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in <B>Section&nbsp;6.2</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;13.3. Replacement of Notes</I>. Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the
attention of the designated officer (all as specified in <B>Section&nbsp;18(iii)</B>) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of
an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another Institutional Investor that
is a holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $5,000,000 or a Qualified Institutional Buyer, such Person&#146;s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">within ten Business Days thereafter, the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Note of the same Series, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been
paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">P<SMALL>AYMENTS</SMALL> <SMALL>ON</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;14.1. Place of Payment</I>. Subject to <B>Section&nbsp;14.2</B>, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in Hampton, New Hampshire, at the principal
office of the Company in such jurisdiction. The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such
jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;14.2. Home Office Payment</I>. So
long as any Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in <B>Section&nbsp;14.1</B> or in such Note to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal,
Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest by the method and at the address specified for such purpose below such Purchaser&#146;s name in <B>Schedule A</B>, or by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to
time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after
payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by
the Company pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;14.1</B>. Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by a Purchaser or its nominee, such Purchaser will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last
date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;13.2</B>. The Company will afford the benefits of this <B>Section&nbsp;14.2</B> to any Institutional
Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by a Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as the Purchasers have made in this <B>Section&nbsp;14.2</B>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">E<SMALL>XPENSES</SMALL>, E<SMALL>TC</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;15.1. Transaction Expenses.</I> Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company will pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees of a special counsel and,
if reasonably required by the Required Holders, local or other counsel) incurred by the Purchasers and each other holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of
this Agreement or the Notes (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including, without limitation: (a)&nbsp;the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend)
any rights under this Agreement or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement or the Notes, or by reason of being a holder of any Note; (b)&nbsp;the
costs and expenses, including financial advisors&#146; fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by
the Notes; and (c)&nbsp;the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information with the SVO <I>provided,</I> that such costs and expenses under this clause&nbsp;(c)
shall not exceed $3,000. The Company will pay, and will save each Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those, if any, retained by a
Purchaser or other holder). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;15.2. Survival.</I> The obligations of the Company under this <B>Section&nbsp;15</B> will
survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes, and the termination of this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>URVIVAL</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> R<SMALL>EPRESENTATIONS</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> W<SMALL>ARRANTIES</SMALL>; E<SMALL>NTIRE</SMALL> A<SMALL>GREEMENT</SMALL>.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes,
the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of
such Purchaser or any other holder of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under
this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes embody the entire agreement and understanding between each Purchaser and the Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter
hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A<SMALL>MENDMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> W<SMALL>AIVER</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;17.1. Requirements.</I> This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of
the Company and the Required Holders, except that (a)&nbsp;no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of <B>Section&nbsp;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6</B> or<B> 21</B> hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any
Purchaser unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing, and (b)&nbsp;no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i)&nbsp;subject to the provisions of
<B>Section&nbsp;12</B> relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest or of the Make-Whole Amount
on, the Notes, (ii)&nbsp;change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver, or (iii)&nbsp;amend any of <B>Sections 8, 11(a)</B>, <B>11(b)</B>, <B>12, 17</B> or
<B>20</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;17.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes. </I></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <I>Solicitation. </I>The Company will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient
information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or of
the Notes. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this <B>Section&nbsp;17</B> to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the date on which
it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <I>Payment. </I>The Company
will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or
as an inducement to the entering into by any holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other credit support concurrently
provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes then outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;17.3. Binding Effect, Etc.</I> Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this <B>Section&nbsp;17</B> applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon
the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or
waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.
As used herein, the term <I>&#147;this Agreement&#148;</I> and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;17.4. Notes Held by Company, Etc. </I>Solely for the purpose of determining whether the
holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action
provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be
deemed not to be outstanding. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>18.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N<SMALL>OTICES</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All notices and communications
provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a)&nbsp;by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b)&nbsp;by registered or certified mail
with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c)&nbsp;by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) if to any Purchaser or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the address specified for such communications in <B>Schedule
A</B>, or at such other address as such Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) if to
any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) if to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of Treasurer, or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in
writing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notices under this <B>Section&nbsp;18</B> will be deemed given only when actually received. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>19.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">R<SMALL>EPRODUCTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> D<SMALL>OCUMENTS</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a)&nbsp;consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b)&nbsp;documents received by any Purchaser at the
Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c)&nbsp;financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, electronic,
digital, or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced. The Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the
original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further
reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This <B>Section&nbsp;19</B> shall not prohibit the Company or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the
original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>20.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C<SMALL>ONFIDENTIAL</SMALL> I<SMALL>NFORMATION</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">For the purposes of this <B>Section&nbsp;20</B>, &#147;Confidential Information&#148; means information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or
otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that was marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include
information that (a)&nbsp;was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b)&nbsp;subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any Person acting on such
Purchaser&#146;s behalf, (c)&nbsp;otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d)&nbsp;constitutes financial statements delivered to such Purchaser under <B>Section&nbsp;7.1</B> that
are otherwise publicly available. Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered
to such Purchaser, provided that such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i)&nbsp;its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and Affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the
administration of the investment represented by its Notes), (ii)&nbsp;its financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this
<B>Section&nbsp;20</B>, (iii)&nbsp;any other holder of any Note, (iv)&nbsp;any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its
receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this <B>Section&nbsp;20</B>), (v)&nbsp;any Person from which it offers to purchase any security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of
such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this <B>Section&nbsp;20</B>), (vi)&nbsp;any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (vii)&nbsp;the NAIC or the SVO or, in each case, any similar
organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about such Purchaser&#146;s investment portfolio, or (viii)&nbsp;any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate
(w)&nbsp;to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser, (x)&nbsp;in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y)&nbsp;in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party or
(z)&nbsp;if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies
under such Purchaser&#146;s Notes and this Agreement after prior written notice provided to the Company. Any holder of a Note (and any employee, representative or other agent of such holder) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of
any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the taxpayer relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. The authorization in the
immediately preceding sentence is not intended to permit, and does not permit, disclosure of any information not related to the tax treatment or tax structure of the transaction, including, for example, the identities of participants or potential
participants and any Confidential Information regarding the operations or finances of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the
benefits of this <B>Section&nbsp;20</B> as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder under this
Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this <B>Section&nbsp;20</B>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>UBSTITUTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASER</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by
both such Purchaser and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate&#146;s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in
<B>Section&nbsp;6</B>. Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to such Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this <B>Section&nbsp;21</B>), shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of such original Purchaser. In the event that such
Affiliate is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, any reference to such
Affiliate as a &#147;Purchaser&#148; in this Agreement (other than in this <B>Section&nbsp;21</B>), shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to such original Purchaser, and such original Purchaser shall again have all
the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>22.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">M<SMALL>ISCELLANEOUS</SMALL>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;22.1.
Successors and Assigns.</I> All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any
subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;22.2. Payments Due on Non-Business Days.</I> Anything in this
Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding (but without limiting the requirement in <B>Section&nbsp;8.4</B> that the notice of any optional prepayment specify a Business Day as the date fixed for such prepayment), any payment of
principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on
such next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of any Note is a date other than a Business Day, the payment otherwise due on such maturity date shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional
days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;22.3. Accounting Terms.</I> All
accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i)&nbsp;all computations made pursuant to this
Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii)&nbsp;all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;22.4. Severability.</I> Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;22.5. Construction, Etc.</I> Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent
express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant.
Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a part hereof. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Section&nbsp;22.6. Counterparts.</I> This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which
together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>22.7. G<SMALL>OVERNING</SMALL> L<SMALL>AW</SMALL>.</I> T<SMALL>HIS</SMALL> A<SMALL>GREEMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>SHALL</SMALL>
<SMALL>BE</SMALL> <SMALL>CONSTRUED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>ENFORCED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>ACCORDANCE</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL>, <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>RIGHTS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL>
<SMALL>PARTIES</SMALL> <SMALL>SHALL</SMALL> <SMALL>BE</SMALL> <SMALL>GOVERNED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL>, <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>LAW</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> S<SMALL>TATE</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> N<SMALL>EW</SMALL>
Y<SMALL>ORK</SMALL> <SMALL>EXCLUDING</SMALL> <SMALL>CHOICE</SMALL>-<SMALL>OF</SMALL>-<SMALL>LAW</SMALL> <SMALL>PRINCIPLES</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>LAW</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> S<SMALL>TATE</SMALL>
<SMALL>THAT</SMALL> <SMALL>WOULD</SMALL> <SMALL>PERMIT</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>APPLICATION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>LAWS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>A</SMALL> <SMALL>JURISDICTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OTHER</SMALL>
<SMALL>THAN</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> S<SMALL>TATE</SMALL>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>S<SMALL>ECTION&nbsp;</SMALL>22.8. J<SMALL>URISDICTION</SMALL>
<SMALL>AND</SMALL> P<SMALL>ROCESS</SMALL>; W<SMALL>AIVER</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> J<SMALL>URY</SMALL> T<SMALL>RIAL</SMALL></I><SMALL></SMALL>. (<SMALL>A</SMALL>)&nbsp;T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL> <SMALL>IRREVOCABLY</SMALL>
<SMALL>SUBMITS</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>NON</SMALL>-<SMALL>EXCLUSIVE</SMALL> <SMALL>JURISDICTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> N<SMALL>EW</SMALL> Y<SMALL>ORK</SMALL> S<SMALL>TATE</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL>
<SMALL>FEDERAL</SMALL> <SMALL>COURT</SMALL> <SMALL>SITTING</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> B<SMALL>OROUGH</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> M<SMALL>ANHATTAN</SMALL>, T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> C<SMALL>ITY</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> N<SMALL>EW</SMALL>
Y<SMALL>ORK</SMALL>, <SMALL>OVER</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>SUIT</SMALL>, <SMALL>ACTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>PROCEEDING</SMALL> <SMALL>ARISING</SMALL> <SMALL>OUT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>RELATING</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> A<SMALL>GREEMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL>. T<SMALL>O</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>FULLEST</SMALL> <SMALL>EXTENT</SMALL> <SMALL>PERMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL>
<SMALL>APPLICABLE</SMALL> <SMALL>LAW</SMALL>, <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL> <SMALL>IRREVOCABLY</SMALL> <SMALL>WAIVES</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>AGREES</SMALL> <SMALL>NOT</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>ASSERT</SMALL>,
<SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>WAY</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>MOTION</SMALL>, <SMALL>AS</SMALL> <SMALL>A</SMALL> <SMALL>DEFENSE</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>OTHERWISE</SMALL>, <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>CLAIM</SMALL> <SMALL>THAT</SMALL>
<SMALL>IT</SMALL> <SMALL>IS</SMALL> <SMALL>NOT</SMALL> <SMALL>SUBJECT</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>JURISDICTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>COURT</SMALL>, <SMALL>ANY</SMALL>
<SMALL>OBJECTION</SMALL> <SMALL>THAT</SMALL> <SMALL>IT</SMALL> <SMALL>MAY</SMALL> <SMALL>NOW</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>HEREAFTER</SMALL> <SMALL>HAVE</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>LAYING</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL>
<SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>VENUE</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>SUIT</SMALL>, <SMALL>ACTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>PROCEEDING</SMALL> <SMALL>BROUGHT</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL>
<SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>COURT</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>CLAIM</SMALL> <SMALL>THAT</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>SUIT</SMALL>, <SMALL>ACTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>PROCEEDING</SMALL>
<SMALL>BROUGHT</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>COURT</SMALL> <SMALL>HAS</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL> <SMALL>BROUGHT</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>AN</SMALL> <SMALL>INCONVENIENT</SMALL> <SMALL>FORUM</SMALL>.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(<SMALL>B</SMALL>) T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL> <SMALL>CONSENTS</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>PROCESS</SMALL>
<SMALL>BEING</SMALL> <SMALL>SERVED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>ON</SMALL> <SMALL>BEHALF</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>HOLDER</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL>
<SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>SUIT</SMALL>, <SMALL>ACTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>PROCEEDING</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>NATURE</SMALL> <SMALL>REFERRED</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL>
<B>S<SMALL>ECTION</SMALL>&nbsp;22.8(<SMALL>A</SMALL>)</B> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>MAILING</SMALL> <SMALL>A</SMALL> <SMALL>COPY</SMALL> <SMALL>THEREOF</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>REGISTERED</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>CERTIFIED</SMALL>
<SMALL>MAIL</SMALL> (<SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>SUBSTANTIALLY</SMALL> <SMALL>SIMILAR</SMALL> <SMALL>FORM</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>MAIL</SMALL>), <SMALL>POSTAGE</SMALL> <SMALL>PREPAID</SMALL>, <SMALL>RETURN</SMALL>
<SMALL>RECEIPT</SMALL> <SMALL>REQUESTED</SMALL>, <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>IT</SMALL> <SMALL>AT</SMALL> <SMALL>ITS</SMALL> <SMALL>ADDRESS</SMALL> <SMALL>SPECIFIED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <B>S<SMALL>ECTION</SMALL>&nbsp;18</B> <SMALL>OR</SMALL>
<SMALL>AT</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>OTHER</SMALL> <SMALL>ADDRESS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>WHICH</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>HOLDER</SMALL> <SMALL>SHALL</SMALL> <SMALL>THEN</SMALL> <SMALL>HAVE</SMALL> <SMALL>BEEN</SMALL>
<SMALL>NOTIFIED</SMALL> <SMALL>PURSUANT</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>SAID</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECTION</SMALL>. T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL> <SMALL>AGREES</SMALL> <SMALL>THAT</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>SERVICE</SMALL>
<SMALL>UPON</SMALL> <SMALL>RECEIPT</SMALL> (<SMALL>I</SMALL>)&nbsp;<SMALL>SHALL</SMALL> <SMALL>BE</SMALL> <SMALL>DEEMED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>EVERY</SMALL> <SMALL>RESPECT</SMALL> <SMALL>EFFECTIVE</SMALL> <SMALL>SERVICE</SMALL>
<SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>PROCESS</SMALL> <SMALL>UPON</SMALL> <SMALL>IT</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>SUCH</SMALL> <SMALL>SUIT</SMALL>, <SMALL>ACTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>PROCEEDING</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL>
(<SMALL>II</SMALL>)&nbsp;<SMALL>SHALL</SMALL>, <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>FULLEST</SMALL> <SMALL>EXTENT</SMALL> <SMALL>PERMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>APPLICABLE</SMALL> <SMALL>LAW</SMALL>, <SMALL>BE</SMALL>
<SMALL>TAKEN</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>HELD</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>BE</SMALL> <SMALL>VALID</SMALL> <SMALL>PERSONAL</SMALL> <SMALL>SERVICE</SMALL> <SMALL>UPON</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> <SMALL>PERSONAL</SMALL>
<SMALL>DELIVERY</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>IT</SMALL>. N<SMALL>OTICES</SMALL> <SMALL>HEREUNDER</SMALL> <SMALL>SHALL</SMALL> <SMALL>BE</SMALL> <SMALL>CONCLUSIVELY</SMALL> <SMALL>PRESUMED</SMALL> <SMALL>RECEIVED</SMALL> <SMALL>AS</SMALL>
<SMALL>EVIDENCED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>A</SMALL> <SMALL>DELIVERY</SMALL> <SMALL>RECEIPT</SMALL> <SMALL>FURNISHED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> U<SMALL>NITED</SMALL> S<SMALL>TATES</SMALL> P<SMALL>OSTAL</SMALL>
S<SMALL>ERVICE</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>REPUTABLE</SMALL> <SMALL>COMMERCIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>DELIVERY</SMALL> <SMALL>SERVICE</SMALL>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<B>S<SMALL>ECTION</SMALL>&nbsp;22.8</B> <SMALL>SHALL</SMALL> <SMALL>AFFECT</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>RIGHT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>HOLDER</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>A</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTE</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>SERVE</SMALL> <SMALL>PROCESS</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>MANNER</SMALL> <SMALL>PERMITTED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>LAW</SMALL>, <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>LIMIT</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL>
<SMALL>RIGHT</SMALL> <SMALL>THAT</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>HOLDERS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL> <SMALL>MAY</SMALL> <SMALL>HAVE</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL>
<SMALL>BRING</SMALL> <SMALL>PROCEEDINGS</SMALL> <SMALL>AGAINST</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> <SMALL>COURTS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>APPROPRIATE</SMALL>
<SMALL>JURISDICTION</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>ENFORCE</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>LAWFUL</SMALL> <SMALL>MANNER</SMALL> <SMALL>A</SMALL> <SMALL>JUDGMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>OBTAINED</SMALL>
<SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>ONE</SMALL> <SMALL>JURISDICTION</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>OTHER</SMALL> <SMALL>JURISDICTION</SMALL>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(<SMALL>D</SMALL>) T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> <SMALL>PARTIES</SMALL> <SMALL>HERETO</SMALL> <SMALL>HEREBY</SMALL> <SMALL>WAIVE</SMALL> <SMALL>TRIAL</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>JURY</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL>
<SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>ACTION</SMALL> <SMALL>BROUGHT</SMALL> <SMALL>ON</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> <SMALL>RESPECT</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THIS</SMALL> A<SMALL>GREEMENT</SMALL>, <SMALL>THE</SMALL> N<SMALL>OTES</SMALL>
<SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>ANY</SMALL> <SMALL>OTHER</SMALL> <SMALL>DOCUMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>EXECUTED</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>CONNECTION</SMALL> <SMALL>HEREWITH</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> <SMALL>THEREWITH</SMALL>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[S<SMALL>IGNATURE</SMALL> P<SMALL>AGES</SMALL> F<SMALL>OLLOW</SMALL>] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding agreement between you and the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Very truly yours,</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N<SMALL>ORTHERN</SMALL> U<SMALL>TILITIES</SMALL>, I<SMALL>NC</SMALL>.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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SIZE="2">accepted and agreed to as </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">of the date thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV
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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Acquisition&#148; </I>means the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, Unitil will
acquire all of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company and Granite. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Adjusted Net Income (Deficit)&#148;</I> means
the amount of net income (or if such net income is a deficit, the amount of such deficit) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period in question (taken as a cumulative whole) transferred to the retained earnings account on the books and
records of the Company on a consolidated basis, as determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding any extraordinary non-cash gains and losses. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Affiliate&#148; </I>means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with,
such first Person, and, with respect to the Company, shall include any Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of any class of voting or equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or any Person of which the
Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of any class of voting or equity interests. As used in this definition, &#147;Control&#148; means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an
&#147;Affiliate&#148; is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Anti-Terrorism Order&#148; </I>means Executive Order
No.&nbsp;13,224 of September&nbsp;24, 2001, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg. 49, 079 (2001), as amended. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Business Day&#148; </I>means (a)&nbsp;for the purposes of <B>Section&nbsp;8.6</B> only, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed, and (b)&nbsp;for the purposes of any other provision of this Agreement, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York,
New&nbsp;York or Manchester, New Hampshire are required or authorized to be closed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Capital Lease&#148; </I>means, at any time, a
lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Cash Pooling and Loan Agreement&#148;</I> means the cash pooling and loan agreement, as amended and restated, dated December&nbsp;1, 2008, between Unitil and certain of its Subsidiaries, including the
Company, as further amended from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">S<SMALL>CHEDULE</SMALL> B </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(to Note Purchase Agreement) </FONT></P>

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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Code&#148; </I>means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from
time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Company&#148;</I> means Northern Utilities, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation, or any successor that becomes such
in the manner prescribed in <B>Section&nbsp;10.4</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Confidential Information&#148;</I> is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;20</B>.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Default&#148;</I> means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of
notice or both, become an Event of Default. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Default Rate&#148;</I> means, with respect to the Notes of any Series, that rate of
interest that is the greater of (i)&nbsp;2% per annum above the rate of interest stated in clause (a)&nbsp;of the first paragraph of the Notes of such Series or (ii)&nbsp;2% over the rate of interest publicly announced by Bank of America, N.A. in
Charlotte, North Carolina as its &#147;base&#148; or &#147;prime&#148; rate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Electronic Delivery&#148;</I> is defined in
<B>Section&nbsp;7.1(a)(ii)</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Environmental Laws&#148;</I> means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into
the environment, including but not limited to those related to Hazardous Material. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;ERISA&#148;</I> means the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>&#147;ERISA Affiliate&#148; </I>means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with the Company under section&nbsp;414 of the Code. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Event of Default&#148;</I> is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;11</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Exchange Act&#148;</I> means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;FERC&#148;</I> means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and any successor Governmental Authority thereto. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Form 10-K&#148;</I> is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;7.1(b)(ii)</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Form 10-Q&#148;</I> is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;7.1(a)(ii)</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Funded Indebtedness&#148;</I> of any Person as of any date as of which the amount thereof is to
be determined, means (i)&nbsp;all Indebtedness of such Person required to be paid more than one year from the date as of which Funded Indebtedness is being determined pursuant to the terms of the agreement or instrument under which such Indebtedness
was incurred, but there shall be excluded sinking fund, serial maturity, periodic installment and amortization payments on account of Indebtedness which are required to be made within one year from the date of such determination and (ii)&nbsp;all
Guaranties of Funded Indebtedness of others described in clause&nbsp;(i) of this definition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Funded Indebtedness shall not include: (a)&nbsp;obligations under contracts for the purchase of gas and energy supply,
including transportation charges or Guaranties in respect of such obligations; (b)&nbsp;pension and benefit obligations, whether or not absolute or contingent or included, in accordance with GAAP, in determining total liabilities on the balance
sheet; (c)&nbsp;amounts owed to or by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Cash Pooling and Loan Agreement; and (d)&nbsp;all obligations under operating leases. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;GAAP&#148;</I> means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Governmental Authority&#148;</I> means </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) the government of </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) the United States of America or any State or other political subdivision thereof, or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts
jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Granite&#148;</I> means Granite State
Gas Transmission, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Guaranty&#148;</I> means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except
the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) to purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any property constituting security therefor; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(b) to advance or supply funds (i)&nbsp;for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation, or (ii)&nbsp;to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or
otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose
of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the indebtedness or obligation; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) otherwise to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In any computation
of the indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Hazardous Material&#148;</I> means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might pose a hazard to health and
safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or
shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law including, but not limited to, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar
restricted, prohibited or penalized substances. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;holder&#148;</I> means, with respect to any Note the Person in whose name such
Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company pursuant to <B>Section&nbsp;13.1</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Indebtedness&#148;</I> with
respect to any Person means, at any time, without duplication, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) its liabilities for borrowed money; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) all liabilities which would appear on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Synthetic Leases if such Synthetic
Leases were accounted for as Capital Leases; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) obligations due in respect of Capital Leases; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the
ordinary course of business but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to any such property); and </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) without duplication, any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a)&nbsp;through
(d)&nbsp;above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Institutional Investor&#148;</I> means (a)&nbsp;any Purchaser of a Note, (b)&nbsp;any holder of a Note holding
(together with one or more of its affiliates) more than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, (c)&nbsp;any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any
investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form, and (d)&nbsp;any Related Fund of any holder of any Note. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Lien&#148; </I>means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, adverse claim,
charge, security interest or other encumbrance in or on, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or Capital Lease, upon or with
respect to any property or asset of such Person (including in the case of stock, stockholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Make-Whole Amount&#148;</I> is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;8.6</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Material&#148;</I>
means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets, or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Material Adverse Effect&#148;</I> means a material adverse effect on (a)&nbsp;the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
or (b)&nbsp;the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, or (c)&nbsp;the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Notes. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Memorandum&#148; </I>is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;5.3</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;MPUC&#148;</I> means the Maine Public Utilities Commission and any successor Governmental Authority. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Multiemployer Plan&#148;</I> means any Plan that is a &#147;multiemployer plan&#148; (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;NAIC&#148; </I>means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Notes&#148;</I> is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;1</B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;NHPUC&#148;</I> means the New Hampshire Public Utilities
Commission and any successor Governmental Authority. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Officer&#146;s Certificate&#148; </I>means a certificate of a Senior
Financial Officer or of any other officer of the Company whose responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Person&#148; </I>means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, business entity or Governmental Authority. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Plan&#148;</I> means an &#147;employee benefit plan&#148; (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA that is or, within
the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate may have any liability. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Preferred Stock&#148; </I>means any class of capital stock of a Person that is preferred over
any other class of capital stock (or similar equity interests) of such Person as to the payment of dividends or the payment of any amount upon liquidation or dissolution of such Person. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;property&#148; </I>or <I>&#147;properties&#148;</I> means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind,
tangible or intangible, choate or inchoate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;PTE&#148;</I> is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;6.2(a)</B>. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Purchaser&#148; </I>is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Qualified Institutional Buyer&#148;</I> means any Person who is a &#147;qualified institutional buyer&#148; within the meaning of such term as
set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Related Fund&#148;</I> means, with respect to any holder of any Note, any
fund or entity that (i)&nbsp;invests in Securities or bank loans, and (ii)&nbsp;is advised or managed by such holder, the same investment advisor as such holder or by an affiliate of such holder or such investment advisor. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Required Holders&#148;</I> means, at any time, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding
(exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Responsible Officer&#148; </I>means any Senior Financial
Officer and any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>&#147;SEC&#148;</I> shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, or any successor thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Securities&#148;</I> or <I>&#147;securities&#148;</I> shall have the meaning specified in Section&nbsp;2(1) of the Securities Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Securities Act&#148; </I>means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Senior Financial Officer&#148;</I> means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of the Company or
of Unitil, as applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Series&#148;</I> means any series of Notes issued pursuant to this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Series A Notes&#148;</I> is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;1</B> of this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Series B Notes&#148;</I> is defined in <B>Section&nbsp;1</B> of this Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Stock Purchase Agreement&#148; </I>means the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of
February&nbsp;15, 2008 by and among Nisource Inc. and Bay State Gas Company, as Sellers, and Unitil, as Purchaser. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Subsidiary&#148;</I> means, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to
enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such second Person, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the
profits or capital thereof is owned by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does ordinarily take major business actions
without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a &#147;Subsidiary&#148; is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;SVO&#148;</I> means the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC or any successor to such Office. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Synthetic Lease&#148; </I>means, at any time, any lease (including leases that may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property
(a)&nbsp;that is accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP and (b)&nbsp;in respect of which the lessee retains or obtains ownership of the property so leased for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such
Person is the lessor.<I> </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Total Capitalization&#148;</I> at any date means the sum of (x)&nbsp;Funded Indebtedness of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, and (y)&nbsp;Total Shareholders&#146; Equity as of such date. Such Total Capitalization shall be exclusive of Accumulated and Other Comprehensive Income (within the meaning of GAAP) derived from pension and benefit
obligations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Total Shareholders&#146; Equity&#148;</I> means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount for total
common stock equity, preference stock and Preferred Stock as presented in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of such date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Unitil&#148;</I> means Unitil Corporation, a New Hampshire corporation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;USA Patriot
Act&#148; </I>means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA P<SMALL>ATRIOT</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL>) Act of 2001, as amended from time to
time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Voting Stock&#148;</I> means Securities
of any class or classes, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to elect a majority of the corporate directors (or Persons performing similar functions).<I> </I></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>&#147;Wholly-Owned Subsidiary&#148;</I> means, at any time, any Subsidiary one hundred percent of all of the equity interests (except directors&#146;
qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Company and the Company&#146;s other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at such time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px">

<IMG SRC="g62488ex99_1pg1.jpg" ALT="LOGO"> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>For Immediate Release </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B><U>Contact: </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>George Gantz </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">603-773-6569 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">gantz@unitil.com </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Unitil Debt
Financing Completed </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Hampton, NH. &#150; December&nbsp;3, 2008: Unitil Corporation (NYSE:UTL) today announced that its local natural gas
distribution utility subsidiary, Northern Utilities, Inc. completed the private placement of $80 million of senior unsecured notes. The debt financing included $50 million of 30-year notes with a coupon rate of 7.72% and $30 million of 10-year notes
with a coupon rate of 6.95%. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The net proceeds of the debt issuance are being used to repay a portion of the bridge financing for Unitil&#146;s acquisition
of Northern Utilities. The acquisition was completed on Monday, December&nbsp;1, 2008. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">RBC Capital Markets Corporation served as Unitil&#146;s placement
agent for the debt financing and Dewey&nbsp;&amp; LeBoeuf LLP provided legal representation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933 or any state securities laws and the notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
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and Massachusetts, gas distribution service in Maine and energy services throughout the Northeast. Unitil has approximately 430 employees and serves approximately 167,000 utility customers in three states. Its utility affiliates include Unitil
Energy Systems, Inc., Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, Northern Utilities, Inc. and Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc. Its other subsidiaries include Unitil Service Corp. and its non-regulated business segment Unitil Resources, Inc.
Usource L.L.C. is a subsidiary of Unitil Resources, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Forward Looking Statements: </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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forward-looking statements. Certain factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the following: variations in weather; changes in the
regulatory environment; customers&#146; preferences on energy sources; general economic conditions; increased competition; fluctuations in supply, demand, transmission capacity and prices for energy commodities; and other uncertainties, all of which
are difficult to predict, and many of which are beyond the control of Unitil Corporation. </FONT></P>
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