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<br />200804897 <br /> <br />[FORM OF BOND OF THE 6.05% SERIES DUE 2018] <br /> <br />THIS BOND HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF <br />1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, <br />TRANSFERRED OR PLEDGED UNLESS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE <br />PROVISIONS OF SUCH ACT OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM IS AVAILABLE, <br />EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE NEITHER SUCH REGISTRATION <br />NOR SUCH AN EXEMPTION IS REQUIRED BY LAW. <br /> <br />NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION <br /> <br />(Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware) <br /> <br />FIRST MORTGAGE BOND, 6.05% SERIES DUE 2018 <br /> <br />No. R- <br />$ <br /> <br />[Date] <br />[CUSIP No. 668074 A@6] <br /> <br />FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, NorthWestern Corporation, (herein called the <br />"Company," which term shall include any Successor Corporation, as defined in the Indenture <br />hereinafter referred to), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of <br />Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [ 1, or registered assigns, the principal sum of <br />[ 1 DOLLARS (or so much thereof as shall not have been redeemed) on <br />May 1, 2018, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) <br />(a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 6.05% per annum from May 1,2008, or from the <br />most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semiannually, on <br />the first day of May and November in each year, commencing November 1, 2008, until the <br />principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, on <br />any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such <br />unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum <br />from time to time equal to the greater of (i) Interest Rate plus 2% or (ii) 2% over the rate of <br />interest publicly announced by The Bank of New York from time to time in New York, New <br />York as its "base" or "prime" rate, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the <br />registered holder hereof, on demand). Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this <br />First Mortgage Bond set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all <br />purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. <br /> <br />[FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION] <br /> <br />This is one of the Bonds of the series designated therein referred to in the within- <br />mentioned Indenture and Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2008. <br /> <br />THE BANK OF NEW YORK, <br />AS TRUSTEE <br /> <br />By <br />Authorized Signatory <br /> <br />4349724.11 <br /> <br />4 <br />