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<br />200804897 <br /> <br />Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this <br />First Mortgage Bond are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at The <br />Bank of New York in New York, New York or at such other place as the Company shall have <br />designated by written notice to the holder of this First Mortgage Bond. Any interest on this First <br />Mortgage Bond which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest <br />Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name this First Mortgage Bond (or one or <br />more Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the close of business on the April fifteenth or October <br />fifteenth, as the case may be (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest <br />Payment Date. <br /> <br />This First Mortgage Bond is one of a series of First Mortgage Bonds, 6.05% Series due <br />2018 (herein called the "First Mortgage Bonds") issued pursuant to the Eighth Supplemental <br />Indenture dated as of May 1, 2008 (as from time to time amended, the "Supplemental <br />Indenture "), between the Company and the Trustee named therein which amends and <br />supplements the General Mortgage Indenture and Deed of Trust dated as of August 1, 1993, <br />executed by the Company (under its then name, NorthWestern Public Services Company) to The <br />Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), the predecessor to The Bank of New York, as <br />Trustee (the "Trustee") (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Indenture ") to <br />which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a <br />description of the properties mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security, the <br />rights of registered owners of the Bonds and of the Trustee in respect thereof, and the terms and <br />conditions upon which the Bonds are, and are to be, secured. The Bonds may be issued in series, <br />for various principal sums, may mature at different times, may bear interest at different rates and <br />may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. The First Mortgage Bonds are also entitled to <br />the benefits thereof and the Bond Purchase Agreement dated as of May 1, 2008 between the <br />Company and the purchasers listed in Schedule A thereto (the "Bond Purchase Agreement"). <br />Each holder of this First Mortgage Bond will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have made <br />the representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Bond Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise <br />indicated, capitalized terms used in this First Mortgage Bond shall have the respective meanings <br />ascribed to such terms in the Supplemental Indenture. <br /> <br />This First Mortgage Bond is a registered First Mortgage Bond and, as provided in <br />Section 3.05 of the Indenture but subject to the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture, upon <br />surrender of this First Mortgage Bond for registration of transfer accompanied by a written <br />instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder's attorney <br />duly authorized in writing, a new First Mortgage Bond for a like principal amount will be issued <br />to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the <br />Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this First Mortgage Bond is <br />registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other <br />purposes, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or thc Trustee <br />will be affected by any notice to the contrary. <br /> <br />This First Mortgage Bond is subject to optional redemption, in whole or from time to <br />time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Supplemental Indenture, but not <br />otherwise. <br /> <br />4349724.11 <br /> <br />5 <br />