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�oi�o934� [FORM OF BOND OF THE 5.01°/a SERYES DUE 2025] THIS BOND HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED �R PLEDGED UNLESS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE PROVYSIONS OF SLTCH ACT OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM IS AVAILABLE, EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE NEITHER S[7CH REGISTRATION NOR SUCH AN EXEMPTION �S REQUIRED BY LAW. NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION No. R- $ (Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware) FIRST MORTGAGE BOND, 5.01% SERIES DUE 2025 [Date] [CUSIP No. ] FOR VALU� RECETVED, the undersigned, NorthWestern Corporation, (herein called the "Company," which term shall include any Successor Corporation, as defined in the Indenture hereinafter referred to), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [ , ar registered assigns, the principal sum of [ Dor.LAUS (ox so much thereof as shall not have been red�emed) on May 1, 2025, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance her�of at the rate of 5.01 % per annurn from May 2'7, 2010, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided For, payable semiannually, on the first day of May and November in each year, commencing November 1, 2010, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) ta the extent permitted by law, on any overdue payiment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event of Default, an such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate p�r annurn from time ta time equal to the greater of (i) Interest Rate plus 2% ar (ii) 2% over the rate of interest publicly announced by The Bank of New York Me11on from time to time in New York, New York as its "base" or "prime" rate, payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand). Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this First Mortgage Bond set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. [FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION] This is one of the Bonds of the series designated therein referred to in the within- mentioned Tndenture and Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1, 2010. THE BANK O�' NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE : Authorized Signatory 4 6720279v6