Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

TNMP First Mortgage Bonds

On July 28, 2022, PNM Resources, Inc.'s indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Texas-New Mexico Power Company ("TNMP"), issued $95,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.81% First Mortgage Bonds, due July 28, 2032, Series 2022C (the "Series 2022C Bonds") in a private placement in reliance on an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Series 2022C Bonds were sold by TNMP to institutional accredited investors (as defined by Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act) pursuant to a Bond Purchase Agreement dated April 27, 2022 (the "Series 2022 Bond Purchase Agreement"). The Series 2022 Bond Purchase Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.9 to TNMP's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2022.

The Series 2022C Bonds were issued pursuant to TNMP's First Mortgage Indenture dated as of March 23, 2009 (the "First Mortgage Indenture"), between TNMP and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (ultimate successor as trustee to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee (the "Trustee"), as previously supplemented and amended and as further supplemented by the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of July 28, 2022, between TNMP and the Trustee (the "Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture" and, together with the First Mortgage Indenture, the "Series 2022C Indenture"). The Series 2022C Bonds are secured by a first mortgage lien on substantially all of TNMP's property, subject to excepted encumbrances, reservations, contracts and other exceptions as are permitted by the Series 2022C Indenture, and rank equally in right of payment with all other securities theretofore or thereafter issued under the First Mortgage Indenture.

Interest on the Series 2022C Bonds is payable semiannually on January 28 and July 28 of each year, commencing on January 28, 2023, at a fixed rate of 3.81% per annum. TNMP may, upon not less than ten nor more than sixty days' prior written notice (unless the holders of more than 50% of the principal amount of the then-outstanding Series 2022C Bonds of the applicable series agree in writing to another time period), prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Series 2022C Bonds of any series, in an amount not less than ten percent of the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2022C Bonds of such series then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at a prepayment price equal to the sum of (a) 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, (b) accrued and unpaid interest thereon and (c) a make-whole amount, if any, determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. The principal amount of the Series 2022C Bonds is payable on July 28, 2032.

The Series 2022C Indenture contains events of default customary for such a transaction, including, without limitation: failure to pay interest on any Security (as defined in the Series 2022C Indenture) for sixty days after becoming due; failure to pay the principal of or premium on any Security when due; failure to comply with or breach of any covenant or warranty contained in the Series 2022C Indenture, subject to a ninety day cure period after written notice of default has been delivered; and certain events relating to reorganization, bankruptcy and insolvency of TNMP. If an "Event of Default" (as defined in the Series 2022C Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of not less than thirty-three percent in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may declare the principal amount of all Securities then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.

In addition, the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture contains bond repurchase events (subject to a fifteen day cure period), including, without limitation: actions by TNMP or any Controlled Entity (as defined in the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture) which subject a Series 2022C Bond holder to terrorism sanctions regulations; the sale or lease of TNMP's assets in excess of specified thresholds during any calendar year; defaults in respect to obligations relating to certain debt; failure to deliver to each institutional investor Series 2022C Bond holder certain financial and business information related to TNMP; failure to maintain a ratio of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated capitalization of less than or equal to 0.65 to 1.0; and material misrepresentations of any representation or warranty contained in the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture. If a "Bond Repurchase Event" (as defined in the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture) occurs and is continuing, TNMP must repurchase the Series 2022C Bonds for a purchase price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2022C Bonds then outstanding, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and a make-whole amount determined for the Bond Repurchase Event date with respect to such principal amount.

The Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture further includes a provision whereby a change in control in TNMP or PNM Resources Inc. (other than the pending merger between Avangrid, Inc. and PNM Resources, Inc.) would obligate TNMP to offer to prepay all of the Series 2022C Bonds at one-hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount of the Series 2022C Bonds, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, but without any make-whole amount or other premium.

The above description of the Series 2022C Indenture does not purport to be a complete statement of the parties' rights and obligations thereunder. Such description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture,

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a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.1, and the First Mortgage Indenture, as previously amended and supplemented, and as previously filed, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. The form of Series 2022C Bonds, which is included as a part of the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, is incorporated herein by reference.

The Series 2022C Bonds are not registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements and applicable state laws. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase the Series 2022C Bonds or any other securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number              Description

4.1                           S    eventeenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 28, 2022,
                            between Texas-New Mexico Power Company and U.S. Bank Trust Com    pany,
                            National Association, as Trustee.

4.2                           F    orm of TNMP 2022    C Bonds (in    cluded in Exhibit 4.1).

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