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Exhibit 4.1
LOAN AND TRUST
AGREEMENT
among
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,
TAMPA ELECTRIC
COMPANY
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.,
As Trustee
Dated as of July 2,
2007
And Providing for the
Issue of
Hillsborough County
Industrial Development Authority
Pollution Control Revenue
Refunding Bonds
(Tampa Electric Company
Project)
Series 2007
Consisting
of
$54,200,000 Series
2007A
$51,600,000 Series
2007B
$20,000,000 Series
2007C
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01. |
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Definitions |
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Section 1.02. |
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Interpretation |
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| ARTICLE II |
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THE ASSIGNMENT AND PLEDGE |
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Section 2.01. |
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The
Assignment and Pledge of Revenues and Funds |
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Section 2.02. |
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Pledge of
First Mortgage Bonds |
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Section 2.03. |
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Release
of First Mortgage Bonds |
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Section 2.04. |
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Further
Assurances |
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| ARTICLE III |
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CONDITIONS AND TERMS OF BONDS |
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Section 3.01. |
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Authorization and Issuance of Bonds; Dating |
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Section 3.02. |
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Interest
on the Bonds |
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Section 3.03. |
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Changes
to and from Auction Period Rate Determination Method |
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Section 3.04. |
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Undelivered Bonds |
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Section 3.05. |
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Form of
Bonds |
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Section 3.06. |
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Execution
and Authentication of Bonds |
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Section 3.07. |
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Transfer
and Exchange of Bonds |
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Section 3.08. |
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Registration Books |
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Section 3.09. |
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Temporary
Bonds |
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Section 3.10. |
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Bond
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen |
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Section 3.11. |
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Safekeeping and Cancellation of Bonds |
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Section 3.12. |
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Special
Agreement with Bondholders |
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Section 3.13. |
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CUSIP
Numbers |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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REDEMPTION, MANDATORY TENDER AND REMARKETING |
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Section 4.01. |
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Redemption |
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Section 4.02. |
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Optional
Redemption Dates |
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Section 4.03. |
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Selection
of Bonds to Be Redeemed |
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Section 4.04. |
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Redemption Notices |
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Section 4.05. |
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Bonds
Redeemed in Part |
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Section 4.06. |
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Mandatory
Tender |
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Section 4.07. |
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Source of
Funds for Purchase of Bonds |
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Section 4.08. |
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Delivery
of Bonds |
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Section 4.09. |
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No
Purchase or Sale after Event of Default |
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Section 4.10. |
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Purchase
Fund |
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Section 4.11. |
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Disposition of Purchased Bonds |
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Section 4.12. |
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Purchase
of Bonds in Lieu of Redemption |
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| ARTICLE V |
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FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS |
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Section 5.01. |
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Application of Proceeds |
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Section 5.02. |
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Bond
Fund |
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 5.03. |
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First
Mortgage Bond Fund |
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Section 5.04. |
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Payment
of Bonds |
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Section 5.05. |
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Payments
by the Company |
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Section 5.06. |
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Moneys
Held in Trust; Unclaimed Funds |
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Section 5.07. |
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Refunding
Fund; Notice to Redeem Refunded Bonds |
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Section 5.08. |
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Investments |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM |
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Section 6.01. |
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Book-Entry System |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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THE PROJECT |
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Section 7.01. |
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Maintenance and Modifications of Project by Company |
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Section 7.02. |
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Removal
of Portions of the Project |
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Section 7.03. |
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Assignment, Leasing and Sale by the Company |
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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THE COMPANY |
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Section 8.01. |
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Representations by the Company |
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Section 8.02. |
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Access to
the Project |
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Section 8.03. |
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Company
May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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Section 8.04. |
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Indemnification Covenants |
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Section 8.05. |
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Consent
to Assignment of Contract Rights by the Authority |
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Section 8.06. |
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Obligations of Company Hereunder Unconditional |
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Section 8.07. |
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Arbitrage
Bonds |
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| ARTICLE IX |
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THE AUTHORITY |
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Section 9.01. |
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Representations by the Authority |
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Section 9.02. |
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No
Warranty of Condition or Suitability by the Authority |
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Section 9.03. |
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Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest |
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Section 9.04. |
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Authority
To Use Best Efforts To Require Company To Make Payments |
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Section 9.05. |
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Take
Further Action |
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Section 9.06. |
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No
Disposition of Revenues |
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Section 9.07. |
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No
Extensions |
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Section 9.08. |
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Covenant
To Perform Further Acts |
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Section 9.09. |
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Faithful
Performance |
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| ARTICLE X |
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DEFAULT AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY |
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Section 10.01. |
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Events of
Default |
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Section 10.02. |
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Acceleration |
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Section 10.03. |
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Other
Remedies |
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Section 10.04. |
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Waiver of
Past Defaults |
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Section 10.05. |
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Control
by Majority |
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Section 10.06. |
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Limitation on Suits |
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Section 10.07. |
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Rights of
Bondholders to Receive Payment |
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 10.08.
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Collection Suit by Trustee |
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Section 10.09.
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 10.10.
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Priorities |
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Section 10.11.
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Undertaking for Costs |
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Section 10.12.
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Payment
Procedures under Bond Insurance Policy |
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Section 10.13.
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Agreement
To Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses |
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Section 10.14.
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Remedies
in Article X in Addition to Remedies in the First
Mortgage |
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ARTICLE XI
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THE TRUSTEE, THE REMARKETING AGENT AND THE AUCTION
AGENT |
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Section 11.01.
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Conditions of Trust |
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Section 11.02.
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Reimbursement of Administrative Expenses |
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Section 11.03.
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Notice of
Defaults |
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Section 11.04.
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Trustee’s Right To Intervene; First Mortgage
Bonds |
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Section 11.05.
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Successor
Trustee Upon Merger, Etc |
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Section 11.06.
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Resignation of Trustee |
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Section 11.07.
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Removal
of Trustee |
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Section 11.08.
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Appointments of Successor Trustee |
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Section 11.09.
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Acceptance by Successor Trustee |
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Section 11.10.
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Reliance
Upon Instruments |
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Section 11.11.
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Former
Trustee No Longer Custodian or Paying Agent |
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Section 11.12.
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Directions From Company; Company May Perform |
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Section 11.13.
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Trading
in Bonds by Trustee, Paying Agent, Tender Agent or
Registrar |
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Section 11.14.
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Appointment of Separate Paying Agent and/or Tender
Agent |
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Section 11.15.
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Entities
Serving in More Than One Capacity |
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Section 11.16.
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Duties of
Remarketing Agent |
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Section 11.17.
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Eligibility of Remarketing Agent |
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Section 11.18.
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Replacement of Remarketing Agent |
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Section 11.19.
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Compensation of Remarketing Agent |
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Section 11.20.
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Successor
Remarketing Agent |
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Section 11.21.
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Inapplicability of Provisions Relating to Remarketing
Agent |
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Section 11.22.
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Auction
Agent |
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Section 11.23.
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Qualifications of Auction Agent; Resignation;
Removal |
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ARTICLE XII
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AMENDMENT OF OR SUPPLEMENT TO THE AGREEMENT; RIGHTS OF BOND
INSURER |
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Section 12.01.
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Supplemental Agreements Without Notice to or Consent of
Bondholders |
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Section 12.02.
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Supplemental Agreements Requiring Consent of
Bondholders |
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Section 12.03.
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Reliance
on Opinion of Counsel; Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel
Required |
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TABLE OF
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Section 12.04.
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Bond
Insurer to Be Deemed Bondholder; Rights of Bond Insurer;
Notices |
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ARTICLE XIII
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DEFEASANCE |
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Section 13.01.
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Defeasance |
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Section 13.02.
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Bonds
Deemed to Have Been Paid |
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Section 13.03.
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Moneys
Held for Particular Bonds |
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Section 13.04.
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Insured
Bonds; Defeasance |
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ARTICLE XIV
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 14.01.
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Benefits
of This Agreement Limited to Parties |
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Section 14.02.
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No
Recourse Against Authority |
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Section 14.03.
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Successor
Deemed Included in All References to Predecessor |
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Section 14.04.
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Extent of
Covenants; No Personal Liability |
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Section 14.05.
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Notices |
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Section 14.06.
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Notices
to Rating Agencies |
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Section 14.07.
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Funds |
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Section 14.08.
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Severability |
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Section 14.09.
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Florida
Law to Govern |
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Section 14.10.
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Instruments of Bondholders |
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Section 14.11.
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Priority
of this Agreement |
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Section 14.12.
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Binding
Effect |
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Section 14.13.
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Payments
Due or Other Actions on Nonbusiness Days |
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Section 14.14.
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Counterparts |
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Section 14.15.
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Waiver of
Jury Trial |
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Section 14.16.
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Force
Majeure |
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EXHIBIT A
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT |
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EXHIBIT B
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FORM OF BOND |
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B-1 |
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EXHIBIT C
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AUCTION PROCEDURES |
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LOAN AND TRUST
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND TRUST AGREEMENT
dated as of July 2, 2007, among HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, a public body corporate and politic and a
public instrumentality created pursuant to the laws of the State of
Florida (the “ Authority ”), TAMPA ELECTRIC
COMPANY, a Florida corporation (the “ Company
”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as trustee,
a national banking association duly organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America and having its designated
corporate trust office in the City of Jacksonville, Florida, which
is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers
and is subject to examination by federal authorities, the “
Trustee ”).
RECITALS
This Agreement provides for
the following transactions:
(a) the Authority’s
issue of Bonds for the purpose of refunding bonds previously issued
to finance the Project;
(b) the Company’s
repayment of the loan of Bond proceeds from the Authority through
payment to the Trustee of all amounts necessary to pay principal,
premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds issued by the Authority;
and
(c) the Authority’s
assignment to the Trustee in trust for the benefit and security of
the Bondholders of the Revenues to be received hereunder and the
rights to receive the same and the security therefor.
In consideration of the
mutual agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Authority, the Company and the Trustee agree as
set forth herein for their own benefit and for the benefit of the
Bondholders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01.
Definitions . Unless the context otherwise requires,
the terms defined in this Section shall for all purposes
hereof and of any amendment hereof or supplement hereto and of the
Bonds and of any certificate, opinion, request or other document
mentioned herein or therein have the meanings defined herein, the
following definitions to be equally applicable to both the singular
and plural forms of any of the terms defined herein;
provided , however , that any terms used herein
relating to Bonds in the Auction Period Rate Determination Method
or Auction Procedures that are not expressly defined below shall be
deemed to have the meanings provided in Exhibit C , Auction
Procedures, attached hereto:
“ Act ”
means the Constitution of the State of Florida, the Florida
Industrial Development Financing Act, Parts II and III of Chapter
159, Florida Statutes, a resolution of the Board of County
Commissioners of Hillsborough County, Florida adopted
October 27, 1971 organizing the Authority, and other
applicable provisions of law.
“ Additional
Redemption Notice ” is defined in
Section 4.04(b).
“ Additional Tender
Notice ” is defined in Section 4.06(c).
“ Administrative
Expenses ” means the direct, out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Authority pursuant to this Agreement and reasonable
in amount and the compensation of the Trustee, any paying agent or
registrar and the direct, out-of-pocket expenses of the Trustee,
including fees and disbursements of its counsel, incurred by the
Trustee and reasonable in amount.
“ Agreement
” means this Loan and Trust Agreement, among the Authority,
the Company and the Trustee.
“ Alternate Rate
” means, (i) with respect to Bonds the interest on which
is not includable in gross income of the beneficial owner of such
Bond for federal income tax purposes, a rate per annum equal to
(a) the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Municipal Swap Index of Municipal Market Data, formerly the PSA
Municipal Swap Index (as such term is defined in the 1992 ISDA U.S.
Municipal Counterparty Definitions) (the “ SIFMA Rate
”) most recently available as of the date of determination,
or (b) if such index is no longer available, or if the SIFMA
Rate is no longer published, the Kenny Index (as such term is
defined in the 1992 ISDA U.S. Municipal Counterparty Definitions),
or if neither the SIFMA Rate nor the Kenny Index is published, the
index determined to equal the prevailing rate determined by the
Remarketing Agent for tax exempt state and local government bonds
meeting criteria determined in good faith by the Remarketing Agent
to be comparable under the circumstances to the criteria used by
the Bond Market Association to determine the SIFMA Rate just prior
to when the Bond Market Association stopped publishing the SIFMA
Rate; and (ii) with respect to Bonds the interest on which is
includable in gross income of the beneficial owner of such Bond for
federal income tax purposes, One-Month LIBOR.
“ ARS Rate
Period ” is defined in Exhibit C .
“ Authority
” means the Hillsborough County Industrial Development
Authority.
“ Authority
Representative ” means the Chairman, Vice Chairman, the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary, and when used with reference to
an act or document of the Authority for purposes of this Agreement
also means any other person authorized to perform the act or
execute the document by a written instrument furnished to the
Trustee containing the specimen signature of such person and signed
on behalf of the Authority by any of its officers.
“ Beneficial
Owner ” means the purchaser of a beneficial interest in
the Bonds when the Bonds are held by the Securities Depository in
the Book-Entry System, and otherwise means a Bondholder.
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“ Bondholder
” or “ holder ” means the registered owner
of any Bond.
“ Bond Fund
” means the Bond Fund created in
Section 5.02.
“ Bond Insurance
Policy ” or “ Policy ” shall mean the
municipal bond new issue insurance policy issued by the Bond
Insurer that guarantees payment when due of the principal of and
interest on the Bonds as provided therein.
“ Bond Insurer
” means Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, a New York
stock insurance company, or any successor thereto.
“Bond Insurer Event
of Insolvency” means the occurrence and continuance of
one or more of the following events: (a) the issuance, under
the laws of the state of formation of or the laws of the state
having primary regulatory jurisdiction over the Bond Insurer or any
successor provision thereto (or any other law under which the Bond
Insurer is at the time organized), of an order for relief,
rehabilitation, reorganization, conservation, liquidation or
dissolution of the Bond Insurer that is not dismissed within 60
days; (b) the commencement by the Bond Insurer of a voluntary
case or other proceeding seeking an order for relief, liquidation,
rehabilitation, conservation, reorganization or dissolution with
respect to itself or its debts under the laws of the state of
incorporation or formation of the Bond Insurer or any bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,
including, without limitation, the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official for
itself or any substantial part of its property; (c) the
consent of the Bond Insurer to any relief referred to in the
preceding clause (b) in an involuntary case or other
proceeding commenced against it; (d) the making by the Bond
Insurer of an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (e) the
failure of the Bond Insurer to generally pay its debts or claims as
they become due; or (f) the initiation by the Bond Insurer of
any actions to authorize any of the foregoing.
“ Bonds ”
means the $125,800,000 aggregate principal amount of the Bonds
issued pursuant hereto that are authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee under and pursuant to ARTICLE III hereof, including the
Series 2007A Bonds, the Series 2007B Bonds and the Series 2007C
Bonds.
“ Bond Service
Charges ” means, for any period or time, the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Bonds for that period
or payable at that time whether due at maturity or upon
acceleration or redemption or pursuant to any mandatory sinking
fund requirements or otherwise.
“ Book-Entry
System ” means the system maintained by the Securities
Depository described in Section 6.01.
“ Business Day
” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday,
(ii) a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or
the city in which the designated corporate trust office of the
Trustee or the Remarketing Agent is located, are required or
authorized by law or regulation to close, or (iii) a day on
which the New York Stock Exchange is closed; provided,
however , that during an ARS Rate Period the definition of
“Business Day” shall be supplemented as provided in
Exhibit C hereto.
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“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time. References to the Code and Sections of the Code include
relevant applicable regulations and proposed regulations thereunder
and under the Code, and any successor provisions to those sections,
regulations or proposed regulations and, in addition, all revenue
rulings, announcements, notices, procedures and judicial
determinations under the foregoing applicable to the
Bonds.
“ Commercial Paper
Mode ” means each period of time, comprised of Commercial
Paper Periods, during which Commercial Paper Rates are in
effect.
“ Commercial Paper
Period ” means, with respect to any Bond, each period set
under Section 3.02(a)(3).
“ Commercial Paper
Rate ” means an interest rate on each Bond set under
Section 3.02(a)(3).
“ Company
” means Tampa Electric Company, a Florida corporation, and
its successors and assigns as permitted under this
Agreement.
“ Company-Held
Bonds ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.08(b).
“ Company
Representative ” means a person at the time designated to
act on behalf of the Company for purposes of this Agreement by a
written instrument furnished to the Trustee containing the specimen
signature of such person and signed on behalf of the Company by any
of the President, any Vice President, Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurer of the Company and any other person designated by one of
the foregoing officers.
“ Conversion
Notice ” is defined in
Section 3.03(b)(1).
“
Corporation” means and includes corporations,
partnerships, including limited partnerships and limited liability
partnerships, joint ventures, associations, companies, limited
liability companies, joint-stock companies and business
trusts.
“ Daily Rate
” means an interest rate on the Bonds set under
Section 3.02(a)(1).
“ Determination
Method ” is defined in Section 3.02(a).
“ Electronic
Means ” means, facsimile transmission, email transmission
or other similar electronic means of communication providing
evidence of transmission, including a telephone communication
confirmed by any other method set forth in this
definition.
“ Event of
Default ” means any occurrence or event specified in and
defined by Section 10.01.
“ Favorable Opinion
of Tax Counsel ” means an Opinion of Tax Counsel
addressed to the Authority and to the Trustee to the effect that
the action proposed to be taken is permitted under the Act and by
this Agreement and will not adversely affect any exclusion from
gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the
Bonds.
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“First Mortgage
” means the Indenture of Mortgage, dated as of August 1,
1946, as heretofore and hereafter supplemented and amended,
currently by and between the Company and State Street Bank and
Trust Company, as trustee.
“ First Mortgage
Bond Fund ” means the fund established with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.03.
“ First Mortgage
Bonds ” means the first mortgage bonds to be created by a
supplemental indenture to the First Mortgage and, at the option of
the Company, delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.02
as security for the Company’s obligation to pay the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds.
“ Fiscal Agent
” is defined in Section 10.12(a).
“ Fitch ”
means Fitch, Inc. and its successors and assigns, and, if such
corporation shall be dissolved or liquidated or shall no longer
perform the functions of a securities rating agency,
“Fitch” shall be deemed to refer to any other
nationally recognized securities rating agency designated by the
Company, with written notice to the Trustee and the
Authority.
“ Funds ”
means, collectively, the Bond Fund, the Refunding Fund and the
First Mortgage Fund created pursuant hereto.
“ Government
Obligations ” means any of the securities described in
paragraph (a) of the definition of the term “Permitted
Investments.”
“ Indemnified
Persons ” is defined in Section 8.04(a).
“ Insurance
Agreement ” means the Insurance Agreement, dated July [
], 2007, between the Company and the Bond Insurer.
“ Interest
Account ” means the account created pursuant to
Section 5.02(a).
“ Interest Payment
Date ” is defined in the form of the Bonds appearing in
Exhibit B hereto.
“ Interest
Period ” is defined in the form of the Bonds appearing in
Exhibit B hereto.
“ Long-Term Interest
Rate ” means an interest rate on the Bonds set under
Section 3.02(a)(4).
“ Long-Term Interest
Rate Period ” for any series of Bonds means any period as
defined in Section 3.02(a)(4) which ends either on the day
before the Maturity Date of such series or a day which next
precedes a Business Day and is at least 270 days long, and which
period must be the same for all Bonds.
“ Maturity Date
” with respect to a series of Bonds means the stated maturity
of such series of Bonds as set forth in
Section 3.01(b).
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“ Maximum Rate
” means, on any day, the lesser of (i) the maximum
interest rate permitted by law, and (ii) 14% per
annum.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, its
successors and assigns, and, if such corporation shall be dissolved
or liquidated or shall no longer perform the functions of a
securities rating agency, “Moody’s” shall be
deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities
rating agency designated by the Company, with written notice to the
Trustee and the Authority.
“ One-Month
LIBOR ” means the offered rate (rounded up to the next
highest one one thousandth of one percent (0.001%)) for deposits in
U.S. dollars for a one-month period which appears on the Reuters
Screen LIBOR01 (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service or such other service or services as may be nominated by
the British Bankers’ Association for the purpose of
displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits)
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date, or if such
date is not a date on which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted
in the London interbank market, then on the next preceding day on
which such dealings were transacted in such market.
“ Opinion of
Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel selected by
the Company who is acceptable to the Authority. Such counsel may be
an employee of or counsel to the Authority or the
Company.
“ Opinion of Tax
Counsel ” means an Opinion of Counsel by counsel of
nationally recognized standing in matters relating to the exclusion
of interest from gross income on obligations issued by or on behalf
of states and their political subdivisions.
“ Outstanding
” or “ Bonds Outstanding ” when used with
reference to Bonds means all Bonds which have been authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee under this Agreement, except the
following:
(a) Bonds canceled or
purchased by or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
(b) Bonds that have become
due (at maturity or on redemption, acceleration or otherwise) and
for the payment, including interest accrued to the due date, of
which sufficient moneys are held by the Trustee.
(c) Bonds paid or deemed to
have been paid within the meaning of Section 13.02 (other than
Bonds paid under the Bond Insurance Policy pursuant to
Section 13.04).
(d) Bonds in lieu of which
others have been authenticated under Section 3.07,
Section 3.09 or Section 3.10.
Bonds purchased pursuant to
tenders and not delivered to the Trustee for payment are not
outstanding, but there will be outstanding Bonds authenticated and
delivered in lieu of such undelivered Bonds as provided in
Section 3.04.
“ Participant
” means one of the entities which deposit securities,
directly or indirectly, in the Book-Entry System.
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“ Permitted
Investments ” means the following investments for the
following purposes:
(a) The following obligations
may be used as Permitted Investments for all purposes, including
defeasance investments in refunding escrow accounts:
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(1) |
Cash (insured at all times by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation), and |
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(2) |
Direct non-callable obligations of the United States of America
and securities fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to the
timely payment of principal and interest by the United States of
America, to which direct obligation or guarantee the full faith and
credit of the United States of America has been pledged, Refcorp
interest strips, CATS, TIGRS, STRPS, or defeased municipal bonds
rated AAA by S&P or Aaa by Moody’s (or any combination of
the foregoing) |
Any security used for
defeasance must provide for the timely payment of principal and
interest and cannot be callable or prepayable prior to maturity or
earlier redemption of the rated debt (excluding securities that do
not have a fixed par value and/or whose terms do not promise a
fixed dollar amount at maturity or call date).
(b) The following obligations
may be used as Permitted Investments for all purposes other than
defeasance investments in refunding escrow accounts:
(1) Obligations of any of the
following federal agencies which obligations represent the full
faith and credit of the United States of America, including:
Export-Import Bank, Rural Economic Community Development
Administration, U.S. Maritime Administration, Small Business
Administration, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban
Development (PHAs), Federal Housing Administration, and Federal
Financing Bank;
(2) Direct obligations of any
of the following federal agencies which obligations are not fully
guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America: senior debt obligations issued by the Federal National
Mortgage Association (FNMA) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (FHLMC), obligations of the Resolution Funding
Corporation (REFCORP), senior debt obligations of the Federal Home
Loan Bank System, senior debt obligations of other Government
Sponsored Agencies approved by the Bond Insurer;
(3) U.S. dollar denominated
deposit accounts, federal funds and bankers’ acceptances with
domestic commercial banks which have a rating on their short term
certificates of deposit on the date of purchase of
“P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1” or
“A-1+” by S&P and maturing not more than 360
calendar days after the date of purchase (ratings on holding
companies are not considered as the rating of the bank);
(4) Commercial paper which is
rated at the time of purchase in the single highest classification,
“P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1+” by
S&P and which matures not more than 270 calendar days after the
date of purchase;
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(5) Investments in a money
market fund rated “AAAm” or “AAAm-G” or
better by S&P, including money market funds of the Trustee
which satisfy such requirements;
(6) Pre-refunded Municipal
Obligations defined as follows: any bonds or other obligations of
any state of the United States of America or of any agency,
instrumentality or local governmental unit of any such state which
are not callable at the option of the obligor prior to maturity or
as to which irrevocable instructions have been given by the obligor
to call on the date specified in the notice, and
(A) which are rated, based on
an irrevocable escrow account or fund (the “ escrow
”), in the highest rating category of Moody’s or
S&P or any successors thereto; or
(B) (i) which are fully
secured as to principal and interest and redemption premium, if
any, by an escrow consisting only of cash or obligations described
in paragraph (a)(2) above, which escrow may be applied only to the
payment of such principal of and interest and redemption premium,
if any, on such bonds or other obligations on the maturity date or
dates thereof or the specified redemption date or dates pursuant to
such irrevocable instructions, as appropriate, and (ii) which
escrow is sufficient, as verified by a nationally recognized
independent certified public accountant, to pay principal of and
interest and redemption premium, if any, on the bonds or other
obligations described in this paragraph on the maturity date or
dates specified in the irrevocable instructions referred to above,
as appropriate;
(7) Municipal Obligations
rated “Aaa/AAA” or general obligations of States with a
rating of “A2/A” or higher by both Moody’s and
S&P;
(8) Investment Agreements
approved in writing by the Bond Insurer (supported by appropriate
opinions of counsel); and
(9) other forms of
investments (including repurchase agreements) approved in writing
by the Bond Insurer.
(c) The value of the above
investments shall be determined as follows:
(1) For the purpose of
determining the amount in any Fund, all Permitted Investments
credited to such fund shall be valued at fair market value. The
Trustee shall determine the fair market value based on accepted
industry standards and from accepted industry providers. Accepted
industry providers shall include but are not limited to pricing
services provided by Financial Times Interactive Data Corporation,
Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Bear Stearns, or Lehman
Brothers.
(2) As to certificates of
deposit and bankers’ acceptances, the value shall equal the
face amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon.
(3) As to any investment not
specified above, the value thereof shall be established by
agreement among the Company, the Trustee, and the Bond
Insurer.
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“ Person ”
means any individual, Corporation, trust or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
“ Principal
Account ” means the account created pursuant to
Section 5.02(b).
“ Principal Payment
Date ” means, for each series of Bonds, any date upon
which the principal amount of any Bond of such series is due
hereunder, including the Maturity Date of such series, any
redemption date for such series, or the date to which the maturity
of the Bonds of such series is accelerated pursuant to the terms
hereof or otherwise.
“ Project
” means, collectively, certain air and water pollution and
waste control facilities of the Project Unit including any
structures, machinery, fixtures, improvements and equipment, all as
described in Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be
amended from time to time, together with all additions thereto and
substitutions therefor, less any deletions therefrom as they may at
any time exist.
“ Project Units
” means, Unit Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Big Bend Station and
Unit Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the F.J. Gannon Station (now known
as the H.L. Culbreath Bayside Station) electric generating
facilities of the Company, and related support facilities, as they
may at any time exist.
“ Purchase Fund
” means the fund created pursuant to
Section 4.10.
“ Purchase Price
” means 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds being
purchased plus interest accrued, if any, to (but excluding) the
purchase date.
“ Record Date
” is defined in the form of the Bond appearing as Exhibit
B hereto.
“ Redemption
Account ” means the account created pursuant to
Section 5.02(c).
“ Redemption
Date ” means the date fixed for redemption of Bonds
subject to redemption in any notice of redemption given in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“ Redemption
Price ” means an amount equal to the principal of, and
premium, if any, and accrued interest to the Redemption Date, if
any, on the Bonds to be redeemed.
“ Refunded Bonds
” means, collectively, $51,605,000 in principal amount of
Hillsborough County Industrial Development Authority Pollution
Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Tampa Electric Company Project),
Series 1990 (the “ Series 1990 Refunded Bonds
”); $54,200,000 in principal amount of Hillsborough County
Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue Bonds
(Tampa Electric Company Gannon Coal Conversion Project), Series
1992 (the “ Series 1992 Refunded Bonds ”); and
$20,000,000 in principal amount of Hillsborough County Industrial
Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Tampa
Electric Company Project), Series 1993 (the “ Series 1993
Refunded Bonds ”).
“ Refunded Bonds
Agreement ” means the Loan and Trust Agreement dated as
of September 24, 1990, among the Authority, the Company and
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N. A. as successor trustee to
NCNB National Bank of Florida, pursuant to which the
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Series 1990 Refunded Bonds were issued;
the Loan and Trust Agreement dated as of October 26, 1992,
among the Authority, the Company and The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N. A. as successor trustee to NationsBank of Florida,
N.A., pursuant to which the Series 1992 Refunded Bonds were issued;
and the Loan and Trust Agreement dated as of June 23, 1993,
among the Authority, the Company and The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N. A. as successor trustee to NationsBank of Florida,
N.A., pursuant to which the Series 1993 Refunded Bonds were
issued.
“ Refunded Bonds
Trustees ” means the Trustees under the Refunded Bonds
Agreements.
“ Refunding Fund
” means the fund by that name created in
Section 5.07.
“ Remarketing
Agent ” means the Person appointed as Remarketing Agent
pursuant to Section 11.17, and its successors under this
Agreement.
“ Remarketing
Proceeds Account ” means the account created pursuant to
Section 4.11(a).
“ Responsible
Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee,
any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who
customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the
Persons who at the time shall be officers, respectively, or to whom
any corporate trust matter is referred because of such
person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement.
“ Revenues
” means and includes all payments by or on behalf of the
Company to or for the account of the Authority under this Agreement
and all other revenues derived by the Authority from or in
connection with this Agreement, including the income thereon and
the investment thereof, if any, and any moneys received on the
First Mortgage Bonds but not including payments with respect to the
indemnification or reimbursement of certain expenses of the
Authority under Section 5.05(b)(1), Section 8.04 and
Section 10.13 of this Agreement or under any other guaranty or
indemnification agreement. The term “ Revenues ”
does not include any moneys or investments in the Purchase
Fund.
“ S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies and its successors and assigns, and, if such
division or corporation shall be dissolved or liquidated or shall
no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency,
“S&P” shall be deemed to refer to any other
nationally recognized securities rating agency designated by the
Company, with written notice to the Trustee and the
Authority.
“ Securities
Depository ” means The Depository Trust Company, New
York, New York or its nominee, and its successors and assigns, or
any successor appointed under Section 6.01.
“ Series 2007A
Bonds ” is defined in Section 3.01(a).
“ Series 2007B
Bonds ” is defined in Section 3.01(a).
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“ Series 2007C
Bonds ” is defined in Section 3.01(a).
“ State ”
means the State of Florida.
“ Trustee
” means The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a national
banking association, or any other bank or trust company duly
incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of any
state or of the United States of America, which may be substituted
in its place as provided in Section 11.05 or
Section 11.08.
“ Underwriter
” means, with respect to the Series 2007A Bonds SunTrust
Capital Markets, Inc., with respect to the Series 2007B Bonds UBS
Securities LLC, and with respect to the Series 2007C Bonds Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and their
respective successors and assigns.
“ Weekly Rate
” means an interest rate on the Bonds set under
Section 3.02(a).
Section 1.02.
Interpretation.
(a) In this Agreement, unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1) The terms
“hereby,” “hereof,” “hereto,”
“herein,” “hereunder” and any similar
terms, as used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement, and the
term “hereafter” shall mean after, and the term
“heretofore” shall mean before, the date of this
Agreement;
(2) An accounting term not
otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(3) References to Articles
and Sections are to the Articles and Sections of this Agreement,
except as expressly stated otherwise;
(4) The singular form of any
word, including the terms defined in Section 1.01, includes
the plural, and vice versa, and a word of any gender includes all
genders;
(5) Words importing persons
shall include firms, associations, partnerships (including limited
partnerships), trusts, corporations and other legal entities,
including public bodies, as well as natural persons; and
(6) Any headings preceding
the text of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement,
and any index or table of contents or marginal notes appended to
copies hereof, shall be solely for convenience of reference and
shall not constitute a part of this Agreement, nor shall they
affect its meaning, construction or effect.
(b) Whenever in this
Agreement, the Authority, the Company, the Bond Insurer, the
Trustee, the Auction Agent, any Broker-Dealer or the Remarketing
Agent is named or referred to, it shall include, and shall be
deemed to include, its respective successors and assigns whether so
expressed or not. All of the covenants, stipulations, obligations
and agreements by or on behalf of, and other provisions for the
benefit of, the Authority, the Company, the Bond Insurer, the
Trustee, the Auction Agent, any Broker-Dealer or the Remarketing
Agent contained in this
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Agreement shall bind and inure to the
benefit of such respective successors and assigns and shall bind
and inure to the benefit of any officer, board, commission,
authority, agency or instrumentality to whom or to which there
shall be transferred by or in accordance with law any right, power
or duty of the Authority or of its successors or assigns, the
possession of which is necessary or appropriate in order to comply
with any such covenants, stipulations, obligations, agreements or
other provisions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
THE ASSIGNMENT AND
PLEDGE
Section 2.01.
The Assignment and Pledge of Revenues and Funds . The
Authority assigns and pledges to the Trustee in trust upon the
terms hereof (a) all Revenues to be received from the Company
or derived from any security provided hereunder, and (b) all
rights to receive such Revenues and the proceeds of such rights,
and all other rights and interests of the Authority provided
hereunder, provided, however , that this assignment and
pledge does not include the rights of the Authority pursuant to
Section 5.05(b)(1), Section 8.04 and
Section 10.13.
Section 2.02.
Pledge of First Mortgage Bonds .
(a) In order to provide
collateral security for the Company’s obligations to make
payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on any series
of Bonds, as required under this Agreement, the Company may elect
to issue and deliver to the Trustee one or more series of First
Mortgage Bonds (i) registered in the name of the Trustee,
(ii) which shall have the same stated rate or rates of
interest prior to maturity, payable at the same times, and
(iii) which shall become due in the same principal amount or
amounts, either by redemption, through operation of a sinking fund
or by maturity, on the same date or dates, as such series of Bonds.
The First Mortgage Bonds shall be held subject to the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and the First Mortgage.
(b) To exercise the election
described in Section 2.02(a), the Company shall, not less than
14 days prior to the proposed date of delivery of the First
Mortgage Bonds (i) give to the Authority, the Trustee, the
Bond Insurer and each nationally recognized securities rating
agency which then rates the Bonds written notice that shall
designate the date on which such series of First Mortgage Bonds
shall be delivered and (ii) deliver to the Trustee, the
Authority and the Bond Insurer an Opinion of Tax Counsel to the
effect that such election and the delivery of such series of First
Mortgage Bonds will not cause the interest on the Bonds to become
includable in gross income for federal income tax
purposes.
Section 2.03.
Release of First Mortgage Bonds .
(a) To the extent that
(i) Bonds have been paid or become due and sufficient moneys
are held by the Trustee in trust for the payment thereof,
(ii) Bonds are deemed to have been paid in accordance with
Section 13.01 and (iii) Bonds (other than Bonds which
have been redeemed or called for redemption) have been delivered
to, or have been acquired by, the Trustee and canceled and other
Bonds of the same series shall not be issuable in lieu thereof, in
substitution therefor, in exchange therefor or upon registration of
transfer thereof, the obligation of the
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Company to make payments with respect to
the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the First Mortgage
Bonds shall be satisfied and discharged and the Trustee shall
release and surrender to the Company First Mortgage Bonds in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of such Bonds, bearing the same rate or rates of interest as such
Bonds and becoming due, either by redemption through operation of a
sinking fund or by maturity, on the same date or dates as such
Bonds.
(b) If First Mortgage Bonds
have been delivered to the Trustee as required by the terms of the
Insurance Agreement, and under the conditions of the Insurance
Agreement the Company is entitled to the release of the First
Mortgage Bonds, upon delivery to the Trustee of a written consent
of the Bond Insurer confirming that the First Mortgage Bonds may be
released, the obligation of the Company to make payments with
respect to the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the
First Mortgage Bonds shall be satisfied and discharged, and the
Trustee shall release and surrender the First Mortgage Bonds to the
Company.
Section 2.04.
Further Assurances . The Company, the Authority and the
Trustee shall from time to time execute, deliver and register,
record and file such instruments as the Authority or the Trustee
may reasonably require to confirm, perfect or maintain the security
created or intended to be created hereby.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS AND TERMS OF
BONDS
Section 3.01.
Authorization and Issuance of Bonds; Dating
.
(a) There is hereby
authorized the issuance of the Bonds in the aggregate principal
amount of One Hundred Twenty-Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($125,800,000), in three series, of which $54,200,000 shall
be designated as “Hillsborough County Industrial Development
Authority Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Tampa Electric
Company Project), Series 2007A” (the “ Series 2007A
Bonds ”); $51,600,000 shall be designated as
“Hillsborough County Industrial Development Authority
Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Tampa Electric Company
Project), Series 2007B” (the “ Series 2007B
Bonds ”); and $20,000,000 shall be designated as
“Hillsborough County Industrial Development Authority
Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Tampa Electric Company
Project), Series 2007C” (the “ Series 2007C
Bonds ”).
(b) The Series 2007A Bonds
shall mature on May 15, 2018, the Series 2007B Bonds shall
mature on September 1, 2025, and the Series 2007C Bonds shall
mature on November 1, 2020 (in each case the “
Maturity Date ” for such series). All Bonds of each
series will be dated the date of original issuance and delivery,
will bear interest from that date and shall mature, subject to
prior redemption or mandatory tender, on the Maturity Date for such
series.
(c) The Bonds are special
obligations of the Authority and shall be payable solely from the
Revenues.
(d) The Trustee is hereby
authorized to authenticate and to deliver the Bonds only upon
(i) written direction of the Authority, (ii) receipt of a
copy of the Bond Insurance Policy and evidence satisfactory to it
of delivery of that Policy and (iii) receipt of the proceeds
of sale thereof in the amounts set forth in the written direction
of the Authority.
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Section 3.02.
Interest on the Bonds . Interest on each series of
Bonds will be payable as provided in the Bonds and in this Section.
The Determination Method for each series of Bonds may be changed by
the Company as described in paragraph (b) below. The methods
of determining the various interest rates are as provided in
paragraph (a) below, provided that no interest rate set
or determined by the Remarketing Agent or the Auction Agent under
(a)(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), or an Alternate Rate determined
under (a)(6), shall exceed the Maximum Rate.
(a) Interest Rate
Determination Methods . In accordance with the notification
requirements described herein, the Company shall determine the
applicable interest rate determination method (each a “
Determination Method ”) on each series of Bonds. The
interest rate on each series of Bonds shall be determined by one of
the following Determination Methods.
(1) Daily Rate
. When interest on a series of Bonds is payable at a Daily Rate,
the Remarketing Agent will set a Daily Rate on or before 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on each Business Day for that Business
Day. Each Daily Rate will be the minimum rate necessary (as
determined by the Remarketing Agent based on the examination of
tax-exempt obligations comparable to the Bonds known by the
Remarketing Agent to have been priced or traded under
then-prevailing market conditions) for the Remarketing Agent to
sell the Bonds on the day the rate is set at their principal amount
(without regard to accrued interest). The Daily Rate for any
non-Business Day will be the rate for the last day for which a rate
was set.
(2) Weekly Rate
. When interest on a series of Bonds is payable at a Weekly Rate,
the Remarketing Agent will set a Weekly Rate on or before 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the last Business Day before the
commencement of a period during which the Bonds bear interest at a
Weekly Rate and on each Wednesday thereafter so long as interest on
the Bonds is to be payable at a Weekly Rate or, if any Wednesday is
not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day. Each Weekly
Rate will be the minimum rate necessary (as determined by the
Remarketing Agent based on the examination of tax-exempt
obligations comparable to the Bonds known by the Remarketing Agent
to have been priced or traded under then prevailing market
conditions) for the Remarketing Agent to sell the Bonds on the date
the rate is set at their principal amount (without regard to
accrued interest). Thereafter, each Weekly Rate shall apply to
(i) the period beginning on the Thursday after the Weekly Rate
is set and ending on the following Wednesday or, if earlier, ending
on the day before the effective date of a new method of determining
the interest rate on such series of Bonds or (ii) the period
beginning on the effective date of the change to a Weekly Rate and
ending on the next Wednesday.
(3) Commercial Paper
Rate . During a Commercial Paper Mode, each Bond of a
series will bear interest during the Commercial Paper Period for
such Bond at the Commercial Paper Rate for such Bond. Different
Commercial Paper Periods may apply to different Bonds at any time
and from time to time. Except as otherwise described in this
subparagraph (3), the Commercial Paper Period and Commercial Paper
Rate for each Bond will be determined by the Remarketing Agent no
later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the first day of each
Commercial Paper Period.
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(i) Determination of
Commercial Paper Periods . Subject to
Section 3.02(b)(2)(vii), each Commercial Paper Period will be
a period of at least 1 day and not more than 270 days, determined
by the Remarketing Agent to be the period which, together with all
other Commercial Paper Periods for all Bonds of such series then
outstanding, will, in the judgment of the Remarketing Agent, result
in the lowest overall interest expense on such series of Bonds over
the next 270 days. Each Commercial Paper Period will end on either
the day before a Business Day or on the day before the Maturity
Date for such Bond. However, any Bond purchased on behalf of the
Company and remaining unsold by the Remarketing Agent as of the
close of business on the first day of the Commercial Paper Period
for that Bond will have a Commercial Paper Period of 1 day or, if
that Commercial Paper Period would not end on a day before a
Business Day, a Commercial Paper Period of the shortest possible
duration greater than 1 day ending on a day before a Business
Day.
In determining the number of
days in each Commercial Paper Period, the Remarketing Agent shall
take into account the following factors: (I) existing
short-term tax-exempt market rates and indices of such short-term
rates, (II) the existing market supply and demand for short-term
tax-exempt securities, (III) existing yield curves for short-term
and long-term tax-exempt securities for obligations of credit
quality comparable to the Bonds, (IV) general economic conditions,
(V) industry economic and financial conditions that may affect
or be relevant to the Bonds, (VI) the number of days in other
Commercial Paper Periods applicable to the Bonds and (VII) such
other facts, circumstances and conditions as the Remarketing Agent,
in its sole discretion, shall determine to be relevant.
(ii) Determination of
Commercial Paper Rates . The Commercial Paper Rate for each
Commercial Paper Period for each Bond of a series shall be the
minimum rate necessary (as determined by the Remarketing Agent
based on the examination of tax-exempt obligations comparable to
the Bonds known by the Remarketing Agent to have been priced or
traded under then-prevailing market conditions) for the Remarketing
Agent to sell such Bond on the date and at the time of such
determination at its principal amount (without regard to accrued
interest).
(4) Long-Term Interest
Rate . The Remarketing Agent will set a Long-Term Interest
Rate on a date not less than the Business Day before the beginning
of any period determined by the Company prior to the effective date
of the Long-Term Interest Rate (a “ Long-Term Interest
Rate Period ”) in which interest on any of the Bonds of
any series will be payable at a Long-Term Interest Rate. The last
day of each such Long-Term Interest Rate Period shall be determined
by the Company in accordance with Section 3.02(b)(1). Each
Long-Term Interest Rate will be the minimum rate necessary (as
determined by the Remarketing Agent with respect to any Long-Term
Interest Rate Period based on the examination of tax-exempt
obligations comparable to the Bonds known by the Remarketing Agent
to have been priced or traded under then-prevailing market
conditions) for the Remarketing Agent to sell the Bonds of such
series for delivery on the effective date of the Long-Term Interest
Rate at their principal amount (without regard to accrued
interest).
When all Bonds in a Long-Term
Interest Rate are not purchased on the date set for mandatory
tender for such bonds pursuant to “Mandatory Tender at
Beginning of a New Long-Term Interest Rate Period” or
“Mandatory Tender Upon a Change in the
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Determination Method” under
paragraph 7 in the form of the Bond, such Bonds (i) shall be
returned to their holders and remain outstanding, (ii) shall
continue in the Long-Term Interest Rate until purchased, as
described in the immediately succeeding clause (iii), and shall
bear interest at a Long-Term Interest Rate of the lower of the
Maximum Rate or such rate as determined by the Remarketing Agent
based upon prevailing market conditions at the time the Bonds were
converted to the Long-Term Interest Rate previously in effect until
so purchased, (iii) shall be purchased upon the availability
of remarketing proceeds to purchase such Bonds (or funds as
provided for in Section 4.07(b) hereof), and (iv) in such
event such Purchase Price shall not be considered due and payable
so that no Event of Default shall be deemed to have
occurred.
The Remarketing Agent shall
use its best efforts to cause the Bonds in a Long-Term Interest
Rate required to be purchased on the date set for mandatory tender
for such Bonds pursuant to “Mandatory Tender at Beginning
of a New Long-Term Interest Rate Period” or
“Mandatory Tender Upon a Change in the Determination
Method” under paragraph 7 in the form of the Bonds, to be
remarketed (in such Determination Method or Methods) on the first
date thereafter at which time all such Bonds can be sold at par, at
a rate not exceeding the Maximum Rate.
(5) Auction Period
Rate . During an ARS Rate Period, the Auction Period Rate
will be determined by the Auction Agent in accordance with the
provisions set forth in Exhibit C hereto, which is part of
this Agreement.
(6) Failure of
Remarketing Agent to Announce Interest Rates on the Bonds .
Except as set forth in Exhibit C , if the appropriate
interest rate or Commercial Paper Period on the Bonds of any series
is not or cannot be determined for any reason, the method of
determining interest on such Bonds shall be as provided in this
Section 3.02(a)(6). If such Bonds bear interest at the Daily
Rate or the Weekly Rate, interest will be payable at the Alternate
Rate, and such Bonds bearing interest at the Commercial Paper Rate
shall be automatically converted to the Weekly Rate (without the
necessity of complying with the requirements of
Section 3.02(b)), and if the Weekly Rate cannot be determined,
interest thereon will be payable at the Alternate Rate, until such
time as the Determination Method can be changed in accordance with
Section 3.02(b). If such Bonds bear interest at the Long-Term
Interest Rate, the Bonds (i) shall not be purchased on the
date set for mandatory tender occurring the day after the last day
of the then-current Long-Term Interest Rate Period for such Bonds
in accordance with “Mandatory Tender at Beginning of a New
Long-Term Interest Rate Period” or “Mandatory
Tender Upon a Change in the Determination Method” under
paragraph 7 in the form of Bond but shall instead be returned to
their holders and remain outstanding, (ii) shall continue in
the Long-Term Interest Rate until purchased, as described in the
immediately succeeding clause (iii), and shall bear interest at a
Long-Term Interest Rate of the lower of the Maximum Rate or such
rate as determined by the Remarketing Agent based upon prevailing
market conditions at the time such Bonds were converted to the
Long-Term Interest Rate previously in effect until so purchased,
and (iii) shall be purchased upon the availability of
remarketing proceeds to purchase such Bonds (or funds as provided
for in Section 4.07(b) hereof). In such event the Purchase
Price shall not be considered due and payable so that no Event of
Default shall be deemed to have occurred. The Remarketing Agent
shall use its best efforts to cause the Bonds in a Long-Term
Interest Rate required to be purchased on the date set for
mandatory tender for such Bonds pursuant to “Mandatory
Tender at Beginning of a New Long-Term Interest Rate
Period” or “Mandatory
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Tender Upon a Change in the
Determination Method” under paragraph 7 in the form of
Bond, to be remarketed (in such Determination Method or Methods) on
the first date thereafter at which time all such Bonds can be sold
at par, at a rate not exceeding the Maximum Rate. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Bondholders of any such automatic change as set
forth in Section 4.06(b).
While Bonds of any series are
in a Commercial Paper Mode, during any transition period caused by
an automatic conversion of such Bonds to a Weekly Rate in
accordance with this Subsection (6), Bonds bearing interest at
a Weekly Rate and Bonds bearing interest at a Commercial Paper
Rate, as applicable, shall be governed by the provisions of this
Agreement applicable to such methods of determining interest on the
Bonds.
(b) Initial Interest
Rate Determination Method; Change in Interest Rate Determination
Method .
(1) The Bonds of each series
shall bear interest for the Initial Period for such series at the
respective rates determined in accordance with this Agreement on or
prior to the date of delivery of the Bonds by the Underwriter for
each series as the minimum rate required to sell the Bonds of such
series on the date of issuance at a purchase price of par.
Thereafter the Auction Period Rate to be applicable to the Bonds of
each series during an Auction Period shall be determined by the
Auction Agent and notice thereof shall be given as provided in
Exhibit C hereto. Interest shall accrue from one Interest
Payment Date to, but not including, the next Interest Payment Date.
Following the Initial Period, the Bonds of each series shall bear
interest at Auction Period Rates for Auction Periods established in
accordance with this Agreement, until changed in accordance with
this Agreement. The Company may change the Determination Method, of
all but not part of the Bonds, from time to time by notifying, as
applicable, the Authority, the Trustee, the Bond Insurer, the
Remarketing Agent, the Auction Agent and the Broker-Dealer. Such
notice (a “ Conversion Notice ”) shall contain
the effective date of such change; provided, however , that
if the change is to the Auction Period Rate Determination Method
from another Determination Method or from the Auction Period Rate
Determination Method to another Determination Method, the
Conversion Notice shall be given in accordance with
Section 3.03(a) or Section 3.03(b), as applicable. The
Conversion Notice for the Bonds of any series must be accompanied
by a Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel addressed to the Bond
Insurer, the Authority and the Trustee. If the Company’s
Conversion Notice complies with this paragraph, and if the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee, the Bond Insurer and the Authority a
confirming Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel on the effective date
as specified in the Conversion Notice, the interest rate on the
Bonds of such series will be determined on the basis of the new
rate on the effective date specified by the Company until there is
another change as provided in this Section.
If the Company wishes to
change the Determination Method for the Bonds of any series to or
from an Auction Period Rate, the Company must comply with
Section 3.03.
If, 30 days before the end of
a Long-Term Interest Rate Period for the Bonds of any series, the
Company has not provided for the next interest rate period, a new
Long-Term Interest Rate Period of the same duration will follow (or
if shorter, a Long-Term Interest Rate Period ending on the day
before the Maturity Date for the Bonds of such series).
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When one Long-Term Interest
Rate Period for the Bonds of any series follows another, all
provisions of this Agreement applying to a change in the
Determination Method will apply, except:
(A) the mandatory tender
described under “Mandatory Tender Upon a Change in the
Determination Method” in the Bonds will not apply, but
the mandatory tender described under “Mandatory Tender at
Beginning of a New Long-Term Interest Rate Period” in the
Bonds will apply;
(B) the Company will not be
required to deliver a Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel if a new
Long-Term Interest Rate Period begins as a result of the Company
failing to provide for the next interest rate period;
and
(C) the Company will not be
required to deliver a Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel if
(i) the Company has previously designated a series of
successive Long-Term Interest Rate Periods which, together with the
current Long-Term Interest Rate Period, are substantially equal in
length, (ii) a Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel addressed to
the Trustee was delivered before the first such Long-Term Interest
Rate Period in that series which applies to each such successive
Long-Term Interest Rate Period and (iii) no other change in
the security for the Bonds of such series or in this Agreement or
the terms of the Bonds of such series is made which is effective as
of, or agreed to in connection with, the effective date of such
subsequent Long-Term Interest Rate Period.
(2) Limitations
. Any change in the Determination Method for the Bonds of any
series pursuant to paragraph (1) above must comply with the
following:
(i) the effective date of a
change (or each effective date in the case of a change from a
Commercial Paper Mode) shall be a Business Day which is at least 15
days (30 days if a Long-Term Interest Rate is then in effect and
the effective date is before the day after the last day of a
Long-Term Interest Rate Period, and 20 days if an ARS Rate Period
is then in effect) after receipt by the Trustee of the
Company’s Conversion Notice;
(ii) if a Long-Term Interest
Rate is then in effect, the effective date of any change must be
either the day after the last day of the then current Long-Term
Interest Rate Period or, except as described in clause
(iii) below, a day on which such Bonds would otherwise be
subject to redemption under the paragraph “Optional
Redemption During Long-Term Interest Rate Period” in
paragraph 9 of the Bonds if the change did not occur;
(iii) if the Company has
previously designated successive Long-Term Interest Rate Periods,
the effective date of each Long-Term Interest Rate Period must be
the day after the last day of the previous Long-Term Interest Rate
Period;
(iv) if a Commercial Paper
Mode is then in effect, the effective date of any change must be
either the day after the last day of the Commercial Paper Mode or,
as to any Bond, the day after the last day of the Commercial Paper
Period then in effect (or to be in effect) with respect to that
Bond;
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(v) if any Bonds have been
called for redemption and the redemption has not yet occurred, the
effective date of the change cannot be before such redemption
date;
(vi) if a Long-Term Interest
Rate for the Bonds of such series is then in effect, the effective
date of any change cannot occur during the period after a Record
Date and to, but not including, the related Interest Payment
Date;
(vii) if a Commercial Paper
Mode is then in effect, the Remarketing Agent shall determine
Commercial Paper Periods of such duration that will, in the
judgment of the Remarketing Agent, best promote an orderly
transition on the effective date. After the receipt by the Trustee
of the Company’s Conversion Notice, the day after the last
day of each Commercial Paper Period shall be, with respect to such
Bond, not later than the effective date of the change. The
Remarketing Agent shall promptly give written notice of each such
last date and each such effective date with respect to each Bond to
the Authority, the Company and the Trustee;
(viii) if an Auction Period
Rate is then in effect, the effective date of any change must be
the day after the last day of the Auction Period then in effect;
and
(ix) in the event of a
conversion to an Auction Period Rate Determination Method from
Commercial Paper Mode, the effective date of such conversion may
not be earlier than the day following the last day of the longest
Commercial Paper Period for the Bonds of such series then in
effect.
During any transition period
in connection with a change in Determination Method for the Bonds
of any series from the Commercial Paper Mode to a Daily Rate,
Weekly Rate or a Long-Term Interest Rate, as applicable, in which
the Remarketing Agent is setting different Commercial Paper Periods
in order to effect an orderly transition of such change, Bonds of
such series bearing interest at a Commercial Paper Rate shall be
governed by the provisions of this Agreement applicable to a
Commercial Paper Mode, and Bonds of such series bearing interest at
a Daily Rate, Weekly Rate or Long-Term Interest Rate, as
applicable, shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement
applicable to such Determination Methods.
(c) Calculation of
Interest . The Remarketing Agent, and in the case of
subparagraph 5 below, the Auction Agent, shall provide the
Trustee and the Company with notice by Electronic Means (any such
notice by telephone to be delivered to a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee) by 1:00 p.m., New York City time,
(1) on the last Business Day
of a month in which interest on any series of Bonds was payable at
a Daily Rate, of the Daily Rate for each day in such
month,
(2) on each day on which a
Weekly Rate becomes effective, of the Weekly Rate,
(3) on the first day of each
Commercial Paper Period, of the length thereof and the Commercial
Paper Rate, and, if there is more than one Commercial Paper Rate
then in effect, of the related applicable principal
amounts,
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(4) on the first Business Day
of a Long-Term Interest Rate Period, of the Long-Term Interest Rate
or Long-Term Interest Rates set for that period,
(5) on the first Business Day
of each Auction Period, of the Auction Period Rate set for that
period, and
(6) on any Business Day
preceding any redemption or purchase date, any interest rate
requested by the Trustee in order to enable it to calculate the
accrued interest, if any, due on such redemption or purchase
date.
Using the rates supplied by
this notice, the Trustee will calculate the interest payable on the
Bonds. The Remarketing Agent or the Auction Agent, as the case may
be, will inform the Trustee and the Company orally at the oral
request of either of them of any interest rate so set. The Trustee
will confirm the effective interest rate in writing to any
Bondholder who requests it.
The setting of the rates by
the Remarketing Agent or the Auction Agent, as applicable, the
determination of Commercial Paper Periods by the Remarketing Agent
and the calculation of interest payable on the Bonds by the Trustee
as provided in this Agreement will be conclusive and binding on the
Authority, the Company, the Trustee and the owners of the
Bonds.
(d) Change in Rate
Determination Method-Opinions of Counsel . Notwithstanding
any provision of this Section 3.02, no change shall be made in
the Determination Method for the Bonds of any series at the
direction of the Company pursuant to Section 3.02(b)(1), and
the Bonds of each series shall continue to bear interest in
accordance with the then current Determination Method, if the
Trustee shall receive written notice prior to the effective date of
such change that (i) the Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel and
confirmation thereof if required under Section 3.02(b)(1) has
not been delivered or (ii) that the Company has revoked its
election. If the Trustee shall have sent any notice to the
Bondholders of any series regarding a change in rate pursuant to
Section 4.06(b), then in the event of such failure to deliver
such opinion or confirmation, or revocation by the Company, the
Trustee shall promptly notify all Bondholders of any affected
series of such failure and, except for Bonds of such series in the
Auction Period Rate, the Bonds of such series shall still be
subject to mandatory tender on that proposed date and the
Remarketing Agent shall remarket the Bonds of such series pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement. If the change was from an Auction
Period Rate, Section 3.03(b)(4) will apply.
Section 3.03.
Changes to and from Auction Period Rate Determination
Method .
(a) Changes to Auction
Period Rate . At the option of the Company, all of the
Bonds of any series (in an amount which is an authorized
denomination for the new Rate Period) may be converted from another
Determination Method to the ARS Rate Period Determination Method.
Any such conversion shall be made as follows:
(1) In any such conversion
from a Daily Rate or a Weekly Rate, the ARS Conversion Date shall
be a regularly scheduled Interest Payment Date on which interest is
payable for the Interest Period from which the conversion is to be
made; provided, however , that if the conversion is from a
Long-Term Interest Rate, the ARS Conversion Date shall be a
regularly scheduled Interest Payment Date on which a new Long-Term
Interest Rate would otherwise have commenced, and in any such
conversion from a Commercial Paper Rate, the
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ARS Conversion Date shall be the last
regularly scheduled Interest Payment Date on which interest is
payable for any Interest Period theretofore established for the
Bonds of such series to be converted.
(2) The Company shall give
written notice of any such conversion to the Remarketing Agent, the
Bond Insurer, the Authority, the Trustee, the Auction Agent, and
each Broker-Dealer, as applicable, not less than seven
(7) Business Days prior to the date on which the Trustee is
required to notify the Bondholders of such series of the conversion
pursuant to subparagraph (3) below. Such notice shall specify
the Bonds to be converted, the ARS Conversion Date and the length
of the initial Auction Period. Together with such notice, the
Company shall file with the Authority and the Trustee a Favorable
Opinion of Tax Counsel to the effect that the conversion of the
Bonds to an ARS Rate Period shall not adversely affect the validity
of the Bonds or any exclusion from gross income for federal income
tax purposes to which interest on the Bonds would otherwise be
entitled. No such change to an ARS Rate Period shall become
effective unless the Company shall also file, with the Authority,
the Bond Insurer and the Trustee, a Favorable Opinion of Tax
Counsel to the same effect dated the ARS Conversion
Date.
(3) Not less than fifteen
(15) days prior to the ARS Conversion Date, the Trustee shall
mail a written notice of the conversion to the registered owners of
all Bonds to be converted setting forth the same information
contained in subparagraph (2) above and stating that such
Bonds shall be subject to mandatory tender at a purchase price
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest
on the ARS Conversion Date; provided, however , that the
Trustee shall not mail such written notice if converting from a
Commercial Paper Rate until it has received a written confirmation
from the Remarketing Agent that no Interest Period for such Bonds
extends beyond the ARS Conversion Date.
(4) The Auction Period Rate
for the Auction Period commencing on the ARS Conversion Date shall
be the lowest rate which, in the judgment of the Broker-Dealers for
the Bonds of such series, is necessary to enable the Bonds of such
series to be remarketed at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, on the ARS Conversion Date.
Such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the
Authority, the Company, the Trustee, the Auction Agent, the Bond
Insurer, the Beneficial Owners and the Bondholders.
(5) Not later than 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the date of determination of the Auction
Period Rate, the Broker-Dealer, shall notify the Trustee, the
Company, and the Auction Agent of the Auction Period Rate by
Electronic Means.
(6) Interest on the Bonds in
an Auction Period of 180 days or less will be computed on the basis
of actual days over 360 and in an Auction Period greater than 180
days on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
(7) The Company may revoke
its election to effect a conversion of the interest rate on any
series of Bonds to an Auction Period Rate by giving written notice
of such revocation to the Trustee, the Remarketing Agent, the
Auction Agent, the Bond Insurer and each Broker-Dealer, as
applicable, at any time prior to the setting of the Auction Period
Rate by the Broker-Dealer.
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(8) No series of Bonds may be
converted to the Auction Period Rate Determination Method when such
series of Bonds is not held by a Securities Depository in
book-entry form.
(b) Conversions from
Auction Period Rate Determination Method . At the option of
the Company, all of the Bonds of any series (in an amount which is
an authorized denomination for the new Rate Period) may be
converted from an ARS Rate Period to another Determination Method.
Any such conversion shall be made as follows:
(1) The Conversion Date from
an ARS Rate Period shall be the Interest Payment Date following the
final Auction Period.
(2) The Company shall give
written notice of any such conversion to the Authority, the Bond
Insurer, the Trustee, the Remarketing Agent, if any, the Auction
Agent and the Broker Dealer(s) not less than seven
(7) Business Days prior to the date on which the Trustee is
required to notify the registered owners of the conversion pursuant
to subparagraph (3) below. Such notice shall specify the
series of Bonds to be converted, the Conversion Date and the new
rate period to which the conversion shall be made. Together with
such notice, the Company shall file with the Authority and the
Trustee a Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel to the effect that the
conversion of the Bonds to be converted shall not adversely affect
the validity of the Bonds or any exclusion from gross income for
federal income tax purposes to which interest on the Bonds would
otherwise be entitled. No change to a Daily Rate, a Weekly Rate, a
Long-Term Interest Rate or a Commercial Paper Rate shall become
effective unless the Company shall also file, with the Authority,
the Authority and the Trustee, a Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel
to the same effect dated the Conversion Date.
(3) Not less than twenty
(20) days prior to the Conversion Date, the Trustee shall mail
a written notice of the conversion to the registered owners of all
Bonds to be converted, specifying the Conversion Date.
(4) At any time prior to
10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Conversion Date the Company may withdraw its notice
of conversion and the Auction for such Bonds shall be held on such
Auction Date as if no conversion notice had ever been given. If on
a Conversion Date there has not been a timely withdrawal of the
conversion notice as set forth in the preceding sentence or any
condition precedent to such conversion is not satisfied, the
Trustee shall give notice by Electronic Means as soon as
practicable and in any event not later than the next succeeding
Business Day to the registered owner of the Bonds to have been
converted, the Authority, the Auction Agent, the Broker-Dealers and
the Bond Insurer that such conversion has not occurred, that the
Bonds shall not be purchased on the failed Conversion Date, that
the Auction Agent shall continue to implement the Auction
Procedures on the Auction Dates with respect to such Bonds which
otherwise would have been converted excluding however, the Auction
Date falling on the Business Day next preceding the failed
Conversion Date, and that the interest rate shall continue to be
the Auction Period Rate; provided, however , that the
interest rate borne by the Bonds which otherwise would have been
converted during the Auction Period commencing on such failed
Conversion Date shall be the Maximum Rate, and the Auction Period
shall be the seven-day Auction Period.
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(5) On the Conversion Date
applicable to the Bonds to be converted, the Bonds to be converted
shall be subject to mandatory tender at a purchase price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest. The
principal portion of the purchase price of the Bonds so tendered
shall be payable solely from the proceeds of the remarketing of
such Bonds. In the event that the conditions of a conversion are
not satisfied, including the failure to remarket all applicable
Bonds on a mandatory tender date, the Bonds shall not be subject to
mandatory tender, shall be returned to their owners, shall
automatically convert to a seven-day Auction Period and shall bear
interest at the Maximum Rate.
(6) A liquidity facility
shall be required to support the Bonds of a series in the event the
Bonds of such series are changed to a Determination Method other
than an Auction Period Rate or a Long-Term Interest Rate for which
the Long-Term Interest Rate Period is five years or more. The Bond
Insurer’s prior written approval of the liquidity facility
and the liquidity facility provider shall be obtained prior to the
liquidity facility being entered into. The Authority (at the
direction of the Company) and the Trustee shall amend this
Agreement to incorporate provisions necessary to effect any such
change in Determination Method.
Section 3.04.
Undelivered Bonds . If a Bond is tendered for
purchase as provided in Article III, or if the holder of a Bond
gives irrevocable instructions to the Remarketing Agent for
purchase, and in each case funds are deposited with the Trustee
sufficient for the purchase, the Trustee upon request of the
Company or the Remarketing Agent will authenticate a new Bond in
the same maturity and in the same denomination registered as the
Company or the Remarketing Agent may direct and deliver it to the
Company or upon the Company’s order, whether or not the Bond
purchased is ever delivered, and the undelivered Bonds shall be
canceled on the books of the Trustee, whether or not said
undelivered Bonds have been delivered to the Trustee. From and
after the purchase date, interest on such Bond shall cease to be
payable to the prior holder thereof, such holder shall cease to be
entitled to the benefits or security of this Agreement and shall
have recourse solely to the funds held by the Trustee for the
purchase of such Bond, and the Trustee shall not register any
further transfer of such Bond by such prior holder. If Bonds to be
purchased are not delivered by the holders by 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on any purchase date, the Trustee shall hold any funds
received for the purchase of those Bonds in trust in a separate
account and shall pay such funds to the former owners of the Bonds
upon presentation of the Bonds. All funds held by the Trustee for
the purchase of undelivered Bonds shall be held
uninvested.
Section 3.05.
Form of Bonds . The Bonds of each series shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit B , which is part
of this Agreement, in the denominations provided for in the Bonds,
with appropriate or necessary insertions, omissions and variations
as permitted or required hereby, including the appropriate series
designation and Maturity Date. The Bonds shall express the purpose
for which they are issued and any other statements or legends which
may be required by law or the provisions hereof, including the
provisions of Section 6.01. Bonds will be numbered as
determined by the Trustee. All Bonds, unless a supplemental
agreement shall have been executed and delivered pursuant to
Section 12.01, shall be in fully registered form, and, subject
to Section 12.04, the holder of a Bond shall be regarded as
the absolute owner thereof for all purposes of this
Agreement.
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Section 3.06.
Execution and Authentication of Bonds . Each Bond
shall be signed by the Chairman of the Authority and attested by
the Secretary of the Authority in their official capacities
(provided that any or all of those signatures may be facsimiles)
and shall bear the seal or a facsimile of the seal, if any, of the
Authority. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of
whose signature appears on any Bond shall cease to be that officer
before the issuance of the Bond, his signature or the facsimile
thereof nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all
purposes, the same as if he had remained in office until that time.
Any Bond may be executed on behalf of the Authority by an officer
who, on the date of execution is the proper officer, although on
the date of the Bond that person was not the proper
officer.
No Bond shall be valid or
become obligatory for any purpose or shall be entitled to any
security or benefit under this Agreement unless and until a
certificate of authentication, substantially in the form set forth
in Exhibit B to this Agreement, shall have been signed by
the Trustee. The authentication by the Trustee upon any Bond shall
be conclusive evidence that the Bond so authenticated has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
security and benefit of this Agreement. The certificate of the
Trustee may be executed by any person authorized by the Trustee,
but it shall not be necessary that the same authorized person sign
the certificates of authentication on all of the Bonds. In
authenticating the Bonds, the Trustee shall add the date of its
authentication of Bonds. No Bond shall be authenticated except in
an authorized denomination.
Section 3.07.
Transfer and Exchange of Bonds . Subject to
Section 6.01, all Bonds are transferable or exchangeable by
the holder thereof, in person or by the Bondholder’s attorney
duly authorized in writing, at the office of the Trustee in the
books required to be kept by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions
of Section 3.08, upon surrender of such Bonds accompanied by
delivery of a duly executed written instrument of transfer or
exchange in a form approved by the Trustee. Whenever any Bond or
Bonds shall be surrendered for transfer or exchange, the Trustee
shall execute and deliver a new Bond or Bonds of authorized
denominations of the same aggregate principal amount, except that
the Trustee may require the payment by any Bondholder requesting
such transfer or exchange of any tax or other governmental charge
required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. All
Bonds surrendered pursuant to the provisions of this
Section shall be canceled by the Trustee, shall not be
redelivered and shall be disposed of as provided in
Section 3.11. The Trustee shall not be required to transfer or
exchange (i) any Bonds of the maturity or maturities being
redeemed during the period commencing on the date ten days prior to
the date of mailing of a notice of redemption of Bonds of that
maturity for redemption and ending on such date of mailing or
(ii) any Bond selected for redemption in whole or in
part.
Section 3.08.
Registration Books . The Trustee will keep at its
office sufficient books for the registration of the ownership,
transfer or exchange of the Bonds, which books shall be available
for inspection by the Authority, the Company and the Trustee at
reasonable hours and under reasonable conditions; and upon
presentation for such purpose the Trustee shall, under such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, register the ownership,
transfer or exchange of the Bonds in such books as hereinabove
provided. The ownership of any Bonds may be proved by the books
required to be kept by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of
this Section.
Section 3.09.
Temporary Bonds . The Bonds may be initially
delivered in temporary form exchangeable for definitive Bonds when
ready for delivery, which temporary Bonds shall be
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printed, lithographed or typewritten,
shall be of such denominations as may be determined by the Trustee,
shall be in fully registered form and shall contain such reference
to any of the provisions hereof as may be appropriate. Every
temporary Bond shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
upon the same conditions and terms and in substantially the same
manner as definitive Bonds. If the Trustee authenticates and
delivers temporary Bonds, the Authority will prepare and execute
and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Bonds without delay,
and in that case upon demand of the holder of any temporary Bonds
such definitive Bonds shall be exchanged without cost to such
Bondholder for temporary Bonds at the office of the Trustee upon
surrender of such temporary Bonds, and until so exchanged such
temporary Bonds shall be entitled to the same benefit, protection
and security hereunder as the definitive Bonds executed and
delivered hereunder. All temporary Bonds surrendered pursuant to
the provisions of this Section shall be canceled by the
Trustee, shall not be redelivered and shall be disposed of as
provided in Section 3.11.
Section 3.10.
Bond Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen . If any
Bond shall become mutilated, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver a new Bond of like tenor and of the same Maturity Date in
lieu of the mutilated Bond, but only upon surrender to the Trustee
of the mutilated Bond, and every mutilated Bond surrendered to the
Trustee shall be canceled by it and shall not be redelivered and
shall be disposed of as provided in Section 3.11. If any Bond
shall be destroyed, lost or stolen, evidence of such destruction,
loss or theft may be submitted to the Trustee and if such evidence
is satisfactory to the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Authority
receive indemnity satisfactory to them, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver a new Bond of like tenor and of the same
Maturity Date in substitution for the destroyed, lost or stolen
Bond. The Trustee may require payment of a sum not exceeding the
actual cost of preparing each new Bond authenticated and delivered
by it under this Section and of the expenses which may be
incurred by it under this Section. Any replacement Bond
authenticated and delivered under the provisions of this
Section in lieu of or in substitution for any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Bond shall be equally and proportionately
entitled to the benefit, protection and security hereof with all
other Bonds executed and delivered hereunder, to the same extent as
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond replaced; and neither
the Trustee nor the Authority shall be required to treat both the
original Bond and any replacement Bond as being outstanding for the
purpose of determining the principal amount of Bonds which may be
authenticated and delivered hereunder or for the purpose of
determining any percentage of Bonds outstanding hereunder, but both
the original and the replacement Bond shall be treated as one and
the same. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
rather than authenticating and delivering a new Bond for a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond which has been called for
redemption, the Trustee may make payment of the principal of such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bond directly to the holder
thereof under such regulations as the Trustee may
prescribe.
Section 3.11.
Safekeeping and Cancellation of Bonds . Any Bond
surrendered pursuant to this Article for the purpose of payment or
retirement, or for exchange, replacement or transfer, shall be
canceled upon presentation and surrender thereof to the
Trustee.
The Company on behalf of the
Authority, may deliver at any time to the Trustee for cancellation
any outstanding Bonds previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder, which the Authority or the Company may have acquired in
any manner whatsoever. All Bonds so delivered shall be canceled
promptly by the Trustee. Certification of the surrender
and
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cancellation shall be made by the
Trustee to the Authority and the Company upon the request of either
therefor. Such canceled Bonds shall be disposed of by the Trustee
in accordance with its customary procedures.
Section 3.12.
Special Agreement with Bondholders . Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement or of any Bond to the contrary,
with the approval of the Company, the Trustee may enter into an
agreement with any holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Bonds providing for making all payments to that
holder on that Bond or any part thereof (other than any payment of
the entire unpaid principal amount thereof) at a place and in a
manner other than as provided in this Agreement and in the Bond,
without presentation or surrender of the Bond, upon any conditions
which shall be satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company;
provided , that payment in any event shall be made to the
person in whose name a Bond shall be registered on the books
required to be kept by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3.08, with respect to payment of principal and
premium, on the date such principal and premium is due, and, with
respect to the payment of interest, as of the applicable Record
Date.
Section 3.13.
CUSIP Numbers . The Authority in issuing the Bonds
may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use),
and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Bondholders;
provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either
as printed on the Bonds or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Bonds, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers of which
the Company has written notice.
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION, MANDATORY
TENDER AND REMARKETING
Section 4.01.
Redemption.
(a) Special Mandatory
Redemption Upon Taxability . If, as a result of the failure
of the Company to observe any covenant, agreement or representation
in this Agreement, a court of competent jurisdiction or any
administrative agency finally determines (such determination not to
be considered final unless the Authority has been given written
notice and, if, in consultation with the Company, the Authority
determines to contest, at the Company’s expense, either
directly or in the name of any holder of a Bond, any such
determination, until the conclusion of any appellate review if
sought by the Authority in consultation with the Company) that the
interest payable on any Bond is includable for federal income tax
purposes in the gross income, as defined in Section 61 of the
Code, of any Bondholder (other than a “substantial
user” of the Project or a “related person,” as
defined in the Code), the Bonds shall be subject to special
mandatory redemption prior to maturity, as a whole, or in part if
such partial redemption will preserve the exclusion from gross
income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the remaining
Bonds outstanding (and if in part, to be selected by the Trustee or
by the Securities Depository, as applicable, by lot or in any other
customary manner as determined by the Trustee or by the Securities
Depository, as applicable) at a redemption price equal to the
principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to the redemption
date, without premium. The Company
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will give notice to the Authority and
the Trustee in writing of the amount of Bonds to be redeemed and of
the date selected for such redemption not later than 90 days after
the date of such final determination, such redemption date to be
not more than 180 days after the date of such final
determination.
(b) Extraordinary
Optional Redemption . The Bonds are subject to redemption
prior to maturity at the option of the Company, by notice to the
Trustee and the Authority, in whole, at any time, at a redemption
price equal to the principal amount of the outstanding Bonds, plus
accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption, without
premium, on any date selected by the Company, but not less than 45
days after nor more than 180 days after the Company shall have
given notice of its exercise of the right to make such prepayment.
The Company may exercise its right to cause the Bonds to be
redeemed at its option, if:
(1) In the opinion of the
Company, the continued operation by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Project Units is impracticable,
uneconomical or undesirable due to (A) the imposition of taxes
or other liabilities or burdens not being imposed as of the date of
the Bonds, (B) changes in technology or in the economic
availability of raw materials or operating supplies or equipment or
(C) destruction of or damage to all or a substantial portion
of such Project Units; provided, however , that the Company
may not exercise its right to redeem the Bonds for reasons
described in this clause (1) if any portion of the redemption
price is to be paid from the proceeds of tax-exempt
bonds;
(2) All or substantially all
of the Project Units shall have been condemned or taken by eminent
domain;
(3) The operation by the
Company of all or substantially all of the Project Units shall have
been enjoined and the Company shall have been prevented from
carrying on normal operations at such Project Units for a period of
six months or more; or
(4) In the event the First
Mortgage Bonds have been issued, all or substantially all the
mortgaged and pledged property constituting bondable property (as
defined in the First Mortgage) which at the time shall be subject
to the lien of the First Mortgage as a first lien shall be released
from the lien of the First Mortgage pursuant to the provisions
thereof, and available moneys in the hands of the trustee or
trustees at the time serving as such under the First Mortgage,
including any moneys deposited by the Company available for the
purpose, are sufficient to redeem all the first mortgage bonds of
all series issued pursuant to the First Mortgage at the redemption
prices (together with accrued interest to the date of redemption)
specified therein applicable to the redemption thereof upon the
happening of such event.
For purposes of clause
(1) of this Section 4.01(b), the “opinion of the
Company” shall be expressed to the Authority and the Trustee
by delivery of a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company or the Executive Committee thereof stating
that it is the opinion of said Board of Directors or Executive
Committee that the circumstances, situations or conditions
described in subclause (A), (B) or (C) of such clause
(1) exist to the extent required for the Company to exercise
the option provided.
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(c) Optional
Redemption . The Bonds of each series shall be
subject to redemption at the option of the Company as provided
under “ Optional Redemption During Long-Term Interest Rate
Period ”, “ Optional Redemption During Daily or
Weekly Rate Period ”, or “ Optional Redemption
During ARS Rate Period ” in paragraph 9 of the form
of the Bonds. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of
such redemption at least 15 days before the date on which the
Trustee is required to deliver notice of redemption to the
Bondholders.
(d) Special Mandatory
Redemption upon Reorganization . In the event that the Bond
Insurance Policy is in effect and the Company is a party to any
“Reorganization” as defined in the Insurance Agreement
to which the Bond Insurer has not consented, and the obligations of
the Company under, and in respect of, the Bonds, this Agreement and
the Insurance Agreement have not been assumed by and become direct
and primary obligations of a “Regulated Utility
Company” as defined in the Insurance Agreement, the Bonds
shall be subject to special mandatory redemption prior to maturity,
as a whole, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount
thereof, plus interest accrued to the redemption date, without
premium. The Company will give notice to the Authority and the
Trustee in writing of the date selected for such redemption not
later than 45 days before the effective date of such
Reorganization, such redemption date to be not later than one
Business Day before the effective date of such
Reorganization.
Section 4.02.
Optional Redemption Dates . The redemption date of
Bonds of any series to be redeemed pursuant to any optional
redemption provision in this Agreement and the Bonds will be a date
permitted by the Bonds and specified by the Company in the notice
delivered pursuant to Section 4.04.
Section 4.03.
Selection of Bonds to Be Redeemed . Except as
provided in the Bonds, if fewer than all the Bonds of any series
are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Bonds to be
redeemed by lot, except that the Trustee will first select any
Bonds owned by the Company or any of its nominees or held by the
Trustee for the account of the Company or any of its nominees. The
Trustee will make the selection from Bonds not previously called
for redemption. For this purpose, the Trustee will consider each
Bond in a denomination larger than the minimum denomination
permitted by the Bonds at the time to be separate Bonds each in the
minimum denomination. Provisions of this Agreement that apply to
Bonds called for redemption also apply to portions of Bonds called
for redemption.
Section 4.04.
Redemption Notices .
(a) Official Notice of
Redemption . The Trustee will give notice of each
redemption as provided in the Bonds and will at the same time give
a copy of the notice to the Remarketing Agent, the Auction Agent,
the Bond Insurer and each Broker-Dealer, as applicable. The notice
shall identify the Bonds to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers)
and shall state (1) the redemption date (and, if the Bonds
provide that accrued interest will not be paid on the redemption
date, the date it will be paid), (2) the redemption price,
(3) that the Bonds called for redemption must be surrendered
to collect the redemption price, (4) the address at which the
Bonds must be surrendered and (5) that interest on the Bonds
called for redemption ceases to accrue on the redemption
date.
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With respect to an optional
redemption of any Bonds under “Optional Redemption During
Long-Term Interest Rate Period,” “Extraordinary
Optional Redemption,” “Optional Redemption During Daily
or Weekly Rate Period” or “Optional Redemption
During ARS Rate Period” in paragraph 9 of the form of the
Bonds, unless moneys sufficient to pay the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the Bonds to be redeemed shall have been
received by the Trustee prior to the giving of such notice of
redemption, such notice may state that said redemption shall be
conditional upon the receipt of such moneys by the Trustee on or
prior to the date fixed for redemption. If such moneys are not
received, such notice shall be of no force and effect, such Bonds
shall not be redeemed, the redemption price shall not be due and
payable and the Trustee shall give notice, in the same manner in
which the notice of redemption was given, that such moneys were not
so received and that such Bonds will not be redeemed.
Failure to give any required
notice of redemption as to any particular Bonds or any defect
therein will not affect the validity of the call for redemption of
any Bonds in respect of which no such failure or defect has
occurred. Any notice mailed as provided in the Bonds shall be
effective when sent and will be conclusively presumed to have been
given whether or not actually received by any holder.
(b) Additional Notice
of Redemption . In addition to the redemption notice
required above, further notice (the “ Additional
Redemption Notice ”) shall be given by the Trustee as set
out below. No defect in the Additional Redemption Notice nor any
failure to give all or any portion of the Additional Redemption
Notice shall in any manner defeat the effectiveness of a call for
redemption if notice is given as prescribed in paragraph
(a) above.
(1) Each Additional
Redemption Notice shall contain the information required in
paragraph (a) above for an official notice of redemption plus
(i) the CUSIP numbers of all Bonds being redeemed;
(ii) the date of the Bonds as originally issued;
(iii) the Determination Method for, or the rate of interest
borne by, each Bond being redeemed; (iv) the maturity date of
each Bond being redeemed; and (v) any other descriptive
information needed to identify accurately the Bonds being
redeemed.
(2) Each Additional
Redemption Notice shall be sent at least 30 days before the
redemption date by registered or certified mail or overnight
delivery service (or by such other means as the Trustee may have
established with the Securities Depository or any information
service) to all registered securities depositories then in the
business of holding substantial amounts of obligations similar to
the Bonds (such depository now being The Depository Trust Company
of New York, New York) and to one or more national information
services that disseminate notices of redemption of obligations such
as the Bonds.
The information required in
any redemption notice (including an Additional Redemption Notice)
pursuant to this Section and the information required in any
notice of tender (including an Additional Tender Notice, as
hereinafter defined) may be combined in a single notice if it is
sent to Bondholders in the manner and at the time specified under
“Notice of Redemption” in paragraph 9 of the
form of the Bonds.
Any redemption notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
“CUSIP” numbers either as printed on the Bonds or as
contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Bonds, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect
in or omission of such numbers.
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If any Bonds which bear
interest at an Auction Period Rate are to be redeemed in part and
such Bonds are held by a Securities Depository, the Trustee shall
include in the notice of the call for redemption delivered to the
Securities Depository (i) a date placed under an item entitled
“Publication Date for Securities Depository Purposes”
and such date shall be three Business Days after the Auction Date
immediately preceding such redemption date and (ii) an
instruction to the Securities Depository to (x) determine on
such Publication Date after the Auction held on the immediately
preceding Auction Date has settled, the Securities Depository
Participants whose Securities Depository positions shall be
redeemed and the principal amount of such Auction Rate Bonds to be
redeemed from each such position (the “ Securities
Depository Redemption Information ”), and (y) notify
the Auction Agent immediately after such determination of
(1) the positions of the Securities Depository Participants in
such Bonds immediately prior to such Auction settlement,
(2) the position of the Securities Depository Participants in
such Auction Period Rate Bonds immediately following such Auction
settlement, and (3) the Securities Depository Redemption
Information. The Trustee shall send a copy of such notice to the
Auction Agent.
Upon surrender to the
Trustee, Bonds called for redemption shall be paid as provided in
this Article at the redemption price (including premium, if any)
stated in the notice, plus interest accrued to the redemption date,
or at a purchase price as provided in the form of Bond. Bonds
called for redemption and purchased pursuant to a tender before the
redemption date will not be redeemed but will be dealt with as
provided below in this Article.
Section 4.05.
Bonds Redeemed in Part . Subject to ARTICLE VI, upon
surrender of a Bond redeemed in part, the Trustee will authenticate
for the holder a new Bond or Bonds in authorized denominations
equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Bond
surrendered.
Section 4.06.
Mandatory Tender .
(a) Mandatory Tender of
Bonds . The Bonds are subject to mandatory tender as
provided in paragraph 7 of the form of the Bonds.
(b) Notice to
Bondholders of Change in Interest Rate Determination Method
. When a change in the Determination Method is to be made or upon
commencement of a new Long-Term Interest Rate Period for any series
of Bonds, the Trustee will, upon notice from the Company pursuant
to Section 3.02(b), notify the Bondholders of such series by
first class mail at least 15 days before the effective date of the
change or the commencement of a new Long-Term Interest Rate Period,
except that (i) such notice shall be given at least 30 days
prior to the effective date if a Long-Term Interest Rate Period is
in effect and the effective date is before the end of the Long-Term
Interest Rate Period and (ii) no notice shall be given with
respect to a tender under “Mandatory Tender on Each
Interest Payment Date During Commercial Paper Mode” in
paragraph 7 of the form of the Bonds. The notice shall be effective
when sent and shall state:
(1) the purchase
date;
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(2) the Purchase
Price;
(3) that the Bonds to be
tendered must be surrendered to collect the Purchase
Price;
(4) the address at which or
the manner in which the Bonds must be surrendered;
(5) that interest on the
Bonds to be tendered ceases to accrue to such holder on the
purchase date and such holder will be entitled only to the Purchase
Price on the purchase date;
(6) that the interest rate
determination method will be changed;
(7) the proposed effective
date of the new rate;
(8) that a mandatory tender
will result on the effective date of the change as provided in the
Bonds; and
(9) any conditions precedent
to such change and that, if such conditions are not satisfied, the
Bonds will continue to bear interest in accordance with the then
current method.
Failure to give any required
notice of tender as to any particular Bonds or any defect therein
will not affect the validity of the tender of any Bonds in respect
of which no such failure or defect has occurred. Any notice mailed
as provided in the Bonds shall be effective when sent and will be
conclusively presumed to have been given whether or not actually
received by any holder.
(c) Additional Notice
of Tender . In addition to the tender notice required
above, further notice (the “ Additional Tender Notice
”) shall be given by the Trustee as set out below. No defect
in the Additional Tender Notice nor any failure to give all or any
portion of the Additional Tender Notice shall in any manner defeat
the effectiveness of a tender notice if notice is given as
prescribed in paragraph (b) above.
(1) Each Additional Tender
Notice shall contain the information required in paragraph
(c) above for an official notice of tender plus (i) the
CUSIP numbers of all Bonds being tendered; (ii) the date of
the Bonds as originally issued; (iii) the maturity date of
each Bond being purchased; and (iv) any other descriptive
information needed to identify accurately the Bonds being
purchased.
(2) Each Additional Tender
Notice shall be sent at least 15 days before the purchase date by
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery service (or by
such other means as the Trustee may have established with the
Securities Depository or any information service) to all registered
securities depositories then in the business of holding substantial
amounts of obligations similar to the Bonds (such depository now
being The Depository Trust Company of New York, New York) and to
one or more national information services that disseminate notices
of purchase of obligations such as the Bonds.
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The information required in
any tender notice (including an Additional Tender Notice) pursuant
to this Section and the information required in any redemption
notice (including an Additional Redemption Notice) may be combined
in a single notice if it is sent to Bondholders in the manner and
at the time specified under “Notice of Tender”
in paragraph 7 of the form of the Bonds.
Section 4.07.
Source of Funds for Purchase of Bonds . Funds for the
payment of the Purchase Price of tendered Bonds shall be derived
solely from the following sources in the order of priority
indicated and neither the Trustee nor the Remarketing Agent shall
be obligated to provide funds from any other source:
(a) proceeds of the
remarketing of Bonds to persons other than the Company, the
affiliates of the Company and the Authority and furnished
immediately to the Trustee by the Remarketing Agent and deposited
directly into and held continuously in, the Remarketing Proceeds
Account; and
(b) money provided by the
Company or otherwise available for the payment of the purchase
price, and proceeds from the investment thereof.
In no event shall the
Purchase Price of tendered Bonds, including a mandatory tender
resulting from the conversion of an interest rate mode on the
Bonds, be payable under the Bond Insurance Policy.
Section 4.08.
Delivery of Bonds . On each tender date, the Bonds
shall be delivered as follows:
(a) Bonds purchased by the
Trustee with moneys described in Section 4.07(a) shall be
delivered by the Remarketing Agent to the purchasers of those Bonds
by 3:00 p.m., New York City time; and
(b) Bonds purchased by the
Trustee with moneys described in Section 4.07(b) (the “
Company-Held Bonds ”) shall be, at the direction of
the Company, either (i) delivered to and registered in the
name of the Company on or before 3:00 p.m., New York City time, or
(ii) delivered to or held by the Trustee for the account of
the Company.
Section 4.09.
No Purchase or Sale after Event of Default . Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if there shall
have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default under this
Agreement, the Remarketing Agent shall not remarket any
Bonds.
Section 4.10.
Purchase Fund . There is hereby established and there
shall be maintained with the Trustee a separate fund to be known as
the “Purchase Fund”. The Trustee shall further
establish separate accounts within the Purchase Fund to be known as
the “Remarketing Proceeds Account” and the
“Company Purchase Account.”
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(a) Remarketing
Proceeds Account . Upon receipt from the Remarketing Agent
of the proceeds of a remarketing of Bonds on a purchase date, the
Trustee shall directly deposit such proceeds, and shall deposit
only such proceeds, in the Remarketing Proceeds Account for
application to the Purchase Price of the Bonds. Neither the
Authority nor the Company shall have any interest in the
Remarketing Proceeds Account.
(b) Company Purchase
Account . Upon receipt of funds provided to the Trustee by
the Company pursuant to Section 5.05(c), the Trustee shall
directly deposit such money, and shall deposit only such money, in
the Company Purchase Account for application to the Purchase Price
of the Bonds. Neither the Authority nor the Company shall have any
interest in the Company Purchase Account.
(c) Investment
. Amounts held in the Remarketing Proceeds Account and the Company
Purchase Account by the Trustee shall be held
uninvested.
Section 4.11.
Disposition of Purchased Bonds .
(a) Bonds to Be
Remarketed . Bonds purchased pursuant to tenders as
provided in the form of Bonds or as provided in Section 4.06
will be offered for sale by the Remarketing Agent as provided in
this Section except as follows:
(1) Bonds required to be
tendered or redeemed, which are tendered between the date notice of
mandatory tender or redemption is given and the mandatory tender
date or redemption date, may be remarketed before the mandatory
tender date or redemption date only if the buyer receives a copy of
the mandatory tender notice or the redemption notice, as the case
may be, from the Remarketing Agent; and
(2) Bonds will not be offered
for sale under this Section during the continuance of an Event
of Default under Section 10.01 of this Agreement.
(b) Remarketing
Effort . Except to the extent the Company directs the
Remarketing Agent not to do so, the Remarketing Agent will offer
for sale and use reasonable efforts to sell all Bonds to be sold as
provided in paragraph (a) above and, when directed by the
Company, any Company-Held Bonds. The sale price of each Bond must
be equal to the principal amount of each Bond plus accrued
interest, if any, to the purchase date. The Company may direct the
Remarketing Agent from time to time to cease and to resume sales
efforts with respect to some of or all the Bonds. The Remarketing
Agent may buy as principal any Bonds to be offered under this
Section 4.11.
(c) Notices in Respect
of Tenders . When the Trustee receives a notice from a
Bondholder (or a Beneficial Owner through its direct Participant)
as specified in paragraph 6 of the form of the Bond for the
Bondholder (or a Beneficial Owner through its direct Participant)
that Bonds are being tendered, the Trustee will promptly notify the
Remarketing Agent and the Company by facsimile transmission or
telephone, promptly confirmed in writing, of the receipt of such
notice, but in no event later than the following times:
(1) when the Bonds bear
interest at a Daily Rate, no later than 11:15 a.m. (New York
City time) on the same Business Day; and
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(2) when the Bonds bear
interest at a Weekly Rate, no later than 11:15 a.m. (New York
City time) on the Business Day next succeeding receipt of such
notice.
(d) Delivery of
Remarketed Bonds .
(1) Except when the
Book-Entry System is in effect, the Trustee shall hold all Bonds
delivered pursuant to this Section 4.11 in trust for the
benefit of the owners thereof until moneys representing the
purchase price of such Bonds shall have been delivered to or for
the account of or to the order of such Bondholders, and thereafter,
if such Bonds are remarketed, shall deliver replacement Bonds,
prepared by the Trustee in accordance with the directions of the
Remarketing Agent and authenticated by the Trustee, for any Bonds
purchased in accordance with the written directions of the
Remarketing Agent, to the Remarketing Agent for delivery to the
purchasers thereof.
(2) Except in the case of
Bonds bearing interest at an Auction Period Rate, the Remarketing
Agent shall advise the Trustee and the Company in writing or by
facsimile transmission of (A) the principal amount of Bonds
which have been remarketed and that the proceeds of such
remarketing have been received by the Remarketing Agent, and,
(B) the denominations and registration instructions (including
taxpayer identification numbers), in each case, in accordance with
the following schedule (all times of which are New York City
time):
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CURRENT METHOD OF INTEREST
RATE
DETERMINATION OR, IN
CONNECTION WITH
A CHANGE IN SUCH METHOD,
THE NEW
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RATE
DETERMINATION
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INFORMATION
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TRUSTEE
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(3) The terms of any sale by
the Remarketing Agent shall provide for the authorization of the
payment of the purchase price by the Remarketing Agent to the
Trustee in exchange for Bonds registered in the name of the new
Bondholder which shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Remarketing Agent at or before 2:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. if the Bonds
are not in a Book-Entry System) (New York City time) on the
purchase date if the purchase price has been received from the
Remarketing Agent by the time set forth in Section 4.11(e) on
the purchase date.
(e) Delivery of
Proceeds of Sale . The Remarketing Agent shall deliver
directly to the Trustee an amount equal to the principal amount
thereof plus accrued interest, if any, of the Bonds which the
Remarketing Agent has advised the Trustee have been remarketed
pursuant to Section 4.11(d)(2) no later than 1:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on the purchase date.
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Section 4.12.
Purchase of Bonds in Lieu of Redemption . When Bonds
are called for redemption pursuant to “Optional Redemption
During Long-Term Interest Rate Period,” “Optional
Redemption During Daily or Weekly Rate Period” or
“Optional Redemption During ARS Rate Period” as
provided under paragraph 9 in the form of Bond, the Company may
purchase some or all of the Bonds called for redemption if it (or
the Remarketing Agent) gives written notice to the Trustee, the
Remarketing Agent, the Auction Agent, the Broker-Dealers and the
Bond Insurer not later than the day before the redemption date that
it wishes to purchase the principal amount of Bonds specified in
the notice, at a purchase price equal to the redemption price. On
the date specified as the redemption date, the Trustee will be
furnished sufficient remarketing proceeds (or other funds provided
by the Company as provided in Section 4.07(b) hereof) in
sufficient time for the Trustee to make the purchase on the
redemption date. Any such purchase of Bonds by the Company shall
not be deemed to be a payment or redemption of the Bonds or any
portion thereof and such purchase shall not operate to extinguish
or discharge the indebtedness evidenced by such Bonds.
ARTICLE V
FUNDS AND
ACCOUNTS
Section 5.01.
Application of Proceeds . The proceeds received from
the sale of the Bonds shall be applied as follows:
(a) any proceeds representing
accrued interest on the Bonds will be deposited into the Bond Fund;
and
(b) all other proceeds will
be deposited into the Refunding Fund.
Section 5.02.
Bond Fund . There is hereby established and created a
fund for each series of Bonds to be designated “Hillsborough
County Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue
Refunding Bonds (Tampa Electric Company Project) Series 2007 Bond
Fund” and with a further designation for each
series.
The Bond Fund for each series
of Bonds and the moneys and Permitted Investments therein shall be
used solely and exclusively for the payment of Bond Service Charges
for such series of Bonds as they become due at stated maturity, by
redemption, or by acceleration, all as provided herein.
Bond Service Charges shall be
payable, as they become due, (i) in the first instance from
the payments to be made by the Company to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 5.05(a) and to be deposited in the Bond Fund,
(ii) if those payments are not made or if moneys then on
deposit in the Bond Fund and available for that purpose are not
sufficient to pay the Bond Service Charges, from other Revenues to
the extent then available, and (iii) from any other source
lawfully available to the Trustee.
Except where moneys have been
deposited with or paid to the Trustee pursuant to an instrument
restricting their application to particular Bonds, all moneys
required or permitted to be deposited with or paid to the Trustee
under any provision of this Agreement, and any investments thereof,
shall be held by the Trustee in trust. Except for (i) moneys
deposited with
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or paid to the Trustee for the
redemption of Bonds, notice of the redemption of which shall have
been duly given, and (ii) moneys held by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 13.03, all moneys described in the preceding
sentence held by the Trustee shall be subject to the lien hereof
while so held.
The Trustee shall apply money
contained in the accounts described below at the following
respective times in the manner hereinafter provided, which accounts
the Trustee hereby agrees to establish and maintain within the Bond
Fund so long as this Agreement is not discharged in accordance with
ARTICLE XIII and each such account shall constitute a trust fund
for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds and the Bond Insurer,
and the money in each such account shall be disbursed only for the
purposes and uses hereinafter authorized.
(a) Interest
Account . The Trustee, on each Interest Payment Date, shall
withdraw and apply from moneys on deposit in the Interest Account
for each series of Bonds an amount which shall be sufficient to pay
interest payable on the outstanding Bonds of such series on such
Interest Payment Date.
(b) Principal
Account . The Trustee, on each Principal Payment Date,
shall withdraw and apply from moneys on deposit in the Principal
Account for each series of Bonds, an amount equal to the principal
becoming due on Bonds of such series on such Principal Payment Date
(other than a redemption date). Money in the Principal Account for
such series shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee on each
Principal Payment Date solely for the payment of the principal of
outstanding Bonds for such series.
(c) Redemption
Account . The Trustee, on or before each redemption date,
shall withdraw and apply from moneys on deposit in the Redemption
Account for each series of Bonds amounts required to pay the
principal of and premium, if any, and accrued interest on Bonds for
such series to be redeemed prior to their stated maturity. Money in
the Redemption Account for such series shall be used and withdrawn
by the Trustee on each redemption date solely for the payment of
the principal of and premium, if any, and accrued interest on
outstanding Bonds of such series upon the redemption thereof prior
to their stated maturity.
Section 5.03.
First Mortgage Bond Fund . There is hereby
established and created a fund to be designated “Hillsborough
County Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue
Refunding Bonds (Tampa Electric Company Project) Series 2007 First
Mortgage Bond Fund” and with a further designation for each
series. There shall be deposited to the credit of the First
Mortgage Bond Fund for such series all payments, if any, made on
the First Mortgage Bonds, if any securing such series of Bonds. The
moneys in the First Mortgage Bond Fund shall be held by the Trustee
in trust and applied to the amounts which the Company may be
required to pay to the Trustee for deposit in the Bond Fund for the
applicable series of Bonds and, pending such application, shall be
subject to a lien and charge in favor of the Bondholders of such
series.
Section 5.04.
Payment of Bonds . The Trustee will make payments of
purchase price of, principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Bonds from moneys available to the Trustee under
Section 4.07, Section 4.10 and Section 5.02;
provided, however , that during an ARS Rate Period, payment
of purchase price shall occur pursuant to Section 3.03(b)(5)
hereof.
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All moneys received as
proceeds of remarketing the Bonds under Section 4.11 shall be
held segregated by the Trustee in the Remarketing Proceeds Account,
a separate and segregated trust account, as provided in
Section 4.10. To the extent that the payment of principal or
interest on the Bonds is made from moneys as described in this
Section, such payment shall also satisfy and discharge any payment
obligation of the Company under this Agreement and the Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company in writing if such payment
requirement has not been satisfied. If any Bond is redeemed prior
to maturity or if the Company surrenders any Bond to the Trustee
for cancellation, the Trustee shall cancel such Bond.
Section 5.05. Payments
by the Company.
(a) Debt
Service .
(1) Not later than the
opening of business on the Business Day on which a payment of
principal or interest is due on the Bonds of any series, the
Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee for deposit in
the Bond Fund for the Bonds of such series an amount available on
such payment date equal to such payment less the amount, if any, in
the Bond Fund for the Bonds of such series and available
therefor.
(2) The payments to be made
under the foregoing subsection shall be appropriately adjusted to
reflect the date of issue of Bonds, accrued interest deposited in
the Bond Fund for such series, if any, and any purchase or
redemption of Bonds of such series so that there will be available
on each payment date in the Bond Fund for each series of Bonds the
amount necessary to pay the interest and principal due or coming
due on the Bonds of such series and so that accrued interest will
be applied to the installments of interest to which it is
applicable.
(3) At any time when any
principal of the Bonds of any series is overdue, the Company shall
also have a continuing obligation to pay to the Trustee for deposit
in the Bond Fund for such series an amount equal to interest on the
overdue principal but the installment payments required under this
Section shall not otherwise bear interest. Premiums, if any,
shall not bear interest.
(4) Payments by the Company
to the Trustee for deposit in the Bond Fund under this Agreement
shall discharge the obligation of the Company to the extent of such
payments; provided , that if any moneys are invested in
accordance with this Agreement and a loss results therefrom so that
there are insufficient funds to pay principal and interest on the
Bonds of any series when due, the Company shall supply the
deficiency.
(b) Additional
Payments .
(1) Within thirty
(30) days after notice from the Authority, the Company shall
pay to the Authority all its reasonable costs and expenses (except
general administrative expenses or overhead) incurred by the
Authority relating to the issuance of the Bonds, and for any
continuing duties or obligations of the Authority relating to the
Bonds, this Agreement or any other documents executed in connection
therewith, including any audit or any modification, amendment or
interpretation of this Agreement or the Bonds.
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(2) Within thirty
(30) days after notice from the Trustee, any paying agent,
tender agent or registrar, the Company shall pay to the Trustee,
paying agent, tender agent or registrar, as the case may be, its
reasonable fees and expenses as set forth in Section 11.02 of
this Agreement.
(c) Company’s
Purchase of Bonds . If the amount received by the Trustee
for the purchase of Bonds tendered pursuant to Section 4.06(a)
not sufficient to pay the purchase price of such Bonds on the date
when due, the Company shall pay the amount of such deficiency to
the Trustee for application in accordance with
Section 4.07(b).
Section 5.06. Moneys
Held in Trust; Unclaimed Funds . The Trustee shall deposit
into the Bond Fund for each series of Bonds, which shall be a
separate and segregated trust account for the benefit of the
Bondholders of such series, all moneys received by it for any
payment on the Bonds of such series. Money received by the
Remarketing Agent or the Trustee from the sale of a Bond under
Section 4.11 or for the purchase of a Bond will be held
segregated from other funds of the Remarketing Agent or the Trustee
in trust for the benefit of the person from whom such Bond was
purchased or the person delivering such purchase money, as the case
may be, and will not be invested. The Trustee shall promptly, but
in no event later than 30 days of their original deposit, apply
moneys received from the Company in accordance with this Agreement
and as specifically directed in writing by the Company.
Notwithstanding the
provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, any moneys which
shall be set aside by the Trustee or deposited with the Trustee and
which shall remain unclaimed by the holders of such Bonds for a
period of one year after the date on which such Bonds shall have
become due and payable shall upon request in writing be paid to the
Company, and thereafter the holders of such Bonds shall look only
to the Company for payment and then only to the extent of the
amount so received without any interest thereon, and the Trustee
and the Authority shall have no responsibility with respect to such
moneys. In the absence of any such written request, the Trustee
shall from time to time deliver such unclaimed funds to or as
directed by pertinent escheat authority, as identified by the
Trustee in its sole discretion, pursuant to and in accordance with
applicable unclaimed property laws, rules or regulations. Any such
delivery shall be in accordance with the customary practices and
procedures of the Trustee and the escheat authority. All moneys
held by the Trustee and subject to this Section shall be held
uninvested and without liability for interest thereon. Before
making any payment under this Section 5.06, the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive at the Company’s expense an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that said payment is permitted under
applicable law.
Section 5.07. Refunding
Fund; Notice to Redeem Refunded Bonds.
(a) There is hereby
established and created a fund to be designated “Hillsborough
County Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue
Refunding Bonds (Tampa Electric Company Project) Series 2007
Refunding Fund”. On the date of original issuance of the
Bonds, upon receipt of the Bond proceeds the Trustee shall deposit
such proceeds into the Refunding Fund in accordance with
Section 5.01(b) of this Agreement. Promptly following such
deposit, all moneys in the Refunding Fund shall be transferred by
the Trustee in the amount of $51,600,000 to the Refunded Bonds
Trustees for the Series 1990 Refunded Bonds for redemption of the
Series 1990 Refunded Bonds, $54,200,000 to the Refunded Bonds
Trustee for
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the Series 1992 Refunded Bonds for
redemption of the Series 1992 Refunded Bonds, and the balance of
such proceeds to the Refunded Bonds Trustee for the Series 1993
Refunded Bonds for redemption of the Series 1993 Refunded Bonds, in
each case in accordance with the respective Refunded Bonds
Agreement for such Refunded Bonds.
(b) The Trustee shall cause
to be kept and maintained records of receipts and disbursements
pertaining to the Refunding Fund.
Section 5.08.
Investments . So long as the Bonds are outstanding and
there is no default hereunder of which the Trustee is deemed to
have knowledge pursuant to Section 11.03, moneys on deposit to
the credit of the Funds shall, at the written request of the
Company Representative, specifying and directing that such
investment of such funds be made, be invested by the Trustee in
Permitted Investments having a maturity no later than the date such
moneys will be needed. The Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely
on said instructions for purposes of this Section.
The Trustee may commingle any
of the money held by it hereunder. The Trustee may present for
redemption or sell any such deposit or investment whenever it shall
be necessary in order to provide money to meet any payment of the
money so deposited or invested. The Trustee shall not be liable or
responsible for any losses, fees, taxes or other charges resulting
from any such deposit or investment presented for redemption or
sold.
Any interest or profits on
deposits and investments in the Bond Fund received by the Trustee
shall be retained therein.
The Trustee shall have no
responsibility for determining whether any investment is a legally
permitted investment of the Authority or the Company, and the
Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon instructions
received in accordance with this Section.
ARTICLE VI
BOOK-ENTRY
SYSTEM
Section 6.01.
Book-Entry System . The Bonds shall be initially issued in
the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository
Trust Company as the initial Securities Depository and registered
owner of such Bonds, and held in the custody of the Securities
Depository. A single certificate will be issued and delivered to
the Securities Depository, or a custodian thereof, for each series
of Bonds. The Beneficial Owners will not receive physical delivery
of Bond certificates except as provided herein. For so long as the
Securities Depository shall continue to serve as securities
depository for such Bonds as provided herein, all transfers of
beneficial ownership interests will be made by book-entry only on
the records of the Securities Depository, and no investor or other
party purchasing, selling or otherwise transferring beneficial
ownership of such Bonds is to receive, hold or deliver any Bond
certificate. The Authority, the Company and the Trustee will
recognize the Securities Depository or its nominee as the
Bondholder of such Bonds for all purposes, including payment,
notices and voting.
The Authority and the Trustee
covenant and agree, so long as The Depository Trust Company shall
continue to serve as Securities Depository for the Bonds, to meet
the requirements of The Depository Trust Company with respect to
required notices and other provisions of any Letter of
Representations executed with respect to, or any Blanket Letter of
Representations applicable to, the Bonds.
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The Authority, the Trustee,
the Company and the Remarketing Agent may conclusively rely upon
(i) a certificate of the Securities Depository as to the
identity of the Participants in the Book-Entry-System and
(ii) a certificate of any such Participant as to the identity
of, and the respective principal amount of Bonds beneficially owned
by, the Beneficial Owners.
Whenever, during the term of
the Bonds, the beneficial ownership thereof is determined by a
book-entry at the Securities Depository, the requirements in this
Agreement of holding, delivering or transferring Bonds shall be
deemed modified to require the appropriate person to meet the
requirements of the Securities Depository as to registering or
registering the transfer of the book-entry to produce the same
effect. Any provision hereof permitting or requiring delivery of
Bonds shall, while the Bonds are in a Book-Entry System, be
satisfied by the notation on the books of the Securities Depository
in accordance with applicable law.
The Trustee and the
Authority, at the direction and expense of the Company and with the
consent of the Remarketing Agent, may from time to time appoint a
successor Securities Depository and enter into an agreement with
such successor Securities Depository to establish procedures with
respect to the Bonds consistent with current industry practice. Any
successor Securities Depository shall be a “clearing
agency” registered under Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
None of the Authority, the
Company, the Trustee, any Broker-Dealer nor the Remarketing Agent
will have any responsibility or obligation to any Securities
Depository, any Participants in the Book-Entry System or the
Beneficial Owners with respect to (i) the accuracy of any
records maintained by the Securities Depository or any Participant;
(ii) the payment by the Securities Depository or by any
Participant of any amount due to any Beneficial Owner in respect of
the principal amount or redemption or purchase price of, or
interest on, any Bonds; (iii) the delivery of any notice by
the Securities Depository or any Participant; (iv) the
selection of the Beneficial Owners to receive payment in the event
of any partial redemption of the Bonds; or (v) any other
action taken by the Securities Depository or any
Participant.
Bond certificates are
required to be delivered to and registered in the name of the
Beneficial Owner if the Securities Depository determines to
discontinue providing its service with respect to the Bonds and no
successor Securities Depository is appointed as described above.
Such a determination may be made at any time by giving 30
days’ notice to the Authority, the Company, the Auction
Agent, the Remarketing Agent and the Trustee and discharging its
responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable
law.
The Trustee is hereby
authorized to make such changes to the form of bond attached hereto
as Exhibit B which are necessary or appropriate to reflect
that the Book-Entry System is not in effect, that a successor
Securities Depository has been appointed or that an additional or
co-paying agent or tender agent has been designated pursuant to
Section 11.14.
If at any time, the
Securities Depository ceases to hold the Bonds, all references
herein to the Securities Depository shall be of no further force or
effect.
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ARTICLE VII
THE PROJECT
Section 7.01.
Maintenance and Modifications of Project by Company .
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.02, the Company agrees
that so long as any Bonds are outstanding it will at its own
expense maintain, repair and operate the Project. The Company may
make modifications to completed components of the Project. The
Company will not make any modification that will result in the
Project not being a “project” with in the meaning of
the Act.
Section 7.02. Removal
of Portions of the Project .
(a) The Company shall not be
under any obligation to renew, repair or replace any inadequate,
obsolete, worn-out, unsuitable, undesirable or unnecessary portion
of the Project. In any instance where the Company determines that
any portion of the Project has become inadequate, obsolete,
worn-out, unsuitable, undesirable or unnecessary, the Company may
remove such portion from the Project and sell, trade in, exchange
or otherwise dispose of such removed portion of the Project without
any responsibility or accountability to the Authority, the Trustee
or the holders of the Bonds.
(b) The removal of any
portion of the Project pursuant to the provisions of this
Section shall not entitle the Company to any abatement or
diminution of the amounts required to be paid with respect to the
Bonds.
Section 7.03.
Assignment, Leasing and Sale by the Company . This
Agreement may be assigned, and the Project may be leased or sold as
a whole or in part, by the Company without the consent of either
the Authority or the Trustee, subject, however, except as provided
in Section 8.03, to each of the following
conditions:
(a) no assignment, lease or
sale shall relieve the Company from liability for any of its
obligations hereunder, and, in the event of any such assignment,
lease or sale, the Company shall continue to remain primarily
liable for the payments required to be made pursuant to this
Agreement and for the performance and observance of the other
agreements on its part herein contained;
(b) the assignee, lessee or
buyer shall assume the obligations of the Company hereunder to the
extent of the interest assigned, leased or sold, and may assume the
Company’s obligations under Article V;
(c) the Company shall, not
later than 10 days prior to the delivery thereof, furnish or cause
to be furnished to the Authority and to the Trustee a true and
complete copy of the form of each such proposed assignment, lease
or conveyance, as the case may be; and
(d) the Company shall, not
later than the effective date of such assignment or lease, furnish
or cause to be furnished to the Authority and the Trustee a
Favorable Opinion of Tax Counsel that such assignment or lease will
not cause the interest on the Bonds to become includable in gross
income for federal income tax purposes.
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ARTICLE
VIII
THE COMPANY
Section 8.01.
Representations by the Company . The Company makes the
following representations as of the date of delivery of this
Agreement:
(a) The Company is a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Florida and has power to enter into this Agreement;
(b) By proper corporate
action, the officers of the Company executing and attesting this
Agreement have been duly authorized to execute and deliver this
Agreement;
(c) Neither the execution or
delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein (including, without limitation, execution and
delivery of the First Mortgage Bonds, if any, nor the fulfillment
of or compliance with the terms hereof) will conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, the Company’s Restated Articles
of Incorporation, its bylaws or any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is now
a party or by which it is bound;
(d) The facilities comprising
the Project constitute a “project” within the meaning
of Section 159.44(2) of the Act;
(e) The Company has caused
and will cause the acquisition, construction and installation of
the Project at the Project Units, pursuant to the terms and
conditions expressed herein, all for the purpose of promoting
effective and efficient pollution control throughout the
State;
(f) Not less than ninety
percent (90%) of the proceeds of the Series 2007A Bonds and
the Series 2007B Bonds, respectively, will be used to refinance
costs of “sewage or solid waste disposal facilties” and
“air or water pollution control facilities” within the
meaning of Sections 103(b)(4)(E) or (F), respectively, of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended;
(g) Not less than ninety-five
percent (95%) of the “net proceeds” of the Bonds
will be used to refinance costs of “sewage or solid waste
disposal facilities” and “air or water pollution
control facilities” within the meaning of
Sections 103(b)(4)(E) or (F), respectively of the Code;
and
(h) All necessary
authorizations, approval, consents and other orders of any
governmental authority or agency for the execution and delivery by
the Company of this Agreement have been obtained and are in full
force and effect.
Section 8.02.
Access to the Project . The Authority and its duly
authorized agents shall have such rights of access to the Project
and the Project Units as may be reasonably necessary to inspect the
Project, but nothing herein shall be construed to provide that the
Authority has any duty or obligation to inspect the
Project.
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Section 8.03.
Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
.
(a) The Company shall not
consolidate with or merge into any other Corporation or convey or
transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, unless the Corporat
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