Exhibit 4.2
$5,630,000
City of Chaska, Minnesota
Variable Rate Demand Purchase
Revenue Bonds
(Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.
Project)
Series 2004
INDENTURE OF TRUST
Dated as of August 1, 2004
Between
CITY OF CHASKA, MINNESOTA
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
This instrument was drafted by:
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Suite 1500
50 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota
55402-1498
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(This Table of Contents is not a
part of the Indenture of Trust and is only for convenience of
reference.)
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Section 2.01. Authorized Amount of
Bonds
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Section 2.02. Issuance of Bonds
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Section 2.03. Execution; Limited
Obligations
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Section 2.04. Authentication
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Section 2.05. Form of Bonds
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Section 2.06. Delivery of Bonds
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Section 2.07. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or
Destroyed Bonds
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Section 2.08. Transfer of Bonds; Persons
Treated as Owners
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Section 2.09. Destruction of
Bonds
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Section 2.10. Temporary Bonds
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Section 2.11. Book-Entry System
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ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF BONDS BEFORE
MATURITY
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Section 3.01. Extraordinary
Redemption
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Section 3.02. Optional
Redemption
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Section 3.03. Sinking Fund
Redemption
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Section 3.04. Notice of
Redemption
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Section 3.05. Redemption
Payments
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Section 3.06. Cancellation
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Section 3.07. Partial Redemption of
Bonds
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ARTICLE IV CONVERSION OF INTEREST RATE; DEMAND
PURCHASE OPTION
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Section 4.01. Conversion of Interest Rate
on Optional Conversion Date
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Section 4.02. Conversion of Interest Rate
on Automatic Conversion Date
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Section 4.03. [Intentionally
Omitted]
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Section 4.04. Conditions to
Conversion
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Section 4.05. Additional Notices
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Section 4.06. Demand Purchase
Option
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Section 4.07. Funds for Purchase of
Bonds
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Section 4.08. Delivery of Purchased
Bonds
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Section 4.09. Delivery of Proceeds of Sale
of Purchased Bonds
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Section 4.10. Duties of Trustee with
Respect to Purchase of Bonds
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Section 4.11. Election by Bank to Purchase
Bonds
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ARTICLE V GENERAL COVENANTS
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Section 5.01. Payment of Principal,
Premium, if any, and Interest
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Section 5.02. Performance of
Covenants
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Section 5.03. Instruments of Further
Assurance
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Section 5.04. Recording and
Filing
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Section 5.05. Inspection of
Books
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Section 5.06. Rights Under
Agreement
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ARTICLE VI REVENUES AND FUNDS
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Section 6.01. Creation of the Bond
Fund
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Section 6.02. Payments into the Bond
Fund
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Section 6.03. Use of Money in the Bond
Fund
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Section 6.04. Rebate Fund
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Section 6.05. Payments into the Rebate
Fund; Investments
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Section 6.06. Disbursements from Rebate
Fund
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Section 6.07. Creation of the Project
Fund
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Section 6.08. Payments into the Project
Fund
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Section 6.09. Disbursements from Project
Fund
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Section 6.10. Nonpresentment of
Bonds
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Section 6.11. Money to be Held in
Trust
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Section 6.12. Repayment to the Bank and the
Borrower from the Bond Fund or the Rebate Fund
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Section 6.13. Letter of Credit and
Substitute Letter of Credit
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ARTICLE VII INVESTMENT OF MONEY
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ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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Section 8.01. Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 8.02. Defeasance of
Bonds
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ARTICLE IX DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 9.02. Acceleration
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Section 9.03. Other Remedies; Rights of
Owners of Bonds
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Section 9.04. Right of Owners of Bonds to
Direct Proceedings
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Section 9.05. [Intentionally
Omitted]
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Section 9.07. Application of
Money
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Section 9.08. Remedies Vested in
Trustee
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Section 9.09. Rights and Remedies of Owners
of Bonds
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Section 9.10. Termination of
Proceedings
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Section 9.11. Waivers of Default
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Section 10.01. Acceptance of
Trusts
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Section 10.02. Fees, Charges and Expenses
of the Trustee
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Section 10.03. Notice to Owners of
Bonds
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Section 10.04. Intervention by the
Trustee
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Section 10.05. Successor Trustee
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Section 10.06. Resignation by the
Trustee
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Section 10.07. Removal of the
Trustee
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Section 10.08. Appointment of Successor
Trustee by Owners of Bonds
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Section 10.09. Acceptance by Successor
Trustee
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Section 10.10. Appointment of
Co-Trustee
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Section 10.11. Notice to Owners
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Section 10.12. Notices to Rating
Agency
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ARTICLE XI SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Not
Requiring Consent of Owners of Bonds
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Section 11.02. Supplemental Indentures
Requiring Consent of Owners of Bonds
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ARTICLE XII AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT
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Section 12.01. Amendments to Agreement Not
Requiring Consent of Owners of Bonds
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Section 12.02. Amendments to Agreement
Requiring Consent of Owners of Bonds
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 13.01. Consents of Owners of
Bonds
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Section 13.02. Limitation of
Rights
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Section 13.03. Severability
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Section 13.05. Payments Due on Saturdays,
Sundays and Holidays
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Section 13.06. Counterparts
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Section 13.07. Applicable Provisions of
Law
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Section 13.08. Rules of
Interpretation
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Section 13.10. Certain References to Bank,
Bank, Letter of Credit, Etc.
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Section 13.11. Limitation of Issuer’s
Liability
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EXHIBIT A (VARIABLE RATE FORM OF
BOND)
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A-1
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EXHIBIT B (FIXED RATE FORM OF BOND)
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B-1
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iii
INDENTURE OF TRUST
This INDENTURE OF
TRUST is dated and entered into as of August 1, 2004, between
CITY OF CHASKA, MINNESOTA, a Minnesota municipal corporation (the
“City” or the “Issuer”) and WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national association organized under
the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (referred to
in such capacity as the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, Lifecore
Biomedical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the
“Borrower”), has requested that the Issuer issue its
refunding revenue bonds pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
Sections 469.153 to 169.1651, as amended (the
“Act”), to provide refinancing with respect to a
“project,” within the meaning of the Act (as more fully
described in the Loan Agreement referred to below, the
“Project”) undertaken by the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, as
authorized by the Act, the Issuer proposes to issue its Variable
Rate Demand Purchase Revenue Bonds (Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.
Project), Series 2004, in the aggregate principal amount of
$5,630,000 (the “Bonds”) pursuant to this Indenture and
to lend the proceeds thereof to the Borrower pursuant to a Loan
Agreement (the “Agreement”) of even date herewith
between the Issuer and the Borrower, in order to provide
refinancing with respect to the Project, all in accordance with the
provisions hereof and of the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make the Bonds when authenticated by the
Trustee and issued as in this Indenture provided, the valid,
binding and legal obligations of the Issuer according to the import
thereof, and to constitute this Indenture a valid assignment and
pledge of the payments under the Agreement (except for amounts
payable to the Issuer under Sections 4.04(b), 6.01, 7.04 and
7.05 of the Agreement) for payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Bonds, and to constitute this Indenture a
valid assignment of the rights of the Issuer under the Agreement
except as otherwise stated herein, have been done and performed,
and the creation, execution and delivery of this Indenture, and the
issuance of the Bonds, subject to the terms hereof, have in all
respects been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
GRANTING CLAUSES
That the Issuer,
in consideration of the premises and the acceptance by the Trustee
of the trusts hereby created and of the purchase and acceptance of
the Bonds by the Owners thereof, and of the sum of one dollar,
lawful money of the United States of America, to it duly paid by
the Trustee at or before the execution and delivery of these
presents, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, in order to secure the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Bonds according to their tenor and effect and to secure the
performance and observance by the Issuer of all the covenants
expressed herein and in the Bonds, does hereby assign and grant a
security interest in the
following to the Trustee, and its
successors in trust and assigns forever, for the securing of the
performance of the obligations of the Issuer hereinafter set
forth:
GRANTING CLAUSE FIRST
All
right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the Agreement,
including, but not limited to, the present and continuing right to
make claim for, collect, receive and receipt for any of the sums,
amounts, income, revenues, issues and profits and any other sums of
money payable or receivable under the Agreement, to bring actions
and proceedings thereunder or for the enforcement thereof, and to
do any and all things which the Issuer is or may become entitled to
do under the Agreement, except for the rights of the Issuer under
Sections 4.04, 6.01, 7.04 and 7.05 thereof;
GRANTING CLAUSE SECOND
All
right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to all money and
securities from time to time held by the Trustee under the terms of
this Indenture;
GRANTING CLAUSE THIRD
Any
and all other property rights and interests of every kind and
nature from time to time hereafter by delivery or by writing of any
kind granted, bargained, sold, alienated, demised, released,
conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated
or otherwise subjected hereto, as and for additional security
herewith, by the Borrower or any other person on its behalf or with
its written consent, including but not limited to the Letter of
Credit described herein and proceeds thereof, and the Trustee is
hereby authorized to receive any and all such property at any and
all times and to hold and apply the same subject to the terms
hereof (all such property hereinafter designated the “Trust
Estate”);
TO
HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the Trust Estate, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, unto the Trustee and its respective
successors in said trust and assigns forever;
IN
TRUST NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts herein set forth for
the equal and proportionate benefit, security and protection of all
present and future Owners of the Bonds, from time to time, issued
under and secured by this Indenture without privilege, priority or
distinction as to the lien or otherwise of any of the Bonds over
any of the other Bonds except in the case of funds held hereunder
for the benefit of particular Owners of Bonds, and for the benefit
of the Bank to the extent provided herein;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if the Issuer, its successors or assigns, shall well and truly
pay, or cause to be paid, the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Bonds due or to become due thereon, at the times
and in the manner set forth in the Bonds according to the true
intent and meaning thereof, and shall cause the payments to be made
on the Bonds as required hereunder, or shall provide, as permitted
hereby, for the payment thereof by depositing with the Trustee the
entire amount due or to become due thereon, and shall well and
truly cause to be kept, performed and observed all of its covenants
and conditions pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, and shall
pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums of money due or to
become
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due to it in accordance with the
terms and provisions hereof, then upon the final payment thereof
this Indenture and the rights hereby granted shall cease, determine
and be void, except to the extent specifically provided in
Article VIII hereof; otherwise this Indenture shall remain in
full force and effect.
THIS INDENTURE
FURTHER WITNESSETH, and it is expressly declared, that all Bonds
issued and secured hereunder are to be issued, authenticated and
delivered and all said property, rights and interests, including,
without limitation, the amounts payable under the Agreement and any
other amounts hereby assigned and pledged are to be dealt with and
disposed of under, upon and subject to the terms, conditions,
stipulations, covenants, agreements, trusts, uses and purposes as
herein expressed, and the Issuer has agreed and covenanted, and
does hereby agree and covenant with the Trustee and with the
respective Owners of the Bonds as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
All
capitalized, undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in Article I of the Agreement. In
addition, the following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings:
“Act”
means Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.152.152 to 469.1651, as
amended.
“Agreement”
or “Loan Agreement” means the Loan Agreement of even
date herewith between the Issuer and the Borrower, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“Authorized
Borrower Representative” means Borrower
Representative.
“Automatic
Conversion Date” means the interest payment date immediately
preceding the Letter of Credit Termination Date; provided, that if
the Letter of Credit Termination Date falls on or after the final
maturity date of the Bonds, neither such date nor the interest
payment date immediately preceding such date shall constitute an
Automatic Conversion Date.
“Bank”
means (i) M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, a state banking
association organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Wisconsin, in its capacity as issuer of the Letter of Credit, and
(ii) any Substitute Bank.
“Bank
Insolvency” means a decree or order of a court or agency or
supervisory authority, having jurisdiction in the premises for the
appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator of any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceeding, or for the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs has been entered against the Bank or the
Bank has consented to the appointment of a conservator or receiver
or liquidator in any such proceedings of or relating to the Bank or
relating to all or substantially all of its property.
“Beneficial
Owner” means with respect to Bonds while in Book-Entry Form,
each person who beneficially owns such Bond(s) and on whose behalf,
directly or indirectly, such Bond is held by the Depository
pursuant to a Book-Entry System.
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“Bond
Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.01
hereof.
“Bond
Registrar” means the Trustee, as the registrar for the Bonds,
appointed by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.08
hereof.
“Bond
Resolution” means the resolution adopted by the Issuer on
July 19, 2004, authorizing the issuance of the
Series 2004 Bonds, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Bonds”
means the Variable Rate Demand Purchase Revenue Bonds (Lifecore
Biomedical, Inc. Project), Series 2004, issued by the Issuer
pursuant to this Indenture.
“Book-Entry
Form” means Bonds which are held in the name of the
Depository (or its nominee) with each maturity evidenced by a
single Bond certificate.
“Book-Entry
System” means a system of record keeping, securities
clearance and funds transfer and settlement maintained for
securities by the Depository and Participants.
“Borrower”
means Lifecore Biomedical, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, its
successors and assigns.
“Borrower
Representative” or “Authorized Borrower
Representative” means the person or persons at the time
designated to act on behalf of the Borrower by a written
certificate furnished to the Issuer and the Trustee containing the
specimen signatures of such person or persons and signed on behalf
of the Borrower by its President, any Vice President or Secretary.
Such certificate may designate an alternate or
alternates.
“Business
Day” means a day which in each of the cities where the
principal corporate trust offices of the Trustee and the principal
offices of the Bank are located is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law
to close.
“Call
Date” means, whenever used with reference to the redemption
of the Refunded Bonds, September 1, 2004.
“Code”
or “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
“Completion
Date” shall have the meaning provided in the Loan
Agreement.
“Conversion
Date” means the earlier to occur of either the Optional
Conversion Date or the Automatic Conversion Date.
“Conversion
Option” means the option granted to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 4.01 hereof, as a result of which the interest rate on
the Bonds is converted from the Variable Rate to the Fixed Rates as
of the Optional Conversion Date.
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“Credit
Agreement” means (i) the Reimbursement Agreement, and
(ii) the letter of credit agreement or reimbursement agreement
between the Borrower and any Substitute Bank, as each of the same
may be amended in accordance with its terms.
“Date of
Issuance” means the date on which the Bonds are initially
authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 2.06
hereof.
“Default”
means any Default under this Indenture as specified in and defined
by Section 9.01 hereof.
“Demand
Purchase Option” means the option granted to Owners of Bonds
to require that Bonds be purchased prior to the Conversion Date
pursuant to Section 4.06 hereof.
“Depository”
means The Depository Trust Company in New York, New York, its
successors or assigns, or any other person who shall be a Holder of
all Bonds directly or indirectly for the benefit of Beneficial
Owners and approved by the Borrower and Original Purchaser to act
as the Depository; provided that any Depository shall be registered
or qualified as a “clearing agency” within the meaning
of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Determination
of Taxability” means the issuance of a statutory notice of
deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service, or a ruling of the
National Office or any District Office of the Internal Revenue
Service, or a final decision by any court of competent jurisdiction
that interest on the Bonds is includible in the gross income of the
recipient under Section 103 and related Sections of the
Internal Revenue Code and regulations thereunder, except for any
period during which a Bond is owned by a “substantial
user” or “related person,” within the meaning of
Section 147(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided that the
period for a contest or appeal, if any, of such action, ruling or
decision has expired without any such appeal or contest having been
instituted, or, if instituted, such contest or appeal has been
unsuccessfully concluded.
“First
Optional Redemption Date” means the September 1 occurring in
the year which is a number of years after the Conversion Date equal
to the number of years between the September 1 immediately
following the Conversion Date (unless the Conversion Date is a
September 1, in which case from such September 1), and
September 1, 2020, multiplied by 1/2 and rounded up to the
nearest whole number.
“Fixed
Rates” means the interest rate or rates in effect on the
Bonds from and after the Conversion Date, as said rate or rates are
determined in accordance with Section 2.02(d)
hereof.
“Governmental
Obligations” means any of the following which are
noncallable:
(a) direct general
obligations of, or obligations the payment of the principal of and
interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States of America;
(b) bonds,
debentures or notes issued by Federal National Mortgage
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal
Financing Bank, Federal Farm Credit Banks, Federal Land Banks,
Federal Home Loan Banks, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation or any of their
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successors or any other comparable federal
agency hereafter created to the extent that said obligations are
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America;
and
(c) shares of an
investment company registered under the Federal Investment Company
Act of 1940 whose shares are registered under the Securities Act of
1933 and whose only investments are in obligations described in
(a) or (b) above.
“Indenture”
means this Indenture of Trust dated as of August 1, 2004, as
the same may be amended or supplemented in accordance with its
terms.
“Independent
Counsel” shall have the meaning provided in the Loan
Agreement.
“Interest
Payment Date” means, prior to the Conversion Date, the first
day of each month; the Conversion Date; and, after the Conversion
Date, September 1 and March l of each year. If, prior to the
Conversion Date, the first day of any month is not a Business Day
then payment of interest is calculated through the last day of the
preceding month and is payable on the first Business Day of the
next succeeding month.
“Issuer”
or “City” means the City of Chaska, Minnesota, a
Minnesota municipal corporation, its successors and
assigns.
“Letter of
Credit” means (i) that certain direct-pay Irrevocable
Letter of Credit dated the Date of Issuance and issued by M&I
Marshall & Ilsley Bank, as the same may be extended from time
to time (provided, however, that each such extended expiration date
shall be no earlier than one Business Day after an interest payment
date for the Bonds), and (ii) any Substitute Letter of Credit,
in each case securing the payment of the principal of, interest on
and Purchase Price of the Bonds in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“Letter of
Credit Termination Date” means the later of (i) that
date upon which the Letter of Credit shall expire or terminate
pursuant to its terms, or (ii) the date of expiration or
termination of a Substitute Letter of Credit.
“Letter of
Representations” means any Letter of Representations from the
Issuer to the Depository, providing for the issuance of the Bonds
in Book-Entry Form.
“Loan
Agreement” means the Agreement.
“Optional
Conversion Date” means that date, which shall be a Business
Day on or after December 1, 2004, from and after which the
interest rate on the Bonds is converted from the Variable Rate to
the Fixed Rates as a result of the exercise of the Conversion
Option by the Borrower.
“Original
Purchaser” means Northland Securities, Inc.
“Outstanding”
or “Bonds Outstanding” means all Bonds which have been
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
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(a) Bonds canceled
after purchase in the open market or because of payment at or
redemption prior to maturity;
(b) Bonds paid or
deemed to be paid pursuant to Article VIII hereof;
(c) Bonds in lieu
of which others have been authenticated under Section 2.07 or
Section 2.08 hereof; and
(d) Bonds in lieu
of which others have been issued pursuant to Section 2.04(b)
hereof.
“Owner”
means the person or persons in whose name or names a Bond shall be
registered on the books or records of the Bond Registrar kept for
that purpose in accordance with provisions of this
Indenture.
“Participants”
means participants of the Depository in connection with the
Book-Entry System.
“Pledged
Bonds” means any Bonds which, at the time of determination
thereof, are pledged in favor of the Bank pursuant to the Credit
Agreement or otherwise.
“Preliminary
Expenditures” means architectural, engineering, surveying,
soil testing, reimbursement bond issuance, and similar costs that
are incurred prior to commencement of acquisition, construction, or
rehabilitation of a project, other than land acquisition, site
preparation, and similar costs incident to commencement of
construction; provided, however, that such expenditures in the
aggregate are not in excess of 20% of the aggregate issue price of
the Bonds, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulation, §
1.150-2(f)(2).
“Prior
Indenture” means the Trust Indenture dated as of
September 1, 1990, between the Issuer and the Prior
Trustee.
“Prior
Trustee” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(successor-by-merger to “Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association”), acting in the capacity of trustee under the
Prior Indenture.
“Project”
shall have the meaning generally set forth in the recitals hereto,
and as more fully set forth in the Loan Agreement.
“Project
Costs” means, without intending thereby to limit or restrict
any proper definition of such cost under any applicable laws and
generally accepted accounting principles, the following:
(a) Payment of the
outstanding principal amount of the Refunded Bonds owing on the
Call Date; and
(b) Underwriting
fees and commissions, title insurance premiums, abstracting and
filing fees, legal expenses and fees, fiscal consultant fees and
expenses, costs of
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audits and of preparing, offering and issuing
any of the Bonds, and initial fees of the Trustee; and
(c) Any other
obligation or expense heretofore or hereafter incurred by the
Borrower in connection with the acquisition and construction of the
Project defined as and constituting a proper Project cost under the
Act and approved by the Authorized Borrower
Representative.
Provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing, Project Costs shall be limited
to any extent provided in Section 3.03 of the Loan Agreement;
and provided further, however, that Project Costs shall not include
any costs expended by the Borrower prior to the date that is sixty
(60) days prior to the Reimbursement Declaration Date for any
of the above items, except for (A) any Preliminary
Expenditures, and (B) expenditures not in excess of the lesser of
$100,000 or 5% of the proceeds of the Bonds, with respect to which
costs described in either (A) or (B) above, such sixty
(60) day limitation shall not apply.
“Project
Equipment” shall have the meaning set forth in the Loan
Agreement.
“Project
Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.07
hereof.
“Project
Supervisor” means the Project Supervisor appointed pursuant
to Section 3.07 of the Loan Agreement, and includes any
alternate or alternates.
“Purchase
Price” means an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount
of any Bond tendered or deemed tendered pursuant to
Section 4.01, 4.02, 4.06 or 4.11 hereof, plus, in the case of
purchase pursuant to Section 4.06 and 4.11 hereof, accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase.
“Qualified
Investments” means those investments enumerated in
Article VII hereof, but only to the extent authorized by the
Act.
“Rating
Agency” means any nationally recognized bond rating agency or
service which at the time has issued a rating on the Bonds. During
any period in which the Bonds are not rated by a Rating Agency,
references herein to “Rating Agency” shall be of no
force or effect.
“Rebate
Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.04
hereof.
“Record
Date” means prior to the Conversion Date, that day which is
the Business Day immediately preceding each interest payment date,
and on and after the Conversion Date, the fifteenth day of the
month prior to each interest payment date.
“Reference
Rate” means the rate publicly announced by M&I Marshall
& Ilsley Bank from time to time as its base rate or prime rate;
changes in the Reference Rate shall be on the day they are
announced; M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank may lend to its
customers at rates that are at, above or below the Reference
Rate.
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“Refunded
Bonds” means the Industrial Development Revenue Bonds
(Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. Project), Series 1990, issued by
the Issuer in the original aggregate principal amount of
$7,000,000, pursuant to the Prior Indenture.
“Reimbursement
Agreement” means the Reimbursement Agreement of even date
herewith between the Borrower and the Bank, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
“Reimbursement
Declaration Date” means the date, if any, on which the
Borrower adopted with respect to the Project an official intent,
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation,
Section 1.150-2.
“Remarketing
Agent” means the Remarketing Agent acting as such under the
Remarketing Agreement. “Principal Office” of the
Remarketing Agent means the principal office of the Remarketing
Agent designated in the Remarketing Agreement.
“Remarketing
Agreement” means the Remarketing Agreement of even date
herewith between the Borrower and Northland Securities, Inc., and
any amendments or supplements thereto.
“Series 2004
Bonds” means the Bonds.
“Sinking
Fund” means the Sinking Fund established by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof as part of the Bond
Fund.
“State”
means the State of Minnesota.
“Substitute
Bank” means a commercial bank, savings and loan association,
insurance company or other financial institution which has issued a
Substitute Letter of Credit.
“Substitute
Letter of Credit” means a direct-pay letter of credit,
insurance policy, guaranty or other credit device delivered to the
Trustee in accordance with Section 4.10 of the Agreement
(i) issued by the Bank or a Substitute Bank,
(ii) replacing any existing Letter of Credit, (iii) dated
as of a date prior to the expiration or termination date of the
Letter of Credit for which the same is to be substituted,
(iv) which shall expire on a date which is no earlier than one
Business Day after an interest payment date for the Bonds and
(v) issued on substantially identical terms and conditions as
the then-existing Letter of Credit, except that the Substitute
Letter of Credit may expire on a date which is later than the
expiration date of the Letter of Credit being replaced, and except
that the stated amount of the Substitute Letter of Credit shall
equal the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of Bonds
at the time Outstanding, plus (B) an amount equal to at least
45 days’ interest (computed at the maximum interest rate
applicable to the Bonds) on all Bonds at the time
Outstanding.
“Tax
Exemption Agreement” means the Tax Exemption Agreement of
even date herewith among the Issuer, the Borrower and the Trustee,
as amended or supplemented from time to time.
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“Trustee”
means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors
and any corporation resulting from or surviving any consolidation
or merger to which it or its successors may be a party and any
successor trustee at the time serving as successor trustee
hereunder. “Principal Office” of the Trustee means the
address specified in Section 13.04 hereof or such other
address as may be designated in writing to the Issuer, the
Remarketing Agent and the Borrower.
“Trust
Estate” means the property conveyed to the Trustee pursuant
to the Granting Clauses hereof.
“Variable
Rate” means the interest rate in effect on the Bonds from the
date of issuance of the Bonds until (but not including) the
Conversion Date, as said rate is determined in accordance with
Section 2.02(c) hereof.
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ARTICLE II
THE BONDS
Section 2.01.
Authorized Amount of Bonds. The total principal amount of Bonds
that may be issued hereunder is hereby expressly limited to
$5,630,000.
Section 2.02.
Issuance of Bonds.
(a) Prior to the
Conversion Date, the Bonds shall be issuable in fully registered
form without coupons in authorized denominations of $100,000 and,
above $100,000, any integral multiple of $5,000. From and after the
Conversion Date, the Bonds shall be issuable in fully registered
form without coupons in authorized denominations of $5,000 or any
integral multiple thereof. Unless the Issuer shall otherwise
direct, the Bonds shall be lettered “R” and shall be
numbered consecutively from 1 upward.
(b) Each Bond
shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear
interest, payable, so long as the Bonds bear interest at the
Variable Rate, on the first day of each month and on the Conversion
Date, commencing September 1, 2004, and payable from and after
the Conversion Date on September 1 and March 1 of each year,
commencing on the September 1 or March 1 next following the
Conversion Date, in each case from the interest payment date next
preceding the date thereof to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, unless the date thereof is an interest payment date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, in which case
from the date thereof, or unless no interest has been paid or duly
provided for on the Bonds, in which case from the Date of Issuance,
until payment of the principal thereof has been made or duly
provided for. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Bond dated after
any Record Date and before the following interest payment date
shall bear interest from such following interest payment date,
provided, however, that if the Issuer shall default in the payment
of interest due on such interest payment date, then such Bond shall
bear interest from the next preceding interest payment date to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no
interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Bonds, from the
Date of Issuance.
The Bonds shall
all mature on September 1, 2020, and shall be subject to
redemption on the terms and conditions and at the prices specified
in Article III hereof.
(c) Prior to the
Conversion Date, the Bonds shall bear interest at the Variable
Rate. From August 19, 2004, through and including August 23,
2004, the Variable Rate shall be equal to 1.28% per annum.
Thereafter, the Variable Rate shall be a variable rate of interest
equal to the lesser of:
(i) 10.00% per
annum, or
(ii) that rate
which the Remarketing Agent determines, as of each Monday (or if
the Remarketing Agent is not open for business on any Monday then
on the last preceding day on which it is open for business)
commencing Monday, August 23, 2004, is the minimum rate which
the Bonds would have to
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bear
in order to enable the Remarketing Agent to remarket the Bonds at
par on such date (whether or not any Bonds are actually to be
remarketed on such date). In the event of any failure by the
Remarketing Agent to so reset the Variable Rate, the immediately
preceding Variable Rate shall remain in effect.
The Variable Rate
shall change each Tuesday (whether or not such day is a Business
Day) to the rate most recently determined in accordance with the
preceding paragraph.
The Remarketing
Agent shall notify the Trustee, and, upon request, the Borrower,
the Owners of the Bonds, and the Bank, by facsimile (followed by
written verification) of the initial Variable Rate and each change
in the Variable Rate by no later than 4:00 p.m. Minneapolis,
Minnesota, time on the day that a determination is made under
clause (ii) above. The determination of the Variable Rate by the
Remarketing Agent shall be conclusive and binding upon the Trustee,
the Issuer, the Borrower, the Bank and the Owners of the
Bonds.
(d) The Bonds
shall bear interest at the Fixed Rates from and after the
Conversion Date until their stated maturities. The Fixed Rates
shall be provided for, as follows:
(i) Not less than
25 days prior to the Conversion Date, the Remarketing Agent
shall deliver to the Trustee, the Bank and the Borrower a schedule
of the interest rate or rates constituting the Fixed Rates. A
separate interest rate shall be assigned to each stated maturity,
and shall be the rate which, in the judgment of the Remarketing
Agent, is the minimum rate which Bonds of such stated maturity must
bear in order to enable the Remarketing Agent to remarket such
Bonds at par on the Conversion Date.
(ii) Upon receipt
from the Remarketing Agent of the schedule of the Fixed Rates, the
Trustee shall cause the minimum denomination of the Bonds to be
reduced from $100,000 to $5,000 and shall allocate to each $5,000
of principal amount of Bonds Outstanding a stated maturity and a
Fixed Rate in accordance with the schedule of the Fixed Rates
prepared by the Remarketing Agent.
(iii) On the
Conversion Date, the interest rate on the Bonds shall be converted
from the Variable Rate to the Fixed Rates determined by the
Remarketing Agent in accordance with clause (i).
(e) Prior to the
Conversion Date, interest on the Bonds shall be computed on the
basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the case may be, and the
actual number of days elapsed. On and after the Conversion Date,
interest on the Bonds shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months. The principal of and premium, if any,
on the Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States
of America at the designated office of the Trustee, or of its
successor in trust. The Purchase Price of the Bonds shall be
payable in lawful money of the United States of America by the
Trustee to the Owner of Bonds entitled to receive such Purchase
Price at its address shown on the
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registration books maintained by the Trustee,
unless otherwise instructed by such Owner at least 24 hours prior
to the time such Purchase Price is due. Payment of interest on the
Bonds shall be made on each interest payment date to the Owner
thereof as of the applicable Record Date by check mailed by the
Trustee to such Owner at its address as it appears on the
registration books maintained by the Trustee or at such other
address as is furnished to the Trustee in writing by such Owner, or
in such other manner as may be mutually acceptable to the Trustee
and the Owner of any Bond, including payment made by wire
transfer.
Section 2.03.
Execution; Limited Obligations. The Bonds shall be executed on
behalf of the Issuer with the manual or facsimile signature of one
or more officers of the Issuer. All authorized facsimile signatures
shall have the same force and effect as if manually signed. The
Bonds shall not be general obligations of the Issuer but shall be
limited and special obligations payable solely from the amounts
payable under the Agreement and other amounts specifically pledged
therefor under this Indenture, and shall be a valid claim of the
respective Owners thereof only against the Bond Fund and other
money held therefor by the Trustee and the amounts payable under
the Agreement or otherwise pledged therefor, which amounts are
hereby pledged, assigned and otherwise secured for the equal and
ratable payment of the Bonds and shall be used for no other purpose
than to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Bonds, except as may be otherwise expressly authorized in this
Indenture. The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Bonds shall be payable solely and only from the Bond Fund, except
as otherwise specifically provided hereby. Neither the State, nor
any political subdivision thereof or body corporate and politic of
the State other than the Issuer shall in any event be liable for
the payment of the principal of or interest on the Bonds or for the
performance of any pledge, obligation or agreement of any kind
whatsoever of Issuer, and none of the Bonds or any of
Issuer’s agreements or obligations hereunder or in the Bonds
shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the State or
any political subdivision or body corporate and politic of the
State other than the Issuer, within the meaning of any
constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever. Neither the faith
and credit nor the taxing power of Issuer is pledged to the payment
of principal of or interest on the Bonds.
Section 2.04.
Authentication.
(a) No Bond shall
be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security
or benefit under this Indenture unless and until a certificate of
authentication on such Bond substantially in the form set forth in
either Exhibit A or Exhibit B attached hereto shall have
been duly executed by the Trustee, and such executed certificate of
authentication upon any such Bond shall be conclusive evidence that
such Bond has been authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture. The certificate of authentication on any Bond shall be
deemed to have been executed by the Trustee if signed by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee, but it shall not be necessary
that the same signatory execute the certificate of authentication
on all of the Bonds. No Bond shall be authenticated except in
accordance with the requirements of Section 2.06.
(b) In the event
any Bond is deemed tendered to the Trustee as provided in
Section 4.01 or 4.02 hereof but is not physically delivered to
the Trustee, the Issuer shall
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execute and the Trustee shall authenticate a new
Bond of like denomination as that deemed tendered.
Section 2.05.
Form of Bonds. The Bonds and the certificate of authentication to
be endorsed thereon prior to the Conversion Date are to be in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto,
with appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as permitted
or required by this Indenture. The Bonds which bear interest at the
Fixed Rates and the certificate of authentication to be endorsed
thereon are to be in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit B attached hereto, with appropriate variations,
omissions and insertions as permitted or required by this
Indenture.
Section 2.06.
Delivery of Bonds. On the Date of Issuance the Issuer shall execute
and deliver to the Trustee and the Trustee shall authenticate the
Bonds and deliver them as directed by the Issuer as hereinafter in
this Section provided.
Notwithstanding
anything else set forth herein, no Bond shall be authenticated and
delivered hereunder unless, prior thereto, the following shall be
furnished to or filed with the Trustee: (1) duly executed
counterparts of the Loan Agreement and this Indenture and the duly
executed Letter of Credit; (2) a certified copy of the Bond
Resolution; (3) a request and authorization to the Trustee on
behalf of the Issuer and signed by the Mayor, the City
Administrator or any other officer of the Issuer to authenticate
and deliver the Bonds to or at the order of the Original Purchaser
thereof and for the purchase price therein identified; and
(4) an opinion of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, as Bond Counsel to
the Borrower, to the effect that the Bonds have been duly and
validly issued and bear interest excludible from gross income for
purposes of federal income taxation. Upon payment of the proceeds
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deposit such proceeds to the
credit of the Project Fund.
Section 2.07.
Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bonds. In the event any Bond
is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Issuer shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Bond of like date and
denomination as that mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, provided
that, in the case of any mutilated Bond, such mutilated Bond shall
first be surrendered to the Issuer or the Trustee, and in the case
of any lost, stolen, or destroyed Bond, there first shall be
furnished to the Issuer and the Trustee evidence of such loss,
theft or destruction satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee,
together with an indemnity satisfactory to them which indemnity
shall, in any event, name the Trustee, the Issuer and the Borrower
as a beneficiary. In the event any such Bond shall have matured,
the Trustee, instead of issuing a duplicate Bond, may pay the same
without surrender thereof, making such requirements as it deems fit
for its protection, including a lost instrument bond. The Issuer
and the Trustee may charge the Owner of such Bond with their
reasonable fees and expenses for such service. In executing a new
Bond, the Issuer may rely conclusively upon a representation by the
Trustee that the Trustee is satisfied with the adequacy of the
evidence presented concerning the mutilation, loss, theft or
destruction of any Bond.
Section 2.08.
Transfer of Bonds; Persons Treated as Owners. The Trustee shall
keep records for the transfer of the Bonds as provided in this
Indenture, and the Trustee is hereby constituted and appointed the
Bond Registrar of the Issuer. Upon surrender for transfer of any
Bond at the designated office of the Trustee, duly endorsed for
transfer or accompanied by an
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assignment duly executed by the
Owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name
of the transferee or transferees a new Bond or Bonds in authorized
denominations for a like aggregate principal amount. Any Bond, upon
surrender thereof at the designated office of the Trustee duly
endorsed for transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed
by the Owner or his attorney duly authorized in writing, may, at
the option of the Owner thereof, be exchanged for an equal
aggregate principal amount of Bonds of any denominations authorized
by this Indenture in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such Bond. In each case, the Trustee may
require the payment by the Owner of the Bond requesting exchange or
transfer of any tax or other governmental charge required to be
paid with respect to such exchange or transfer.
The
Trustee shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of
(a) any Bonds during the 15-day period next preceding the
selection of Bonds to be redeemed and thereafter until the date of
the mailing of a notice of redemption of Bonds selected for
redemption, or (b) any Bonds selected, called or being called
for redemption in whole or in part except, in the case of any Bond
to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the registration of
transfer of any Bond which has been tendered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.06 hereof, and in any such case, for
purposes of selection for redemption, the Bond so tendered and the
Bond issued to the transferee thereof pursuant to Section 4.08
hereof shall be deemed and treated as the same Bond. If any Bond
shall be transferred and delivered pursuant to Section 4.08(a)
hereof after such Bond has been called for redemption, the Trustee
shall deliver to such transferee a copy of the applicable
redemption notice, indicating that the Bond delivered to such
transferee has previously been called for redemption.
The
Trustee and the Issuer may treat the person in whose name a Bond is
registered as the absolute Owner thereof for all purposes, and
neither the Issuer nor the Trustee shall be bound by any notice or
knowledge to the contrary, but such registration may be changed as
hereinabove provided. All payments made to the Owner shall be valid
and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Bond
to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
Section 2.09.
Destruction of Bonds. Whenever any Outstanding Bond shall be
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this
Indenture, or for replacement pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, such
Bond shall be promptly canceled and cremated or otherwise destroyed
by the Trustee.
Section 2.10.
Temporary Bonds. Until Bonds in definitive form are ready for
delivery, the Issuer may execute, and, upon the request of the
Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, subject to the
provisions, limitations and conditions set forth above, one or more
Bonds in temporary form, whether printed, typewritten, lithographed
or otherwise produced, substantially in the form of the definitive
Bonds, with appropriate omissions, variations and insertions, and
in authorized denominations. Until exchanged for Bonds in
definitive form, such Bonds in temporary form shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture. Upon presentation and surrender of
any Bond or Bonds in temporary form, the Issuer shall, at the
request of the Trustee, execute and deliver to the Trustee, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange therefor, a
Bond or Bonds in definitive form. Such exchange shall be made by
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Trustee without making any charge
therefor to the Owner of such Bond in temporary form. Bonds in
definitive form may be issued hereunder in typewritten
form.
Section 2.11.
Book-Entry System. The Bonds may be issued, either initially or
subsequently, in Book-Entry Form by using and delivering to the
Depository one typed Bond for each stated maturity of the Bonds,
registered to CEDE & Co., and by entering into the Letter of
Representations. While the Bonds remain issued in Book-Entry Form,
the provisions of this Indenture which conflict with the operation
of the Book-Entry System shall not apply, and the provisions of the
Letter of Representations relating to such Book-Entry System and
the following provisions shall prevail.
(a) Registration,
Recording and Transfer of Ownership. The Depository (or its
nominees) shall be and remain recorded on the registration records
maintained by the Trustee as the Holder of all Bonds which are in
Book-Entry Form. No transfer of any Bond in Book-Entry Form shall
be made, except from one Depository to another (or its nominee) or
except to terminate the Book-Entry Form. All Bonds of each stated
maturity in Book-Entry Form shall be issued and remain in a single
Bond certificate registered in the name of the Depository (or its
nominee); provided, however, that upon termination of the
Book-Entry Form pursuant to the Letter of Representations or as
otherwise directed by written notice from the Borrower to the
Issuer, Trustee and Depository, the Issuer shall, upon delivery of
all Bonds from the Depository, promptly execute, and the Trustee
shall thereupon authenticate and deliver, Bonds to all persons who
were Beneficial Owners thereof immediately prior to such
termination; and the Trustee shall register such Beneficial Owners
as Holders of the applicable Bonds. The Trustee, as bond registrar
and paying agent, shall maintain accurate books and records of the
principal balance, if any, of each such Outstanding Bond in
Book-Entry Form, which shall be conclusive for all purposes
whatsoever. Upon the authentication of any new Bond in Book-Entry
Form in exchange for a previous Bond, the Trustee shall designate
thereon the principal balance remaining on such Bond according to
the Trustee’s books and records.
(b) Notices. The
Issuer and Trustee shall each give notices to the Depository of
such matters and at such times as are required by the Letter of
Representations. All notices of any nature required or permitted
hereunder to be delivered to a Holder of a Bond in Book-Entry Form
shall be transmitted to Beneficial Owners of such bonds at such
times and in such manner as shall be determined by the Depository
and the Participants in accordance with the Book-Entry System and
Letter of Representations.
(c) Payments. All
payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Bonds
while in Book-Entry Form shall be paid to the Depository in
accordance with the Book-Entry System and Letter of Representations
in same day funds by wire transfer. All payments of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on any Bonds in Book-Entry Form due
Beneficial Owners shall be made at such times and in such manner as
shall be determined by the Depository and the Participants in
accordance with the Book-Entry System and Letter of
Representations.
(d) Limitations on
Liability. With respect to Bonds in Book-Entry Form, and any
Beneficial Owners thereof, except as expressly provided to the
contrary herein, the
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Issuer, the Borrower and the Trustee shall have
no responsibility, liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever
with respect to (i) the non-payment to any Beneficial Owner or
any other person, other than the Depository, of any amount due for
principal or interest; (ii) the failure to give any notice or
other information to the applicable Beneficial Owner;
(iii) the inaccuracy of the records of the Depository or any
Participant, or (iv) the failure in any manner of the
Depository or any Participant to timely or properly comply with
procedures or requirements of the Book-Entry System. No such
payment, failure or inaccuracy shall cause an Event of Default
under the Indenture or the Loan Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF BONDS BEFORE
MATURITY
Section 3.01.
Extraordinary Redemption. The Bonds are subject to extraordinary
redemption in the event that (1) the Borrower shall exercise its
option to cause the Bonds to be redeemed as provided in
Sections 5.06 or 5.07 of the Agreement, or (2) the
Borrower shall be obligated, as a result of the occurrence of a
Determination of Taxability, to cause the Bonds to be redeemed as
provided in Section 4.08 of the Agreement. If called for
extraordinary redemption, the Bonds shall be subject to redemption,
subject to any contrary provisions of the Agreement, on the
earliest interest payment date for which timely notice of
redemption may be given, in whole, at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the
redemption date.
In
addition, the Bonds are subject to mandatory redemption, in whole,
on the Automatic Conversion Date, at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof, in the event that any
condition precedent required to be satisfied pursuant to
Section 4.04 hereof shall not have been satisfied on or prior
to the date required therefor.
Section 3.02.
Optional Redemption. On or prior to the Conversion Date, the Bonds
are subject to redemption, at the option of the Borrower, with the
written consent of the Bank, in whole or in part, on
December 1, 2004, and any Interest Payment Date thereafter,
and if in part, the Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected as
provided in Section 3.07 hereof, at the redemption price of
100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the
redemption date.
After the
Conversion Date, the Bonds are subject to redemption, at the option
of the Borrower, on or after the First Optional Redemption Date, in
whole at any time or in part on any interest payment date, and if
in part, the Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected as provided in
Section 3.07 hereof, at the redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of principal amount) set forth in the following table
plus accrued interest to the redemption date:
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Redemption
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Redemption Dates
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Prices
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First Optional Redemption Date through the
following August 31
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102
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%
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First Anniversary of the First Optional
Redemption Date through the following August 31
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101
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%
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Second Anniversary of the First Optional
Redemption Date and thereafter
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100
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%
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Section 3.03.
Sinking Fund Redemption. All Bonds maturing on September 1,
2020, shall be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption as
provided in this Section. For the retirement of such Bonds, the
Borrower has covenanted in the Loan Agreement to deposit in
the
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Sinking Fund, as required, an
amount sufficient to redeem on September 1 of the years indicated
below the following principal amounts of the Bonds maturing on
September 1, 2020, on the dates specified (each such date
being herein called a “Sinking Fund redemption date”)
at the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the
redemption date:
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Year
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Amount
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|
|
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$
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280,000
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|
|
|
|
|
285,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
290,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
305,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
315,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
325,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
330,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
340,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
355,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
365,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
375,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
390,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
410,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
425,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
440,000
|
|
*Final
Maturity
From such cash Sinking Fund
payments, to the maximum extent possible, the Trustee shall redeem
at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to
the Sinking Fund redemption date the Bonds maturing on
September 1, 2020. At its option, to be exercised on or before
the forty-fifth day next preceding any such Sinking Fund redemption
date, the Borrower may (i) deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation such Bonds in any aggregate principal amount desired,
or (ii) receive a credit in respect of such Sinking Fund
redemption obligation for any such Bonds which prior to said date
have been purchased or redeemed (otherwise than at the stated
maturity thereof or through the operation of such Sinking Fund) and
cancelled by the Trustee and not theretofore applied as a credit
against such Sinking Fund redemption obligation. Each such Bond so
delivered or previously purchased or redeemed shall be credited by
the Trustee at 100% of the principal amount thereof on the
obligation of the Borrower on such Sinking Fund redemption date and
any excess amount shall be credited on future Sinking Fund
redemption obligations in chronological order, and the principal
amount of such Bonds to be redeemed by operation of the Sinking
Fund shall be accordingly reduced. The Borrower shall on or before
the forty-fifth day next preceding each such Sinking Fund
redemption date furnish the Trustee with a Certificate of the
Authorized Borrower Representative indicating whether or
not
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and to what extent the provisions
of clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section are to be availed
of with respect to such Sinking Fund payment.
Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof or of the Loan Agreement, the Sinking
Fund shall be established and maintained by the Trustee as a
separate subaccount of the Bond Fund.
Section 3.04.
Notice of Redemption. Notice of the call for redemption,
identifying the Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed, shall be
given by the Trustee by mailing first class mail a copy of the
redemption notice by at least thirty (30) days but not more
than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for redemption to
the Owner of each Bond to be redeemed in whole or in part at the
address shown on the registration records maintained by the
Trustee. Any notice mailed as provided in this Section shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
Owner receives the notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Section 3.04, delivery by the Trustee of a copy of a
redemption notice to a transferee of a Bond which has been called
for redemption, pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.08,
shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of the first sentence
of this Section 3.04 with respect to any such
transferee.
Section 3.05.
Redemption Payments. Upon the giving of notice and the deposit of
money for redemption at the required times on or prior to the date
fixed for redemption, as provided in this Article, interest on the
Bonds or portions thereof thus called shall no longer accrue after
the date fixed for redemption.
Section 3.06.
Cancellation. All Bonds which have been redeemed shall not be
reissued but shall be canceled and cremated or otherwise destroyed
by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.09
hereof.
Section 3.07.
Partial Redemption of Bonds.
(a) Upon surrender
of any Bond for redemption in part only, the Issuer shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Owner thereof
a new Bond or Bonds of authorized denominations, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Bond
surrendered.
(b) In case a Bond
is of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized
denomination, a portion of such Bond may be redeemed, but Bonds
shall be redeemed only in principal amounts equal to the minimum
authorized denomination or any integral multiple
thereof.
(c) Whenever the
Bonds are to be redeemed in part, Bonds which are Pledged Bonds at
the time of selection of Bonds for redemption shall be selected for
redemption prior to the selection of any other Bonds. After the
selection of Pledged Bonds, the Trustee shall select for redemption
Bonds in inverse order of maturities (if applicable, after the
Conversion Date) and, within any maturity, in such manner as the
Trustee may determine.
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ARTICLE IV
CONVERSION OF INTEREST RATE;
DEMAND
PURCHASE OPTION
Section 4.01.
Conversion of Interest Rate on Optional Conversion Date. The
interest rate on the Bonds shall be converted from the Variable
Rate to the Fixed Rates upon the exercise of the Conversion Option
by the Borrower, with the written consent of the Bank, to be
exercised by delivery to the Trustee of a Certificate of the
Authorized Borrower Representative specifying the Optional
Conversion Date. Upon exercise of the Conversion Option the Bonds
shall be subject to mandatory tender for purchase by or on behalf
of the Borrower from the Owners thereof on the Optional Conversion
Date, and the Owners shall have no right to retain the ownership of
their Bonds. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower in
the form required hereby, and the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.04 hereof, the Trustee shall
deliver or mail by first class mail a notice at least thirty
(30) days but not more than forty-five (45) days prior to
the Optional Conversion Date to the Owner of each Bond at the
address shown on the registration books. Any notice given as
provided in this Section shall be conclusively presumed to have
been duly given, whether or not the Owner receives the notice. Said
notice shall state in substance the following:
1. The Optional
Conversion Date.
2. That all Owners
of Bonds are required to tender their Bonds to the Trustee at its
Principal Office for purchase at the Purchase Price on the Optional
Conversion Date.
3. That all Owners
of Bonds shall be deemed to have tendered their Bonds for purchase
on the Optional Conversion Date regardless of whether they tender
their Bonds on or prior to such date and no interest will accrue on
or after the Optional Conversion Date to the Owners of Bonds
tendered or deemed tendered.
All Owners of Bonds shall be
required to tender their Bonds to the Trustee for purchase by the
Borrower at the Purchase Price, and any such Bonds not delivered to
the Trustee on or prior to the Optional Conversion Date
(“Undelivered Bonds”), for which there has been
irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee an amount of money
sufficient to pay the Purchase Price of the Undelivered Bonds,
shall be deemed to have been purchased on the Conversion Date
pursuant to this Section 4.01. IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE BY AN
OWNER OF BONDS TO DELIVER ITS BONDS ON OR PRIOR TO THE OPTIONAL
CONVERSION DATE, SAID OWNER SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY PAYMENT
(INCLUDING ANY INTEREST TO ACCRUE SUBSEQUENT TO THE OPTIONAL
CONVERSION DATE) OTHER THAN THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR SUCH UNDELIVERED
BONDS, AND ANY UNDELIVERED BONDS SHALL NO LONGER BE ENTITLED TO THE
BENEFITS OF THE INDENTURE, EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYMENT OF THE
PURCHASE PRICE THEREFOR.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Borrower may, by written notice given to the
Trustee, the Bank, and the Remarketing Agent at least 10 days
prior to the Optional Conversion Date, cancel the Conversion
Option.
So
long as the Bank shall have honored all conforming draw requests to
effect the purchase of Bonds resulting from such conversion, on the
Business Day following the Optional Conversion Date, the Trustee
shall surrender the Letter of Credit to the Bank for
cancellation.
Section 4.02.
Conversion of Interest Rate on Automatic Conversion Date. The
interest rate on the Bonds shall be converted from the Variable
Rate to the Fixed Rates on the Automatic Conversion Date, and the
Bonds shall be subject to mandatory tender for purchase by the
Borrower from the Owners thereof on the Automatic Conversion Date.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 4.04, the Trustee shall deliver or mail a notice,
conforming to the requirements set forth in Section 4.01
above, at least thirty (30) days but not more than forty-five
(45) days prior to the Automatic Conversion Date to the Owner
of each Bond at the address shown on the registration books. Any
notice given as provided in this Section shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Owner receives
the notice. If any of the conditions to the establishment of the
Conversion Date set forth in Section 4.04 herein are not met,
the Bonds shall become subject to extraordinary redemption as
provided in Section 3.01 and the Trustee shall provide notice
to Bondholders that the Bonds shall be subject to extraordinary
redemption on the Automatic Conversion Date.
All
Owners of Bonds shall be required to tender their Bonds to the
Trustee for purchase by the Borrower at the Purchase Price, and any
Bonds not delivered to the Trustee on or prior to the Automatic
Conversion Date (“Undelivered Bonds”), for which there
has been irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee an amount
of money sufficient to pay the Purchase Price of the Undelivered
Bonds, shall be deemed to have been purchased pursuant to this
Section 4.02. IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE BY AN OWNER OF BONDS
TO DELIVER ITS BONDS ON OR PRIOR TO THE AUTOMATIC CONVERSION DATE,
SAID OWNER SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY PAYMENT (INCLUDING ANY
INTEREST TO ACCRUE SUBSEQUENT TO THE AUTOMATIC CONVERSION DATE)
OTHER THAN THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR SUCH UNDELIVERED BONDS, AND ANY
UNDELIVERED BONDS SHALL NO LONGER BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF
THE INDENTURE, EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE
PRICE THEREFOR.
So
long as the Bank shall have honored all conforming draw requests to
effect the purchase of Bonds resulting from such conversion, on the
Business Day following the Automatic Conversion Date, the Trustee
shall surrender the Letter of Credit to the Bank for
cancellation.
Section 4.03.
[Intentionally Omitted].
Section 4.04.
Conditions to Conversion. As conditions to the giving of notice as
provided in Section 4.01 or 4.02 above, the Borrower shall
provide the Trustee with an opinion of nationally recognized bond
counsel to the effect that the proposed conversion of the interest
rate on the Bonds from the Variable Rate to the Fixed Rates will
not cause the interest on the Bonds to become includible in the
gross income of the recipients thereof for purposes of federal
income taxation, and the Remarketing Agent shall advise the Trustee
of the Fixed Rates.
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Section 4.05.
Additional Notices. The Trustee shall promptly provide the Borrower
and the Bank copies of any notice delivered to the Owners of the
Bonds pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.02 hereof and any notice
received by the Trustee from any Owner of a Bond pursuant to
Section 4.01 or 4.02 hereof.
Section 4.06.
Demand Purchase Option. Prior to the Conversion Date, any Bond
shall be purchased at the Purchase Price from the Owner thereof
upon:
(i) delivery in
care of the Trustee at its principal office and to the Remarketing
Agent at its principal office of a notice (which shall be
irrevocable and effective upon receipt) which states (1) the
aggregate principal amount and Bond numbers (or other relevant
book-entry account information) of the Bonds to be purchased, and
(2) the date on which such Bonds are to be purchased, which
date shall be a Business Day not prior to the seventh (7th) day
next succeeding the date of delivery of such notice and which date
shall be prior to the Conversion Date; and
(ii) in the event
that the Bonds are not then in Book-Entry-Only form, delivery in
care of the Trustee at its principal corporate trust offices in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, at or prior to 11:00 A.M.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, time, on the Business Day preceding the
date designated for purchase in the notice described in
(i) above, such Bonds to be purchased, with an appropriate
endorsement for transfer or accompanied by a bond power endorsed in
blank; provided, that if such Bonds are not then in Book-Entry-Only
form, such Bonds shall be so purchased pursuant to this
Section 4.06 only if the Bonds are delivered to the Trustee
and conform in all respects to the description thereof in the
notice described in clause (i).
Section 4.07.
Funds for Purchase of Bonds. On the date Bonds are to be purchased
pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.06 hereof, such Bonds
shall be purchased at the Purchase Price only from the funds listed
below. Funds for the payment of the Purchase Price shall be derived
from the following sources in the order of priority
indicated:
(i) money drawn by
the Trustee under the Letter of Credit;
(ii) the proceeds
of the sale of such Bonds which have been remarketed by the
Remarketing Agent to any entity other than the Borrower or the
Issuer prior to 11:00 a.m., Minneapolis, Minnesota time, on
the Business Day preceding the date such Bonds are to be purchased
in an amount which the Remarketing Agent has telephonically
notified the Trustee is on deposit with the Remarketing Agent to be
transferred to the Trustee by the Remarketing Agent pursuant to the
Remarketing Agreement; and
(iii) any other
money furnished to the Trustee and available for such
purpose.
Section 4.08.
Delivery of Purchased Bonds.
(a) Bonds
purchased with money described in Section 4.07(i) hereof with
respect to which reimbursement is made to the Bank from proceeds of
a remarketing effected by the Remarketing Agent, and Bonds
purchased with money described in
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Section 4.07(ii) hereof, shall be delivered
by the Trustee to the Remarketing Agent for redelivery to or upon
the order of the purchasers thereof.
(b) Bonds
purchased with money described in Section 4.07(i) hereof with
respect to which reimbursement shall not have been made to the Bank
shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Bank pursuant
to the Credit Agreement or otherwise.
(c) Bonds
purchased with money described in Section 4.07(iii) shall, at
the direction of the Borrower, be (i) delivered as instructed
by the Borrower or (ii) canceled by the Trustee; provided,
however, that any Bonds so purchased after the selection thereof by
the Trustee for redemption shall be canceled by the
Trustee.
(d) The Trustee
shall deliver to the person to whom the Trustee is to deliver such
Bonds the due bills, if any, delivered to the Trustee with such
Bonds in accordance with Section 4.06 hereof.
Bonds delivered as
provided in this Section shall be registered in the manner directed
by the recipient thereof.
Section 4.09.
Delivery of Proceeds of Sale of Purchased Bonds.
(a) Except in the
case of the sale of any Pledged Bonds, the proceeds of the sale of
any Bonds delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01,
4.02 or 4.06 hereof shall be held in a separate subaccount of the
Bond Fund and, to the extent not required to pay the Purchase Price
thereof in accordance with Section 4.07 hereof, shall be paid
to or upon the order of the Bank for payment of any obligations
owed the Bank under the Reimbursement Agreement or, if the
obligations then due the Bank under the Reimbursement Agreement
have been satisfied, such proceeds shall be delivered to the
Borrower. Such proceeds shall be invested as provided in
Article VII.
(b) In the event
the Remarketing Agent shall have remarketed any Pledged Bonds, and
the Bank shall have released such Pledged Bonds from the lien of
the Credit Agreement and shall have delivered to the Trustee a
written notice of reinstatement of the Letter of Credit, increasing
the amount of the Letter of Credit by an amount equal to the
principal amount of released Pledged Bonds, plus an amount equal to
45 days’ interest thereon at the maximum rate of 10.00%
per annum, such Bonds shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Remarketing Agent, in accordance with Section 4.08(a) hereof,
and the proceeds of sale of such Bonds shall be delivered to the
Bank.
Section 4.10.
Duties of Trustee with Respect to Purchase of Bonds.
(a) The Trustee
shall hold all Bonds delivered to it pursuant to Section 4.01,
4.02 or 4.06 hereof in trust for the benefit of the respective
Owners of Bonds which shall have so delivered such Bonds until
money representing the Purchase Price of such Bonds shall have been
delivered to or for the account of or to the order of such Owners
of Bonds.
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(b) The Trustee
shall hold all money delivered to it pursuant to this Indenture for
the purchase of Bonds in a separate account in trust for the
benefit of the person or entity which shall have so delivered such
money until the Bonds purchased with such money shall have been
delivered to or for the account of such person or
entity.
(c) The Trustee
shall promptly deliver to the Borrower and the Bank a copy of each
notice delivered to it in accordance with Section 4.06
hereof.
(d) Upon any
failure of the delivery to it of Bonds in accordance with said
Section 4.06, the Trustee shall give telephonic or telegraphic
notice thereof to the Borrower, the Remarketing Agent and the
Bank.
(e) The Trustee
shall draw money under the Letter of Credit in accordance with the
terms thereof to the extent required by Sections 4.07 and 6.13
hereof to provide for timely payment of the Purchase Price of
Bonds.
Section 4.11.
Election by Bank to Purchase Bonds. Prior to the Letter of Credit
Termination Date, at the option of the Bank, the Bonds are subject
to purchase by the Bank, in whole but not in part, from proceeds
derived from a draw under the Letter of Credit if the Bank notifies
the Trustee than an Event of Default has occurred under the Credit
Agreement and the Bank has elected to purchase rather than
accelerate the Bonds. In such event, the Trustee shall draw money
under the Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms thereof to
pay the Purchase Price of the Bonds on the payment date selected by
the Trustee, which payment date shall be a date not more than two
Business Days after the date the Trustee receives notice as
aforesaid from the Bank.
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ARTICLE V
GENERAL COVENANTS
Section 5.01.
Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest. The Issuer
covenants that it will promptly pay or cause to be paid the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on every Bond issued
under this Indenture at the place, on the dates, and in the manner
provided herein and in said Bonds according to the true intent and
meaning thereof, but solely from the amounts pledged therefor which
are from time to time held by the Trustee in the Bond Fund. The
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds are
payable from the amounts to be paid under the Agreement and
otherwise as provided herein and in the Agreement, which amounts
are hereby specifically pledged to the payment thereof in the
manner and to the extent herein specified, and nothing in the Bonds
or in this Indenture shall be construed as pledging any other funds
or assets of the Issuer. Neither the Issuer, the State, nor any
political subdivision of the State shall in any event be liable for
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any of the Bonds or for the performance of any pledge, obligation
or agreement undertaken by the Issuer except to the extent that the
money pledged herein is sufficient therefor.
No
Owner of any Bonds has the right to compel any exercise of any
taxing power of the Issuer, the State or any political subdivision
of the State to pay the Bonds or the interest thereon, and the
Bonds do not constitute an indebtedness of the Issuer or a loan of
credit thereof within the meaning of any constitutional or
statutory provision.
Section 5.02.
Performance of Covenants. The Issuer covenants that it will
faithfully perform at all times any and all covenants,
undertakings, stipulations and provisions contained in this
Indenture and in the Agreement, in any and every Bond executed,
authenticated and delivered hereunder and in all of its proceedings
pertaining hereto. The Issuer covenants that it is duly authorized
under the Constitution and laws of the State, including
particularly and without limi