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Exhibit 4.9
INDENTURE OF TRUST
Dated as of July 1, 1995
From
VILLAGE OF BROKAW, WISCONSIN,
as Grantor
To
M&I FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
West Bend, Wisconsin,
as Trustee
Relating To:
$19,000,000
VILLAGE OF BROKAW, WISCONSIN
VARIABLE RATE DEMAND SEWAGE AND SOLID WASTE
REVENUE BONDS,
SERIES 1995 (WAUSAU PAPER MILLS COMPANY
PROJECT)
INDEX TO INDENTURE OF TRUST
Page
Parties and Recitals
1
Granting Clauses
2
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USE OF PHRASES
One-1
Section 101
Definitions
One-1
Section 102
Use of Phrases; Rules of Construction
One-1
ARTICLE II
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE BONDS
Two-1
Section 201
Creation of Bonds for Issuance
Two-1
Section 202
Parity
Two-1
Section 203
Bonds to be Limited Obligations of Issuer
Two-2
Section 204
Execution of Bonds
Two-2
Section 205
Authentication
Two-2
Section 206
Form of Bonds
Two-2
Section 207
Provision for Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Bonds
Two-3
Section 208
Persons Treated as Owners
Two-5
Section 209
Manner of Payment of Bonds
Two-5
Section 210
Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bonds
Two-5
Section 211
Designation of Bond Registrar and Paying Agents
Two-6
Section 212
Disposition of Bonds Upon Payment;
Safekeeping of Bonds Surrendered for
Exchange
Two-6
Section 213
Nonpresentment of Bonds
Two-6
Section 214
Delivery of Bonds
Two-7
ARTICLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
OF BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY
Three-1
Section 301
Limitation of Redemptions Prior to
Maturity
Three-1
Section 302
Notice and Effect of Redemption
Three-1
Section 303
Selection of Bonds for Redemption;
Manner of Effecting Partial Redemptions of Particular Bonds
Three-2
ARTICLE IV
TERMS OF THE BONDS
Four-1
Section 401
Maturity
Four-1
Section 402
Interest on the Bonds
Four-1
Section 403
Optional Redemption of Bonds at Election
of the Borrower
Four-3
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Section 404
Optional Redemption of Bonds Upon
Occurrence of Certain Extraordinary Events
Four-4
Section 405
Mandatory Redemption of Bonds Upon
Determination of Taxability or Expiration of Credit Facility
Four-5
Section 406
Purchase of Bonds Upon Demand
Four-6
Section 407
Mandatory Tender of Bonds for Purchase
Four-6
Section 408
Purchase of Tendered Bonds
Four-7
Section 409
Bond Purchase Account
Four-8
Section 410
Treatment of Untendered Bond Certificates
Four-11
Section 411
Remarketing of Tendered Bonds
Four-11
Section 412
None
Four-12
Section 413
Concerning the Remarketing Agent
Four-12
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF ISSUER
Five-1
Section 501
Payment of Principal and Interest
Five-1
Section 502
Performance of Covenants; Authority
Five-1
Section 503
Instruments of Further Assurance
Five-1
Section 504
Inspection of Books
Five-1
Section 505
Rights Under Loan Agreement and Other Documents
Five-1
Section 506
Tax-Exempt Status of Bonds
Five-2
ARTICLE VI
CUSTODY AND APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS OF BONDS
Six-1
Section 601
Application of Proceeds of Bonds
Six-1
Section 602
Cost of Issuance Fund
Six-1
Section 603
Construction Fund
Six-1
Section 604
Surplus Construction Fund
Six-2
ARTICLE VII
REVENUES AND FUNDS
Seven-1
Section 701
Source of Payment
Seven-1
Section 702
Pledged Revenues
Seven-1
Section 703
Bond Fund
Seven-1
Section 704
Redemption Fund
Seven-2
Section 705
Trust Funds Held in Trust
Seven-2
ARTICLE VIII
INVESTMENTS
Eight-1
Section 801
Permitted Investment of Trust Funds
Eight-1
Section 802
Arbitrage
Eight-1
Section 803
Rebate of Certain Arbitrage Profits
Eight-2
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ARTICLE IX
DISCHARGE
Nine-1
Section 901
Discharge
Nine-1
ARTICLE X
DEFAULT PROVISIONS AND REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE
AND BONDOWNERS
Ten-1
Section 1001
Defaults; Events of Default
Ten-1
Section 1002
Acceleration
Ten-1
Section 1003
Remedies
Ten-2
Section 1004
Right of Bondowners to Direct Proceedings
Ten-3
Section 1005
Waiver of Certain Rights
Ten-3
Section 1006
Application of Moneys
Ten-3
Section 1007
Remedies Vested in Trustee
Ten-6
Section 1008
Rights and Remedies of Bondowners
Ten-6
Section 1009
Termination of Proceedings
Ten-7
Section 1010
Waivers of Events of Default
Ten-7
Section 1011
Opportunity to Cure Defaults by Issuer
Ten-7
Section 1012
Certain Notices to Borrower
Ten-8
ARTICLE XI
THE TRUSTEE
Eleven-1
Section 1101
Acceptance of Trusts
Eleven-1
Section 1102
Specific Duty of Trustee to File Continuation Statements
Eleven-4
Section 1103
Notice to Bondowners if Default Occurs
Eleven-4
Section 1104
Intervention by Trustee
Eleven-4
Section 1105
Successor Trustee
Eleven-4
Section 1106
Resignation by Trustee
Eleven-5
Section 1107
Removal of Trustee
Eleven-5
Section 1108
Appointment of Successor Trustee by
Bondowners; Temporary Trustee
Eleven-5
Section 1109
Concerning Any Successor Trustee
Eleven-6
Section 1110
Appointment of Co-Trustee
Eleven-6
Section 1111
Acquisition of Conflicting Interests by Trustee
Eleven-8
Section 1112
Requirement of a Corporate Trustee
Eleven-9
Section 1113
Trustee’s Fees
Eleven-9
ARTICLE XII
CONCERNING THE CREDIT FACILITY
Twelve-1
Section 1201
Trustee to Draw on Credit Facility
Twelve-1
Section 1202
Requirements Regarding Credit Facility
and Substitute Credit Facility
Twelve-2
Section 1203
References to Credit Facility Provider
After Expiration or Default of Credit Facility
Twelve-3
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Section 1204
References to Eligible Funds and
Preference Opinion After Expiration
of Credit Facility
Twelve-3
Section 1205
Option of Credit Facility Provider
to Purchase Bonds in Lieu of Redemption
or Upon Acceleration
Twelve-4
Section 1206
Credit Facility Provider Not Responsible
for Construction Disbursements
Twelve-4
Section 1207
Disclaimer of FDIC Insurance
Twelve-4
ARTICLE XIII
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Thirteen-1
Section 1301
Amendments and Supplements Without
Bondowners’ Consent
Thirteen-1
Section 1302
Amendments With Bondowners’ Consent
Thirteen-1
Section 1303
Consent of Borrower and Credit
Facility Provider
Thirteen-2
ARTICLE XIV
AMENDMENT OF LOAN AGREEMENT, PROMISSORY
NOTE AND CREDIT FACILITY
Fourteen-1
Section 1401
Amendments Not Requiring Consent of
Bondowners
Fourteen-1
Section 1402
Amendments Requiring Consent of
Bondowners
Fourteen-1
Section 1403
Consent of Borrower and Credit
Facility Provider
Fourteen-2
ARTICLE XV
FORM OF BONDS
Fifteen-1
Section 1501
General Matters
Fifteen-1
Section 1502
Form of Bond Prior to the Conversion Date
Fifteen-1
Section 1503 Form of Bond On or After Conversion Date
Fifteen-12
Section 1504
Additional Matters Appearing on Bonds
Fifteen-21
ARTICLE XVI
MISCELLANEOUS
Sixteen-1
Section 1601
Consent of Bondowners
Sixteen-1
Section 1602
Limitation of Rights
Sixteen-1
Section 1603
Severability
Sixteen-1
Section 1604
Notices
Sixteen-2
Section 1605
Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
Sixteen-2
Section 1606
Captions
Sixteen-2
Section 1607
Counterparts
Sixteen-2
Section 1608
Governing Law
Sixteen-2
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INDENTURE OF TRUST
THIS INDENTURE OF TRUST, dated as of July 1, 1995, between the
VILLAGE OF BROKAW, WISCONSIN, a municipal corporation and political
subdivision of the State of Wisconsin, located in Marathon County,
Wisconsin (the "Issuer"), and M&I First National Bank, a
national banking corporation duly organized, existing and
authorized to accept and execute trusts of the character herein set
out by virtue of the laws of the United States, with its principal
corporate trust office located in West Bend, Wisconsin, as trustee
(the "Trustee");
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Section 66.521 of the Wisconsin Statutes (the "Act")
authorizes the Issuer to issue industrial development revenue bonds
to finance all or any part of the construction, equipping,
reequipping, acquisition, purchase, installation, reconstruction,
rebuilding, rehabilitation, improving, supplementing, replacing,
maintaining, repairing, enlarging, extending or remodeling of
qualified projects and the improvement of sites therefor including,
without limitation, sewage and solid and liquid waste disposal
facilities and pollution control facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Act authorizes the Issuer to enter into a revenue
agreement with an eligible participant wherein the eligible
participant agrees (i) to provide the Issuer with revenues
sufficient for the prompt payments of the principal of and interest
on the industrial development revenue bonds; and (ii) to cause such
qualified project to be constructed; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has induced Wausau Paper Mills Company, a
Wisconsin corporation (the "Borrower"), to proceed with the Project
(as hereinafter defined) in the jurisdiction of the Issuer and in
the Town of Texas and City of Rhinelander by offering to issue the
Bonds (as hereinafter defined) and to loan the proceeds thereof to
the Borrower pursuant to a loan agreement dated even herewith (the
"Loan Agreement") for the purpose of paying certain costs of the
Project; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer will receive substantial municipal benefits
from the Project, including by way of illustration but not
limitation: retention of and more steady employment of its
citizens resulting in the alleviation of unemployment within the
Issuer; maintenance or increase in the tax base of the Issuer
resulting in greater support for education and municipal services;
stimulation for expansion of existing and new business; stimulation
of private investment funds from financial
institutions; and betterment of the Issuer’s environment
and economy; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer’s governing body has found and
determined that the Project is a qualified project under the Act,
that the Borrower is an eligible participant under the Act, and
that the Loan Agreement meets the requirements of a revenue
agreement under the Act; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer’s governing body has found and
determined the financing of the Project with the Bonds will serve
the intended accomplishments of public purpose and will in all
respects conform to the provisions and requirements of the Act;
and
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Indenture have been
in all respects duly and validly authorized by resolution of the
Issuer’s governing body, and no sufficient petition for
referendum has been filed pursuant to the provisions of subsection
(10)(d) of the Act; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Bonds, when
authenticated by the Trustee as in this Indenture provided, the
valid, binding and legal limited obligations of the Issuer
according to the import thereof, and to constitute this Indenture a
valid pledge and assignment of the Trust Estate (as hereinafter
defined) have been done and performed;
GRANTING CLAUSES
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the acceptance
by the Trustee of the trusts hereby created, and the purchase and
acceptance of delivery of the Bonds by the purchaser(s) thereof,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and to secure the
payment of the principal or purchase price of, premium, if any, and
interest on all Bonds at any time issued and Outstanding under this
Indenture according to their tenor and effect, and to secure the
performance and observance by the Issuer of all the covenants
contained in the Bonds and in this Indenture, the Issuer does
hereby pledge, assign, grant a security interest in and confirm
unto the Trustee, all and singular the properties, revenues and
rights hereinafter described, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, and the proceeds thereof (collectively called the "Trust
Estate"), to wit:
1.
All right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the
Promissory Note;
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2.
All right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the
Loan Agreement and the right to receive revenues and payments from
the Borrower thereunder;
3.
All right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the
Pledged Revenues;
4.
All right, title and interest (if any) of the Issuer in and to
the Credit Facility;
5.
All right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the Trust
Funds and the cash, securities and investments of which they are
comprised; and
6.
All property which by the express provisions of this Indenture
is required to be subjected to the lien hereof, and any additional
property that may from time to time hereafter be made subject to
the lien hereof by the Issuer or by anyone on its behalf;
IN TRUST, for the equal and ratable benefit and security of the
Bondowners without preference, priority or distinction as to lien
or otherwise of any particular Bond over any other Bond, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Issuer reserves the right to enforce
the Unassigned Rights in its own name and for its own account;
and
PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if the Issuer shall pay, cause
to be paid or provide for the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the Bonds in accordance with Article IX of
this Indenture, and shall make all required "rebate" payments to
the United States Treasury in accordance with Section 803 of this
Indenture, and if the Issuer shall promptly, faithfully and
strictly keep, perform and observe all of its representations,
covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, then in such
event this Indenture and the rights hereby granted (excepting
Bondowners’ rights theretofore vested) shall cease, terminate
and be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect upon the
trusts and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.
All Bonds issued and secured hereunder are to be issued,
authenticated and delivered, and all Trust Funds, revenues and
income hereby pledged are to be dealt with and disposed of under
and subject to the terms, conditions, stipulations, covenants,
agreements, trusts, uses and purposes as hereinafter expressed, and
the Issuer has agreed and covenanted, and does hereby agree and
covenant, with the Trustee and with the
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respective Owners from time to time of the Bonds, as follows,
THAT IS TO SAY:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND USE OF PHRASES
Section 101
Definitions . As used in this Indenture and the
recitals hereto, the following terms and phrases shall have the
following meanings.
" Act " means Section 66.521 of the Wisconsin Statutes,
as amended from time to time.
" Alternate Paying Agent " means any bank or trust
company designated by the Issuer at the written request of the
Borrower as an alternate or co-paying agent in respect of the
Bonds.
" Authorized Denomination " means during the Variable
Rate Period $100,000 or any multiple thereof (or multiples of
$5,000 in excess of $100,000) and after the Conversion Date, $5,000
or any multiple thereof.
" Authorized Officer of the Borrower " means the
President, any Vice President or the Treasurer of the Borrower.
" Bankruptcy Condition " means (i) the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy by or against the Borrower or the Issuer as
debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. Sections
101 et seq., or (ii) the commencement or continuance of other
judicial proceedings with respect to the Borrower or the Issuer as
debtor under similar or successor federal or state bankruptcy,
reorganization or insolvency laws.
" Beneficial Owner " means, with respect to a Bond, the
person who owns the Beneficial Ownership Interest therein, as
evidenced to the satisfaction of the Trustee.
" Beneficial Ownership Interest " means the right to
receive payments and notices with respect to Bonds which are held
by the Depository under a Book Entry System and for which the
Depository does not, pursuant to the Letter of Representations, act
on behalf of the Beneficial Owner in connection with the optional
or mandatory tender of Bonds pursuant to Sections 406 or 407
hereof.
" Bond Amount " means $19,000,000.
" Bond Counsel " means Independent Counsel whose legal
and tax opinion on municipal bond issues is nationally
recognized.
" Bond Fund " means the Trust Fund described in Section
703 of this Indenture.
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" Bond Purchase Account " means the trust account
described in Section 409 of this Indenture.
" Bond Register " means the registration books maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 207 of this Indenture.
" Bondowners " and " Owners " (when used with
reference to Bonds) means, at the time or times of determination,
the persons who are registered owners of Bonds.
" Bonds " means the Issuer’s Variable Rate Demand
Sewage and Solid Waste Revenue Bonds, Series 1995 (Wausau Paper
Mills Company Project) issued under this Indenture in the aggregate
principal amount of the Bond Amount.
" Book Entry Form " or " Book Entry System "
means, with respect to the Bonds, a form or system, as applicable,
under which (i) the ownership of beneficial interests in the Bonds
may be transferred only through book entry and (ii) physical Bond
certificates in fully registered form are registered only in the
name of a Depository or its nominee as Owner, with the physical
Bond Certificates "immobilized" in the custody of the Depository.
The book entry maintained by the Depository is the record
that identifies the owners of beneficial interests in those
Bonds.
" Borrower " means Wausau Paper Mills Company, a
Wisconsin corporation, and any successor, surviving, resulting or
transferee corporation as provided in Sections 7.7, 7.9 and 11.2 of
the Loan Agreement.
" Borrower’s Address " means the address which the
Borrower designates for the delivery of notices hereunder.
Until changed by notice from the Borrower to the Issuer, the
Credit Facility Provider, the Remarketing Agent and the Trustee,
the Borrower’s Address shall be:
Wausau Paper Mills Company
Attention: Steven A. Schmidt,
Vice President-Finance
P.O. Box 1408
Wausau, Wisconsin 54402-1408
Telecopy: (715) 848-2652
Telephone: (715) 845-5266
" Borrower’s Certificate " means a certificate
signed on behalf of the Borrower by an Authorized Officer of the
Borrower.
" Borrower’s Payments Account " means the
Borrower’s Payments Account of the Bond Fund described in
Section 703 of this Indenture.
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" Borrower’s Representative " means the person or,
in his or her absence, the alternate person, designated in a
Borrower’s Certificate (containing specimen signatures of
each such person) as a person authorized to execute and deliver
Requisitions and to give Trust Fund investment directions on behalf
of the Borrower.
" Business Day " means a day (a) other than a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday on which banks located in the city in which
the Trustee’s Principal Office is located, the city in which
the Credit Facility Provider’s principal office is located
and the city in which the Remarketing Agent’s principal
office is located, are not required or authorized to remain closed
and (b) on which neither the New York Stock Exchange nor the
Federal Reserve Banks are closed.
" Calculation Period " means, while the Bonds bear
interest at the Variable Rate, the period from Thursday of each
week (whether or not a Business Day) through and including the
earlier of (i) the following Wednesday (whether or not a Business
Day), or (ii) the day immediately preceding a Conversion Date.
" Chief Municipal Officer " means the person at the time
incumbent in the office of Village President of the Issuer or, in
the event of the death, disability or absence of such person, the
person duly authorized and legally empowered to perform the duties
of such office in such event.
" Clerk " means the person at the time incumbent in the
office of Village Clerk of the Issuer or, in the event of the
death, disability or absence of such person, the person duly
authorized and legally empowered to perform the duties of such
office in such event.
" Completion Date " means the completion date of the
Project as determined in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Loan
Agreement.
" Construction Fund " means the Trust Fund described in
Section 603 of this Indenture.
" Conversion Date " means the date on which the interest
rate on the Bonds is converted from the Variable Rate to the Fixed
Rate as provided in Section 402(B) of this Indenture.
" Conversion Notice " means a notice in the form of
Exhibit E to the Loan Agreement from the Borrower to the Trustee,
the Remarketing Agent and the Credit Facility Provider designating
a Conversion Date.
" Cost of Issuance Deposit Amount : means
$150,000.
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" Cost of Issuance Fund " means the Trust Fund described
in Section 602 of this Indenture.
" Credit Facility " means any letter of credit, or, on or
after the Conversion Date, any standby purchase agreement,
guaranty, bond insurance policy or similar credit enhancement
instrument, meeting the requirements of Section 1202 of this
Indenture, including any Substitute Credit Facility. The
initial Credit Facility is Irrevocable Letter of Credit, No. 416,
issued by NBD Bank in the face amount of $19,687,124 on the date of
the original issuance and delivery of the Bonds.
" Credit Facility Account " means the Credit Facility
Account of the Bond Fund described in Section 703 of this
Indenture.
" Credit Facility Expiration Date " means the stated
expiration of a Credit Facility in accordance with the terms
thereof and Section 1202 of this Indenture.
" Credit Facility Provider " means any bank, savings and
loan association, insurance company or other regulated financial
institution which issues a Credit Facility in accordance with
Article XII of this Indenture. The initial Credit Facility
Provider is NBD Bank, Detroit, Michigan.
" Credit Facility Provider’s Address " means the
address which the Credit Facility Provider designates for the
delivery of notices hereunder. Until changed by notice from
the Credit Facility Provider to the Issuer, the Remarketing Agent,
the Trustee and the Borrower, the Credit Facility Provider’s
Address shall be:
NBD Bank
Attention: Capital Markets Division
Revenue Bond Group
611 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Telecopy: (313) 225-4533
Telephone: (313) 225-3104
" Credit Facility Reimbursement Agreement " means the
agreement between the Borrower and the Credit Facility Provider
pursuant to which the Credit Facility is issued and, with respect
to the initial Credit Facility, means the Reimbursement Agreement,
dated as of July 1, 1995, between NBD Bank, and the Borrower, as
amended from time to time.
" Credit Facility Substitution Date " means each date
designated as such in accordance with Section 1202 of this
Indenture.
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" Depository " means any securities depository that is a
"clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the
provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
operating and maintaining, with its participants or otherwise, a
Book Entry System to record ownership of beneficial interests in
the Bonds, and to effect transfers of the Bonds, in Book Entry
form, and includes and means initially The Depository Trust Company
(a limited purpose trust company), New York, New York.
" Determination Date " means (i) with respect to each
Calculation Period commencing on a Thursday, the Wednesday
immediately preceding the commencement of such Calculation Period
or, if such Wednesday is not a Business Day, the next preceding
Business Day, and (ii) with respect to each Calculation Period
commencing on a Conversion Date, no later than ten days prior to
such Conversion Date.
" Determination of Taxability " means the occurrence of
any of the following:
(a)
the filing of a Borrower’s Certificate with the Trustee
asserting or indicating by its terms to the satisfaction of the
Trustee that an Event of Taxability has occurred;
(b)
notification to the Trustee that an authorized officer or
official of the Internal Revenue Service has issued a statutory
notice of deficiency or document of similar import to the effect
that an Event of Taxability has occurred; or
(c)
notification to the Trustee from any Bondowner or former
Bondowner to the effect that the Internal Revenue Service has
assessed as includable in the gross income of such Bondowner or
former Bondowner interest on a Bond due to the occurrence of any
Event of Taxability;
provided, however, that in respect of clauses (b) and (c) above,
a Determination of Taxability shall not be deemed to have occurred
unless and until the Borrower has been notified of the allegation
that an Event of Taxability and a Determination of Taxability have
occurred and the Borrower fails within 90 days following such
notice either (i) to have the allegation that an Event of
Taxability has occurred rescinded by the Internal Revenue Service
or the Bondowner or the former Bondowner who made such allegation,
as the case may be, or (ii) to obtain an unqualified opinion of
Bond Counsel acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that no Event
of Taxability has occurred.
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" Effective Date " means July 1, 1995.
" Eligible Funds " means (i) all amounts (including
investment earnings) in the Credit Facility Account and the Bond
Purchase Account, and (ii) other amounts (including investment
earnings) in the Bond Fund and the Redemption Fund with respect to
which the Trustee has received a Preference Opinion.
" Event of Default " means any of the events designated
as such in Section 1001 of this Indenture.
" Event of Taxability " means the circumstance of
interest paid or payable on any Bond becoming includable for
federal income tax purposes (other than for purposes of computing
alternative minimum taxes) in the gross income of any Bondowner
(other than a Bondowner who is a "substantial user" of the Project
or "related person" within the meaning of Section 147(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code) as a consequence of any act, omission or
event whatsoever.
" Final Maturity Date " means July 1, 2023.
" Fixed Rate " means the interest rate borne by the Bonds
from and after the Conversion Date, if any, determined in
accordance with Section 402(B) of this Indenture.
" Government Obligations " means direct, full faith and
credit obligations of the United States of America.
" Indenture " means this Indenture of Trust from the
Issuer to the Trustee, dated as of the Effective Date, under which
the Bonds are issued, as amended from time to time by Supplemental
Indentures.
" Independent Counsel " means any attorney or firm of
attorneys who or which shall be acceptable to the Trustee and who
or which is not an employee of the Borrower or the Issuer.
" Interest Payment Date " means each date on which
interest is stated to be due on any Bond.
" Internal Revenue Code " means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended from time to time.
" Issuer " means the Village of Brokaw, Wisconsin, a
municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of
Wisconsin, located in Marathon County, Wisconsin, and any successor
political subdivision of the State of Wisconsin having jurisdiction
over the Project.
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" Issuer’s Address " means the address which the
Issuer designates for the delivery of notices hereunder.
Until changed by notice from the Issuer to the Borrower, the
Credit Facility Provider, the Remarketing Agent and the Trustee,
the Issuer’s Address shall be:
Village of Brokaw
Attention: Village Clerk
218 Second Street
P.O. Box 108
Brokaw, Wisconsin 54417
Telephone: (715) 675-3059
" Issuer’s Governing Body " means the Village Board
of the Issuer.
" Letter of Representations " means the agreement among
the Issuer, the Trustee, the Remarketing Agent and the Depository
that sets forth the manner of making and processing payments,
giving notices and other procedures relating to the
Depository’s Book Entry System. The initial Letter of
Representations is the Letter of Representations dated as of the
Effective Date, from the Issuer, the Remarketing Agent and the
Trustee to The Depository Trust Company.
" Loan Agreement " means the Loan Agreement, dated as of
the Effective Date, between the Issuer and the Borrower, as amended
from time to time in accordance with Section 11.1 of the Loan
Agreement and Article XIV of this Indenture.
" Mandatory Tender Date " means each date on which all
Bonds are required to be tendered for purchase pursuant to Section
407 hereof.
" Optional Tender Date " means the date specified in a
Purchase Demand as the date on which the Owner of the Bond(s) (or
portions thereof) described therein is demanding purchase of such
Bond(s) (or portions thereof), which date must be a Business Day
not less than seven days after receipt by the Trustee of such
Purchase Demand.
" Outstanding Bonds " and " Outstanding ", when
used with reference to Bonds, means all Bonds which have been
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except:
(i)
Bonds or portions thereof canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii)
Bonds in lieu of which other Bonds have been authenticated and
delivered in accordance with Sections 205, 207, 210, 408 and 412 of
this Indenture; and
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(iii)
Bonds which are not deemed to be Outstanding in accordance with
the provisions of Sections 213 and 901 of this Indenture.
" Pledge Agreement " means any pledge agreement entered
into between the Borrower and the Credit Facility Provider relating
to the pledge of the Pledged Bonds in connection with the issuance
by the Credit Facility Provider of the Credit Facility; initially,
"Pledge Agreement" shall mean the Pledge and Security Agreement
dated as of July 1, 1995 among the Borrower, the Trustee and the
initial Credit Facility Provider.
" Pledged Bonds " means, at the time of determination
thereof, any Bonds or beneficial interests in Bonds purchased by
the Trustee with payments made under the Credit Facility as
described in Section 409 hereof and pledged to the Credit Facility
Provider pursuant to the provisions of the Pledge Agreement.
" Pledged Revenues " means all revenues and income
derived by or for the account of the Issuer from or for the account
of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, the
Promissory Note and this Indenture, including, without limitation
(i) all amounts derived pursuant to the Credit Facility, (ii) all
cash and securities held from time to time in the Trust Funds, and
the investment earnings thereon, and (iii) all payments by the
Borrower on the Promissory Note or pursuant to Section 7.2 of the
Loan Agreement; but excluding any amounts derived by the Issuer for
its own account pursuant to the enforcement of Unassigned
Rights.
" Preference Opinion " means an opinion of Bond Counsel
addressed to the Trustee stating in effect that the use of the
funds to which the opinion relates for the purchase of Bonds or for
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
the Bonds, as the case may be, will not, upon the occurrence of a
Bankruptcy Condition on or after the date of such opinion,
constitute a preference payment under the United States Bankruptcy
Code (taking into account the "insider" provisions thereof) or a
payment of similar import (that is, a payment subject to
disgorgement upon the occurrence of certain bankruptcy events)
under the then applicable Federal and State bankruptcy, insolvency
and reorganization laws.
" Project " means the project of the Borrower described
in Exhibit A to the Loan Agreement which has been or is to
be acquired, constructed and installed in the Issuer’s
jurisdiction, the Town of Texas and the City of Rhinelander in
accordance with the Project Plans and Specifications.
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" Project Enterprise " means the Project financed by the
Bonds as used in the consolidated business of Wausau Paper Mills
Company and related activities.
" Project Plans and Specifications " means the
Borrower’s architectural and engineering drawings and other
plans and specifications for the Project, as amended from time to
time in accordance with Section 3.4 of the Loan Agreement.
" Promissory Note " means the Borrower’s promissory
note, dated the date of issuance of the Bonds, issued in the
principal amount of the Bond Amount payable to the order of the
Issuer.
" Proposed Conversion Date " shall mean the date
identified in a Conversion Notice properly delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 402(B)(1) hereof as the date on which
the interest rate on the Bonds is to be converted from the Variable
Rate to the Fixed Rate.
" Purchase Demand " means a written demand by an Owner of
a Bond, meeting the requirements of Section 406 hereof, that such
Bond be purchased on the date specified therein.
" Qualified Investments " means such of the following as
at the time of determination are permitted investments under the
Act: (i) Government Obligations, (ii) securities as to which
the timely payment of both principal and interest are
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America, (iii)
obligations of any of the following: Banks for Cooperatives,
Federal Land Banks, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Intermediate
Credit Banks and Federal National Mortgage Association, (iv)
interest-bearing accounts, time deposits and certificates of
deposit issued by any bank, trust company or national banking
association (including the Trustee and any affiliate of the
Trustee) which, the case of institutions other than the Trustee,
has capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of
$50,000,000, but in no event shall the amount invested at any one
time, in interest-bearing accounts, time deposits and certificates
of deposit issued by any one bank, trust company or national
banking association equal or exceed 20% of the capital, surplus and
undivided profits of such bank, trust company or national banking
association, (v) commercial paper issued by domestic corporations
which is rated not less than A-1 by Standard & Poor’s
Corporation (or an equivalent rating from another national rating
agency), (vi) interests in any money market fund or trust, the
investments of which are restricted to obligations described in
clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) above, and (vii) at any time
while a Credit Facility is in effect any other investment approved
in writing by the Credit Facility Provider; provided, however, that
if the conditions of any investment rating assigned or to be
assigned to the Bonds require an exclusion of or limitation on
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any of the foregoing, the term "Qualified Investments" shall
conform to such conditions.
" Rebate Account " means the special account described in
Section 803(b).
" Record Date " means (i) with respect of each regularly
scheduled Interest Payment Date occurring on or before the
Conversion Date, and with respect to any redemption date that is
not a regularly scheduled Interest Payment Date, seven days
immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date or redemption
date, as the case may be and (ii) with respect to each regularly
scheduled Interest Payment Date occurring after the Conversion
Date, the 15th day (whether or not a Business Day) of the calendar
month next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
" Redemption Fund " means the Trust Fund described in
Section 704 of this Indenture.
" Remarketing Agent " means Thornton, Farish &
Gauntt, Inc. and any successor institution serving as Remarketing
Agent pursuant to Section 413 of this Indenture.
" Remarketing Agent’s Address " means the address
or office which the Remarketing Agent designates for the delivery
of notices or payments hereunder. Until changed by notice
from the Remarketing Agent to the Credit Facility Provider, the
Borrower, the Issuer and the Trustee, the Remarketing Agent’s
address shall be:
Thornton, Farish & Gauntt, Inc.
2511 Fairlane Drive
Montgomery, Alabama 36116
" Requisition " means a requisition of the Borrower
substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Loan Agreement.
" Requisite Consent of Bondowners " means the affirmative
written consent of Bondowners owning in aggregate not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Bonds (other than Bonds owned
by the Borrower or any "related person" as defined in Section
147(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) at the time Outstanding.
" Substitute Credit Facility " shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 1202 of this Indenture.
" Supplemental Indenture " means any supplement to or
amendment of this Indenture entered into in accordance with Article
XIII of this Indenture.
" Surplus Construction Fund " means the Trust Fund
described in Section 604 of this Indenture.
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" Tender Date " means a Mandatory Tender Date or Optional
Tender Date.
" Tendered Bonds " means Bonds tendered or required to be
tendered for purchase in accordance with Section 408 of this
Indenture.
" Trust Funds " means the trust funds administered by the
Trustee under this Indenture other than the Bond Purchase Account,
the Rebate Account and the segregated trust accounts described in
Sections 213, 410 and 412 of this Indenture.
" Trustee " means M&I First National Bank, West Bend,
Wisconsin, and any successor banking corporation, banking
association or trust company at the time serving as corporate
trustee under this Indenture.
" Trustee’s Address " and " Trustee’s
Principal Office " means the address or office which the
Trustee designates for the delivery of notices or payments
hereunder or under the Loan Agreement. Until changed by
notice from the Trustee to the Borrower, the Credit Facility
Provider, the Remarketing Agent and the Issuer, the Trustee’s
Address and Principal Office is:
M&I First National Bank
321 North Main Street
P.O. Box 1980
West Bend, WI 53095-7980
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Telecopy: (414) 335-3037
Telephone: (414) 335-3030
" Unassigned Rights " means the Borrower’s
obligations to the Issuer under Sections 3.8, 7.3 and 11.9 of the
Loan Agreement.
" Untendered Bonds " means Bonds which are required to be
tendered for purchase in accordance with the provisions of Sections
408 of this Indenture but which in fact are not delivered to the
Trustee on or before the applicable Tender Date.
" Variable Rate " means the interest rate borne by the
Bonds from time to time prior to the Conversion Date, if any,
determined in accordance with Section 402(A) of this Indenture.
Section 102
Use of Phrases; Rules of Construction . The
following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate
herein:
" Herein ", " hereby ", " hereunder ", "
hereof " and other equivalent words refer to this Indenture
as an entirety and not
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solely to the particular portion of this Indenture in which any
such word is used.
The definitions set forth in Section 101 hereof shall be deemed
applicable whether the words defined are herein used in the
singular or the plural.
Wherever used herein, any pronoun or pronouns shall be deemed to
include both the singular and plural and to cover all genders.
Unless otherwise provided, any determinations or reports
hereunder which require the application of accounting concepts or
principles shall be made in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in effect from time to time.
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ARTICLE II
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE BONDS
Section 201
Creation of Bonds for Issuance . There is hereby
created for issuance an issue of Bonds to be designated:
VILLAGE OF BROKAW, WISCONSIN
VARIABLE RATE DEMAND SEWAGE AND SOLID WASTE
REVENUE BONDS,
SERIES 1995 (WAUSAU PAPER MILLS COMPANY
PROJECT)
provided, that on or after the Conversion Date, the Bonds shall
be designated:
VILLAGE OF BROKAW, WISCONSIN
SEWAGE AND SOLID WASTE REVENUE BONDS, SERIES
1995
(WAUSAU PAPER MILLS COMPANY PROJECT)
The Bonds shall be issued in the aggregate principal amount of
nineteen million dollars ($19,000,000), and the maximum aggregate
principal amount of Bonds that may be Outstanding at any one time
is hereby expressly limited to such amount.
The Bonds shall be numbered in such manner as the Trustee shall
deem appropriate, provided that each particular Bond shall have a
different identifying number. The Bonds shall be issuable in
the form of typewritten, lithographed, printed or engraved fully
registered Bonds in Authorized Denominations.
The Bonds shall mature and bear interest as provided in Article
IV of this Indenture. The Bonds shall specify, as their
original issue date, the date of their original issuance and
delivery. Each particular Bond shall be dated, as its
registration date, the date of its authentication. Bonds
authenticated prior to the first Interest Payment Date shall bear
interest from the original issue date. Bonds authenticated on
or after the first Interest Payment Date applicable thereto shall
bear interest from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the
date of their authentication unless the date of such authentication
is an Interest Payment Date to which interest has been fully paid
or provided for, in which case they shall bear interest from such
Interest Payment Date. If interest on the Bonds shall be in
default, such Bonds shall bear interest from the date to which
interest on such Bonds has been paid in full or, if no interest has
been paid, then from the date of their original authentication and
delivery.
Section 202
Parity . This Indenture is for the equal and
ratable benefit and security of all Bonds issued and to be issued
hereunder. All Bonds shall be of equal rank, and no Bondowner
shall be accorded a preference or priority over any
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other Bondowner except as expressly authorized or provided
herein.
Section 203
Bonds to be Limited Obligations of Issuer . In
accordance with the Act, the Bonds shall be limited obligations of
the Issuer payable by it solely from the Pledged Revenues.
The Bonds shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the
Issuer, the county in which it is located, the State of Wisconsin
or any political subdivision thereof within the meaning of any
State of Wisconsin constitutional provision or statutory limitation
and shall not be a charge against their general credit or taxing
powers.
Section 204
Execution of Bonds . The Bonds shall be executed on
behalf of the Issuer by its Chief Municipal Officer under the
official seal of the Issuer attested by its Clerk. The
signatures of the Chief Municipal Officer and the Clerk on the
Bonds may be manual or facsimile. The official seal of the
Issuer on the Bonds may be actually impressed or imprinted or may
be reproduced thereon by facsimile.
Bonds bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of the persons
who were the Chief Municipal Officer and the Clerk at the time of
the execution thereof shall be valid and sufficient for all
purposes notwithstanding that such persons or either of them have
ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of the Bonds or did not hold such offices at the date of
the Bonds. For this purpose a Bond executed by facsimile signature
shall be deemed to have been executed on the date of the printing
thereof.
Section 205
Authentication . The Trustee is hereby appointed as
a fiscal agent of the Issuer for purposes of authenticating the
Bonds. From time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver executed Bonds to the
Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver such Bonds as provided in this Indenture and not
otherwise.
No Bond shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid for any purpose unless there appears on such Bond a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth
in Sections 1502 or 1503 hereof, as appropriate, executed on behalf
of the Trustee with the manual signature of an authorized signatory
of the Trustee. Such certificate of authentication executed
as aforesaid on a Bond shall be conclusive evidence that such Bond
has been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Section 206
Form of Bonds . The Bonds shall be issuable only as
fully registered Bonds substantially in the form set forth in
Section 1502 (in the case of Bonds authenticated
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prior to the Conversion Date) or 1503 (in the case of Bonds
authenticated on or after the Conversion Date) of this
Indenture.
Pending the preparation of definitive Bonds the Issuer may
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver typewritten
Bonds which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
otherwise produced, in any Authorized Denomination, substantially
of the tenor of the definitive Bonds in lieu of which they are
issued, in fully registered form, with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the Chief
Municipal Officer and Clerk may determine, as evidenced by their
manual signing of such Bonds. If temporary Bonds are issued,
the Trustee will cause definitive Bonds to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Bonds, the temporary Bonds shall be exchangeable for definitive
Bonds upon surrender of the temporary Bonds at the Trustee’s
Principal Office without charge to the Bondowner. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Bonds, the
Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Bonds of
Authorized Denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary
Bonds shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as definitive Bonds, and the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest thereon, when and as payable, shall be paid to
the Owners of the temporary Bonds.
Section 207
Provision for Registration, Transfer and Exchange of
Bonds . The Bonds are issuable only as fully registered
bonds and, except as hereinafter provided, registered in the name
of the Depository or its nominee, which shall be considered to be
the Bondowner for all purposes of this Indenture, including,
without limitation, payment by the Issuer of principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the Bonds, and receipt of notices and
exercise of rights of Bondowners. There shall be a single
temporary Bond for each maturity which shall be immobilized in the
custody of the Depository with the beneficial owners having no
right to receive the Bonds in the form of physical securities or
certificates. Ownership of beneficial interests in the Bonds
shall be shown by book entry on the Book Entry System maintained
and operated by the Depository, and transfers of ownership of
beneficial interests shall be made only by Depository and, if
applicable, its participants, by book entry, the Issuer having no
responsibility therefor. The Bonds as such shall not be
transferable or exchangeable, except for transfer to another
Depository or to another nominee of a Depository, without further
action by the Trustee.
If any Depository determines not to continue to act as a
Depository for the Bonds for use in a Book Entry System, the
Trustee shall attempt to have established a securities
depository/book entry system relationship with another
qualified
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Depository under this Indenture. If the Trustee does not
or is unable to do so, the Issuer and the Trustee, after the
Trustee has made provision for notification of the beneficial
owners by the then Depository, shall permit withdrawal of the Bonds
from the Depository, and authenticate and deliver Bond certificates
in fully registered form (in Authorized Denominations) to the
assigns of the Depository or its nominee, all at the cost and
expense (including costs of printing definitive Bonds) of the
Borrower.
If the Bonds are not in a Book Entry System, the Trustee shall
cause a register (herein sometimes referred to as the "Bond
Register") to be kept at the Trustee’s Principal Office for
the purpose of providing for the registration and transfer of Bonds
in accordance with the provisions of this Section and such
reasonable additional regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.
Subject to such regulations, any Bondowner may cause its
address on the Bond Register to be changed by giving written notice
to the Trustee. At reasonable times and under reasonable
regulations established by the Trustee, the Bond Register may be
inspected and copied by the Borrower, the Credit Facility Provider,
the Remarketing Agent, the Issuer or by Owners (or a designated
representative thereof) of 10% or more in aggregate principal
amount of Bonds then Outstanding, the authority of such designated
representative to be evidenced to the satisfaction of the
Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions regarding the maintenance of
a Book Entry System for the Bonds, each Bond shall be fully
negotiable. A Bond may be transferred only by a written
assignment duly executed by the Bondowner or by such Owner’s
duly authorized legal representative. Upon presentation and
surrender of the Bond together with said executed form of
assignment at the Trustee’s Principal Office, the Trustee
shall, subject to the limitations contained in the last paragraph
of this Section 207, register the transfer in the Bond Register;
provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation to
register the transfer unless the executed assignment shall be
satisfactory to it in form and substance. Upon registration
of the transfer of a Bond, the Trustee shall cancel the surrendered
Bond and the Issuer shall issue, and the Trustee shall
authenticate, one or more new Bonds of Authorized Denominations of
the same maturity and interest rate and in the same aggregate
principal amount as the surrendered Bond.
Subject to the foregoing provisions regarding the maintenance of
a Book Entry System for the Bonds, and to the limitations contained
in the last paragraph of this Section 207, bonds may be exchanged
at the Trustee’s Principal Office for a like aggregate
principal amount of Bonds of the same maturity and interest rate in
other Authorized Denominations. Each Bond surrendered for
exchange shall be accompanied by a written
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assignment in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and
duly executed by the Bondowner or by such Owner’s duly
authorized legal representative. The Issuer shall issue and
the Trustee shall authenticate such new Bonds as shall be required
to accomplish exchanges as aforesaid.
The Bondowner requesting any registration of transfer or
exchange of Bonds shall pay with respect thereto any resulting tax
or governmental charge. All such payments shall be conditions
precedent to the exercise of the Bondowner’s rights of
registration of transfer or exchange.
All registrations of transfer and exchanges of Bonds shall be
accomplished in such manner that no increase or decrease in
interest payable on the Bonds results therefrom.
Except in connection with a remarketing of Bonds pursuant to
Section 411 of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be required to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Bond (i) after the
receipt by the Trustee of a Purchase Demand with respect thereto
and through the corresponding Optional Tender Date, (ii) after the
Trustee has given notice of a Mandatory Tender Date and through the
Mandatory Tender Date, (iii) during the fifteen days prior to the
mailing of any notice of redemption, or (iv) after such Bond has
been selected for redemption.
Section 208
Persons Treated as Owners . The Issuer, the Trustee
and any Alternate Paying Agent may treat the person in whose name
any Bond is registered (who, in the case of a Book Entry System,
shall be the Depository) as the absolute owner of such Bond for the
purpose of receiving payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest thereon and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Bond is overdue and irrespective of any actual, implied
or imputed notice to the contrary.
Section 209
Manner of Payment of Bonds . The principal of and
premium, if any, on each Bond shall be payable to the Owner of such
Bond as shown on the Bond Register on the date of payment, upon
presentation and surrender at the Trustee’s Principal Office.
The interest on any Bond which is payable, and is punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be
paid by check drawn by the Trustee payable to the order of the
person in whose name that Bond is registered as of the close of
business on the Record Date for such interest and mailed to such
person at the address shown on the Bond Register.
The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Bonds
shall be paid in lawful money of the United States of America.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, while the Bonds are in a Book
Entry System, payments shall be made as provided in the Letter of
Representations.
Section 210
Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bonds . In the
event any Bond is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Issuer
may execute and the Trustee may authenticate a new Bond of like
date, maturity, interest rate and denomination as the Bond
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed. In the case of any
lost, stolen or destroyed Bond, there shall first be furnished to
the Issuer and the Trustee evidence of such loss, theft or
destruction satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee, together
with indemnity satisfactory to them. In the case of any
mutilated Bond, such Bond shall be surrendered to the Trustee.
In the event any such Bond shall have matured, the Trustee
instead of issuing a substitute Bond may pay the same without
surrender thereof. The Issuer and the Trustee may charge the
Owner of such Bond with their reasonable fees and expenses in this
connection.
Section 211
Designation of Bond Registrar and Paying Agents .
The Trustee shall be the Bond registrar and a paying agent
for and in respect of all Bonds. At the written request of
the Borrower, the Issuer may also designate one or more Alternate
Paying Agents.
Section 212
Disposition of Bonds Upon Payment; Safekeeping of Bonds
Surrendered for Exchange . All Bonds fully paid, fully
redeemed or purchased by the Trustee or any Alternate Paying Agent
for cancellation under the provisions of this Indenture shall be
canceled when such final payment, redemption or purchase is made,
and such canceled Bonds shall be delivered to the Trustee. Bonds
surrendered to the Trustee for exchange or transfer in accordance
with Section 207 hereof, temporary Bonds surrendered for exchange
in accordance with Section 206 hereof, and mutilated Bonds
surrendered for exchange in accordance with Section 210 hereof
shall be canceled by the Trustee. All canceled Bonds shall be
destroyed by the Trustee by cremation, shredding or other suitable
means.
Section 213
Nonpresentment of Bonds . In the event any Bond
shall not be presented for payment when the principal thereof
becomes due, either at stated maturity or at the date fixed for
redemption thereof, if cash sufficient to pay such Bond shall be
held by the Trustee for the benefit of the Owner thereof, all
liability of the Issuer to the Owner thereof for the payment of
such Bond shall forthwith cease, terminate and be completely
discharged, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Trustee to
hold such cash in a segregated trust account without liability for
interest thereon, for the benefit of the Owner of such Bond who
shall thereafter be restricted exclusively to such account for any
claim of whatever nature on such person’s part
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under this Indenture or on or with respect to said Bond. Such
cash in such segregated trust account shall thereafter no longer be
considered Pledged Revenues and any such Bond shall no longer be
deemed Outstanding under this Indenture. If any such Bond has
not been presented within 60 days of the date the principal became
due, the Trustee shall promptly notify the person identified as the
Owner of such Bond in the Bond Register (as of the date the
principal of such Bond became due) by first class mail that such
Bond has become due and that the amount due is being held by the
Trustee hereunder.
After any such cash has been held in such segregated trust
account for four years, the Trustee shall certify the amount
thereof and the identifying numbers of the particular Bonds whose
Owners have a claim thereagainst (which Owners shall also be
identified, if known) and deliver such certificate and such cash to
the Borrower. Thereafter, such Owners shall have an unsecured
claim against the Borrower in respect of such unpresented Bonds and
shall have no claim whatever against the Issuer, the Trustee or the
Credit Facility Provider in respect thereof.
Section 214
Delivery of Bonds . Upon the execution and delivery
of this Indenture, the Issuer shall issue and execute and deliver
the Bonds to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall authenticate such
Bonds and deliver them to the purchaser(s) as may be directed by
the Issuer.
Prior to the delivery of the Bonds by the Trustee there shall be
filed with the Trustee:
(a)
a certified copy of the resolution(s) of the Issuer’s
Governing Body authorizing the issuance of the Bonds and the
execution and delivery of the Loan Agreement and this
Indenture;
(b)
original executed counterparts of the Loan Agreement, this
Indenture and the Remarketing Agreement;
(c)
the original executed Promissory Note;
(d)
the original executed Credit Facility;
(e)
a request and authorization to the Trustee, executed on behalf
of the Issuer by its Chief Municipal Officer or Clerk, to deliver
the Bonds to the purchaser(s) therein identified, in the form and
amount requested upon payment to the Trustee, for the account of
the Issuer, of a specified sum.
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ARTICLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION OF
BONDS
PRIOR TO MATURITY
Section 301
Limitation of Redemptions Prior to Maturity . No
Bond may be called for redemption prior to its stated maturity
except as provided in Article IV hereof; provided, however, that
nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the right of acceleration
of Bond maturities upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.
Section 302
Notice and Effect of Redemption . The Trustee shall
give notice of the call for any redemption of Bonds prior to
maturity by mailing a copy of the redemption notice by first class
mail not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the redemption
date during the Variable Rate Period and not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days after the Conversion Date to the Owner of each Bond to
be redeemed at the address shown on the Bond Register; provided,
however, that failure to give any such notice as aforesaid or any
defect therein with respect to any particular Bond shall not affect
the validity of any proceedings for the redemption of any other
Bond.
In the case of optional redemption under Sections 403 and 404 of
this Indenture, the required notice of redemption shall not be
given until the Trustee has received the written consent of the
Credit Facility Provider and the premium, if any, of the Bond to be
redeemed.
Each redemption notice shall (a) identify the Bonds to be
redeemed by name, CUSIP number, date of issue, interest rate and
maturity date and, if only a portion of the Bonds are to be
redeemed, the certificate numbers and the respective principal
amounts to be redeemed, (b) identify the redemption date, (c) state
the redemption price, (d) state that interest on the Bonds or the
portions thereof called for redemption will (unless such Bonds are
purchased in lieu of redemption pursuant to Section 1205 hereof)
cease to accrue from and after the redemption date if funds
sufficient for their redemption and available for the purpose are
on deposit with the Trustee on the redemption date, and (e) state
that payment for the Bonds will be made on the redemption date at
the principal trust office of the Trustee during normal business
hours upon the surrender of the Bonds to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Bonds
so called for redemption, together with the premium, if any and
accrued interest thereon, shall become due and payable on the
redemption date. If pursuant to this Indenture the Trustee
shall hold Eligible Funds which are available and sufficient in
amount to pay the principal of and premium, if any, on the
Bonds
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or portions thereof thus called for redemption and to pay the
interest thereon to the redemption date, such Bonds or portions
thereof shall (unless such Bonds are purchased in lieu of
redemption pursuant to Section 1205 hereof) cease to bear interest
from and after said redemption date; provided that funds available
for the payment of the redemption premium payable pursuant to
Section 405 hereof need not be Eligible Funds.
Section 303
Selection of Bonds for Redemption; Manner of Effecting
Partial Redemptions of Particular Bonds . If less than
all Bonds are to be redeemed pursuant to the provisions of Section
403 hereof, the particular Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed
shall be selected by the Trustee by lot or by such other random
means as the Trustee shall determine in its discretion. Any
such means of selecting Bonds for redemption shall provide for the
possibility of partial redemption of any Bond of a denomination
greater than the smallest Authorized Denomination.
Particular Bonds may be redeemed only in multiples of the
smallest Authorized Denomination (hereinafter called a "Unit").
In the case of Bonds of denominations greater than a Unit,
each Unit shall be treated as though it were a separate Bond in the
denomination of a Unit. If it is determined that one or more,
but not all of the Units of principal amount represented by any
such Bond is to be called for redemption, then upon notice of
redemption of such Unit or Units, the Owner of such Bond shall
present and surrender the same to the Trustee (i) for the payment
of the redemption price (including the redemption premium, if any,
and interest to the date fixed for redemption) in respect of the
Unit or Units called for redemption and (ii) in exchange for a new
Bond in the aggregate principal amount of the unredeemed balance of
the principal amount not called for redemption. New Bonds
representing the unredeemed balance of the principal amount of such
Bond shall be issued to the registered Owner thereof without charge
therefor. If the Owner of any such Bond shall fail to present such
Bond to the Trustee for payment and exchange as aforesaid, such
Bond shall nevertheless become due and payable on the date fixed
for redemption to the extent of the Unit or Units of principal
amount called for redemption (and to that extent only), and
(subject to Section 302 hereof) interest shall cease to accrue on
the portion of the principal amount of such Bond represented by
such Unit or Units from and after the date fixed for
redemption.
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ARTICLE IV
TERMS OF THE BONDS
Section 401
Maturity . The Bonds shall mature on the Final
Maturity Date.
Section 402
Interest on the Bonds . (A) Prior to the
Conversion Date, if any, the Bonds shall bear interest at the
Variable Rate determined from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 402(A), payable on the first Business
Day of each January, April, July and October commencing October 1,
1995, on each Mandatory Tender Date, and at maturity. From
the date of the issuance of the Bonds through and including August
9, 1995 the Variable Rate shall be equal to 4.05% per annum.
Thereafter, the Variable Rate for each Calculation Period
shall be determined on the Determination Date with respect thereto
and shall be the lesser of (i) 12% per annum, or (ii) the minimum
rate of interest which, in the judgment of the Remarketing Agent,
under prevailing market conditions, taking into account the current
rates for tax-exempt securities comparable in length of interest
rate adjustment periods, liquidity, security and creditworthiness
to the Bonds, would enable the Bonds to be sold at a price of par,
plus accrued interest, if any, on the Determination Date. The
Remarketing Agent shall determine the Variable Rate for each
Calculation Period on the corresponding Determination Date, and
shall notify the Trustee of such determination on such date by
telephone, promptly, confirmed in writing, or by facsimile.
In the event that the Remarketing Agent shall fail for any
reason to determine, and notify the Trustee of, the Variable Rate
for any Calculation Period, the Variable Rate for such Calculation
Period shall be equal to the Variable Rate in effect immediately
prior to the commencement of such Calculation Period.
Interest accruing at the Variable Rate shall be computed on the
basis of a 365 or 366-day year, as the case may be, and the actual
number of days elapsed.
(B)
The interest rate on the Bonds may be converted to the Fixed
Rate as follows:
(1)
The Borrower may designate any Business Day as a Conversion Date
by delivering to the Trustee, the Remarketing Agent and the Credit
Facility Provider a Conversion Notice not less than 20 days, nor
more than 30 days, prior to the Conversion Date (unless a shorter
notice shall be acceptable to the Trustee). Such Conversion
Notice shall (a) identify the Conversion Date and (b) state whether
or not a Credit Facility will be in effect after the Conversion
Date and if so,
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describe such Credit Facility and identify the Credit Facility
Provider,
(2)
No later than 15 days prior to the Conversion Date, the Trustee
shall determine whether such Conversion Notice complies with
paragraph (1) above, and shall notify the Remarketing Agent, the
Credit Facility Provider and the Borrower of such determination.
If the Conversion Notice does comply with said paragraph (1),
the Trustee shall also notify the Bondowners of the mandatory
tender on the Conversion Date as provided in Section 407
hereof.
(3)
Upon receipt of notice from the Trustee under paragraph (2)
above, the Remarketing Agent shall, no later than ten days prior to
the Conversion Date, determine the Fixed Rate and shall notify the
Trustee of such determination on such date by telephone, promptly
confirmed in writing, or by facsimile. The Fixed Rate shall
be the lesser of (a) 20% per annum, or (b) the minimum rate of
interest which, in the judgment of the Remarketing Agent, under
prevailing market conditions, taking into account the current rates
for tax-exempt securities comparable in term, security and
creditworthiness to the Bonds, would enable the Bonds to be sold at
a price of par on the Conversion Date.
(4)
On the Conversion Date, the Borrower shall cause to be
delivered: (a) to the Trustee, the Credit Facility, if any,
described in paragraph (1)(b) above, together with all other items
required by Section 1202 hereof and (b) to the Trustee and the
Remarketing Agent, a written opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the
Conversion Date, to the effect that the conversion of the interest
rate on the Bonds to the Fixed Rate and the delivery of the Credit
Facility, if any, described in clause (a) above, will not result in
an Event of Taxability.
(5)
If all of the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4)
above are met, the Bonds shall bear interest at the Fixed Rate from
and after such date.
From and after the Conversion Date, if any, the Bonds shall bear
interest at the Fixed Rate, payable on the first day of January and
July of each year.
Interest accruing at the Fixed Rate shall be calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year comprising twelve 30-day months.
(C)
To the extent permitted by law, overdue principal, premium, if
any, and interest shall bear interest at the same
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rate as was borne by the Bonds on the due date of the payment
that is delinquent.
Section 403
Optional Redemption of Bonds at Election of the Borrower
. Upon prepayment of the Promissory Note in accordance with
Section 5.3 of the Loan Agreement, the Bonds are subject to
redemption pursuant to this Section 403:
(A)
on or prior to the Conversion Date, in whole or in part (in
multiples of $100,000 or $5,000 in excess of $100,000) on any date,
at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of Bonds so
redeemed, plus accrued interest to the redemption date, and without
premium; and
(B)
after the Conversion Date, in whole on any date or in part (in
multiples of $5,000) on any regularly scheduled Interest Payment
Date at the redemption prices set forth below, plus accrued
interest to the redemption date:
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The Trustee shall give notice of the call for redemption
pursuant to paragraphs (A) or (B) of this Section 403 in the manner
provided in Section 302 of this Indenture.
Section 404
Optional Redemption of Bonds Upon Occurrence of Certain
Extraordinary Events . The Bonds shall be subject to
redemption, in whole (or, if but only if any of the occurrences
referred to in subsections (a) through and including (c) below
affect the Project site or sites located in the City of Rhinelander
or the Town of Texas, as the case may be but not the Project site
located in the Village of Brokaw, in part), at any time, if within
ninety days after the occurrence of any of the following events,
the Borrower shall, with the consent of the Credit Facility
Provider, elect to prepay the Promissory Note pursuant to Section
5.1 of the Loan Agreement:
(a)
The Project (or in occurrences allowing redemption in part, the
Project sites in the City of Rhinelander or the Town of Texas)
shall have been damaged or destroyed to such extent that, in the
opinion of the Borrower expressed in a Borrower’s Certificate
filed with the Issuer, the Trustee and the Credit Facility Provider
following such damage or destruction (i) the completion of the
Project or such portion will be delayed for at least six months,
(ii) it is not practicable or desirable to rebuild, repair or
restore the Project or such portion within a period of six
consecutive months following such damage or destruction, or (iii)
the Borrower is or will be thereby prevented from carrying on its
normal operations at the Project or such portion for a period of at
least six consecutive months;
(b)
Title to or the temporary use of all or substantially all of the
Project (or in occurrences allowing redemption in part the Project
sites in the City of Rhinelander or the Town of Texas) shall have
been taken under the exercise of the power of eminent domain by any
governmental authority to such extent that, in the opinion of the
Borrower expressed in a Borrower’s Certificate filed with the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Credit Facility Provider (i) the
completion of the Project or such portion will be delayed for at
least six months, or (ii) the Borrower is or will be thereby
prevented from carrying on its normal operations at the Project or
such portion for a period of at least six consecutive months;
(c)
Any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction shall
enter a judgment, order or decree requiring the Borrower to cease
all or any substantial part of its operations at the Project (or
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occurrences allowing redemption in part, the Project sites in
the City of Rhinelander or the Town of Texas) to such extent that,
in the opinion of the Borrower expressed in a Borrower’s
Certificate filed with the Issuer, the Trustee and the Credit
Facility Provider, the Borrower is or will be thereby prevented
from carrying on its normal operations at the Project or such
portion for a period of at least six consecutive months; or
(d)
As a result of any changes in the Constitution of Wisconsin or
the Constitution of the United States of America or of legislative
or administrative action (whether state or federal) or by final
decree, judgment or order of any court or administrative body
(whether state or federal), the Loan Agreement shall have become
void or unenforceable or impossible of performance in accordance
with the intent and purposes of the parties as expressed in the
Loan Agreement, or unreasonable burdens or excessive liabilities
shall have been imposed on the Issuer or the Borrower as a
consequence of having the Bonds or the Promissory Note Outstanding,
including without limitation federal, state or other ad valorem,
property, income or other taxes not being imposed on the date of
the Loan Agreement.
The redemption price shall be 100% of the principal amount of
Bonds so redeemed (which, in the case of redemption in part, shall
be determined in accordance with the portion of the Project in the
City of Rhinelander or the Town of Texas so affected pursuant to
Section 5.1 of the Loan Agreement), plus accrued interest to the
redemption date, and without premium. The Trustee shall give
notice of a call for redemption pursuant to this Section 404 in the
manner provided in Section 302 of this Indenture.
Section 405
Mandatory Redemption of Bonds Upon Determination of
Taxability or Expiration of Credit Facility . (A) The
Bonds shall be subject to mandatory redemption in whole on the
earliest practicable date (selected by the Trustee) within 60 days
following a Determination of Taxability. The redemption price
shall be 100% of the principal amount of Bonds so redeemed, plus
accrued interest to the redemption date. Redemption of Bonds
as aforesaid shall be the Bondholders’ sole remedy upon an
Event of Taxability.
(B) After the Conversion Date (if there is a Credit Facility),
the Bonds shall be subject to mandatory redemption in whole on the
first day of the month in which the Credit Facility Expiration Date
is to occur unless, at least 45 days prior to such first day of the
month, the Borrower shall have caused to be
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delivered to the Trustee a Substitute Credit Facility meeting
the requirements of Section 1202 hereof. The redemption price
shall be 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds to be so
redeemed, plus accrued interest to the redemption date.
(C) The Trustee shall give notice of a call for redemption
pursuant to this Section 405 in the manner provided in Section 302
of this Indenture.
Section 406
Purchase of Bonds Upon Demand . While the Bonds
bear interest at the Variable Rate, any Bond or the Beneficial
Ownership Interest therein (other than a Borrower Bond), or any
portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination, shall be purchased
by the Trustee, on behalf of the Borrower, but only from the funds
available therefor in the Bond Purchase Account, at a purchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
interest to the Optional Tender Date, upon the demand of the Owner
or Beneficial Owner thereof as provided in this Section 406.
The Owner or Beneficial Owner, as the case may be, of a Bond
may demand purchase of such Bond or the Beneficial Ownership
Interest therein, on any Business Day which is at least seven days
after delivery to the Trustee, at its Principal Office, by 10:00
a.m. on a Business Day of a Purchase Demand together with any
related due bills which may be reasonably required by the
Remarketing Agent in form and substance satisfactory to it.
Delivery of a Purchase Demand shall be irrevocable and shall
bind the Owner or Beneficial Owner, as the case may be, to tender
his, her or its Bonds or Beneficial Ownership Interests for
purchase on the Optional Tender Date as provided in Section 408
hereof. The Purchase Demand shall (i) state the name and
taxpayer identification number of the Owner or Beneficial Owner, as
the case may be, (ii) identify the Bond(s) or portion(s) thereof
which are to be purchased, or the Beneficial Ownership Interests in
which are to be purchased, by CUSIP number, Bond number(s) and
principal amount(s), (iii) state the Optional Tender Date on which
the purchase of such Bond(s), or Beneficial Ownership Interest(s)
(or portions thereof) is being demanded, which must be a Business
Day not less than seven days after receipt by the Trustee, at or
before 10:00 a.m. on a Business Day, of such Purchase Demand, (iv)
acknowledge that such demand is irrevocable, and (v) in the case of
a Beneficial Owner, be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of such Beneficial Owner’s Beneficial Ownership
Interest. The determination by the Trustee as to whether a
Purchase Demand has been properly delivered pursuant to this
Section 406 shall be conclusive and binding upon the Owners or
Beneficial Owners of the Bonds. After the Conversion Date,
there shall be no purchase of Bonds upon demand.
Section 407
Mandatory Tender of Bonds for Purchase . All Bonds
or the Beneficial Ownership Interests therein (other
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than Pledged Bonds) shall be subject to mandatory tender for
purchase in accordance with Section 408 hereof on:
(A)
each Conversion Date; and
(B)
prior to the Conversion Date, the first Business Day of the
month in which the Credit Facility Expiration Date is to occur
unless, at least 45 days prior to such first Business Day of the
month, the Borrower shall have caused to be delivered to the
Trustee a Substitute Credit Facility meeting the requirements of
Section 1202 hereof.
The Trustee shall give notice of each Mandatory Tender Date in
the same manner as notice of redemption of Bonds pursuant to
Section 302 hereof. Such notice shall (i) identify the Bonds by
name, CUSIP number, date of issue and maturity date, (ii) state the
Mandatory Tender Date, (iii) state that all Bonds (or Beneficial
Ownership Interests, as the case may be) are subject to mandatory
tender for purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the Mandatory
Tender Date, (iv) state that, if moneys are available and on hand
with the trustee on the Mandatory Tender Date, all Bonds (or
Beneficial Ownership Interests, as the case may be) shall be deemed
tendered, whether or not so tendered, and that on and after the
Mandatory Tender Date, the Owner (or Beneficial Owner) shall have
no further rights in such Bond other than the right to receive the
purchase price thereof upon presentation of such Bond to Trustee on
any Business Day on or after the Mandatory Tender Date (or upon the
transfer of such Beneficial Ownership Interest as directed by the
Trustee) and (v) in the case of a mandatory tender of Bonds, state
the place where Bonds may be presented for purchase.
Section 408
Purchase of Tendered Bonds . All Bonds or
Beneficial Ownership Interests, as the case may be (other than
Pledged Bonds), with respect to which the Owners or Beneficial
Owners, as the case may be, thereof have delivered Purchase Demands
pursuant to Section 406 shall be purchased on an Optional Tender
Date, and all Bonds or Beneficial Ownership Interests, as the case
may be (other than Pledged Bonds), shall be purchased on a
Mandatory Tender Date, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the Tender Date,
from moneys available therefor in the Bond Purchase Account.
Provided that Eligible Funds are available to the Trustee to
pay the purchase price thereof:
(A)
in the case of the tender of Bonds:
(i)
all Tendered Bonds shall be deemed tendered, whether or not
actually tendered, on the Tender Date;
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(ii)
interest accruing on the Tendered Bonds on and after the Tender
Date shall cease to be payable to the former Owners of such
Tendered Bonds, who shall have no further interest or rights in
such Bonds, except the right to receive payment of the purchase
price thereof, exclusively from moneys held by the Trustee for such
purpose upon presentation of such Bonds to the Trustee at its
Principal Office on any Business Day on or after the Tender Date;
and
(iii)
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Bonds to the new
Owners thereof as provided in Section 409 hereof; and
(B)
in the case of the tender of Beneficial Ownership Interests, the
Beneficial Owner shall be obligated to cause the transfer of such
Beneficial Ownership Interest on the records of the Depository, as
directed by the Trustee.
Section 409
Bond Purchase Account . There is hereby created by
the Issuer and ordered established with the Trustee a trust account
to be designated with the names of the Issuer and the Borrower and
the label "Bond Purchase Account". There shall be deposited
into the Bond Purchase Account, when and as received by the Trustee
(i) all funds received from the Remarketing Agent on a Tender Date
for the purchase of Tendered Bonds (or Beneficial Ownership
Interests therein) in accordance with Section 411 of this
Indenture, (ii) all funds received from the Credit Facility
Provider pursuant to a draw made by the Trustee under Section
1201(d) hereof; and (iii) any other Eligible Funds. No other
funds shall be accepted by the Trustee for deposit into the Bond
Purchase Account. Funds in the Bond Purchase Account shall be
held in trust for the account of the respective owners of such
funds at the time of the deposit thereof into the Bond Purchase
Account until such funds are applied by the Trustee on the Tender
Date to pay the purchase price of Tendered Bonds or Beneficial
Ownership Interests. Such funds may be invested only in
Government Obligations maturing no later than the date(s) on which
such funds are expected to be needed for the purposes of the Bond
Purchase Account.
Funds for the payment of such purchase price shall be derived
from the following sources in the following order:
first , from proceeds of the remarketing of Bonds (or
Beneficial Ownership Interests) by the Remarketing Agent as
described in Section 411 hereof;
second , from proceeds of a draw on the Credit Facility;
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third , from any other funds in the Bond Purchase
Account.
Each Tendered Bond delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section
408 of this Indenture shall be held in trust in the Bond Purchase
Account for the account of such Owner until the purchase price
shall have been paid in full to the Owner of such Tendered Bond.
Upon payment in full of the purchase price of a Tendered Bond
or Beneficial Ownership Interest from the Bond Purchase Account,
the Tendered Bond or Beneficial Ownership Interest, as the case may
be, shall
(a) in the case of Bonds purchased with proceeds of the
remarketing thereof, be registered and delivered by the Trustee as
directed by the Remarketing Agent,
(b) in the case of Beneficial Ownership Interests
purchased with the proceeds of the remarketing thereof, be recorded
on the records of the Depository as directed by the Trustee
pursuant to instructions from the Remarketing Agent,
(c) in the case of Bonds (or portions thereof in
Authorized Denominations) purchased with the proceeds of a draw on
the Credit Facility, if the Bonds are not in a book-entry only
system, be registered in the name of the Borrower (or as otherwise
provided in any Pledge Agreement then in effect) be referred to as
Pledged Bonds, be held by the Trustee under such Pledge Agreement
in trust for the account of the Borrower, be pledged to the Bank
pursuant to such Pledge Agreement securing the Borrower’s
obligations thereunder and not be transferred or exchanged by the
Trustee until (a) the Credit Facility has been reinstated in the
amount of the aggregate principal amount of such Bonds and the
amount originally realized under the Credit Facility to pay the
portion of the purchase price equal to the accrued interest, if
any, on such Bonds or, (b) the obligations of the Borrower, if any,
then due under such Pledge Agreement have been paid in full; and
the Trustee may then release such Bonds, and register the transfer
of such Bonds in the names of the new registered owners thereof as
shall be provided by the Remarketing Agent by telephone or telecopy
promptly confirmed in writing; provided, however, that Pledged
Bonds which have been held by the Trustee for a period of six
months and have not been remarketed shall, at the written direction
of the Bank, be canceled.
In the case of Bonds (or portions thereof, in Authorized
Denominations) purchased with the proceeds of a draw on the Credit
Facility, if the Bonds are in a book-entry only system, the Trustee
shall instruct the Depository to record in the books of the
Depository for the account of the Borrower such Bonds (or portions
thereof in Authorized Denominations) and the Trustee shall record
such beneficial ownership interest of the Borrower on its books,
and such Bonds shall be referred to as
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Pledged Bonds, shall be deemed to be held by the Trustee in
trust for account of the Bank and to the fullest extent permitted
by law shall be subject to a security interest in favor of the
Credit Facility Provider as security for the Borrower’s
obligations under any Pledge Agreement then in effect, which
security interest shall be released only after (a) the Credit
Facility has been reinstated in the amount of the aggregate
principal amount of such Bonds and the amount realized under the
Credit Facility to pay the portion of the purchase price equal to
the accrued interest, if any, on such Bonds or, (b) the obligations
of the Borrower, if any, then due under such Pledge Agreement have
been paid in full; provided, however, that any such Pledged Bonds
which have been recorded in the books of the Depository for the
account of the Borrower for a period of six months and have not
been remarketed shall, at the written direction of the Credit
Facility Provider, be canceled.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
to the contrary, in the event that (i) the Remarketing Agent
remarkets any Bonds tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 406
or Section 407 hereof and the proceeds of such remarketing are
received by the Trustee after the Trustee has taken action under
the Credit Facility to realize moneys to pay the purchase price of
such Bonds, pursuant to subsection (c) above, or (ii) the
Remarketing Agent shall subsequently remarket any Pledged Bonds,
the purchase price of which Bonds were paid by the Trustee as a
result of action taken under the Credit Facility pursuant to
subsection (c) above, then all proceeds of any such remarketing
which necessitated such action under the Credit Facility (or which
would otherwise be payable to the Borrower as the Registered Owner
or Beneficial Owner of the Bonds) shall be paid by the Trustee to
the Bank in respect of the obligations of the Borrower under the
Credit Facility Reimbursement Agreement. The Trustee shall
immediately notify the Credit Facility Provider by telecopy or
telephone, promptly confirmed in writing, that such proceeds are on
deposit in the Purchase Account, and the Credit Facility Provider
shall certify to the Trustee the amount of the obligations of the
Borrower under the Credit Facility Reimbursement Agreement.
When all obligations of the Borrower to the Credit Facility
Provider under the Credit Facility Reimbursement Agreement which
are then due have been satisfied, then all such moneys remaining in
the Bond Purchase Account shall be paid to the Borrower.
(e) in the case of Bonds purchased with other funds in the
Bond Purchase Account, registered and delivered by the Trustee as
directed by the Borrower and
(f) in the case of Beneficial Ownership Interests
purchased with other funds in the Bond Purchase Account be recorded
on the records of the Depository as directed by the Trustee
pursuant to instructions of the Borrower.
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Section 410
Treatment of Untendered Bond Certificates .
Untendered Bonds shall cease to bear interest on the Tender
Date if funds sufficient to pay the purchase price or redemption
price, as the case may be, of an Untendered Bond (including any
accrued and unpaid interest) shall be held by the Trustee in the
Bond Purchase Account. All liability of the Issuer to the
Owner thereof for the payment of such Untendered Bond shall
forthwith cease, terminate and be completely discharged, and
thereupon it shall be the duty of the Trustee to hold such funds in
a separate segregated trust account, without liability for interest
thereon, for the benefit of the owner of such Untendered Bond who
shall thereafter be restricted exclusively to such account for any
claim of whatever nature on such person’s part under this
Indenture or on or with respect to such Bond. Such funds in
such segregated trust account shall not be considered Pledged
Revenues, and such Untendered Bonds shall not be deemed to be
Outstanding under this Indenture.
After any such funds have been held in such segregated trust
account for four years, the Trustee shall certify the amount
thereof and the identifying numbers of the particular Bonds whose
Owners have a claim there against (which Owners shall also be
identified, if known) and deliver such certificate and such funds
to the Borrower. Thereafter such Owners shall have an
unsecured claim against the Borrower in respect of payment of such
Untendered Bonds, and shall have no further claim whatever against
the Issuer or the Trustee in respect thereof.
Section 411
Remarketing of Tendered Bonds . Upon receipt of a
Purchase Demand, the Trustee shall notify the Remarketing Agent by
telephone, promptly confirmed in writing, or by facsimile, of the
principal amount of Bonds or Beneficial Ownership Interests to be
purchased on the Optional Tender Date.
Upon being notified by the Trustee of its receipt of a Purchase
Demand, the Remarketing Agent shall attempt to remarket the Bonds
or Beneficial Ownership Interests described in such Purchase Demand
in accordance with this Section 411; provided, however, that if the
Borrower notifies the Remarketing Agent of a principal amount of
Tendered Bonds or Beneficial Ownership Interests which the
Remarketing Agent shall not remarket, then the Remarketing Agent
shall not attempt to remarket the principal amount of the Bonds or
Beneficial Ownership Interests so identified.
The Remarketing Agent shall use its best efforts to solicit
purchases of the Tendered Bonds or Beneficial Ownership Interests
at a price of par plus accrued interest. The Remarketing
Agent shall pay the purchase price, if any, received by it (for any
Tendered Bonds or Beneficial Ownership Interests so remarketed) to
the Trustee for deposit in the Bond Purchase Account prior to 10:00
a.m., Milwaukee time, on the Tender Date.
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No funds so deposited shall have been furnished by the Borrower
or any person who is an insider to the Borrower within the meaning
of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Upon request of the
Borrower or the Credit Facility Provider from time to time, the
Remarketing Agent shall advise the requesting party of the status
of the remarketing effort and the Trustee shall advise the
requesting party of the balance held by it in the Bond Purchase
Account.
The Remarketing Agent shall have the right to purchase Bonds or
Beneficial Ownership Interests therein (including Pledged Bonds)
for its own account to the same extent as if it were not the
Remarketing Agent hereunder, and the purchase price paid by the
Remarketing Agent for Tendered Bonds or Beneficial Ownership
Interests shall be considered proceeds of the remarketing of such
Tendered Bonds or Beneficial Ownership Interests, as the case may
be.
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Section 413
Concerning the Remarketing Agent . The Remarketing
Agent shall be a member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. and authorized by law to perform the functions of the
Remarketing Agent as described in this Indenture. The Trustee shall
cooperate with the Remarketing Agent in the performance of its
duties. The Remarketing Agent may resign upon not less than
30 days prior written notice to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Credit
Facility Provider and the Borrower and may be removed by the
Borrower with or without cause upon not less than 30 days prior
written notice to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Credit Facility
Provider and the Remarketing Agent. In case the Remarketing
Agent shall resign or be removed, the Borrower shall appoint a
successor Remarketing Agent meeting the requirements of this
Section 413. The successor Remarketing Agent shall evidence
its acceptance of its duties hereunder by a writing delivered to
the Trustee and the Credit Facility Provider.
The Remarketing AgentR
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