THIS TRUST
INDENTURE is made and entered into as of October 1, 2006,
between the MITCHELL COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (the
“Issuer”), a political subdivision and a municipal
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
the State of Georgia, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national banking association with its designated place of business
located in Portland, Oregon (the “Trustee”), as
Trustee. (All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
provided in Section 1.01 hereof).
WHEREAS, by virtue
of the authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of
Georgia, and particularly the Act (as hereinafter defined), and
pursuant to the Bond Resolution (as hereinafter defined), the
Issuer is authorized to enter into this Indenture and to do or
cause to be done all the acts and things herein provided or
required to be done, and to provide the financing for the Project
and to issue the Project Bonds, all as hereinafter defined and
provided for; and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to and in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Issuer has
authorized the issuance of its $53,500,000 Variable Rate Demand
Taxable Economic Development Revenue Bonds (First United Ethanol,
LLC Project), Series 2006 (the “Project Bonds”),
the proceeds of which are to be loaned to First United Ethanol, LLC
(the “Borrower”) to assist the Borrower in financing
the costs of the acquisition, construction and equipping of
manufacturing, processing and structural components of an ethanol
refining facility (hereinafter defined as the
“Project”); and
WHEREAS, the
Issuer is entering into a Loan Agreement, of even date herewith
(the “Agreement”), with the Borrower, in which the
Issuer has agreed to loan the proceeds of the Project Bonds to the
Borrower for the purpose of assisting the Borrower in the financing
of costs of the Project, and pursuant to which the Borrower has
agreed to make Loan Payments, including the payments of principal,
interest and any premium on the Note, all as hereinafter defined,
in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on, the Project Bonds when due; and
WHEREAS, in
furtherance of the Act the Issuer has determined that the Project
Bonds should be issued, sold and delivered pursuant to the Act to
provide proceeds for the financing of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the
Issuer has contracted for the sale and delivery of the Project
Bonds as herein provided; and
WHEREAS, all Bonds
issued under this Indenture will be secured by a pledge and
assignment of Issuer’s rights under the Agreement (except for
its rights as otherwise herein provided); and
WHEREAS, the Bonds
will be further secured by the Letter of Credit issued by the Bank;
and
WHEREAS, the
Project Bonds and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication
to be endorsed thereon are to be in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A with appropriate variations, omissions and
insertions as permitted or required by this Indenture;
and
WHEREAS all things
necessary to make the Project Bonds, when authenticated by the
Trustee and issued as in this Indenture provided, the valid,
binding and legal obligations of the Issuer according to the import
thereof, and to constitute this Indenture a valid assignment and
pledge of the amounts assigned and pledged to the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Project Bonds
and a valid assignment of certain rights of the Issuer under the
Agreement have been done and performed, and
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the creation,
execution and delivery of this Indenture, and the creation,
execution and issuance of the Project Bonds, subject to the terms
hereof, have in all respects been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE OF
TRUST WITNESSETH;
That the Issuer in
consideration of the premises and the acceptance by the Trustee of
the trusts hereby created and of the purchase and acceptance of the
Project Bonds by the owners thereof, and of the issuance of the
Letter of Credit by the Bank, and of the sum of one dollar, lawful
money of the United States of America, to it duly paid by the
Trustee at or before the execution and delivery of these presents,
and for other good and valuable considerations, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, in order to secure the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Project Bonds
according to their tenor and effect and to secure the performance
and observance by the Issuer of all the covenants expressed or
implied herein and in the Project Bonds, and the performance of the
Borrower of all obligations to the Bonds under the Reimbursement
Agreement (hereinafter defined), does hereby grant, bargain, sell,
convey, assign and pledge, and grant a security interest in, to
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, and its
successors in trust and assigns forever, to the extent provided in
this Indenture:
All of the rights
and interest of the Issuer in and to the Agreement, except for the
Unassigned Issuer’s Rights and any payments made by the
Borrower to meet the rebate requirements of Section 148(f) of the
Code (as defined herein).
All moneys and
securities from time to time held by the Trustee under the terms of
this Indenture and any and all other real or personal property of
every name and nature from time to time hereafter by delivery or by
writing of any kind conveyed, mortgaged, pledged, assigned or
transferred, as and for additional security hereunder by the Issuer
or by anyone in its behalf, or with its written consent to the
Trustee which is hereby authorized to receive any and all such
property at any and all times and to hold and apply the same
subject to the terms hereof.
TO HAVE AND TO
HOLD all and singular the Trust Estate, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, unto the Trustee and its respective successors
in said trust and assigns forever;
IN TRUST
NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts herein set forth for the
equal and proportionate benefit, security and protection of all
present and future owners of the Project Bonds from time to time
issued under and secured by this Indenture without privilege,
priority or distinction as to the lien or otherwise of any of the
Project Bonds over any of the other Project Bonds (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided) and for the benefit of the
Bank;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if the Issuer, its successors or assigns, shall well and truly
pay, or cause to be paid, the principal of, and premium, if any,
and interest on, the Project Bonds due or to become due, at the
times and in the manner mentioned in the Project Bonds according to
the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall cause the payments
to be made on the Project Bonds as required under Article IV
hereof, or shall provide, as permitted hereby, for the payment
thereof by depositing with the Trustee the entire amount due or to
become due thereon (or Governmental Obligations sufficient for that
purpose as provided in Article VIII hereof), and shall pay or
cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums of
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money due or to
become due to it in accordance with the terms and provisions
hereof, then upon the final payment thereof or provision therefor
this Indenture and the rights hereby granted shall cease, determine
and be void and the Trustee shall hereupon, assign, transfer, and
turn over the Trust Estate to the Bank, provided, that if the
Trustee shall have received written evidence from the Bank that all
obligations of the Borrower under the Reimbursement Agreement have
been satisfied and that the Reimbursement Agreement has been
terminated, or if no Letter of Credit shall then be in existence,
then the Trust Estate shall be assigned, transferred and turned
over to the Borrower, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver to
the Issuer, the Bank, and the Borrower such instruments in writing
as shall be requisite to evidence such transfer of the Trust
Estate; otherwise this Indenture shall be and remain in full force
and effect according to its terms. Upon the Trustee’s
assignment, transfer and turning over to the Bank or the Borrower,
as appropriate, of the Trust Estate, pursuant to Article VIII
hereof, the Trustee shall have no further duties, responsibilities
or obligations under and pursuant to this Indenture.
THIS INDENTURE OF
TRUST FURTHER WITNESSETH, and it is expressly declared that, all
Bonds issued and secured hereunder are to be issued, authenticated
and delivered and all property, rights and interest, including,
without limitation, the amounts hereby assigned and pledged, are to
be dealt with and disposed of under, upon and subject to the terms,
conditions, stipulations, covenants, agreements, trusts, uses and
purposes as hereinafter expressed, and the Issuer has agreed and
covenanted, and does hereby agree and covenant with the Trustee and
with the respective owners of the Bonds as follows (subject,
however, to the provisions of Section 2.03 hereof):
Section 1.01
Definitions . The terms defined in this Article I shall
have meanings provided herein for all purposes of this Indenture,
unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
“Accrual
Period” means, prior to the Conversion Date, the one-week
period commencing on a Thursday and ending on the Wednesday
immediately succeeding such Thursday.
“Act”
means House Resolution No. 379-774, an amendment to the
Georgia Constitution, enacted by the 1962 Session of the Georgia
Legislature, creating and empowering the Mitchell County
Development Authority.
“Additional
Bonds” means Bonds issued pursuant to Section 2.11 of
this Indenture.
“Agreement”
means the Loan Agreement, between the Issuer and the Borrower,
dated as of October 1, 2006, and any amendments and supplements
thereto.
“Alternate
Confirming Letter of Credit” means a confirming letter of
credit delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.12 of
the Agreement to replace the Confirming Letter of Credit then in
effect.
“Alternate
Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Agreement to replace
the Letter of Credit then in effect.
“Auditor”
means the Auditor of the Issuer.
“Authenticating
Agent” means the Trustee.
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“Authorized
Borrower Representative” means any person reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee and the Bank and from time to time
designated to act on behalf of the Borrower by written certificate
furnished to the Issuer, the Bank and the Trustee, containing the
specimen signature of such person and signed on behalf of the
Borrower by an officer of the Borrower. Such certificate may
designate an alternate or alternates who shall have the same
authority, duties and powers as such Authorized
Representative.
“Authorized
Denominations” means, while the Bonds bear interest at the
Variable Rate, $100,000 and any integral multiple of $5,000 in
excess thereof, and, while the Bonds bear interest at the Fixed
Interest Rate, $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
“Authorized
Issuer Representative” means the person from time to time
designated to act on behalf of the Issuer by written certificate
furnished to the Borrower, the Bank and the Trustee, containing the
specimen signature of such person and signed on behalf of the
Issuer by its President or Vice President. Such certificate may
designate an alternate or alternates who shall have the same
authority, duties and powers as the Authorized Issuer
Representative.
“Available
Moneys” means (i) proceeds from the sale by the Issuer
of the Bonds and proceeds from the resale by the Remarketing Agent
of Bonds delivered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 or
3.03 hereof and not remarketed to the Borrower or the Issuer, in
each case that have not been commingled with other funds that do
not constitute Available Moneys, and proceeds from the investment
thereof, (ii) moneys that have been on deposit with the
Trustee and with respect to which at the time of deposit therewith
and for a period of at least 124 days thereafter no petition
by or against the Borrower or the Issuer, any Insider of the
Borrower or the Issuer, or any guarantor of the Bonds under any
bankruptcy act or under any similar act which may be hereafter
enacted shall have been filed, unless such petition shall have been
dismissed and such dismissal shall be final and not subject to
appeal, and that have not been commingled with other funds that do
not constitute Available Moneys, and proceeds from the investment
thereof, provided , however , before using such
moneys, the Trustee shall require and shall have received a
certificate from the Authorized Borrower Representative that no
Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred as of the date of such
certificate and for a period of at least 124 days prior to the
date of such certificate, (iii) moneys that have been paid to
the Trustee pursuant to the Letter of Credit and that have been
held in the Letter of Credit Account and not commingled with other
funds that do not constitute Available Moneys, and proceeds from
the investment thereof, (iv) moneys that have been paid to the
Trustee pursuant to any Confirming Letter of Credit and that have
been held in the Letter of Credit Account and not commingled with
other funds that do not constitute Available Moneys, and proceeds
from the investment thereof, and (v) moneys made available to
the Trustee pursuant to a line of credit or other credit facility
in the event the Borrower delivers to the Trustee an opinion of
nationally recognized bankruptcy counsel, to the effect that
payments in respect of the Bonds under such credit facility will
not constitute a voidable preference in the event of an Event of
Bankruptcy with respect to the Issuer or the Borrower and provided
that in the event the Bonds are rated by Moody’s or S&P,
such agency shall have confirmed that the use of such funds shall
not adversely affect any rating then in effect on the
Bonds.
“Bank”
means a commercial bank, farm credit bank or agriculture credit
association, initially Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, ACA, as the
issuer of the Letter of Credit, or, in the event of issuance of an
Alternate Letter of Credit, the commercial bank, farm credit bank
or agriculture credit association which issues such Alternate
Letter of Credit. “Principal Office of the Bank” means
the office designated as such by the Bank in writing to the
Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Borrower and the Remarketing
Agent.
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“Bankruptcy
Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978,
as amended from time to time, or any substitute or replacement
legislation.
“Bond
Counsel” means any firm of bond counsel familiar with the
transactions contemplated under this Indenture and acceptable to
the Trustee and the Bank.
“Bond
Fund” means the Bond Fund established pursuant to
Section 6.02 of this Indenture.
“Bondholder”
or “holder” or “owner” or
“Owner” means the registered owner of any
Bond.
“Bond
Payment Date” means any Interest Payment Date and any other
date on which the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Bonds is to be paid to the Owners thereof, whether upon
redemption, at maturity or upon acceleration of maturity of the
Bonds.
“Bond
Purchase Agreement” means the Bond Purchase Agreement by and
among the Issuer, the Borrower and the Underwriter in connection
with the Project Bonds.
“Bond
Resolution” means (a) when used with reference to the
Project Bonds, the ordinance providing for their issuance and
approving the Agreement, this Indenture and related matters; (b)
when used with reference to an issue of Additional Bonds, the
resolution providing for the issuance of the Bonds, to the extent
applicable, and the resolution providing for the issuance of the
Additional Bonds and approving any amendment to the Agreement, any
Supplemental Indenture and related matters; and (c) when used
with reference to Bonds when Additional Bonds are outstanding, the
resolution providing for the issuance of the Bonds, to the extent
applicable, and the resolution providing for the issuance of the
then outstanding and the then to be issued Additional Bonds; in
each case as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Bonds”
means the Project Bonds and any Additional Bonds issued and to be
issued pursuant to this Indenture.
“Borrower”
means First United Ethanol, LLC, a Georgia limited liability
company, and its successors and assigns.
“Business
Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which
banks in the City of Portland, Oregon, or such other city in which
the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee is located are
not required or authorized to close and on which the Bank is open
for business.
“Completion
Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Agreement.
“Confirmation
Agreement” means, with respect to the Confirming Letter of
Credit, the Confirmation Agreement dated as of November 1,
2006 between the Bank and the Confirming Bank, together with all
amendments and supplements thereto, and, with respect to any
Alternate Confirming Letter of Credit, the agreement pursuant to
which the Confirming Bank agrees to issue such Alternate Confirming
Letter of Credit.
“Confirming
Bank” means a commercial bank, initially Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as the issuer of the Confirming Letter of
Credit, or, in the event of issuance of an Alternate Confirming
Letter of Credit, the commercial bank which issues such Alternate
Confirming Letter of Credit. “Principal Office of the
Confirming Bank” means the office designated as such by the
Confirming Bank in writing to the Bank, the Trustee, the Paying
Agent, the Borrower and the Remarketing Agent.
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“Confirming
Letter of Credit” means an irrevocable confirmation of the
Letter of Credit issued by the Confirming Bank under the terms of
which the Trustee will be entitled to draw, upon the dishonor by
the Bank of any request for payment under the Letter of Credit, an
amount sufficient to pay (a) principal of the Project Bonds
when due or the portion of the purchase price of Project Bonds
corresponding to the principal amount thereof, and
(b) interest on the Project Bonds or the portion of the
purchase price of Project Bonds corresponding to accrued interest
thereon. In the event of delivery of an Alternate Confirming Letter
of Credit in substitution for Confirming Letter of Credit A
pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Agreement, “Confirming
Letter of Credit” shall include reference to such Alternate
Confirming Letter of Credit.
“Conversion
Date” means the date on which the interest on the Bonds
converts from the Variable Rate to the Fixed Interest
Rate.
“Designated
Corporate Trust Office” of the Trustee means the corporate
trust office of the Trustee designated in writing by notice to the
Issuer and the Borrower given as provided in Section 14.04 hereof,
and initially shall be the address provided in Section 14.04
hereof.
“Event of
Bankruptcy” means the filing of a petition in bankruptcy (or
the other commencement of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding) by or
against the Borrower, the Issuer or any Insider of the Borrower or
the Issuer, or any guarantor of the Bonds under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law, now or
hereinafter in effect.
“Event of
Default” means any occurrence or event specified in and
defined by Section 9.01 hereof.
“Executive”
means the Acting Chairman of the Board of the Mitchell County
Development Authority, Mitchell County, Georgia.
“Fixed
Interest Rate” means a fixed per annum interest rate to be
borne by the Bonds pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof.
“Governmental
Obligations” means noncallable direct general obligations of,
or obligations the full and timely payment of the principal and
interest of which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States of America.
“Immediate
Notice” means notice by telephone, telex or telecopier to
such address as the addressee shall have directed in writing,
promptly followed by written notice by first class mail postage
prepaid.
“Indenture”
means the Trust Indenture between the Issuer and the Trustee
relating to the issuance of the Project Bonds, dated
October 1, 2006, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Insider”
means an “insider” as defined in the Bankruptcy
Code.
“Interest
Payment Date” means, as to the Project Bonds, (i) prior
to conversion to a Fixed Interest Rate, the first Thursday of
January, 2007, and the first Thursday of each third month
thereafter; (ii) the date of conversion to a Fixed Interest
Rate; (iii) after conversion to a Fixed Interest Rate, each
April 1 and October 1, and (iv) the Maturity Date (as
hereinafter defined) and, as to Additional Bonds, the date or dates
identified as such in the Bond Resolution authorizing such
Additional Bonds.
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“Interest
Period” means, initially, the period from and including the
date of initial delivery of the Project Bonds to and including
January 3, 2007 and thereafter, the period from and including
an Interest Payment Date to and including the day next preceding
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
“Issuer”
means Mitchell County Development Authority, a public body
corporate and politic and an instrumentality of Mitchell County,
Georgia, duly authorized and existing under the Constitution and
laws of the State of Georgia, including the Act, its heirs,
successors and assigns.
“Letter of
Credit” means an irrevocable letter of credit issued by the
Bank, or, upon the dishonor by the Bank of any request for payment
under the Letter of Credit or upon the repudiation of the Letter of
Credit, a Confirming Letter of Credit, under the terms of which the
Trustee will be entitled to draw an amount sufficient to pay
(a) principal of the Project Bonds when due or the portion of
the purchase price of Project Bonds corresponding to the principal
amount thereof, and (b) interest on the Project Bonds or the
portion of the purchase price of Project Bonds corresponding to
accrued interest thereon. In the event of delivery of an Alternate
Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Agreement,
“Letter of Credit” shall include reference to such
Alternate Letter of Credit. For any letter of credit issued by any
Additional Bonds, “Letter of Credit” shall mean such
letter of credit.
“Letter of
Credit Termination Date” or “Expiration of the term of
the Letter of Credit” means the expiration of the Letter of
Credit or any Confirming Letter of Credit in effect with respect to
the Project Bonds without provision being made in accordance with
Section 2.12 of the Agreement and Section 6.08 of this
Indenture for the delivery of an Alternate Letter of Credit or an
Alternate Confirming Letter of Credit, as the case may
be.
“Loan”
means the loan by the Issuer to the Borrower of the proceeds from
the sale of the Project Bonds to the Original Purchaser as the same
may hereafter be increased from the proceeds from the sale of
Additional Bonds.
“Loan
Payments” means the amounts required to be paid and/or
prepaid by the provisions of Section 2.1 of the Agreement, as
the same may hereafter be amended or supplemented.
“Mail”
means mail by first-class postage to owners of the
Bonds.
“Mandatory
Tender Date” means (i) the last Interest Payment Date
prior to the date on which the Letter of Credit or any Confirming
Letter of Credit is to be released (in connection with the
substitution of the Letter of Credit or any Confirming Letter of
Credit, as the case may be, then in effect), and (ii) the
Conversion Date.
“Maturity
Date” means October 1, 2031.
“Maximum
Interest Rate” means ten percent (10%) per annum prior to the
Conversion Date and, upon and after the Conversion Date, the Fixed
Interest Rate.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, its
successors and their assigns, and, if such corporation shall for
any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating
agency, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to any
other nationally-recognized rating agency designated by the Issuer
with the approval of the Borrower and the Bank.
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“Mortgage”
means the Deed to Secure Debt from the Borrower to the Bank with
respect to the Project, dated as of November ___, 2006, as the same
may be duly amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with
the provisions thereof.
“Note”
or “Notes” means the promissory note dated the date of
the Project Bonds constituting the promise of the Borrower to repay
the Loan to the Issuer, which Note shall be in substantially the
form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit A, and any
additional promissory note or notes executed and delivered with
respect to Additional Bonds.
“Original
Purchaser” means, as to the Project Bonds, W.R. Taylor &
Company, LLC, and, as to any Additional Bonds, the person or
persons identified as such in the Bond Resolution providing for the
issuance of such Additional Bonds.
“Outstanding
Bonds” or “Bonds outstanding” or
“Outstanding” means all Bonds which have been
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except:
(a) Bonds
cancelled after purchase or because of payment at or redemption
prior to maturity;
(b) Bonds or
portions thereof (in Authorized Denominations) for the payment or
redemption of which cash funds or Governmental Obligations shall
have been theretofore deposited with the Trustee in accordance with
Article VIII hereof (whether upon or prior to the maturity or
redemption date of any such Bonds or portions thereof); provided
that, if such Bonds or portions thereof are to be redeemed prior to
the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been
given or arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been
made therefor, or waiver of such notice satisfactory in form to the
Trustee shall have been filed with the Trustee; and
(c) Bonds in lieu
of which others have been authenticated under Section 2.07 of
this Indenture.
If this
Indenture shall have been discharged pursuant to the provisions of
Article VIII hereof, no Bonds shall be deemed to be
outstanding within the meaning of this provision.
“Paying
Agent” means the Trustee.
“Permitted
Investments” means the same as that term is defined in the
Agreement.
“Project
Bonds” means the $53,500,000 Mitchell County Development
Authority Variable Rate Demand Taxable Economic Development Revenue
Bonds (First United Ethanol, LLC Project),
Series 2006.
“Project
Costs” means those costs permitted to be paid from the
Project Fund pursuant to Section 4.2 of the
Agreement.
“Project
Fund” means the Project Fund established in Section 6.06
of this Indenture.
“Purchase
Date”, when used with respect to any Bond, means the date
upon which the Paying Agent is obligated to purchase such Bond
pursuant to Section 3.01 of this Indenture.
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“Purchase
Price” of any Bond required to be purchased by the Paying
Agent pursuant to Section 3.01 of this Indenture means an amount
equal to the principal amount of such Bond plus interest accrued,
if any, at the Variable Rate from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to the Purchase Date.
“Record
Date” means prior to conversion to the Fixed Interest Rate,
one (1) day preceding any Interest Payment Date, and after any
such conversion, the fifteenth (15th) day of the month preceding
any Interest Payment Date.
“Redemption
Year” means each twelve month period following October 1 of
any year.
“Registered
Owner” shall mean the person or persons in whose name or
names a Bond shall be registered on books of the Issuer kept by the
Trustee for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
“Registrar”
means the Trustee.
“Reimbursement
Account” means the Reimbursement Account or Accounts in the
Bond Fund created pursuant to Section 6.02 of this
Indenture.
“Reimbursement
Agreement” means, with respect to the initial Letter of
Credit, the Reimbursement Agreement dated as of November 30,
2006, between the Bank and the Borrower, together with all
amendments or supplements thereto, and, with respect to any
Alternate Letter of Credit, the agreement pursuant to which the
Bank agrees to issue such Alternate Letter of Credit.
“Remarketing
Agent” means the remarketing agent appointed in accordance
with Section 10.11 of this Indenture, initially W.R. Taylor
& Company, LLC. “Principal Office of the Remarketing
Agent” means the office designated in writing by the
Remarketing Agent to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Bank, the
Issuer and the Borrower.
“Remarketing
Agreement” means the Remarketing Agreement between the
Borrower and the Remarketing Agent, dated October 1,
2006.
“Representation
Letter” means any agreement (as from time to time
supplemented or amended) among the Issuer and/or the Trustee and
any securities depository under which the Bonds are held in a
book-entry only system as described in Section 2.10 of this
Indenture.
“Revenues”
means (a) the Loan Payments, including the payments of
principal of and interest and any premium on the Note,
(b) except as otherwise provided in this Indenture with
respect to the Trustee holding moneys for the benefit of the
holders of particular Bonds, all other moneys received by the
Issuer or the Trustee for the account of the Issuer, including
condemnation awards, insurance proceeds, and other payments
pursuant to this Agreement or in respect to the Loan, (c) the
proceeds of the Bonds and any moneys deposited in the Project Fund
and the Bond Fund from whatever source including any draws under
the Letter of Credit, and (d) the income and profit from the
investment of the Loan Payments and such moneys deposited in the
Project Fund and the Bond Fund.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of the
McGraw-Hill Companies, its successors and their assigns, and, if
such company shall for any reason no longer perform the functions
of a securities rating agency, “S&P” shall be
deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities
rating agency designated by the Issuer with the approval of the
Borrower and the Bank.
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“Special
Record Date” means a day that is the tenth (10th) day next
preceding the date of mailing of notice of redemption of Bonds or,
if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business
Day.
“State”
means the State of Georgia.
“Tender
Agent” means the Trustee.
“Termination
Date” means October 1, 2031, subject to earlier
termination as provided in the Agreement.
“Trust
Estate” means the property conveyed to the Trustee pursuant
to the Granting Clauses of this Indenture.
“Trustee”
means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking
association, and its successors and any corporation resulting from
or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it or its
successors may be a party and any successor trustee and/or
co-trustee at the time serving as such under this
Indenture.
“Underwriter”
means W.R. Taylor & Company, LLC.
“Unassigned
Issuer’s Rights” means the same as that term is defined
in the Agreement.
“Variable
Rate” means a per annum rate of interest established by the
Remarketing Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 2.01
hereof.
“Variable
Rate Period” means the period of time beginning on the date
of initial authentication and delivery of the Bonds during which
the Bonds bear interest at a Variable Rate.
Unless the context
shall otherwise indicate, words importing the singular number shall
include the plural number, and vice versa, and the terms
“hereof,” “hereby,” “hereto,”
“hereunder,” and similar terms, mean this
Indenture.
Section 1.02
Interpretation . Any reference herein to the Issuer, or to
any member or officer of either includes entities or officials
succeeding to their respective functions, duties or
responsibilities pursuant to or by operation of law or who are
lawfully performing their functions.
Any reference to a
section or provision of the Constitution of the State or the Act,
or to any statute of the United States of America, includes that
section, provision or chapter as amended, modified, revised,
supplemented or superseded from time to time; provided, that no
amendment, modification, revision, supplement or superseding
section, provision or chapter shall be applicable solely by reason
of this paragraph, if it constitutes in any way an impairment of
the rights or obligations of the Issuer, the Holders, the Trustee,
the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Tender Agent, the Bank, the
Remarketing Agent or the Borrower under this Indenture, the
Agreement or the Reimbursement Agreement, or under any other
instrument or document entered into in connection with any of the
foregoing, including without limitation, any alteration of the
obligation to pay principal of, and premium, if any, and interest
on the Bonds in the amount and manner, at the times, and from the
sources provided in the Bond Resolution and this Indenture, except
as permitted herein.
Unless the context
indicates otherwise, words importing the singular number include
the plural number, and vice versa. The terms “hereof”,
“hereby”, “herein”, “hereto”,
“hereunder”, “hereinafter” and similar
terms refer to this Indenture; and the term “hereafter”
means after, and the term “heretofore”
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means before,
the date of this Indenture. Words of any gender include the
correlative words of the other genders, unless the sense indicates
otherwise.
Section 1.03.
Captions and Headings . The captions and headings in this
Indenture are solely for convenience of reference and in no way
define, limit or describe the scope or intent of any Articles,
Sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs or clauses
hereof.
Section 2.01.
Authority for and Issuance of Project Bonds . There is
hereby authorized under this Indenture an issue of bonds limited in
aggregate principal amount to $53,500,000 and designated
“$53,500,000 Mitchell County Development Authority Variable
Rate Demand Taxable Economic Development Revenue Bonds (First
United Ethanol, LLC Project), Series 2006”. No Project
Bonds may be issued under the provisions of this Indenture except
in accordance with this Article. The total principal amount of
Project Bonds that may be issued and Outstanding hereunder is
hereby expressly limited to $53,500,000 except as provided in
Section 2.07 hereof.
The Project Bonds
shall be issuable only as fully registered Project Bonds in
Authorized Denominations, in the form as provided in Exhibit A
hereto. The Project Bonds shall be lettered “R” and
shall be numbered separately from 1 consecutively upward. The
Project Bonds shall initially be dated as of the date of initial
delivery of the Project Bonds, and thereafter shall be dated as of
the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of their
authentication, unless authenticated on an Interest Payment Date in
which case they shall be dated on the date of their authentication;
provided, however, that if at the time of authentication of any
Bond interest thereon is in default, such Bond shall be dated as of
the date to which interest has been paid. The Project Bonds shall
mature on October 1, 2031 and shall be subject to redemption
and purchase as provided in Article III hereof.
During the period
from their date of delivery until conversion to the Fixed Interest
Rate occurs, the Project Bonds shall bear interest at a Variable
Rate per annum, payable on each Interest Payment Date commencing
January 4, 2007, or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the
next succeeding Business Day. The Variable Rate shall be the lesser
of (i) the Maximum Interest Rate or (ii) a fluctuating
per annum rate equal to the per annum rate for the for the one-week
period commencing on a Thursday and ending on the Wednesday
succeeding such Thursday (the “Accrual Period”)
determined by the Remarketing Agent (herein defined) by 9:00 a.m.,
Portland, Oregon time, on the Wednesday preceding the day on which
the Accrual Period commences or, if such day of determination is
not a Business Day (herein defined) for the Remarketing Agent, on
the first succeeding day which is a Business Day (the
“Determination Date”), to be equal to (but not more
than) the rate required to be borne by the Bonds for such Accrual
Period to produce a bid for the purchase of all the Bonds on such
Determination Date at a price equal to the principal amount thereof
plus accrued interest, if any, thereon from the most recent
Interest Payment Date. If for any reason the Variable Rate is not
determined as set forth above on any Determination Date, the
interest rate announced on the preceding Determination Date shall
continue in effect. If for any reason the Variable Rate is not so
determined for a second succeeding week or thereafter, the Variable
Rate shall thereafter be determined by the Trustee and shall be a
percentage per annum (not to exceed the Maximum Interest Rate)
equal to twenty-five basis points in excess of the then current
municipal swap index as quoted by the Bond Market
Association.
During the
Variable Rate Period, the Borrower may provide for the conversion
of the interest on all of the Project Bonds to a Fixed Interest
Rate as provided in Section 4.01 hereof.
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During the
Variable Rate Period, each Bond is required to be purchased on
demand made by the Owner thereof upon the terms and conditions,
including presentment of such Bond at the office of the Tender
Agent, as specified in Section 3.02 hereof and the Notice of
Demand Privilege as set forth in Exhibit A attached
hereto.
After conversion
to a Fixed Interest Rate, the Project Bonds shall bear interest
payable semi-annually on each Interest Payment Date, with such
interest being initially paid on the first April 1 or October 1
after conversion to a Fixed Interest Rate, computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Each Bond is
subject to mandatory tender to the Tender Agent as specified in
Section 3.01B, 3.03 and the Notice of Demand Privilege
appearing in Exhibit A attached hereto in the City of
Portland, Oregon, for purchase at a price equal to the principal
amount thereof plus interest accrued thereon from the most recent
Interest Payment Date therefor to the date of purchase specified
below, unless sooner purchased on such terms pursuant to
remarketing in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement,
(1) on the Conversion Date when converted to a different
Interest Rate Mode, and (2) on the last Interest Payment Date
prior to the release of either the Letter of Credit or any
Confirming Letter of Credit (in connection with a substitution of
the Letter of Credit or any Confirming Letter of Credit, as the
case may be, then in effect)..
The principal of
the Project Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United
States of America at the Principal Office of the Paying Agent or
its successor upon presentation of the Project Bonds. Payment of
interest on the Project Bonds shall be made in lawful money of the
United States of America to the Owner thereof by check or draft
mailed to the Owner by the Paying Agent at his address as it
appears on the registration books maintained by or on behalf of the
Issuer on the Record Date, or at such other address as is furnished
to the Paying Agent in writing by such Owner. Payment of interest
on the Project Bonds may, at the option of any Owner of Project
Bonds in an aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000, be
transmitted by wire transfer to such Owner to the bank account
number on file with the Registrar as of the Record Date or, when
applicable, the Special Record Date.
Section 2.02.
Interest on Bonds .
The Bonds shall
bear interest from and including the date thereof until payment of
the principal or redemption price thereof shall have been made or
provided for in accordance with the provisions hereof, whether at
maturity, upon redemption or otherwise. Interest accrued on the
Bonds from the date of authentication to and including
January 3, 2007 shall be paid on the first Thursday of
January, 2007 at the Variable Rate. Thereafter until the Conversion
Date, interest accrued on the Bonds during each Interest Period
(calculated and determined for each Accrual Period) shall be paid
on each Interest Payment Date and (except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.06 hereof following conversion to a Fixed Interest Rate)
computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as
appropriate, for the actual number of days elapsed. In no event
shall the Variable Rate exceed the Maximum Interest
Rate.
Section 2.03.
Execution . The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the
Issuer by the manual or facsimile signature of the Executive,
attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary, and
the Issuer’s corporate seal may be affixed, imprinted or
reproduced thereon. All authorized facsimile signatures shall have
the same force and effect as if manually signed. In case any
official whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall
appear on the Bonds shall cease to be such official before the
delivery of such Bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall
nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as
if such official had remained in office until delivery.
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No covenant,
provision or agreement of the Issuer herein or in the Bonds or in
any other document executed by the Issuer in connection with the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds, or any obligation herein
or therein imposed upon the Issuer or breach thereof, shall give
rise to a pecuniary liability of the Issuer, its members, officers,
employees or agents or a charge against the Issuer’s general
credit or general fund or shall obligate the Issuer, its members,
officers, employees or agents financially in any way except with
respect to this Indenture and the application of revenues therefrom
and the proceeds of the Bonds. No failure of the Issuer to comply
with any term, condition, covenant or agreement therein shall
subject the Issuer, its members, officers, employees or agents to
liability for any claim for damages, costs or other financial or
pecuniary charges except to the extent that the same can be paid or
recovered from this Indenture or revenues therefrom or proceeds of
the Bonds. No execution on any claim, demand, cause of action or
judgment shall be levied upon or collected form the general credit
or general fund of the Issuer. In making the agreements, provisions
and covenants set forth herein, the Issuer has not obligated itself
except with respect to this Indenture and the application of
revenues hereunder as hereinabove provided. The Bonds constitute
special limited obligations of the Issuer, payable solely from the
revenues pledged to the payment thereof pursuant to this Indenture
and the Agreement, and do not now and shall never constitute an
indebtedness or a loan of the credit of the Issuer, the State of
Georgia or any political subdivision thereof or a charge against
general taxing powers within the meaning of any constitutional or
statutory provision whatsoever. It is further understood and agreed
by the Borrower and the Holders that the Issuer, its members,
officers, employees, or agents shall incur no pecuniary liability
hereunder and shall not be liable for any expenses related hereto,
all of which the Borrower agrees to pay. If, notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section, the Issuer, its members, officers,
employees or agents incur any expense, or suffer any losses, claims
or damages or incur any liabilities, the Borrower will indemnify
and hold harmless the Issuer, its members, officers, employees or
agents from the same and will reimburse the Issuer, its members,
officers, employees or agents in relation thereto, and this
covenant to indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse the Issuer, its
members, officers, employees or agents survives delivery of and
payment for the Bonds.
Section 2.04.
Authentication . No Bond shall be valid or obligatory for
any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under this
Indenture unless and until a certificate of authentication on such
Bond substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit A hereto
shall have been duly executed by the Trustee, and such executed
certificate of the Trustee by a duly authorized signatory upon any
such Bond shall be conclusive evidence that such Bond has been
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication on any Bond shall be
deemed to have been executed by it if manually signed by an
authorized signatory of the Trustee, but it shall not be necessary
that the same signatory sign the certificate of authentication on
all of the Bonds issued hereunder. The Trustee shall insert the
date of authentication of each Bond in the place provided for such
purpose in the form of certificate of authentication of the Trustee
to appear on each Bond.
Section 2.05.
Form of Bonds . The Bonds issued under this Indenture shall
be substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit A hereto
with, in the case of Additional Bonds, such omissions, insertions
and variations as may be authorized or permitted by the Bond
Resolution authorizing, or supplemental indenture entered into in
connection with, such Additional Bonds, all consistent with this
Indenture.
Section 2.06.
Delivery of Project Bonds . Upon the execution and delivery
of this Indenture, the Issuer shall execute and deliver to the
Trustee and the Trustee shall authenticate the Project Bonds and
deliver them to or on behalf of the Underwriter as directed by the
Issuer as hereinafter in this Section provided.
Prior to the
delivery by the Trustee of any of the Project Bonds there shall be
filed with the Trustee:
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1. A copy,
duly certified by the Secretary of the Issuer, of the proceedings
of the Issuer authorizing the execution and delivery of the
Agreement, this Indenture, the Bond Purchase Agreement, and the
Note, and the issuance of the Project Bonds.
2. The Letter
of Credit and the Confirming Letter of Credit.
3. Original
executed counterparts of this Indenture and the
Agreement.
4. The
original executed Note which will:
(a) be payable to
the Issuer and assigned to the Trustee;
(b) be issued in a
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Project Bonds;
(c) provide for
payments of interest equal to the payments of interest on the
Project Bonds;
(d) require
payments of principal, any premium and/or prepayments equal to the
payments of principal, and premium and/or mandatory sinking fund
payments on the Project Bonds;
(e) require all
payments on such Note to be made on or prior to the date for the
corresponding payments to be made on the Project Bonds;
(f) contain
optional prepayment provisions and provisions in respect of the
acceleration of principal and any premium corresponding to such
provisions of the Project Bonds;
(g) be on a parity
with all other Notes thereafter executed and delivered by the
Borrower.
5. A request
and authorization to the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer to
authenticate and deliver the Project Bonds to or as directed by the
Underwriter upon payment to the Trustee, but for the account of the
Issuer, of a sum specified in such request and authorization. The
proceeds of such payment shall be deposited in accordance with
Sections 2.01, 6.06 and 6.07 hereof.
6. An opinion
of Bond Counsel substantially to the effect that the Project Bonds
constitute legal, valid and binding limited obligations of the
Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors and to the exercise
of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of
equity; and
7. Opinion of
counsel to the Borrower in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, Bond Counsel, the Bank and the
Underwriter.
Section 2.07.
Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bonds .
A. 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
denomination as that mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed; provided
that, in the case of any mutilated Bond, such mutilated Bond shall
first be surrendered to the Issuer and in the case of any lost,
stolen or destroyed Bond, there shall be first furnished to the
Issuer and the Trustee and the Borrower evidence of such loss,
theft or destruction satisfactory to the Issuer, the Trustee and
the Borrower, together with any indemnity satisfactory to them. In
the event any such Bond
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shall have
matured, instead of issuing a duplicate Bond, the Issuer 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.
B. In the
event that any Bond to be purchased pursuant to Section 3.09
hereof is not delivered by the Owner thereof on the date such Bond
is to be purchased, the Issuer shall execute and the Authenticating
Agent shall authenticate and deliver a new Bond of like date,
maturity and denomination as the Bond to be purchased, and the
Registrar shall register such Bond in the name of the new
Owner.
Section 2.08.
Registration and Exchange of Bonds; Persons Treated as
Owners . The Issuer shall cause books for the registration and
for the transfer of the Bonds as provided in this Indenture to be
kept by the Trustee which is hereby constituted and appointed the
Registrar of the Issuer.
Upon surrender for
transfer of any Bond at the designated corporate trust office of
the Trustee, duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by an
assignment duly executed by the registered owner or his attorney
duly authorized in writing, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Bond or
Bonds duly executed by the Issuer of an Authorized Denomination or
Authorized Denominations for a like aggregate principal
amount.
Any Bond or Bonds
may be exchanged at the designated corporate trust office of the
Trustee for a new Bond or Bonds of like principal amount of another
Authorized Denomination or other Authorized Denominations. Upon
surrender of any Bond or Bonds for exchange, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver a new Bond or Bonds duly executed by the
Issuer which the Bondholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
The Trustee shall
not be required to transfer or exchange any Bond during the period
of fifteen (15) days next preceding any Interest Payment Date
nor to transfer or exchange any Bond after the mailing of notice
calling such Bond or portion thereof for redemption has been given
as herein provided, nor during the period of fifteen (15) days
next preceding the giving of such notice of redemption.
The person in
whose name any Bond shall be registered shall be deemed and
regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and
payment of or on account of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on any such Bond shall be made only to or upon the written
order of the registered owner thereof or his legal representative,
but such registration may be changed as hereinabove provided. All
such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge
the liability upon such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so
paid.
In each case the
Trustee shall require the payment by the Bondholder requesting
exchange or transfer of any tax or other governmental charge
required to be paid with respect to such exchange or transfer, but
otherwise no charge shall be made to the Bondholder for such
exchange or transfer.
Section 2.09.
Cancellation of Bonds . Whenever any outstanding Bond shall
be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this
Indenture, upon payment of the principal amount represented
thereby, or for replacement pursuant to Section 2.07, or for
transfer pursuant to Section 2.08, such Bond shall be promptly
canceled and destroyed by the Trustee.
Section 2.10.
Book Entry System . The Project Bonds shall be initially
issued in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as nominee for
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), as registered
owner of the Project Bonds, and held in the custody of DTC. A
single Bond certificate will be issued and delivered to DTC. The
actual purchasers of the Project Bonds (the “Beneficial
Owners”) will not receive physical delivery of Bond
certificates except as provided herein. For so long as DTC shall
continue to serve as
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securities
depository for the Project Bonds as provided herein, all transfers
of beneficial ownership interests will be made by book-entry only,
and no investor or other party purchasing, selling or otherwise
transferring beneficial ownership of Project Bonds is to receive,
hold or deliver any Bond certificate.
For every transfer
and exchange of Bonds, the Beneficial Owner may be charged a sum
sufficient to cover such Beneficial Owner’s allocable share
of any tax, fee or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto.
Bond certificates
are required to be delivered to and registered in the name of the
Beneficial Owner under the following circumstances:
(a) DTC
determines to discontinue providing its service with respect to the
Bonds. Such a determination may be made at any time by giving
30 days’ notice to the Issuer, the Borrower and the
Trustee and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto
under any applicable law; or
(b) the
Borrower determines to discontinue the system of book-entry
transfers through DTC (or a successor securities
depository).
The Issuer, the
Borrower and the Trustee will recognize DTC or its nominee as the
Bond owner for all purposes, including notices and
voting.
The Issuer, the
Trustee and the Underwriter may conclusively rely on (A) a
certificate of DTC as to the identity of the participants in the
book-entry system, and (B) a certificate of such participants
as to the identity of, and the respective principal amounts of
Bonds beneficially owned by, the Beneficial Owners.
Whenever, during
the term of the Bonds, beneficial ownership thereof is determined
by a book entry at DTC, the requirements in this Indenture of
holding, delivering or transferring Bonds shall be deemed modified
to require the appropriate person to meet the requirements of DTC
as to registering or transferring the book entry to produce the
same effect.
The Trustee and
the Issuer, at the direction and expense of the Borrower and with
the written consent of the Underwriter, may from time to time
appoint a successor securities depository and enter into an
agreement with such successor securities depository, to establish
procedures with respect to the Bonds not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture. Any successor securities depository
shall be a “clearing agency” registered under
Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Neither the
Issuer, the Borrower, the Trustee nor the Underwriter (except and
only to the extent it is also a participant in the book-entry
system) will have any responsibility or obligation to DTC, any
participant in the book-entry system or the Beneficial Owners with
respect to (i) the accuracy of any records maintained by DTC
or any participant, (ii) the payment by DTC or any participant
of any amount due to any Beneficial Owner with respect to the
principal or purchase price or, the premium or interest on, any
Bond, (iii) the delivery of any notice by DTC or any
participant, (iv) the selection of the Beneficial Owners to
receive payment in the event of any partial redemption of the
Bonds, or (v) any other action taken by DTC or any
participant.
Notwithstanding
anything in this Indenture to the contrary, the Issuer and the
Trustee hereby agree as follows with respect to the Bonds, if and
to the extent any Bond is registered in the name of “Cede
& Co.” as nominee of DTC: (i) the Trustee shall give
DTC all special notices required by the Representation Letter at
the times, in the forms and by the means required by the
Representation Letter; (ii) the Trustee shall make payments to
Cede & Co. at the times and by the means specified in the
Representations Letter; (iii) Cede & Co., shall not be
required to surrender Bonds which have been
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partially paid
or prepaid to the extent permitted by the Representation Letter;
and (iv) the Trustee shall set a special record date (and
shall notify the registered owners of the Bonds thereof in writing)
prior to soliciting any Bondholder consent or vote, such notice to
be given not less than 15 calendar days prior to such record date
(any Bond transferred by a registered owner subsequent to the
establishment of the special record date and prior to obtaining
such consent or vote shall have attached to it a copy of the notice
to Bondholders by the Trustee).
If at any time DTC
ceases to hold the Bonds, all references herein to DTC shall be of
no further force and effect.
Section 2.11
Issuance of Additional Bonds . At the request of the
Borrower, the Issuer may issue Additional Bonds from time to time
for any purpose permitted by the Act.
Those
Additional Bonds shall be on a parity with the Project Bonds and
any Additional Bonds theretofore or thereafter issued and
outstanding as to the assignment to the Trustee of the
Issuer’s right, title and interest in the Agreement, the
Project Fund and the Bond Fund and the moneys and investments
therein to provide for payment of principal of, and premium, if
any, and interest on the Project Bonds; provided, that nothing
herein shall prevent payment of principal of, and premium, if any,
and interest on any series of Additional Bonds from (i) being
otherwise secured and protected from sources or by property or
instruments not applicable to the Project Bonds and any one or more
series of Additional Bonds, or (ii) not being secured or
protected from sources or by property or instruments applicable to
the Project Bonds or one or more series of Additional Bonds. Each
series of Additional Bonds shall be given a separate designation to
distinguish it from any other series of Bonds issued hereunder, and
any Supplemental Indenture entered into in connection with a series
of Additional Bonds shall establish a separate Reimbursement
Account with respect to that series, in which shall be deposited
the proceeds of the drawings on the additional letter of credit
securing such series, and which Reimbursement Account shall not be
pledged to or constitute part of the security for the payment of
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on any other series
of Bonds.
Section 2.12
Delivery of Additional Bonds . Before any Additional Bonds
shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, there shall be
filed with the Trustee the following items:
1. A copy,
duly certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Issuer, of the proceedings of the Issuer authorizing the execution
and delivery of any amendments to the Agreement, the Note, this
Indenture, and the Bond Purchase Agreement, and the issuance of the
Additional Bonds.
2. An
original executed letter of credit and the confirming letter of
credit.
3. Original
executed counterparts of any amendments to this Indenture and the
Agreement.
4. The
original executed additional Note or Notes with such variations in
principal amounts, interest rates, interest payment and maturity
dates and prepayment provisions as may be appropriate to correspond
to such provisions of the Additional Bonds, which Note or Notes
will:
(a) be payable to
the Issuer and assigned to the Trustee;
(b) be issued in
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of the Additional Bonds;
(c) provide for
payments of interest equal to the payments of interest on the
Additional Bonds;
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(d) require
payments of principal, any premium and/or prepayments equal to the
payments of principal, any premium and/or sinking fund payments on
the Additional Bonds;
(e) require all
payments on such additional Note or Notes to be made on or prior to
the date for the corresponding payments to be made on the
Additional Bonds;
(f) contain
optional prepayment provisions and provisions in respect of the
acceleration of principal and any premium corresponding to such
provisions of the Additional Bonds; and
(g) be on a parity
with all other Notes before or after executed and delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to the Agreement corresponding to any
Bonds.
5. A request
and authorization to the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer to
authenticate and deliver the Additional Bonds to or as directed by
the purchaser thereof upon payment to the Trustee, but for the
account of the Issuer, of a sum specified in such request and
authorization.
6. An opinion
of Bond Counsel substantially to the effect that the Additional
Bonds constitute legal, valid and binding limited obligations of
the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors and to the exercise
of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of
equity; and
7. Opinion of
counsel to the Borrower in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, Bond Counsel and the
Underwriter.
8. The
consent of the Bank, which shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
PURCHASE OF BONDS; REDEMPTION OF
BONDS
Section 3.01
Purchase of Bonds . The Tender Agent shall effect the
purchase of Bonds bearing interest at a Variable Rate (or portions
thereof in principal amounts equal to $100,000 or any integral
multiple of $5,000 in excess thereof, and provided that the
remaining portion to be held by the Owner is $100,000 or more)
eligible for tender at its designated office in the City of
Portland, Oregon, from any Owner of such Bonds (other than the
Borrower, the Bank or the Issuer), at the Purchase Price but solely
from and to the extent of the funds described in Section 3.04
and for the account of the Persons described in
Section 3.05:
A. upon
tender for purchase of Bonds bearing interest at a Variable Rate at
the option of the Owner thereof (other than the Borrower or the
Issuer), if the Letter of Credit is in effect hereunder, with
respect to any bonds that are Project Bonds, and if notice of such
tender shall have been provided to the Tender Agent in strict
compliance with the provisions of Section 3.02, upon delivery
of the Bond to be purchased to the Tender Agent, as agent for the
Person that purchases the same pursuant to Sections 3.04 and
3.05, by 10:00 a.m., Portland, Oregon time, on the Purchase
Date, endorsed in blank.
B. upon
tender for purchase, or constructive tender for purchase, of such
Bonds as required by Section 3.03B, on
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(1) the
last Interest Payment Date prior to the release of the Letter of
Credit or any Confirming Letter of Credit (in connection with a
substitution of the Letter of Credit or any Confirming Letter of
Credit, as the case may be, then in effect) which is the subject of
the notice provided for in Sections 3.03B(1) and 3.03C, or
on
(2) the
Conversion Date, as described in the notice provided for in
Section 3.03B(2), upon delivery, of the Bond to be purchased
to the Tender Agent, as agent for the Person that purchases the
same pursuant to Sections 3.04 and 3.05, by 10:00 a.m.,
Portland, Oregon time, on the Purchase Date, endorsed in
blank.
The Tender Agent
shall apply the proceeds of remarketing of such tendered Bonds by
the Remarketing Agent and shall apply the proceeds of a draw by the
Trustee under the Letter of Credit to pay the Purchase Price of the
tendered Bonds at or before 4:00 p.m. Portland, Oregon time on the
Purchase Date and shall each dispose of Bonds so tendered, or
deemed to be so tendered, for sale, as provided in this Article.
The Trustee and the Remarketing Agent, as the case may be, shall
take all actions reasonably required in order to make such proceeds
available to the Tender Agent by no later than 3:00 p.m., Portland,
Oregon time on the Purchase Date.
Section 3.02
Optional Tender of Bonds for Purchase. Notice (which notice
shall be irrevocable) of the tender of any Bond (or portion
thereof) bearing interest at the Variable Rate for purchase
pursuant to Section 3.01A at the option of the Owner thereof
shall be delivered, telexed, or telecopied no later than 3:00 p.m.
Portland, Oregon time on the date of notice, which shall be a
Business Day, to the Tender Agent in writing duly executed by the
Owner of such Bond or by his attorney duly authorized in writing
and shall specify:
A. the
principal amount and Bond number of such Bond (or portion thereof)
so to be tendered, and
B. the
Purchase Date on which such Bond (or portion thereof) shall be
purchased pursuant to such Section 3.01A, which Purchase Date
shall be a Business Day which is not prior to the 7th day next
succeeding the day of receipt of such notice by the Tender Agent
and which occurs while the Letter of Credit is in effect
hereunder.
If any Bond for
which notice of tender is given as provided in this
Section 3.02 is not tendered for purchase to the Tender Agent
by 10:00 a.m. Portland, Oregon time on the Purchase Date, duly
endorsed in blank (such Bond herein referred to as
“Untendered Bond”), such Untendered Bond shall, subject
to the conditions set forth in Section 3.03E hereof, be deemed
tendered and sold to the Person specified in Section 3.05, and
the Owner of such Bond shall be liable for all damages, if any, of
the Issuer, the Borrower, the Remarketing Agent, the Tender Agent,
the Paying Agent and the Bank caused by the failure to so tender
such Bond.
As soon as
practicable upon receipt of such notice, but in no event later than
10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the following Business Day, the
Tender Agent shall give notice by telephone, telecopy, or telex,
promptly confirmed in writing, to the Paying Agent, the Trustee,
the Remarketing Agent, the Borrower and the Bank, specifying the
principal amount of the Bonds so tendered for purchase and the
Purchase Date for such Bonds.
Section 3.03
Mandatory Tender of Bonds for Purchase; Untendered
Bonds.
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A. Each Owner
of Bonds (other than the Borrower or the Issuer), upon notice given
by the Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.03B, shall tender on
the day stated in such notice, and in any event shall be deemed to
have tendered, such Bonds to the Tender Agent, as agent for the
Person that purchases the same pursuant to Sections 3.04 and
3.05, for purchase pursuant to Section 3.01B.
B. The Paying
Agent shall give notice of a mandatory tender to the Trustee, the
Borrower, the Bank, the Confirming Bank, the Tender Agent, the
Remarketing Agent, and each Owner of Bonds and, if the Bonds are
then rated by either Moody’s or S&P, to such rating
agency, by Mail no later than the thirtieth (30th) day preceding
(and with each Bond bearing interest at a Variable Rate which is
authenticated and delivered after such thirtieth (30th) day,
preceding) each of the following days, each of which shall be a
“Mandatory Tender Date”:
(1) the
last Interest Payment Date prior to the date on which the Letter of
Credit or any Confirming Letter of Credit is to be released (in
connection with the substitution of the Letter of Credit or any
Confirming Letter of Credit, as the case may be, then in effect)
pursuant hereto, stating (a) the day on which the then
effective Letter of Credit or any Confirming Letter of Credit is to
be released, (b) that each Bond bearing interest at a Variable
Rate of such Owner (i) not tendered for purchase pursuant to
Section 3.01B by 10:00 a.m., Portland, Oregon time, on
such Interest Payment Date and (ii) shall be deemed to have
been tendered for purchase on such Interest Payment Date at the
Purchase Price, and that such Owner shall not be entitled to any
payment (including any interest accrued subsequent to such Interest
Payment Date) in respect of such Bond other than the Purchase Price
for such Bond, (c) the name of the obligor on any Alternate
Letter of Credit or any Alternate Confirming Letter of Credit which
is the basis for such release, (d) that upon such release of
such existing Letter of Credit or any Confirming Letter of Credit
(in connection with a substitution of the Letter of Credit or any
Confirming Letter of Credit then in effect) any rating then
assigned to the Bonds may be reduced or withdrawn, and (e) the
then current names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the
Remarketing Agent; and
(2) the
Conversion Date, stating (a) that from the Conversion Date the
Bonds will bear interest at a Fixed Interest Rate, (b) such
Fixed Interest Rate, (c) that each Bond not tendered for
purchase pursuant to Section 3.01B by 10:00 a.m.,
Portland, Oregon time, on such date shall be deemed to have been
tendered for purchase on the Conversion Date at the Purchase Price,
and that such Owner shall not be entitled to any payment (including
any interest accrued subsequent to such Business Day) in respect of
such Bond other than the Purchase Price for such Bond,
(d) that upon such conversion of interest to a Fixed Interest
Rate any rating then assigned to the Bonds, if any, may be reduced
or withdrawn, and (e) the then current names and addresses of
the Paying Agent and the Remarketing Agent.
E. Any Bond
(or portion thereof) which is required to be but which is not
tendered for purchase by 10:00 a.m., Portland, Oregon time, on
the day specified in Section 3.01B for mandatory tender shall
be deemed to have been tendered and sold to the Person specified in
Section 3.05, and, upon deposit in the Bond Fund of an amount
sufficient to pay the Purchase Price of such Bonds on the mandatory
tender date, (1) the Owner of each Untendered Bond shall not
be entitled to any payment (including any interest accrued
subsequent to such Purchase Date or mandatory tender date) in
respect thereof other than the Purchase Price for such Bond, and
such Untendered Bond (except any Bond issued in lieu thereof
pursuant to Section 3.05B) shall no longer be entitled to the
benefit of this Indenture, except for the purpose of payment of the
Purchase Price therefor, and (2) the Issuer shall execute, and
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the Person specified in
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Section 3.05 one or more new Bonds bearing
interest at a Variable Rate or a Fixed Interest Rate, as
appropriate, of any authorized denomination of a like aggregate
principal amount.
Section 3.04
Purchase of Tendered Bonds. Funds for the payment of the
Purchase Price of Bonds tendered pursuant to Section 3.01 or
Section 3.03 shall be disbursed by the Tender Agent
first from proceeds of the remarketing of such Bonds (other
than Bonds remarketed to the Issuer or the Borrower or any
guarantor of the Borrower), and second from the Bond Fund
only from the following sources and in the following order of
priority:
A.
first , from amounts drawn under or derived from the Letter
of Credit or any Confirming Letter of Credit pursuant hereto,
and
B.
second , from Available Moneys.
Upon tender for
purchase of any Bond on the Purchase Date or any Untendered Bond on
or after the Purchase Date in accordance with Section 3.01 or
Section 3.03, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Owner of such
Bond or deposit for the benefit of the Owner of such Untendered
Bond at or before 4:00 p.m. Portland, Oregon time on the Purchase
Date the Purchase Price therefor on behalf of the purchaser thereof
specified in Section 3.05 from funds available for such
purchase held in the Bond Fund.
The Trustee, the
Tender Agent and the Remarketing Agent shall hold all money
delivered to the Trustee, the Tender Agent or the Remarketing
Agent, respectively, hereunder for the purchase of Bonds in trust
solely for the benefit of the respective Persons that shall have so
delivered such money until the Bonds purchased with such money are
delivered pursuant to Section 3.05 and, thereafter, in the
order specified above, for the benefit of the Owners tendering such
Bonds.
Section 3.05
Disposition of Tendered Bonds.
A. Bonds
tendered or deemed tendered pursuant to Section 3.02 or
Section 3.03, the Purchase Price for which has been paid
pursuant to Section 3.04, shall be deemed to have been
purchased:
(1) by the Persons
to whom Bonds have been remarketed to the extent the Purchase Price
therefor is paid from proceeds from the remarketing thereof
pursuant to Section 3.04.
(2) by the
Borrower as pledgor for the benefit of the Bank or the Confirming
Bank, respectively, as pledgee to the extent the Purchase Price
therefor is paid from amounts drawn under or derived from the
Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3.04A or any Confirming
Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3.04B, and
(3) otherwise by
the Borrower.
All Bonds
purchased with proceeds made available through the Letter of Credit
or any Confirming Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section shall
constitute “Pledged Bonds,” and shall be delivered to
and held by the Trustee as agent for the Bank or any Confirming
Bank, as applicable (and shall be shown as Pledged Bonds on the
bond register), in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Indenture and the Reimbursement Agreement. All payments on such
Pledged Bonds shall be paid to the Bank. The Remarketing Agent
shall at the request of the Bank or any Confirming Bank continue to
use its best efforts to arrange for the sale of any Pledged Bonds
at the purchase price, subject to full reinstatement of the amount
available to be drawn under the Letter of Credit with respect to
such Bonds to an amount equal to the principal amount of such Bonds
plus the amount required for premium and interest
thereon.
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If the Remarketing
Agent remarkets any Pledged Bonds, the Remarketing Agent shall
direct the purchaser of such Pledged Bond to transfer, by
10:00 a.m., Portland, Oregon time, on the purchase date, the
purchase price of such remarketed Pledged Bond in immediately
available funds to the Tender Agent, to be disbursed from such
account solely for the purposes described in this paragraph. The
Tender Agent shall immediately notify either the Bank or the
Confirming Bank, as applicable (depending upon whether the purchase
proceeds were made available through a draw on the Letter of Credit
or a Confirming Letter of Credit), and the Remarketing Agent and
the Trustee of the receipt of the purchase price for such Pledged
Bond, and upon receipt of the purchase price and written notice
from the Bank, to the Trustee of full reinstatement of the amount
available to be drawn under the Letter of Credit or Confirming
Letter of Credit, as applicable, with respect to such remarketed
Pledged Bonds (as contemplated by the proceeding paragraph), such
Pledged Bond shall be released from the pledge of the Bank or
Confirming Bank, as the case may be. The Trustee shall transfer
such purchase price to the Bank or Confirming Bank, as the case may
be, upon receipt thereof and of evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee of full reinstatement of the amount available to be drawn
under the Letter of Credit or Confirming Letter of Credit with
respect to such remarketed Pledged Bonds (as contemplated by the
preceding paragraph) to the extent that amounts remain due and
owing to either the Bank under the Letter of Credit or the
Confirming Bank under the Confirming Letter of Credit, and give all
required notices, in accordance with the terms of the Letter of
Credit or the Confirming Letter of Credit, as the case may be. If
money remains on deposit with the Tender Agent after payment is
made to the Bank or Confirming Bank, as described in the proceeding
sentence, such moneys shall be paid to, or upon the order of, the
Borrower.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this subsection, if and for so long as
the Bonds are held in book entry form, the registration
requirements under this subsection shall be deemed satisfied if
Pledged Bonds are (A) registered in the name of the securities
depository or its nominee, (B) credited on the books of the
securities depository to the account of the Trustee (or its
nominee) and (C) further credited on the books of the Trustee
(or such nominee) to the account of the Bank (or its
designee).
B. Whenever
any Bond tendered or deemed tendered pursuant to Section 3.01
or Section 3.03 is purchased pursuant to Sections 3.04
and 3.05A, the Issuer shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the Person that
purchased or that is deemed to have purchased the same or its
designee, one or more new Bonds bearing interest at a Variable Rate
or a Fixed Interest Rate, as appropriate, of any authorized
denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount pursuant
hereto.
C. The Tender
Agent shall hold all Bonds delivered to such Person hereunder
solely for the benefit of the respective Owners which have so
delivered such Bonds until money representing the Purchase Price of
such Bonds shall have been delivered to or for the account of or to
the order of such Owners and, in the case of Bonds pledged to or
held in the name of the Bank, for the benefit of the Bank until
disposed of pursuant to instructions from the Bank.
D. In
carrying out their respective responsibilities under this Article,
the Remarketing Agent, the Tender Agent and the Paying Agent shall
be acting solely as the agent of the Owners from time to time of
the Bonds tendered or deemed tendered and of the Persons purchasing
the same pursuant to Sections 3.04 and 3.05A, respectively. No
delivery of Bonds to the Tender Agent pursuant hereto shall
constitute a redemption of Bonds or other extinguishment of the
debt evidenced thereby.
Section 3.06.
No Purchases or Sales After Certain Defaults . Anything in
this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, there shall be no
purchases of Bonds with moneys in the Bond Fund or sales of Bonds
pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 if there shall
have occurred and be continuing an
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Event of
Default hereunder, other than an Event of Default described in
paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of Section 9.01
hereof.
Section 3.07.
Mandatory Redemption of Bonds .
A. The
Project Bonds shall be subject to mandatory redemption in whole
(or, in the case of the event stated in (2) of this paragraph,
in whole or in part as provided below), at a redemption price equal
to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if
any, to the redemption date, on any Business Day within
180 days after the occurrence of either of the following
events:
(1) As a result of
any changes in the Constitution of the State 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) entered after the contest thereof by the Borrower in good
faith, the Note shall have become void or unenforceable or
impossible of performance in accordance with the intent and
purposes of the parties as expressed in the Agreement;
or
C. The Bonds
are subject to mandatory redemption in whole on any Interest
Payment Date which next precedes either a Letter of Credit
Termination Date or the expiration date of the Confirming Letter of
Credit, or a subsequent date to which the Letter of Credit
Termination Date or the expiration date of the Confirming Letter of
Credit, respectively, shall have been extended (or if the Letter of
Credit Termination Date or the expiration date of the Confirming
Letter of Credit is on an Interest Payment Date, then such date),
at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest to the redemption date unless, at least forty-five
(45) days prior to any such Interest Payment Date (a) the
Bank and/or Confirming Bank, as the case may be, shall have
extended or further extended the Letter of Credit Termination Date
or the expiration date of the Confirming Letter of Credit, as the
case may be, to a date not earlier than one (1) year from the
Letter of Credit Termination Date or Confirming Letter of Credit
expiration date being extended or (b) the Borrower shall have
obtained an Alternate Letter of Credit or Alternate Confirming
Letter of Credit with a termination date not earlier than one
(1) year from the Letter of Credit Termination Date or
Confirming Letter of Credit expiration date for the Letter of
Credit or Confirming Letter of Credit, as the case may be, it
replaces. If the Bonds are then rated by either Moody’s or
S&P, the Trustee shall promptly notify such rating agency in
writing of any such extension of a Letter of Credit Expiration Date
or the expiration date of any Confirming Letter of
Credit.
D. The Bonds
shall be subject to mandatory redemption by the Issuer, as a whole
or in part, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date, on
any date within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the
Completion Date with and to the extent of any excess proceeds of
the Bonds, including income from the investment thereof, which
shall remain in the Project Fund after completion of the Project
and the payment of the Project Costs. Upon the occurrence of the
event stated in this Section 3.07D, the principal amount of
the Bonds to be redeemed will be a principal amount equal to the
lowest integral multiple of $5,000 (provided that the unredeemed
portion of any Bond redeemed in part shall be $100,000 or more),
equal to or in excess of the remaining proceeds of the Bonds,
including income from the investment thereof.
Section 3.08.
Optional Redemption .
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A. Prior to
conversion to the Fixed Interest Rate, the Bonds shall be subject
to optional redemption by the Issuer in whole or in part in
integral multiples of $5,000 (provided that the unredeemed portion
of any Bond redeemed in part shall be $100,000 or more), at the
direction of the Borrower, on any Interest Payment Date, at the
principal amount thereof without premium or penalty.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.04 hereof, while
the Letter of Credit is in effect with respect to the Bonds, the
redemption price to be paid pursuant to this paragraph shall be
derived solely from Available Moneys or, with the prior written
consent of the Bank, which may be granted or denied in its sole and
absolute discretion, moneys received from a drawing under the
Letter of Credit.
B. From and
after conversion to the Fixed Interest Rate through the Maturity
Date (the “Fixed Rate Period”), the Bonds shall be
subject to optional redemption by the Issuer in whole or in part in
the amount of $5,000 or any integral multiples thereof (provided
that the unredeemed portion of any Bond redeemed in part shall be
$100,000 or more), at the direction of the Borrower, on any
Interest Payment Date, as follows: (1) no Bonds shall be
subject to such optional redemption prior to the first Redemption
Year which shall commence on the October 1 next preceding the
midpoint of the Fixed Rate Period (unless such midpoint is October
1 of any year, in which case the Redemption Year shall commence on
such April 1); (2) during such first Redemption Year, Bonds
may be redeemed at a redemption price of 102% of their principal
amount, plus accrued interest to the redemption date;
(3) thereafter, during the Redemption Year next following
Bonds may be redeemed at a redemption price of 101% of their
principal amount, plus accrued interest to the redemption date; and
(4) thereafter, until and including the next succeeding
Mandatory Tender Date (or final maturity, if earlier) of such
Series, such Bonds may be redeemed at a redemption price equal to
their principal amount, plus accrued interest to the redemption
date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Bonds may be redeemed on any
Mandatory Tender Date at a redemption price equal to their
principal amount plus accrued interest to the redemption
date.
C. The Bonds
shall be subject to optional redemption in whole by the Issuer, but
not in part, on any Business Day, at a redemption price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any,
to the redemption date, upon the exercise by the Borrower of its
option to prepay payments under Section 8.2 of the Agreement,
if any of the following shall have occurred:
(1) All or
substantially all of the Project shall be damaged or destroyed and
the Borrower shall determine that it is not practicable or
desirable to rebuild, repair or restore the Project;
(2) All or
substantially all of the Project shall be condemned or such use or
control thereof shall be taken as to render the Project
unsatisfactory to the Borrower for continued operation;
or
(3) Unreasonable
burdens or excessive liabilities shall be imposed upon the Issuer
or the Borrower with respect to the Project or the operation
thereof.
While the
Letter of Credit or an Alternate Letter of Credit is in effect with
respect to the Bonds, the redemption price to be paid pursuant to
this paragraph shall be derived solely from Available Moneys or,
with the prior written consent of the Bank, which consent may be
granted or denied in its sole and absolute discretion, moneys
received from a drawing under the Letter of Credit or from moneys
paid under the Alternate Letter of Credit.
Section 3.09.
Purchase of Bonds Upon Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate or Upon
Release of the Letter of Credit .
A. In the
event that Bonds are subject to mandatory tender for purchase in
accordance with Section 3.03B(1) or Section 3.03B(2), the
Borrower shall, with the prior written consent of the
Bank,
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have the right
to direct the Trustee to purchase, or cause to be purchased for
cancellation, Bonds in an aggregate principal amount specified in a
written direction delivered to the Trustee on or before the
Interest Payment Date on which such Bonds are to be purchased
pursuant to Section 3.03B hereof, such Bonds to be purchased
at a price of 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued
interest to the date of such purchase. Moneys for the payment of
such purchase price shall be derived solely from Available Moneys
provided by the Borrower and on deposit with the Trustee in a
special trust account of the Bond Fund on the date of such purchase
or from moneys drawn under the Letter of Credit or an Alternate
Letter of Credit.
B. Bonds to
be purchased as provided in paragraph A above which are not
delivered by the Owners thereof to the Tender Agent on the Interest
Payment Date on which such Bonds are to be tendered pursuant to
Section 3.03B(1) or 3.03B(2) hereof shall nonetheless be
deemed to have been delivered by the Owner thereof for purchase and
to have been purchased from funds described in paragraph A above.
Thereafter, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate (and the Issuer execute, if necessary) a new Bond as
provided in Section 2.08B hereof. Accrued interest payable to
the date of purchase of Bonds purchased as provided in this
Section 3.09 shall be paid to the Owner as of the Record Date
next preceding the date of purchase of such Bond in the same manner
as if such Bonds were not purchased pursuant to paragraph A above.
Moneys deposited with the Paying Agent for purchase of Bonds
pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be held in trust in a
separate escrow account, shall not be invested by the Paying Agent
and shall be paid to the former Owners of such Bonds upon
presentation thereof. The Paying Agent shall promptly give notice
by Mail to each Owner whose Bonds are deemed to have been purchased
pursuant to this Section 3.09, which notice shall state that
interest on such Bonds ceased to accrue on the date of purchase and
that moneys representing the purchase price of such Bonds are
available against delivery thereof at the principal office of the
Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall hold moneys deposited by the
Borrower or drawn by the Trustee under the Letter of Credit or
Alternate Letter of Credit for the purchase of Bonds as provided in
this Section 3.09, without liability for interest thereon, for
the benefit of the former Owner of the Bond on such Interest
Payment Date, who shall thereafter be restricted exclusively to
such moneys, for any claim of whatever nature on his part under
this Indenture or on, or with respect to, such Bond. Any moneys so
deposited with and held by the Paying Agent not so applied to the
payment of Bonds, if any, within two (2) years after such
Interest Payment Date, shall be paid by the Paying Agent to the
Borrower upon the written direction of an Authorized Borrower
Representative (or, if the Bank shall have given written notice to
the Paying Agent of the existence of a breach of the
Borrower’s obligations under the Reimbursement Agreement, to
the Bank to the extent of such amount) and thereafter the former
Owners shall be entitled to look only to the Borrower for payment,
and then only to the extent of the amount so repaid, and the
Borrower shall not be liable for any interest thereon and shall not
be regarded as a trustee of such money.
Section 3.10.
Selection of Bonds to be Redeemed . If less than all of the
Bonds are called for redemption, the Trustee shall select the Bonds
or portions thereof in the amount of $5,000 or any integral
multiple thereof (provided, however, that the unredeemed portion of
any Bond redeemed in part shall be $100,000 or more) to be redeemed
from the Bonds outstanding not previously called for redemption by
lot in such manner as the Trustee in its discretion may deem
proper, and each $5,000 of face value of each Bond shall be treated
as a separate Bond for the purpose of selection by lot. If it is
determined that a portion but not all of the principal amount of
any Bond is to be called for redemption, then, upon notice of
intention to redeem such portion, the owner of such Bond shall
surrender such Bond to the Trustee for (a) payment to such
owner of the redemption price of the portion of principal amount
called for redemption, and (b) delivery to such owner of a new Bond
or Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of the unredeemed
portion of the principal amount of such Bond. New Bonds
representing the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of such
Bond shall be issued to the 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
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extent of the
portion of principal amount called for redemption (and to that
extent only) and interest with respect to such portion will cease
to accrue provided that funds for the redemption thereof are on
deposit with the Trustee at that time.
Anything herein to
the contrary notwithstanding, Pledged Bonds, as defined in the
Reimbursement Agreement, shall so long as the Bank is not in
default with respect to its obligations under the Letter of Credit,
be redeemed prior to any other Outstanding Bonds.
Section 3.11.
Notice of Redemption .
A. In the
event any of the Bonds are called for redemption, the Trustee shall
give notice, in the name of the Issuer, of the redemption of such
Bonds, which notice shall (i) specify the Bonds to be
redeemed, the redemption date, the redemption price and the place
or places where amounts due upon such redemption will be payable
(which shall be the principal office of the Paying Agent) and, if
less than all of the Bonds are to be redeemed, the numbers of the
Bonds, and the portions of Bonds, so to be redeemed,
(ii) state any condition to such redemption and
(iii) state that on the redemption date and upon the
satisfaction of any such condition, the Bonds to be redeemed shall
cease to bear interest. Such notice may set forth any additional
information relating to such redemption. Such notice shall be given
by Mail at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for
redemption to the Owners of Bonds to be redeemed and, if all the
Bonds are to be redeemed and the Bonds are then rated by
Moody’s or S&P, to Moody’s or S&P, to such
agency, and, during the Variable Rate Period, the Remarketing
Agent; provided, however, that if a Bond delivered pursuant to
Section 3.05 hereof on or after the Special Record Date
established for a proposed redemption of Bonds shall be deemed to
have been selected for redemption pursuant to Section 3.10
hereof, such notice shall be given by telephone or telecopy,
confirmed in writing, as promptly as practicable. Provided,
however, that failure to duly give such notice, or any defect
therein, shall not affect the validity of any proceedings for the
redemption of Bonds with respect to which no such failure or defect
occurred. In addition, the Trustee may give such other notice or
notices as may be recommended in releases, letters, pronouncements
or other writings of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. No defect in or delay or
failure in giving any recommended notice described in the preceding
sentence of this Section 3.11 shall in any manner affect the
notice of redemption described in the first sentence of this
Section 3.11. Any notice mailed as provided in this Section
shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or
not the owner receives the notice. If a notice of redemption shall
be unconditional, or if the conditions of a conditional notice of
redemption shall have been satisfied, then upon presentation and
surrender of Bonds so called for redemption at the place or places
of payment, such Bonds shall be redeemed.
C. Any Bonds
which have been duly selected for redemption and which are deemed
to be paid in accordance with Article VIII hereof shall cease
to bear interest on the specified redemption date.
Section 3.12.
No Partial Redemption After Default . Anything in this
Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if there shall have
occurred and be continuing an Event of Default (other than an Event
of Default described in clause (f) of Section 9.01
hereof), there shall be no redemption of less than all of the Bonds
at the time Outstanding.
Section 3.13.
Payment of Redemption Price . For the redemption of any of
the Bonds, the Issuer shall cause to be deposited in the Bond Fund,
solely out of Available Moneys or drawings under the Letter of
Credit or Alternate Letter of Credit, an amount sufficient to pay
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest to become due on
the date fixed for such redemption. The obligation of the Issuer to
cause any such deposit to be made hereunder shall be reduced by the
amount of Available Moneys or
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moneys
resulting from a drawing under the Letter of Credit in the Bond
Fund available for and used on such redemption date for payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the
Bonds to be redeemed within the meaning of Article VIII
hereof.
Section 3.14.
Partial Redemption of Bonds . In case a Bond is of a
denomination larger than the minimum Authorized Denomination, all
or a portion of such Bond may be redeemed in an Authorized
Denomination. Upon surrender of any Bond for redemption in part
only, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the owner
thereof, without cost to the owner, a new Bond or Bonds duly
executed by the Issuer in Authorized Denominations in aggregate
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Bond
surrendered.
Section 3.15.
Notice by Tender Agent . The Tender Agent shall give
Immediate Notice to the Remarketing Agent of (i) its receipt
of any tendered Bonds, and (ii) the receipt of any Notice
described in Section 3.03 hereof.
CONVERSION TO FIXED INTEREST
RATE
Section 4.01.
Authority for and Conditions to Conversion to Fixed Interest
Rate . The interest rate borne by the Bonds shall be converted
to the Fixed Interest Rate as follows:
With the prior
written consent of the Bank, which consent may be granted or denied
in its sole and absolute discretion, upon receipt by the Trustee of
an amendment to the Letter of Credit, or upon the delivery of an
Alternate Letter of Credit, increasing the amount available to be
drawn for the payment of accrued interest on the Bonds to two
hundred (200) days of accrued interest on the then existing
principal balance of the Bonds at the Fixed Interest Rate, on any
Interest Payment Date (if such date is designated by the Borrower
as the Conversion Date), the Borrower may elect to convert the rate
on the Bonds to the Fixed Interest Rate through the Maturity Date.
The Borrower may exercise its conversion option by giving the
Trustee, the Bank, the Confirming Bank, the Paying Agent, the
Tender Agent and the Remarketing Agent written notice of its
intention to convert the rate to the Fixed Interest Rate, at least
fifty (50) days prior to the proposed Conversion
Date.
If the Borrower
elects to convert the interest rate as aforesaid, the Paying Agent
shall notify each Bondholder in writing by Mail at least thirty
(30) days prior to the Conversion Date of the fact that the
rate will be converted, and that the Bondholder shall tender the
Bonds for purchase by the Remarketing Agent prior to the Interest
Payment Date which is the Conversion Date in accordance with the
terms of the Bonds.
Section 4.02
Determination of Fixed Interest Rate . On a day which is a
Business Day at least seven (7) days prior to the Conversion
Date (the “Rate Determination Date”), the Remarketing
Agent shall determine the Fixed Interest Rate.
The Remarketing
Agent shall determine the Fixed Interest Rate on the Rate
Determination Date to be that rate per annum which, if borne by all
of the outstanding Bonds through the Maturity Date, would, in the
judgment of the Remarketing Agent (taking into consideration
current transactions and comparable securities in which the
Remarketing Agent is involved or of which it is aware and
prevailing financial market conditions), be the interest rate
necessary (but which would not exceed the interest rate necessary)
to produce as nearly as practical a par bid for each outstanding
Bond on the Rate Determination Date.
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On the Rate
Determination Date, the Remarketing Agent shall advise the
Borrower, the Trustee and the Bank by telephone (to be confirmed in
writing) of the Fixed Interest Rate.
Section 4.03.
Replacement Bonds . The Paying Agent, at the direction of
the Borrower, shall deliver replacement Bonds bearing the Fixed
Interest Rate with deletion of such terms as are no longer
applicable. Any such replacement Bonds shall be executed and
authenticated as provided in Sections 2.03 and 2.04 herein.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any replacement
Bonds shall be in $5,000 denominations or integral multiples
thereof.
Section 4.04.
Certain Provisions No Longer Applicable .
A. The day
after the effective date of the Fixed Interest Rate, the Bonds
shall no longer be subject to the following provisions of this
Indenture, and in the event of delivery of replacement Bonds
pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof, any recital of such
provisions shall be deleted from such replacement Bonds:
(i) The provisions
of Section 2.01 relating to computation of the Variable
Rate;
(ii) The
provisions of Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06
relating to the purchase, remarketing and delivery of
Bonds;
(iii)
Article IV relating to conversion to a Fixed Interest Rate,
except this Section 4.04 and Section 4.05; and
(iv)
Sections 10.11, 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14 relating to the
Remarketing Agent and the Tender Agent.
Additionally,
following conversion to the Fixed Interest Rate, all references
herein and in the Agreement and the Note to the Remarketing Agent
shall be of no further effect, except with respect to any unpaid
fees or expenses of the Remarketing Agent and the indemnification
provided in the Agreement.
Section 4.05.
Interest on Bonds After Conversion to Fixed Interest Rate .
Following conversion to a Fixed Interest Rate, the Bonds shall bear
interest at the Fixed Interest Rate, payable each April 1 and
October 1, commencing on the first April 1 or October 1
following such conversion, computed on the basis of a year of
360 days and twelve 30-day months.
Section 5.01.
Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest . The
Issuer covenants that it will promptly pay the principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest on, every Bond issued under this
Indenture at the place, on the dates and in the manner provided
herein and in said Bonds according to the true intent and meaning
thereof. The principal and interest and premium, if any, are
payable by the Issuer solely from the Revenues (except to the
extent paid out of moneys attributable to the Bond proceeds or the
income from the temporary investment thereof) and nothing in the
Bonds or this
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Indenture
should be considered as assigning or pledging any other funds or
assets of the Issuer other than such Revenues and the right, title
and interest of the Issuer in the Agreement and the Note in the
manner and to the extent herein specified.
Section 5.02.
Performance by Issuer of Covenants . The Issuer covenants
that it will, at the expense of the Borrower, faithfully perform at
all times any and all of its covenants, undertakings, stipulations
and provisions contained in this Indenture, in any and every
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