TRUST
INDENTURE
between
PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FINANCING AUTHORITY,
as Issuer
and
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST
COMPANY,
as Trustee
Dated as of October 1,
2008
$15,000,000
PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FINANCING AUTHORITY
Exempt Facilities Revenue
Bonds
Series 2008B
(The York Water Company
Project)
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions.
SECTION 1.2.
Certain Rules of Interpretation.
ARTICLE II THE
BONDS
SECTION 2.1.
Authorized Amount and Issuance of Bonds; Disposition of Bond
Proceeds.
SECTION 2.2.
Terms of the Bonds.
SECTION 2.5.
Form of Bonds; Execution; Bonds Equally and Ratably Secured;
Limited Obligation of the Issuer.
SECTION 2.6.
Authentication.
SECTION 2.7.
Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
SECTION 2.8.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Bonds.
SECTION 2.9.
Payments of Principal, Redemption Price and Interest; Persons
Entitled Thereto.
SECTION 2.10.
Temporary Bonds.
SECTION 2.11.
Cancellation of Surrendered Bonds.
SECTION 2.12.
Acts of Registered Owners; Evidence of Ownership.
SECTION 2.13.
Book Entry System.
SECTION 2.14.
Payments to Cede & Co.; Payments to Beneficial
Owners.
ARTICLE III
DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CONSTRUCTION FUND
SECTION 3.1.
Establishment of Funds and Accounts.
SECTION 3.2.
Debt Service Fund.
SECTION 3.3.
Return of Monies from Non-Presentment of Bonds.
SECTION 3.4.
Construction Fund.
SECTION 3.5.
Debt Service Fund Monies to be Held for All Registered Owners, With
Certain Exceptions.
SECTION 3.6.
Additional Accounts and Subaccounts.
ARTICLE IV
INVESTMENTS, TAX COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1.
Investment of Funds.
SECTION 4.2.
Arbitrage Bond Covenant.
SECTION 4.3.
Covenants Regarding Tax Exemption.
ARTICLE V
REDEMPTION OF BONDS
SECTION 5.1.
Bonds Subject to Redemption.
SECTION 5.2.
Selection of Bonds for Redemption.
SECTION 5.3.
Notice of Redemption.
SECTION 5.4.
Effect of Redemption.
SECTION 5.5.
Redemption by the Company in the Event of Death of a Beneficial
Owner.
SECTION 5.6.
Purchase in Lieu of Redemption.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 6.1.
General Limitation; Issuer’s Representation.
SECTION 6.2.
Payment of Bonds and Performance of Covenants.
SECTION 6.3.
Enforcement of the Loan Agreement.
SECTION 6.4. No
Personal Liability.
SECTION 6.5.
Exemption from Federal Income Taxation.
SECTION 6.6.
Corporate Existence; Compliance with Laws.
SECTION 6.8.
Further Assurances.
SECTION 6.9.
Inspection of Books.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 7.1.
Events of Default Defined.
SECTION 7.2.
Acceleration and Annulment Thereof.
SECTION 7.3.
Legal Proceedings by Trustee.
SECTION 7.4.
Discontinuance of Proceedings by Trustee.
SECTION 7.5.
Registered Owners May Direct Proceedings.
SECTION 7.6.
Limitations on Actions by Registered Owners.
SECTION 7.7.
Trustee May Enforce Rights Without Possession of
Bonds.
SECTION 7.8.
Remedies Not Exclusive.
SECTION 7.9.
Delays and Omissions Not to Impair Rights.
SECTION 7.10.
Application of Monies.
SECTION 7.11.
Trustee’s Right to Receiver.
SECTION 7.12.
Trustee and Registered Owners Entitled to All
Remedies.
SECTION 7.13.
Waiver of Past Defaults.
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.1.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
SECTION 8.2.
Notice if Event of Default Occurs or Notice if Taxability
Occurs.
SECTION 8.3.
Certain Rights of Trustee.
SECTION 8.4.
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Bonds.
SECTION 8.5.
May Hold Bonds.
SECTION 8.6.
Money Held in Trust.
SECTION 8.7.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
SECTION 8.8.
Resignation and Removal of Trustee; Appointment of
Successor.
SECTION 8.9.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee.
SECTION 8.10.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
SECTION 8.11.
Fees, Charges and Expenses of Trustee.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS
SECTION 9.1.
Amendments and Supplements Without Registered Owners’
Consent.
SECTION 9.2.
Amendments With Company and Registered Owners’
Consent.
SECTION 9.3.
Amendments to Loan Agreement.
SECTION 9.4.
Right to Payment.
ARTICLE X
DEFEASANCE
SECTION 10.1.
Defeasance.
SECTION 10.2.
Effect of Defeasance.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1.
Limitations on Recourse; Immunity of Certain Persons.
SECTION 11.2.
No Rights Conferred on Others.
SECTION 11.3.
Illegal, Etc. Provisions Disregarded.
SECTION 11.4.
Substitute Publication of Notice.
SECTION 11.5.
Mailed Notice.
SECTION 11.6.
Governing Law.
SECTION 11.7.
Successors and Assigns.
SECTION 11.8.
Action by Company.
SECTION 11.9.
Headings and Subheadings for Convenience Only.
SECTION 11.10.
Counterparts.
SECTION 11.11.
Additional Notices to Rating Agencies.
Exhibit
B—Letter of Representations to DTC
Exhibit
C—Form of Requisition
Exhibit
D—Form of Redemption Request
This Trust
Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2008 (the "Indenture") between
the PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCING AUTHORITY, (the
"Issuer"), a public instrumentality of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania (the "Commonwealth") and a public body corporate and
politic organized and existing under the Pennsylvania Economic
Development Financing Law, as amended (as defined herein, the
"Act") and MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, a New York
state chartered bank with trust powers duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of New York with a corporate trust
office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as Trustee (the
"Trustee"),
W I T N E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS, the
Act declares that there is a critical need for the production of
water suitable for public use and consumption, that in order to
insure continuing supplies of water resources at reasonable rates,
it is necessary to provide additional means of financing projects
directed to such production, and that to protect the health, safety
and general welfare of the people of the Commonwealth and to
further encourage economic development and efficiency within the
Commonwealth by providing basic services and facilities, it is
necessary to provide additional or alternative means of financing
facilities for the furnishing of water; and
WHEREAS, the
Issuer is authorized to enter into agreements providing for the
loan financing of "projects" within the meaning of the Act that
promote any of the public purposes set forth in the Act;
and
WHEREAS, the
Issuer has determined to issue $15,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2008B (The
York Water Company Project) (the "Bonds") to provide funds to loan
to The York Water Company (the "Company") for the financing of
(i) a portion of the Company’s 2008 Capital Budget,
including, but not limited to the design, acquisition,
construction, improvement, extension, renovation, equipping and
installation of (a) various structures, including distribution
buildings, booster stations, pumping stations, and various plant
and ancillary buildings, (b) spillway upgrades, standpipes,
transmission and distribution mains, service lines, meters, fire
hydrants, water treatment, pumping and purification equipment, and
(c) various other capital improvements, replacements and
equipment for the Company’s water system located throughout
York County and Adams County, Pennsylvania, and (ii) the
payment of all or a portion of the costs of issuance of the Bonds
(the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the
Issuer has entered into a Loan Agreement dated as of October
1, 2008 (including any supplements and amendments thereto, the
"Loan Agreement") with the Company providing for the loan by the
Issuer to the Company of the proceeds of the Bonds for such purpose
and the repayment of such loan by the Company; and
WHEREAS, the
Bonds and the interest thereon are and shall be payable from and
secured by a lien on and pledge of the Installment Loan Payments
(as hereinafter defined) to be made by the Company pursuant to the
Loan Agreement in amounts sufficient to pay at maturity or
redemption the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Bonds when due; and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make the Bonds, when issued, executed and
delivered by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee pursuant
to this Indenture, the valid, legal and binding special obligations
of the Issuer, and to constitute this Indenture a valid pledge of
certain income and hereinafter defined Revenues of the Issuer for
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Bonds authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, have
been performed and the creation, execution and delivery of this
Indenture, and the creation, execution and issuance of the Bonds,
subject to the terms hereof, have in all respects been duly
authorized;
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That the Issuer
in consideration of the premises, of the acceptance by the Trustee
of the trusts hereby created, of the mutual covenants herein
contained and of the purchase and acceptance of the Bonds by the
Owners thereof, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, and in order to secure the payment
of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds
according to their tenor and effect, and the performance and
observance by the Issuer of all the covenants and conditions herein
and therein contained (a) has executed and delivered this
Indenture and (b) has agreed to sell, assign, transfer, set
over and pledge, and by these presents does hereby sell, assign,
transfer, set over and pledge unto Manufacturers and Traders Trust
Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as Trustee, and to its
successors in trust and its assigns forever, to the extent provided
in this Indenture, all of the right, title and interest of the
Issuer in and to the Loan Agreement (except for the Unassigned
Issuer’s Rights as defined in the Loan Agreement), and all
the Revenues of the Issuer, and amounts on deposit in the
Construction Fund and Debt Service Fund as hereinafter in this
Indenture provided (collectively, the "Trust Estate"); provided,
however, that nothing in the Bonds or in this Indenture shall be
construed as pledging the faith or credit or taxing power of the
Commonwealth, or any other political subdivision of the
Commonwealth, nor shall this Indenture or the Bonds constitute a
general obligation of the Issuer, or a debt of the Commonwealth, or
any political subdivision thereof;
TO HAVE AND TO
HOLD the same unto the Trustee and its successors in trust
forever;
IN TRUST
NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts herein set forth for the
benefit and security of those who shall hold or own the Bonds
issued hereunder, or any of them, without preference of any of said
Bonds over any others thereof by reason of priority in the time of
the issue or negotiation thereof or by reason of the date or
maturity thereof, or for any other reason whatsoever, except as
otherwise provided herein;
IT IS HEREBY
COVENANTED, declared and agreed by and between the parties hereto,
that all such Bonds are to be issued, authenticated as required by
this Indenture, and delivered and that all property subject or to
become subject hereto, including the Revenues, is to be held and
applied upon and subject to the further covenants, conditions, uses
and trusts hereinafter set forth; and the Issuer, for itself and
its successors, does hereby covenant and agree to and with the
Trustee and its successors in trust, for the benefit of those who
shall hold all of the Bonds, or any of them, as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions
.
Terms used in
this Indenture with the initial letter capitalized shall have the
meanings specified in this Section 1.1 or if not defined in
this Section 1.1, shall have the meanings specified in the
recitals or other provisions of the Indenture as
applicable. All words and terms used in this Indenture
and not defined herein shall, if defined in the Loan Agreement,
have the meaning set forth therein. The words "hereof,"
"herein," "hereto," "hereby," and "hereunder" (except in the Form
of Bond) refer to the entire Indenture. All words and
terms importing the singular number shall, where the context
requires, import the plural number and vice versa.
"Act" means the
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Law (Act of
August 23, 1967 P. L. 251, No. 102), as
amended. The Act is codified at 73 P.S. § 371
et seq .
"Act of
Bankruptcy" means any of the following events:
(i) The Company (or
any Person obligated, as guarantor or otherwise, to make payments
under the Loan Agreement) shall (a) apply for or consent to
the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver,
custodian, trustee, liquidator or the like of the Company (or any
such other Person obligated, as a guarantor or otherwise, to make
payments under the Loan Agreement) or of all or any substantial
part of its property, (b) commence a voluntary case under the
United States Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter in effect and
including any amendments thereto, or (c) file a petition
seeking to take advantage of any other law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or composition or adjustment
of debts; or
(ii) A proceeding or
case shall be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction,
seeking (a) the liquidation, reorganization, dissolution,
winding-up, or composition or adjustment of debts, of the Company
(or any Person obligated, as guarantor or otherwise, to make
payments under the Loan Agreement), (b) the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of the Company
(or any Person obligated, as a guarantor or otherwise, to make
payments under the Loan Agreement) or of all or any substantial
part of its property, or (c) similar relief in respect of the
Company (or any such other Person obligated, as a guarantor or
otherwise, to make payments under the Loan Agreement) under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or
composition or adjustment of debts.
"Administrative
Expenses" means fees and expenses of the Trustee and the Issuer
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of
their counsel and other professional advisors.
"Authorized
Representative" means (i) in the case of the Issuer, each person at
the time designated to act on behalf of the Issuer by the most
recent written certificate furnished to the Company and the Trustee
containing the specimen signature of such person and signed on
behalf of the Issuer by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary; and
(ii) with respect to each person at the time designated to act on
behalf of any other Person (e.g., the Company or the Trustee), by
written certificate furnished to the Trustee containing the
specimen signature of such other person and signed on behalf of
such person, in case of a partnership by each of its general
partners (or any other person authorized to sign on behalf of such
Partnership) and in the case of a corporation by a person
authorized by such corporation to deliver such
certificates.
"Authorized
Denominations" means, $5,000 and any whole multiple
thereof.
"Beneficial
Owners" means the owners of beneficial interests in the Bonds while
Bonds are held by a Securities Depository.
"Bond Counsel"
means any firm of nationally recognized bond counsel selected by
the Issuer and not unsatisfactory to the Trustee or the
Company.
"Bond
Documents" means the Financing Documents and all other agreements,
certificates, documents and instruments delivered in connection
with any of the Financing Documents.
"Bond
Obligations" means the Debt Service due and payable and to become
due and payable, and any other amounts which may be owed by the
Company to, or on behalf of, the Issuer or the Trustee under the
Bond Documents.
"Bond
Resolution" means the resolution of the governing body of the
Issuer adopted on September 10, 2008, authorizing the issuance of
the Bonds.
"Bonds" means
the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority
Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2008B (The York Water
Company Project) authorized hereunder.
"Business Day"
means any day which is not (a) a Saturday, a Sunday or in the City
of New York, New York, or the city in which the corporate
trust operations office of the Trustee or any duly appointed Paying
Agent or the office of the Trustee at which this Indenture is being
administered is located, a day on which banks are authorized or
required by law or executive order to be closed, or (b) a day
on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed.
"Code" means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Construction
Fund" means the fund of that name created pursuant to
Section 3.1 hereof.
"Dated Date"
means the date of delivery of the Bonds.
"Debt Service"
means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Bonds.
"Debt Service
Fund" means the special fund of that name created pursuant to
Section 3.1 hereof.
"Department"
means the Department of Community and Economic Development of the
Commonwealth.
"Determination
of Taxability" means a Final Determination by the Internal Revenue
Service or by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United
States that, as a result of failure by the Company to observe or
perform any covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be
observed or performed under the Loan Agreement or as a result of
the inaccuracy of any representation or agreement made by the
Company under the Loan Agreement, the interest payable on any Bond
is includable in the gross income of the Registered Owner or
Beneficial Owner of such Bond (other than a Registered Owner or
Beneficial Owner who is a "substantial user" of the Project or a
"related person" within the meaning of Section 147(a) of the
Code).
"Disqualified
Contractor" means a Person which has been suspended or debarred by
the Commonwealth under its Contractor Responsibility Program,
Management Directive 215.9, as amended or replaced by a successive
directive rule, regulation or statute from time to time or has been
convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of a crime for which
a term of imprisonment of one year or more could have been imposed,
and any Person controlled by a Person which has been so suspended,
debarred or convicted.
"DTC" means The
Depository Trust Company, acting as Securities Depository, as set
forth in Section 2.13 hereof.
"DTC
Participant" shall have the meaning assigned from time to time by
DTC when used by DTC in reference to a "DTC
Participant."
"Event of
Default" means any of the events described in Section 7.1
hereof.
"Favorable
Opinion of Bond Counsel" means an opinion of Bond Counsel addressed
to the Issuer and the Trustee to the effect that the action
proposed to be taken is authorized or permitted by the laws of the
Commonwealth and this Indenture and will not, in and of itself,
adversely affect any exclusion of interest on the Bonds from gross
income of the owners thereof for federal income tax
purposes.
"Final
Determination" means, with respect to a private letter ruling or a
technical advice memorandum of the Internal Revenue Service,
written notice thereof in a proceeding in which the Company had an
opportunity to participate and, otherwise, means written notice of
a determination from which no further right of appeal exists or
from which no appeal is timely filed with the next level of
administrative or judicial review in a proceeding to which the
Company was a party or in which the Company had the opportunity to
participate.
"Financing
Documents" means this Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Tax
Documents and the Bonds.
"Government
Obligations" means any one or more of the following:
(i) Securities that
are direct obligations of the United States of America or
securities the timely payment of whose principal and interest is
unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the
United States of America, trust receipts or other evidence of a
direct claim upon the instruments described above, including but
not limited to CATS (Certificates of Accrual on Treasury
Securities), TIGRS (Treasury Investment Growth Receipts) and
Government Trust Certificates; or
(ii) To the extent
permitted by law for the particular investment contemplated,
pre-refunded municipal obligations meeting the conditions set forth
in (a) through (e) below:
(a) the municipal
obligations are (i) not subject to redemption prior to
maturity or (ii) the trustee for such municipal obligations
has been given irrevocable instructions concerning their calling
and redemption and the issuer of such municipal obligations has
covenanted not to redeem such bonds other than as set forth in such
instructions; and
(b) the municipal
obligations are secured by cash or non-callable United States
Government Obligations that may be applied only to interest,
principal and premium payments of such municipal obligations;
and
(c) the principal of
and interest on such United States Government Obligations (plus any
cash in an escrow fund) are sufficient to meet all of the
liabilities of the municipal obligations; and
(d) the cash and/or
United States Government Obligations serving as security for the
municipal obligations are held by an escrow agent or trustee;
and
(e) the United States
Government Obligations are not available to satisfy any other
claims, including those against the trustee or escrow
agent.
"Indenture"
means this Trust Indenture dated as of October 1, 2008, as
hereafter amended and supplemented by any Supplemental
Indenture.
"Interest
Payment Date" means, with respect to the Bonds, May 1 and November
1 of each year, commencing May 1, 2009.
"Investment
Securities" means and includes any of the following securities on
which neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is the
obligor: (a) Government Obligations or obligations
of any United States Government Related Entity or obligations
guaranteed or insured as to principal and interest by the United
States of America or any United States Government Related
Entity; "United States Government-Related Entity" shall mean the
Export-Import Bank of the United States, Farmers Home
Administration, Federal Housing Administration, General Services
Administration, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal
National Mortgage Association, each Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, each Federal Land Bank, each
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, Banks for Cooperatives and the
Farm Credit System and The Student Loan Marketing Association;
(b) obligations of a state, a territory, or a possession of
the United States, or any political subdivision of any of the
foregoing or of the District of Columbia as described in
Section 103 of the Code, and rated not less than "A2" by
Moody’s or "A" by another Nationally Recognized Statistical
Rating Organization ("NRSRO"); split rated investments where one of
the ratings falls below the minimum rating set forth above are not
permitted; (c) domestic and eurodollar time deposits,
overnight deposits, certificates of deposit and banker’s
acceptances (i) maintained at or issued by any office or
branch of any bank or trust company organized or licensed under the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof which
bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits of
at least $500,000,000, or (ii) maintained at or issued by any
bank organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the
United States of America provided that the long term securities of
such bank or trust company are rated A or higher (A2 in the case of
Moody’s) by at least one NRSRO, in each case maturing not
more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof; split
rated investments where one of the ratings falls below the minimum
rating set forth above are not permitted; (d) commercial paper and
other instruments that are rated, or that are issued or guaranteed
by an issuer that is rated, in the highest, short term category by
at least two NRSROs (A-1 shall be deemed to be the highest short
term rating for Standard and Poor’s) and maturing not more
than 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(e) corporate notes and bonds rated "A" or higher (A2 in the
case of Moody’s) by two or more NRSROs maturing not more than
364 days from the date of acquisition thereof; split ratings
where one of the ratings falls below the minimum rating set forth
above are not permitted; (f) repurchase and reverse repurchase
agreements with any bank (or a broker-dealer subsidiary of
affiliate of such bank), provided such bank has combined capital,
surplus and undivided profits of at least $500,000,000, or any
primary dealer of United States government securities provided that
the collateral is limited to the investments described in
(a) above; (g) shares of any money market mutual fund
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
investment company under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as
amended, including any such fund which is managed by the Trustee or
one of its affiliates or subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, any mutual fund for which the Trustee or an affiliate
of the Trustee serves as investment manager, administrator,
shareholder servicing agent, and/or custodian or subcustodian,
notwithstanding that (i) the Trustee or an affiliate of the
Trustee receives fees from such funds for services rendered,
(ii) the Trustee charges and collects fees for services
rendered pursuant to this Indenture, which fees are separate from
the fees received from such funds, and (iii) services performed for
such funds and pursuant to this Indenture may at times duplicate
those provided to such funds by the Trustee or its affiliates; and
(h) as otherwise permitted by Commonwealth law for such
funds.
"Issue Date"
means the date on which the Bonds are first authenticated and
delivered to the initial purchasers against payment
therefor.
"Loan
Agreement" means the Loan Agreement dated as of October 1, 2008
between the Issuer and the Company, as hereafter amended and
supplemented by any Supplemental Loan Agreement.
"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 be
dissolved or liquidated or shall no longer perform the functions of
a securities rating agency, "Moody’s" shall be deemed to
refer to any other nationally recognized securities rating agency
designated by the Company by written notice to the Trustee and the
Issuer.
"Outstanding"
when used with reference to Bonds means all Bonds authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture as of the time in question,
except:
(a) All Bonds
theretofore canceled or required to be canceled under
Section 2.11 hereof;
(b) Bonds for the
payment or redemption of which provision has been made in
accordance with Article X hereof; provided that, if such Bonds
are being redeemed, the required notice of redemption shall have
been given or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been
made therefor; and
(c) Bonds in
substitution for which other Bonds have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to Article II hereof.
In determining
whether the Registered Owners of a requisite aggregate principal
amount of Bonds Outstanding have concurred in any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the
provisions hereof, Bonds which are owned of record by the Company
or any affiliate thereof shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding hereunder for the purpose of any such determination
(except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Bonds which the Trustee knows to be
so owned or held shall be disregarded) unless all Bonds are owned
by the Company or any affiliate thereof, in which case such Bonds
shall be considered outstanding for the purpose of such
determination. For the purpose of this definition, an
"affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person and "control,"
when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled"
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Paying Agent"
means, initially, the Trustee and any successor.
"Person" means
an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a
joint stock company, a trust, any unincorporated organization, a
governmental body or a political subdivision, a municipal
corporation, public corporation or any other group or organization
of individuals.
"Rating Agency"
means Moody’s or S&P.
"Rebate Fund"
means the separate fund, if any, created pursuant to the Tax
Documents at the request of the Company and held by the Trustee but
not as part of the Trust Estate under this Indenture.
"Register"
means the registration books of the Issuer described in
Section 2.7(a) hereof.
"Registered
Owner" or "Bondholder" or "Owner" means the Person in whose name
any Bond is registered pursuant to Section 2.7(a)
hereof.
"Regular Record
Date" means, with respect to the Bonds, the close of business on
the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the Interest
Payment Date.
"Regulations"
means the applicable proposed, temporary or final Income Tax
Regulations promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Revenues of
the Issuer" or "Revenues" means and includes all
payments by or on behalf of the Company, including specifically the
Installment Loan Payments, under the Loan Agreement to be paid into
the Debt Service Fund and all receipts of the Trustee credited
against such payments, but not including payments with respect to
the indemnification or reimbursement of certain expenses of the
Trustee under Section 6.5 of the Loan Agreement and of the
Issuer under Sections 6.6, 7.1 and 8.3 of the Loan Agreement
or under any other guaranty or indemnification
agreement.
"S&P" means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of New York, its successors and their
assigns, and, if such corporation shall be dissolved or liquidated
or shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating
agency, "S&P" shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally
recognized securities rating agency designated by the Company, by
notice to the Issuer and the Trustee.
"Securities
Depository" means any "clearing agency" registered under
Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Special
Mandatory Redemption" means any redemption of Bonds made pursuant
to Section 5.1(b) hereof.
"Special Record
Date" means the Special Record Date established by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(iii) hereof with respect to payment
of overdue interest.
"Supplemental
Indenture" means any supplement to this Indenture delivered
pursuant to Article IX hereof.
"Supplemental
Loan Agreement" means any supplement to the Loan Agreement entered
into pursuant to Section 9.3 hereof.
"Tax Documents"
means the Tax Certificate as to Arbitrage and Instructions as to
Compliance with Provisions of Section 103(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, of the Company and the Issuer,
dated as of the issuance date of the Bonds, and such other
documents as Bond Counsel may require to be executed and delivered
in connection with the issuance of the Bonds relating to their tax
status under the Code.
"Trust Estate"
means the trust estate as defined in the granting clauses in this
Indenture.
"Underwriting
Agreement" means, with respect to the Bonds, the Bond Purchase
Agreement dated October __, 2008 among the Issuer, the Company
and Edward D. Jones and Co., LP, as underwriter,
providing for the purchase and sale of the Bonds.
"United States
Government Obligations" means direct obligations of, or obligations
the full and timely payment of which are unconditionally guaranteed
by, the United States of America.
SECTION 1.2.
Certain Rules of
Interpretation .
(a) The definitions
set forth in Article I and in the Loan Agreement shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms therein defined and shall cover all genders.
(b) "Herein,"
"hereby," "hereunder," "hereof," "hereinbefore," "hereinafter" and
other equivalent words refer to this Indenture and not solely to
the particular Article, Section or Subdivision hereof in which such
word is used.
(c) Reference herein
to an article number ( e.g. , Article IV) or a section
number ( e.g ., Section 6.2) shall be construed to be a
reference to the designated article number or section number hereof
unless the context or use clearly indicates another or different
meaning or intent.
(d) Words of the
masculine gender shall mean and include correlative words of the
feminine and neuter genders and words importing the singular number
shall mean and include the plural number and vice versa.
(e) Words importing
persons shall include firms, associations, partnerships (including
limited partnerships), trusts, corporations and other legal
entities, including public bodies, as well as natural
persons.
(f) Any headings
preceding the text of the several Articles and Sections of this
Indenture, and any table of contents appended to copies hereof,
shall be solely for convenience of reference and shall not
constitute a part of this Indenture, nor shall they affect its
meaning, construction or effect.
(g) References to
statutes or regulations are to be construed as including all
statutory or regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or
replacing the statute or regulation referred to; and references to
agreements and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to
include any exhibits and appendices attached thereto and all
amendments, supplements and other modifications to such
instruments, but only to the extent such amendments, supplements
and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of this
Indenture.
(h) Whenever in this
Indenture, the Issuer, the Company or the Trustee is named or
referred to, it shall include, and shall be deemed to include, its
respective successors and assigns whether so expressed or
not. All of the covenants, stipulations, obligations and
agreements by or on behalf of, and other provisions for the benefit
of, the Issuer, the Company and the Trustee contained in this
Indenture shall inure to the benefit of such respective successors
and assigns, bind and shall, inure to the benefit of any officer,
board, commission, authority, agency or instrumentality to whom or
to which there shall be transferred by or in accordance with law
any right, power or duty of the Issuer or of its successors or
assigns, the possession of which is necessary or appropriate in
order to comply with any such covenants, stipulations, obligations,
agreements or other provisions of this Indenture.
(i) Every "request,"
"order," "demand," "application," "appointment," "notice,"
"statement," "certificate," "consent," "direction" or similar
action hereunder by persons referred to herein shall, unless the
form thereof is specifically provided, be in writing and signed by
an Authorized Representative of the person giving it.
ARTICLE
II
THE BONDS
SECTION 2.1.
Authorized Amount and Issuance
of Bonds; Disposition of Bond Proceeds
.
Upon the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer shall execute
the Bonds and deliver them to the Trustee for
authentication. At the written direction of the Issuer,
the Trustee shall authenticate the Bonds, and deliver them to the
purchasers thereof upon receipt by the Trustee of the amount due
the Issuer for the initial delivery of the Bonds pursuant to the
terms of the Underwriting Agreement by wire transfer of immediately
available funds. The proceeds of the Bonds shall be
deposited by the Trustee in a settlement account and disbursed or
transferred as follows: (a) transfer to the Debt
Service Fund, established pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, a
sum equal to the accrued interest, if any, paid by the initial
purchasers of the Bonds; (b) disburse amounts set forth in a
Closing Statement executed by the Issuer and the Company to pay
Costs of Issuance of the Bonds; and (c) transfer to the
Construction Fund, established pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof,
the balance of the proceeds received from the initial purchasers of
the Bonds. The total principal amount of the Bonds that
may be issued hereunder is hereby expressly limited to $15,000,000,
except as provided in Section 2.8 hereof.
SECTION 2.2.
Terms of the
Bonds .
The Bonds shall
be designated "Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing
Authority Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2008B (The York
Water Company Project)" and shall be issuable only as fully
registered Bonds without coupons in Authorized
Denominations. Unless the Issuer shall otherwise direct,
the Bonds shall be numbered separately from 1
upward. The Bonds shall be dated as of the Dated Date
and shall mature, subject to prior redemption upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, on November 1,
2038. The Bonds shall bear interest at the rate of 6.00%
per annum, 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. Each Bond
shall bear interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and,
to the extent permitted by law, on overdue interest at the rate of
interest borne by the Bonds.
Optional
Redemption . The Bonds
shall be subject to redemption by the Issuer, at the direction of
the Company, on or after November 1, 2013, in whole or in part at
any time, in Authorized Denominations, at a redemption price of
100% of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest, if
any, to the redemption date.
Special
Mandatory Redemption . The Bonds are also subject to
Special Mandatory Redemption as set forth in Section 5.1(b)
hereof.
Redemption
by the Company in the Event of Death of a Beneficial
Owner . The
Bonds are subject to Redemption by the Company in the Event of
Death of a Beneficial Owner as set forth in Section 5.5
hereof.
SECTION 2.5.
Form of Bonds; Execution;
Bonds Equally and Ratably Secured; Limited Obligation of the
Issuer .
(a) The Bonds shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached to this
Indenture and made a part hereof, with appropriate insertions,
deletions and modifications to reflect the terms of the Bonds. The
Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer with the manual or
facsimile signature of its Chairman, Executive Director, or the
Deputy Secretary for Business Assistance, Pennsylvania Department
of Community and Economic Development (the "Deputy Secretary") and
attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Assistant
Secretary, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the
official seal of the Issuer or a facsimile thereof. 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.
(b) The Bonds shall be
equally and ratably secured under the Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein. The Bonds, together
with premium, if any, and interest thereon, shall be special,
limited obligations of the Issuer secured by the Trust Estate and
payable solely from the Revenues (except to the extent paid out of
monies attributable to the Bond proceeds or the income from the
temporary investment thereof) and shall be a valid claim of the
respective owners thereof only against the Debt Service Fund and
the Construction Fund and the Revenues, which Revenues shall be
used for no other purpose than to pay the principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest on, the Bonds, except as may be
otherwise expressly authorized in this Indenture.
The Bonds are limited obligations of the Issuer and are payable
solely from amounts payable by the Company under the Loan Agreement
and any funds held under the Indenture and available for such
payment. Neither the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, nor
any political subdivision thereof is or shall be obligated to pay
the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds, and
the Bonds shall not be deemed an obligation of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, or any political subdivision
thereof. Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing
power of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any political
subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of
or premium, if any, or the interest on the Bonds. The
Issuer has no taxing power.
(c) All covenants,
promises, agreements, duties and obligations of the Issuer set
forth in the Financing Documents shall be solely the covenants,
promises, agreements, duties and obligations of the Issuer and
shall not be deemed to be, or be, the covenants, promises,
agreements, duties or obligations of any member, officer, employee
or agent of the Issuer or the Commonwealth in his or her individual
capacity, and no recourse shall be had for the payment of the
principal of, or interest on the Bonds or any other amount payable
hereunder or in connection herewith, or for any claim based hereon
or on the Bonds or the Loan Agreement, against any such member,
officer, employee or agent in his or her individual
capacity.
SECTION 2.6.
Authentication
.
No Bonds shall
be valid for any purpose hereunder until the certificate
of authentication printed thereon is duly executed by the manual
signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee, acting as
authenticating agent. Such authentication or
registration shall be proof that the Registered Owner is entitled
to the benefit of the trusts hereby created. The
certificate of the Trustee may be executed by any person authorized
by the Trustee, and it shall not be necessary that the same
authorized person sign the certificates of authentication of all
Bonds.
SECTION 2.7.
Registration, Transfer and
Exchange .
(a) The ownership of
each Bond shall be recorded in the registration books of the
Issuer, which books shall be kept by the Trustee, acting as bond
registrar, at its designated corporate trust operations office and
shall contain such information as is necessary for the proper
discharge of the duties of the Trustee hereunder.
(b) Bonds may be
transferred or exchanged as follows: Any Bond may be
transferred if endorsed for such transfer by the Registered Owner
thereof and surrendered by such Registered Owner or his duly
appointed attorney to the Trustee at its designated corporate trust
operations office, whereupon the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the transferee a new Bond or Bonds in the same
denominations as the Bond surrendered for transfer or in different
Authorized Denominations equal in the aggregate to the principal
amount of the surrendered Bond.
(i) Any Bond or Bonds
may be exchanged for one or more Bonds and in the same principal
amount, but in a different Authorized Denomination or Authorized
Denominations. Each Bond so to be exchanged shall be
surrendered by the Registered Owner thereof or his duly appointed
attorney to the Trustee at its designated corporate trust
operations office, whereupon a new Bond or Bonds shall be
authenticated and delivered to the Registered Owner.
(ii) In the case of any
Bond properly surrendered for partial redemption, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver a new Bond in exchange therefor, such new
Bond to be in an Authorized Denomination equal to the unredeemed
principal amount of the surrendered Bond without cost to the Owner;
provided that, at its option, the Trustee may certify the amount
and date of partial redemption upon the partial
redemption certificate, if any, printed on the surrendered Bond and
return such surrendered Bond to the Registered Owner in lieu of an
exchange.
(iii) No additional
resolutions need be adopted by the governing body of the Issuer or
any other body or person so as to accomplish the foregoing
conversion and exchange or replacement of any Bond or portion
thereof, and the Trustee shall provide for the completion,
authentication, and delivery of the substitute Bonds in the manner
prescribed herein.
Except as
provided in subparagraph (iii) above, the Trustee shall not be
required to effect any transfer or exchange during the
fifteen (15) days immediately preceding the date of mailing of
any notice of redemption or at any time following the mailing of
any such notice in the case of Bonds selected for such
redemption. No charge shall be imposed upon Registered
Owners in connection with any transfer or exchange, except for
taxes or governmental charges related thereto. No
transfers or exchanges shall be valid for any purposes hereunder
except as provided above.
SECTION 2.8.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Bonds .
(a) If any Bond is
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Registered Owner thereof
shall be entitled to the issuance of a substitute Bond provided
that:
(i) in all cases, the
Registered Owner must provide indemnity to the Issuer, the Company
and the Trustee satisfactory to each such party to be indemnified
against any and all claims arising out of or otherwise related to
the issuance of substitute Bonds pursuant to this
Section;
(ii) in the case of a
mutilated Bond the Registered Owner shall surrender the Bond to the
Trustee for cancellation; and
(iii) in the case of a
lost, stolen or destroyed Bond, the Registered Owner shall provide
evidence, satisfactory to the Trustee, of the ownership and the
loss, theft or destruction of the affected Bond.
Upon compliance
with the foregoing, a new Bond of like tenor and denomination,
executed by the Issuer, shall be authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered to the Registered Owner, all at the expense of the
Registered Owner to whom the substitute Bond is
delivered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee
shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any substitute
for a Bond which has been called for redemption or which has
matured or is about to mature and, in any such case, the principal
or redemption price then due or becoming due shall be paid by the
Trustee in accordance with the terms of the mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed Bond without substitution therefor.
(b) Every Bond issued
pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the Bond
alleged to have been destroyed, lost or stolen shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Bonds duly issued hereunder.
(c) All Bonds shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Bonds, and shall preclude
any and all other rights or remedies, unless expressly inconsistent
with any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted with respect
to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments,
investments or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.9.
Payments of Principal,
Redemption Price and Interest; Persons Entitled
Thereto .
(a) The principal or
redemption price of each Bond shall be payable in lawful money of
the United States of America upon surrender of such Bond to the
designated corporate trust operations office of the Trustee,
initially in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Such payments
shall be made to the Registered Owner of the Bond so surrendered,
as shown on the registration books maintained by the Trustee on the
date of payment.
(b) Each Bond shall
bear interest and be payable in lawful money of the United States
of America as to interest as follows:
(i) Each Bond shall
bear interest (A) from the date of authentication, if
authenticated on an Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, or (B) from the last preceding
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for (or the Dated Date if no interest thereon has been
paid) in all other cases.
(ii) Subject to the
provisions of subparagraph (iii) below, the interest due on
any Bond on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
Registered Owner of such Bond as shown on the registration books
kept by the Trustee as of the Regular Record Date. The
amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve (12) 30-day
months.
(iii) If the funds
available under this Indenture are insufficient on any Interest
Payment Date to pay the interest then due, the Regular Record Date
shall no longer be applicable with respect to the
Bonds. If sufficient funds for the payment of such
overdue interest thereafter become available, the Trustee shall
immediately establish a special interest payment date for the
payment of the overdue interest and a Special Record Date (which
shall be a Business Day) for determining the Registered Owners
entitled to payments. Notice of such date so established
shall be mailed by the Trustee to each Owner at least ten (10) days
prior to the Special Record Date, but not more than thirty (30)
days prior to the special interest payment date. The
overdue interest shall be paid on the special interest payment date
to the Registered Owners, as shown on the registration books kept
by the Trustee as of the close of business on the Special Record
Date.
(c) Interest due at
the maturity or redemption of the Bonds shall be paid only upon
presentation and surrender of Bonds at the corporate trust
operations office of the Trustee in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania or
such other office as may be designated by the Trustee in writing to
the Issuer, the Company and the Owners of the Bonds.
(d) All Bonds issued
hereunder are and are to be, to the extent provided in this
Indenture, equally and ratably secured by this Indenture without
preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time
or times of the authentication, delivery or maturity of the Bonds
so that, subject as aforesaid, all Bonds at any time Outstanding
hereunder shall have the same right, lien and preference under and
by virtue of this Indenture and shall all be equally and ratably
secured hereby with like effect as if they had all been executed,
authenticated and delivered simultaneously on the date hereof,
whether the same, or any of them, shall actually be disposed of at
such date, or whether they, or any of them, shall be disposed of at
some future date.
SECTION 2.10.
Temporary Bonds
.
Pending
preparation of definitive Bonds, the Issuer may issue, in lieu of
definitive Bonds, one or more temporary printed or typewritten
Bonds in Authorized Denominations, of substantially the tenor
recited above. At the written request of the Issuer, the
Trustee shall authenticate definitive Bonds in exchange for and
upon surrender of an equal principal amount of
temporary Bonds. Until so exchanged,
temporary Bonds shall have the same rights, remedies and
security hereunder as definitive Bonds. Temporary Bonds
shall be numbered consecutively upward from TR-1.
SECTION 2.11.
Cancellation of Surrendered
Bonds .
The Trustee
shall cancel (a) all Bonds surrendered for transfer or
exchange, for payment at maturity or for redemption (unless the
surrendered Bond is to be partially redeemed and the Trustee elects
to return the Bond, certified as to the partial redemption, to the
Registered Owner thereof pursuant to Section 2.7(b)(ii)), and
(b) all Bonds purchased at the direction of the Company and
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee
shall deliver to the Issuer a certificate of cancellation in
respect of all Bonds canceled in accordance with this
Section.
SECTION 2.12.
Acts of Registered Owners;
Evidence of Ownership .
Any action to
be taken by Registered Owners may be evidenced by one or more
concurrent written instruments of similar tenor signed or executed
by such Registered Owners in person or by an agent appointed in
writing. The fact and date of the execution by any
Person of any such instrument may be proved by acknowledgment
before a notary public or other officer empowered to take
acknowledgments or by an affidavit of a witness to such
execution. Any action by the Registered Owner of any
Bond shall bind all future Registered Owners of the same Bond in
respect of anything done or suffered by the Issuer or the Trustee
in pursuance thereof.
SECTION 2.13.
Book Entry
System .
(a) DTC will act as
Securities Depository for the Bonds. The Bonds shall be
initially issued in the form of a single fully registered Bond
registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC’s partnership
nominee). So long as Cede & Co. is the Registered
Owner of the Bonds, as nominee of DTC, references herein to
Registered Owners, Bondholders or holders or Owners of the Bonds
shall mean Cede & Co. and shall not mean the beneficial owners
of the Bonds.
(b) The ownership
interest of each of the Beneficial Owners of the Bonds will be
recorded through the records of a DTC
Participant. Transfers of beneficial ownership interests
in the Bonds which are registered in the name of Cede & Co.
will be accompanied by book entries made by DTC and, in turn, by
the DTC Participants who act on behalf of the Beneficial Owners of
the Bonds.
(c) With respect to
Bonds registered in the name of Cede & Co., as DTC’s
nominee, the Issuer and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or
obligation to any DTC Participant or to any person on behalf of
whom such a DTC Participant holds an interest in the Bonds, except
as provided in this Indenture. Without limiting the
immediately preceding sentence, the Issuer and the Trustee shall
have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the
accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co. or any DTC
Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds,
(ii) the delivery to any DTC Participant or any other person,
other than a Bondholder, as shown on the registration books, of any
notice with respect to the Bonds, including any notice of
redemption, or (iii) the payment to any DTC Participant or any
other person, other than a Registered Owner, as shown in the
registration books of any amount with respect to principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, the Bonds.
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, the Issuer
and the Trustee shall be entitled to treat and consider the person
in whose name each Bond is registered in the registration books as
the absolute owner of such Bond for the purpose of payment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to such Bond,
for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters
with respect to such Bond, for the purpose of registering transfers
with respect to such Bond, and for all other purposes
whatsoever. The Trustee shall pay all principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds only to or upon the
order of the respective owners, as shown in the registration books
as provided in this Indenture, or their respective attorneys duly
authorized in writing, and all such payments shall be valid and
effective to fully satisfy and discharge the Issuer’s
obligations with respect to payment of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on, the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so
paid.
(e) No person other
than a Registered Owner, as shown in the registration books, shall
receive a Bond certificate evidencing the obligation of the Issuer
to make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest,
pursuant to this Indenture.
(f) Any provision of
this Indenture permitting or requiring the delivery of Bonds shall,
while the book-entry system is in effect, be satisfied by the
notation on the books of DTC or a DTC Participant, if applicable,
of the transfer of the Beneficial Owner’s interest in such
Bond.
(g) So long as the
book-entry system is in effect, the Trustee and the Issuer shall
comply with the terms of the Letter of Representations, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and made a part hereof,
or an alternate Letter of Representations as required by
DTC.
(h) DTC may determine
to discontinue providing its service with respect to the Bonds at
any time by giving reasonable written notice and all relevant
information on the Beneficial Owners of the Bonds to the Issuer or
the Trustee and discharging its responsibilities with respect
thereto under applicable law. If there is no successor
Securities Depository appointed by the Issuer, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver Bonds to the Beneficial Owners thereof in
accordance with the information respecting the Beneficial Owners
provided to the Trustee by DTC, but without any liability on the
part of the Issuer or the Trustee for the accuracy of such
information. The Issuer, at the direction of the
Company, may determine not to continue participation in the system
of book entry transfers through DTC (or a successor Securities
Depository) at any time by giving reasonable written notice to DTC
(or a successor Securities Depository) and the
Trustee. In such event, the Issuer shall execute and
deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver the Bonds to the Beneficial Owners thereof in accordance
with the information respecting the Beneficial Owners provided to
the Trustee by DTC, but without any liability on the part of the
Issuer or the Trustee for the accuracy of such
information.
The Chairman,
Executive Director or Deputy Secretary of the Issuer is hereby
authorized to execute any additional Letter of Representations or
similar document necessary from time to time to continue or provide
for the DTC book-entry system.
SECTION 2.14.
Payments to Cede & Co.;
Payments to Beneficial Owners .
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture to the contrary, so long as
any Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of
DTC, all payments with respect to principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on, such Bond and all notices with respect to such
Bond shall be made and given, respectively, pursuant to DTC’s
rules and procedures.
(b) Payments by the
DTC Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing
instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with
municipal securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer
form or registered in "street name," and will be the responsibility
of such DTC Participant and not of DTC, the Trustee or the Issuer,
subject to any statutory and regulatory requirements as may be in
effect from time to time.
ARTICLE
III
DEBT SERVICE FUND AND
CONSTRUCTION FUND
SECTION 3.1.
Establishment of Funds and
Accounts .
The Issuer
hereby establishes with the Trustee trust funds designated the Debt
Service Fund and the Construction Fund.
SECTION 3.2.
Debt Service
Fund .
Monies in the
Debt Service Fund shall be held in trust for the Bondholders and,
except as otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be used solely
for the payment of the interest on the Bonds and for the payment of
principal of or premium, if any, on the Bonds upon maturity,
whether stated or accelerated, or upon redemption thereof pursuant
to Article V hereof. The Issuer hereby authorizes
and directs the Trustee, and the Trustee hereby agrees, to withdraw
and make available at its designated office sufficient funds (to
the extent available) from the Debt Service Fund to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds as the
same become due and payable, which authorization and direction the
Trustee hereby accepts.
SECTION 3.3.
Return of Monies from
Non-Presentment of Bonds .
In the event
any Bond shall not be presented for payment when the principal
thereof becomes due, either at maturity, at the date fixed for
redemption thereof, or otherwise, and is not thereafter presented
for payment, any funds which shall be held for the payment of such
principal or redemption price and which remain unclaimed by the
Owner of the Bond not presented for payment for a period of two (2)
years after such due date thereof, shall, upon request in writing
by the Company to the Trustee, and subject to applicable unclaimed
property or similar law of the Commonwealth, be paid by the Trustee
to the Company. The owners of the Bonds for which the
related deposit was made shall thereafter be limited to a claim
against the Company for such monies without interest thereon and
only to the extent the related deposit was repaid to the
Company.
SECTION 3.4.
Construction
Fund .
The net
proceeds of the sale of the Bonds, after deposit of any accrued
interest thereon in the Debt Service Fund and payment of Costs of
Issuance pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, shall be deposited by
the Trustee in the Construction Fund and shall be used to pay
Project Costs as provided in Section 3.2 of the Loan
Agreement. The Trustee shall disburse monies from the
Construction Fund upon receipt of requisitions signed by the
Company substantially in the form attached to this Indenture as
Exhibit C. Any amounts remaining after delivery of
the certificate of completion pursuant to Section 3.3 of the
Loan Agreement shall be used by the Trustee as provided in
Section 3.3 of the Loan Agreement.
SECTION 3.5.
Debt Service Fund Monies to be
Held for All Registered Owners, With Certain
Exceptions .
Until applied
as herein provided, monies and investments held in the Debt Service
Fund shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Registered
Owners of all Outstanding Bonds, except that on and after the date
on which the interest on or principal or redemption price of any
particular Bond or Bonds is due and payable from the Debt Service
Fund, the unexpended balance of the amount deposited or reserved in
such fund for the making of such payments shall, to the extent
necessary therefor, be held for the benefit of the Registered Owner
or Registered Owners entitled thereto.
SECTION 3.6.
Additional Accounts and
Subaccounts .
At the written
request of the Company, the Trustee shall establish and maintain
additional accounts or subaccounts within the Debt Service Fund or
Construction Fund as the Company may reasonably request; provided
that (a) in each case, the written request of the
Company shall set forth in reasonable detail the sources of
deposits into and disbursements from the account or subaccount to
be established, and (b) in each case, the sources of deposits
into and disbursements from the account or subaccount to be
established shall be limited to the sources of deposits permitted
or required to be made into and the disbursements permitted or
required to be made from the fund or account within which it is to
be established.
ARTICLE
IV
INVESTMENTS, TAX
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1.
Investment of
Funds .
Pending
disbursement of the amounts on deposit in the Debt Service Fund
(other than any monies held by the Trustee to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest which has previously become payable
with respect to the Bonds which shall only be invested as provided
below in the next succeeding paragraph) and the Construction Fund
as provided herein, the Trustee is hereby directed to invest and
reinvest such amounts in Investment Securities promptly upon
receipt of, and, subject to the limitations set forth in this
Article, in accordance with the written instructions of the
Company. In the event no such instructions are received
by the Trustee, such amounts shall be invested in Investment
Securities described in clause (g) of the definition thereof,
pending receipt of such investment instructions. All
such investments, as well as the investments described in the next
succeeding paragraph, shall be credited to the fund (and account
and subaccount therein) from which the money used to acquire such
investments shall have come, and all income and profits on such
investments shall be credited to, and all losses thereon shall be
charged against, such fund (and account and subaccount
therein). As amounts invested are needed for
disbursement from the Debt Service Fund or the Construction Fund,
the Trustee shall cause a sufficient amount of the investments
credited to that fund to be redeemed or sold and converted into
cash to the credit of that fund (and account and subaccount
therein). The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible
for any loss resulting from any such investment or reinvestment or
redemption or sale as herein authorized; except that the Trustee
shall be liable for any loss resulting from its willful or grossly
negligent failure, within a reasonable time
after receiving the direction from the Company to make
any investment or reinvestment in the manner provided for herein at
the Company’s direction. If the Trustee is unable,
after reasonable effort and within a reasonable time, to make any
such investment or reinvestment, it shall so notify the Company in
writing and thereafter the Trustee shall be relieved of all
responsibility with respect thereto. The Trustee may
make any and all such investments through its own investment
department or that of its affiliates or subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, any monies held by the
Trustee to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest which
has previously become payable with respect to the Bonds shall only
be invested by the Trustee overnight in United States Government
Obligations or other Investment Securities rated AAA or Aaa by each
Rating Agency then rating the Bonds as directed in writing by the
Company.
The Company by
its execution of the Loan Agreement covenants to restrict the
investment of money in the funds created under this Indenture in
such manner and to such extent, if any, as may be necessary, after
taking into account reasonable expectations at the time the Bonds
are delivered to their original purchaser, so that the Bonds will
not constitute arbitrage bonds under Section 148 of the Code
and the Regulations, and the Trustee hereby agrees to comply with
the Company’s written instructions with respect to the
investment of money in the funds created under this Indenture so
long as such instructions conform to the requirements of the
Indenture.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company will not direct the Trustee to make
investments under this Indenture that conflict with or exceed the
limitations set forth in the Tax Documents. The Trustee
shall have no responsibility with respect to the compliance by the
Company or the Issuer with respect to any covenant herein regarding
investments made in accordance with this Article, other than to use
its best reasonable efforts to comply with instructions from the
Company regarding such investments. Since the
investments permitted by this Section have been included at the
request of the Company and the making of such investments will be
subject to the Company’s written direction, the Issuer and
the Trustee specifically disclaim and shall not have any obligation
to the Company for any loss arising from, or tax consequences of,
investments pursuant to the provisions of this
Section. Confirmations are not required from the Trustee
for permitted investments included in a monthly statement rendered
by the Trustee, and no statement need be rendered by the Trustee
for any fund or account if no investment or income accrual activity
occurred in such fund or account during such month.
SECTION 4.2.
Arbitrage Bond Covenant
.
With respect to
the authority to invest funds granted in this Indenture, the Issuer
hereby covenants with the Bondholders that, subject to the
Company’s direction of the investment of funds, it will make
no use of the proceeds of the Bonds, or any other funds which may
be deemed to be proceeds of the Bonds pursuant to Section 148
of the Code, which would cause the Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds"
within the meaning of such Section.
The Trustee
shall provide such information as the Company may reasonably
request in writing to enable the Company to calculate the amount of
earnings on the monies held under this Indenture.
SECTION 4.3.
Covenants Regarding Tax
Exemption .
The Issuer
covenants to refrain from any action which would adversely affect,
or to take such action as is reasonable and available and within
its control to assure, the treatment of the Bonds as obligations
described in Section 103(a) of the Code, the interest on which
is not included in the "gross income" of the holder (other than the
income of a "substantial user" of the Project or a "related person"
within the meaning of Section 147(a) of the Code) for purposes
of federal income taxation.
ARTICLE
V
REDEMPTION OF
BONDS
SECTION 5.1.
Bonds Subject to
Redemption .
(a) Optional
Redemption. The Bonds are subject to optional
redemption as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.
(b) Special
Mandatory Redemption of the Bonds . The Bonds are
subject to Special Mandatory Redemption prior to maturity not later
than 180 days after the Company has notice or actual knowledge
of the occurrence of a Determination of Taxability at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
interest, if any, to the redemption date. Any such
Special Mandatory Redemption shall be in whole unless the Company
delivers to the Trustee an opinion of Bond Counsel that redemption
of a portion of the Bonds Outstanding would have the result that
interest payable on the Bonds remaining Outstanding after such
redemption would not be includable for federal income tax purposes
in the gross income of any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Bond
(other than an Owner or Beneficial Owner who is a "substantial
user" of the Project or a "related person" within the meaning of
Section 147(a) of the Code and the applicable regulations
thereunder), and in such event the Bonds or portions thereof (in
Authorized Denominations) shall be redeemed at such times and in
such amounts as Bond Counsel shall so direct in such
opinion.
If the Trustee
receives written notice from any Owner stating that (i) the
Owner has been notified in writing by the Internal Revenue Service
that it proposes to include the interest on any Bond in the gross
income of such Owner for the reasons stated in the definition of
"Determination of Taxability" set forth herein or any other
proceeding has been instituted against such Owner which may lead to
a Final Determination, and (ii) such Owner will afford the
Company the opportunity to contest the same, either directly or in
the name of the Owner, and until a conclusion of any appellate
review, if sought, then the Trustee shall promptly give notice
thereof to the Company and the Issuer and to the Owners of Bonds
then Outstanding. If the Trustee thereafter receives
written notice of a Final Determination, the Trustee shall make
demand for prepayment of the unpaid Installment Loan Payments under
the Loan Agreement or necessary portions thereof from the Company
and give notice of the Special Mandatory Redemption of the
appropriate amount of Bonds on the earliest practicable date within
the required period of 180 days. In taking any
action or making any determination under this Section 5.1(b),
the Trustee may rely on an opinion of counsel.
SECTION 5.2.
Selection of Bonds for
Redemption .
In the event
that fewer than all Bonds subject to redemption are to be redeemed,
Bonds shall be selected by the Trustee for redemption by
lot. In the case of Bonds of varying Authorized
Denominations, each Bond shall be treated as representing that
number of Bonds which is obtained by dividing the face amount
thereof by the minimum Authorized Denomination applicable to such
Bond. In no event shall there remain outstanding in the
name of any Owner, a Bond in an amount less than the minimum
Authorized Denomination.
SECTION 5.3.
Notice of
Redemption .
The Company
must deliver written notice by facsimile or first class mail to the
Issuer and the Trustee of its intention to prepay the amounts due
under the Loan Agreement and its request that the Bonds be called
for redemption at least forty-five (45) days prior to the proposed
redemption date (or such lesser period as is acceptable to the
Trustee). Unless previously delivered to the Trustee and
the Issuer, any such notice from the Company relating to Special
Mandatory Redemption shall be accompanied by a certificate as to
the occurrence of the event or events on which any Special
Mandatory Redemption is based. The Trustee shall cause
notice of any redemption of Bonds hereunder to be given to the
Registered Owners of all Bonds to be redeemed at the registered
addresses appearing in the registration books kept for such purpose
pursuant to Article II hereof. Each such notice
shall (i) be given by facsimile or by first class mail at
least thirty (30) days prior to the redemption date,
(ii) identify the Bonds to be redeemed (specifying the CUSIP
numbers, if any, assigned to the Bonds), (iii) specify the
redemption date and the redemption price, and (iv) state that
on the redemption date the Bonds called for redemption will be
payable at the designated corporate trust operations office of the
Trustee, that from that date interest will cease to accrue, and
that no representation is made as to the accuracy or correctness of
the CUSIP numbers printed therein or on the Bonds. No
defect affecting any Bond, whether in the notice of redemption or
mailing thereof (including any failure to mail such notice), shall
affect the validity of the redemption proceedings for any other
Bonds. The Trustee shall also send a notice of
prepayment or redemption by first class mail to the Registered
Owner of any Bond who has not sent such Bond in for redemption
sixty (60) days after the redemption date.
In addition,
the Trustee shall give notice of redemption of Bonds by facsimile
or by mail, first class postage prepaid, at least thirty (30) days
prior to a redemption date to each registered Securities Depository
and to any national information service that disseminates
redemption notices. Any notice sent to registered
securities depositories or such national information services shall
be sent so that they are received at least two (2) days prior to
the general mailing or publication date of such
notice. 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 this
paragraph shall in any manner affect the notice of redemption
described in the preceding paragraph of this Section 5.3 and
any notice mailed as provided in the preceding paragraph of this
Section 5.3 shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Registered Owner receives the
notice.
With respect to
any notice of optional redemption of Bonds, unless upon the giving
of such notice such Bonds shall be deemed to have been paid within
the meaning of Article X hereof, such notice shall state that
such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the
Trustee on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption of monies
sufficient to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest on, such Bonds to be redeemed, and that if such monies
shall not have been so received said notice shall be of no force
and effect and the Issuer shall not be required to redeem such
Bonds. In the event that such notice of redemption
contains such a condition and such monies are not so received, the
redemption shall not be made and the Trustee