between
PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FINANCING AUTHORITY,
as Issuer
and
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST
COMPANY,
as Trustee
Dated as of May 1,
2008
$12,000,000
PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FINANCING AUTHORITY
Exempt Facilities Revenue
Refunding Bonds
Series A of 2008
(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
2008A BONDS
Section 2.1.
Authorized Amount and Issuance of 2008A Bonds; Disposition of
2008A
Section 2.2.
Terms of the 2008A Bonds.
Section 2.5.
Form of 2008A Bonds; Execution; 2008A 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 2008A Bonds
.
Section 2.9.
Payments of Principal, Redemption Price, Purchase Price and
Interest; Persons
Entitled
Thereto; Record Dates.
Section 2.10.
Temporary 2008A Bonds.
Section 2.11.
Cancellation of Surrendered 2008A 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
IIA INTEREST RATE ON 2008A BONDS
Section
2A.1. Daily Rate.
Section
2A.2. Weekly Rate.
Section
2A.3. Monthly Rate.
Section
2A.5. Conversion at Option of Company.
Section
2A.6. Initial Interest Rates and Subsequent
Conversion.
ARTICLE
IIB TENDER AND PURCHASE OF 2008A BONDS
Section
2B.1. Optional Tender for Purchase of Weekly Rate and
Monthly Rate 2008A
Section
2B.2. Mandatory Tender for Purchase on Each Conversion
Date and at End of Each
Section
2B.3. Mandatory Tender for Purchase Upon Liquidity
Facility Expiration,
Replacement or
Termination Due to Non-Reimbursement or Default.
Section
2B.4. Mandatory Tender and Purchase Upon Provision or
Termination of Liquidity
Section
2B.5. Drawings on Liquidity Facility: 2008A Bonds
Purchased with Proceeds of
Section
2B.6. [Reserved].
Section
2B.7. No Tenders in Certain
Circumstances.
Section
2B.8. Inadequate Funds for Tenders.
LETTER OF
CREDIT AND LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY
Section
2C.1. Liquidity Facility.
Section
2C.2. Drawings on Liquidity Facility.
Section
2C.4. Expiration.
Section
2C.5. [Reserved.]
Section
2C.7. Replacement with Alternate Liquidity
Facility.
Section
2C.8. Notices of Extension or
Replacement.
Section
2C.9. Other Credit or Liquidity
Enhancement: No Credit or Liquidity
Enhancement.
ARTICLE
IID THE REMARKETING AGENT
Section
2D.1. Appointment.
Section
2D.3. Qualification.
Section
2D.4. Resignation; Removal.
ARTICLE III
DEBT SERVICE FUND
Section 3.1.
Establishment of Funds and Accounts.
Section 3.2.
Debt Service Fund .
Section 3.5.
Debt Service Fund Moneys to be Held for All Registered Owners, With
Certain
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 2008A BONDS
Section 5.1.
2008A Bonds Subject to Redemption; Selection of 2008A Bonds
for
Section 5.2.
Notice of Redemption.
Section 5.3.
Effect of Redemption.
Section 5.4.
Purchase in Lieu of Redemption.
Section 5.5.
Payment of Redemption Price; 2008A Bonds Redeemed in
Part.
Section 5.6.
Optional Redemption.
Section 5.7.
Special Mandatory Redemption.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
Section 6.1.
General Limitation; Issuer’s Representation.
Section 6.2.
Payment of 2008A 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 2008A
Bonds.
Section 7.8.
Remedies Not Exclusive.
Section 7.9.
Delays and Omissions Not to Impair Rights.
Section 7.10.
Application of Moneys in Event of Default.
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 AND THE PAYING AGENT
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.
Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of 2008A
Bonds.
Section 8.5.
Trustee May Hold 2008A 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.
Section 8.12.
Appointment, Capacities and Duties of Paying Agent.
Section 8.13.
Paying Agent May Act Through Agents; Answerable Only for
Willful
Misconduct or
Gross Negligence.
Section 8.14.
Compensation and Indemnity.
Section 8.16.
Paying Agent May Deal in 2008A Bonds.
Section 8.17.
Removal or Resignation of Paying Agent.
Section 8.18.
Successor Paying Agents.
Section 8.19.
Trustee and Paying Agent Obligations Survive Final Payment or
Defeasance.
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.
Section 9.5.
Amendment of Letter of Credit Facility.
Section 9.6.
Bank Consent.
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.
Deposit of Funds for Payment of 2008A Bonds.
Section 11.3.
No Rights Conferred on Others.
Section 11.4.
Illegal, Etc. Provisions Disregarded.
Section 11.5.
Substitute Publication of Notice.
Section 11.6.
Mailed Notice.
Section 11.7.
Governing Law.
Section 11.8.
Successors and Assigns.
Section 11.9.
Action by Company.
Section 11.10.
Headings and Subheadings for Convenience Only.
Section 11.11.
Counterparts.
Section 11.12.
Additional Notices to Rating Agencies.
Exhibit
A — Form
of 2008A Bond
Exhibit
B — Letter
of Representations to DTC
Exhibit
C — Form
of Notice of Tender
This Trust Indenture, dated as of May 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 Issuer is empowered by the
provisions of the Act, to enter into agreements providing for the
financing of the acquisition, construction and equipping of
industrial, commercial and specialized enterprises for the public
for purposes of alleviating unemployment, maintaining employment at
a high level and encouraging economic development in the
Commonwealth and promoting the health, safety and general welfare
of the people of the Commonwealth within the meaning of the Act,
including solid waste disposal and recycling facilities;
and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has previously issued on
April 7, 2004 its $7,300,000 aggregate principal amount Exempt
Facilities Revenue Bonds (The York Water Company Project) Series A
of 2004 (the "2004A Bonds") and on December 9, 2004, the Issuer
issued its $12,000,000 aggregate principal amount Exempt Facilities
Revenue 2008A Bonds (The York Water Company Project) Series B of
2004 (the "2004B Bonds," and together with the 2004A Bonds, the
"2004 Bonds"), the proceeds of which were loaned to The York Water
Company (the "Company") for the financing of costs associated with
the construction of a water intake pumping station adjacent to the
Susquehanna River and a water main pipeline, together with related
pumps, fittings, valves and other water infrastructure system
improvements, all for the purpose of providing an additional source
of surface water supply to meet the needs of the Company’s
residential, commercial and industrial customers (the "Project
Facilities") and paying some or all of the costs of issuance of the
2004 Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the 2004A Bonds were issued as fixed
rate bonds pursuant to a Trust Indenture between the Issuer and the
Trustee dated as of April 1, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the 2004B Bonds were issued as variable
rate bonds pursuant to a Trust Indenture between the Issuer and the
Trustee dated as of December 1, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the 2004B Bonds are insured by a
financial guaranty insurance policy issued by XL Capital Assurance,
Inc. (the "Insurer"); and
WHEREAS, due to the recent disruption in the
municipal bond market, the Issuer, at the request of the Company,
has determined to replace the Insurer through the issuance of its
refunding 2008A Bonds (the "Project"), and therefore has authorized
the issuance of $12,000,000 Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding
Bonds, Series A of 2008 (The York Water Company Project) (the
"2008A Bonds"), the proceeds of which will be used, together with
certain other available funds, to redeem $12,000,000 principal
amount of the 2004B Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the 2008A Bonds will be issued as
multi-modal bonds pursuant to this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into a Loan
Agreement dated as of May 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 2008A Bonds for such purpose and the repayment of such loan
by the Company; and
WHEREAS, the 2008A Bonds and the interest
thereon are and shall be payable from funds drawn under an
irrevocable, direct-pay letter of credit (the "Initial Letter of
Credit") to be issued by PNC Bank, National Association (the
"Initial LOC Bank"). Concurrently with the issuance of
the 2008A Bonds and the Initial Letter of Credit by the Initial LOC
Bank, the Company will enter into a Reimbursement, Credit and
Security Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2008 (the "Reimbursement
Agreement") with the Initial LOC Bank; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the 2008A
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 2008A 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 2008A
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 2008A Bonds by the Owners thereof,
and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, and in order to secure the payment
of the principal or purchase price of, premium, if any, and
interest on the 2008A 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 and the
rights of the Bank , (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 the Bank and to
their respective 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 (i) the Loan Agreement (except for
the Unassigned Issuer’s Rights as defined in the Loan
Agreement), (ii) all the Revenues of the Issuer, and (iii) all
funds (other than the Rebate Fund) and accounts established under
this Indenture and all moneys and investments now or hereafter held
therein ((i), (ii) and (iii) are collectively, the "Trust Estate");
provided, however, that nothing in the 2008A 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 2008A 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 the Bank and their respective successors in trust
forever;
IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts
herein set forth for the benefit and security first , of
those who shall hold or own the 2008A Bonds issued hereunder, or
any of them, without preference of any of said 2008A 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, and second , of a Bank
in consideration of the issuance by such Bank of a Letter of
Credit, except as otherwise provided herein;
IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED, declared and agreed by
and between the parties hereto, that all such 2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A 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, including the amendments made by Act of
December 17, 1993, No. 74. 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, the Paying Agent, the Remarketing Agent
and the Issuer including, without limitation, the reasonable fees
and expenses of their counsel and other professional
advisors.
"Affiliate" means any person or company directly
or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control
with the Company.
"Alternate Credit Facility" means an irrevocable
letter of credit, surety bond or other liquidity device authorizing
drawings thereon by the Trustee which shall have the same material
terms as the Initial Letter of Credit.
"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, while the
2008A Bonds are in a Daily Mode, a Weekly Mode, or a Monthly Mode,
$100,000 and integral multiples of $5,000 in excess thereof, and
while the 2008A Bonds are in a Term Mode, $5,000 or integral
multiples thereof.
"Available Moneys" means proceeds of a drawing
under the Letter of Credit and proceeds of any remarketing of 2008A
Bonds delivered by the Remarketing Agent to the Paying Agent
hereunder (other than proceeds received from the Issuer, the
Company or an Affiliate of either or an affiliate of the
Issuer). "Available Moneys" also means moneys paid to
the Trustee by the Company with respect to which the Trustee and
the Rating Service has received an opinion acceptable to it of
nationally recognized counsel experienced in bankruptcy matters, to
the effect that use of such moneys to pay the principal or purchase
price of, premium on or interest on the 2008A Bonds will not
constitute an avoidable transfer under Section 547 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) in the
event of a bankruptcy case by the Issuer or by or against the
Company or any Affiliate, as debtor.
"Bank" means the Initial LOC Bank and any other
institution providing an Alternate Credit Facility.
"Beneficial Owners" means the owners of
beneficial interests in the 2008A Bonds while 2008A 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 April 29, 2008, authorizing
the issuance of the 2008A Bonds.
"Business Day" means any day which is not (a) a
Saturday, a Sunday or, in the State of New York, the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania (or any other jurisdiction in which the Letter of
Credit is being administered) or the city in which the corporate
trust operations office of the Trustee or any duly appointed Paying
Agent, the Remarketing Agent, the Bank or the office of the Trustee
at which this Indenture is being administered is located, a legal
holiday on which banks are authorized or required by law or other
governmental action 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.
"Company Debt Service Account" means that
special account of that name established pursuant to Section 3.1
hereof which shall also be an Eligible Account.
"Conversion Date" means any Interest Payment
Date on which the Rate Mode of the 2008A Bonds is converted to
another Rate Mode (including a conversion from one Term Mode to
another Term Mode) pursuant to Section 2A.5.
"Daily Mode" means, with respect to the 2008A
Bonds, the mode of bearing interest thereon at a Daily
Rate.
"Daily Rate" means the rate of interest borne by
the 2008A Bonds determined and adjusted daily for each Daily Rate
Period pursuant to Section 2A.1.
"Daily Rate Calculation Date" means each
Business Day in each calendar week.
"Daily Rate Period" means, while the 2008A Bonds
bear interest at a Daily Rate, the period commencing on a Business
Day and extending to, but not including, the next succeeding
Business Day.
"Dated Date" means the date of delivery of the
2008A Bonds.
"Debt Service" means the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the 2008A Bonds.
"Debt Service Fund" means the special fund of
that name created pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof which shall
also be an Eligible Account.
"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 2008A Bond is includable in
the gross income of the Registered Owner or Beneficial Owner of
such 2008A Bond (other than a Registered Owner or Beneficial Owner
who is a "substantial user" of the Project Facilities 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."
"Eligible Account" means an account that is
either (a) maintained with a federal or state-chartered depository
institution or trust company that has a Standard & Poor’s
short-term debt rating of at least ‘A-2’ (or, if no
short-term debt rating, a long-term debt rating of
‘BBB+’); or (b) maintained with the corporate trust
department of a federal depository institution or state-chartered
depository institution subject to regulations regarding fiduciary
funds on deposit, which, in either case, has corporate trust powers
and is acting in its fiduciary capacity. In the event
that a fund required hereby to be an "Eligible Account" no longer
is such, the Trustee shall promptly (and in any case, within not
more than 30 calendar days) move such account to another financial
institution such that the Eligible Account requirement will again
be satisfied.
"Event of Default" means any of the events
described in Section 7.1 hereof.
"Expiration Date" means the stated expiration
date of a Letter of Credit Facility, as such date may be extended
from time to time by the Bank.
"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 2008A 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, the Letter of Credit and the
2008A 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 May 1, 2008, as hereafter amended and supplemented by any
Supplemental Indenture.
"Installment Loan Payments" shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.
"Interest Payment Date" means (i) with respect
to 2008A Bonds bearing interest at the Daily Rate, Weekly Rate or
Monthly Rate, the first Business Day of each calendar month, and
(ii) with respect to 2008A Bonds bearing interest at the Term Rate,
each Semiannual Date for the 2008A Bonds.
"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 2008A 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 2008A Bonds
are first authenticated and delivered to the initial purchasers
against payment therefor.
"Letter of
Credit" means the Initial Letter of Credit issued by the Initial
LOC Bank to the Trustee on the Issue Date and any Alternate Credit
Facility delivered pursuant to Section 2C.7 hereof.
"Letter of Credit Facility" means a letter of
credit which provides coverage for payment of the purchase price of
the 2008A Bonds tendered but not remarketed, a surety bond, a
standby bond purchase agreement or other liquidity facility issued
in accordance with Section 2C.1(b) and Section 2C.7, including any
Alternate Credit Facility. Initially the "Letter of
Credit Facility" means the Initial Letter of Credit issued by the
Initial LOC Bank.
"Letter of Credit Debt Service Account" means
the special trust account of that name established pursuant to
Section 3.1 hereof which shall also be an Eligible
Account.
"Letter of Credit Purchase Account" means the
special trust account so designated established by the Paying Agent
pursuant to Section 2B.1(g) which shall also be an Eligible Account
and which shall be for the benefit of the Bondholders.
"Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement
dated as of May 1, 2008 between the Issuer and the Company, as
hereafter amended and supplemented by any Supplemental Loan
Agreement.
"Maturity Date" means October 1,
2029.
"Monthly Mode" means, with respect to the 2008A
Bonds, the mode of bearing interest thereon at a Monthly
Rate.
"Monthly Rate" means the rate of interest borne
by the 2008A Bonds determined and adjusted monthly for each Monthly
Rate Period pursuant to Section 2A.3 hereof.
"Monthly Rate Calculation Date" means the last
Business Day of each calendar month.
"Monthly Rate Period" means, while the 2008A
Bonds bear interest at a Monthly Rate, the period which begins on
the first Business Day of each calendar month and ends and includes
the date preceding the first Business Day of the next succeeding
calendar month, except that (i) if the 2008A Bonds are initially
issued in the Monthly Mode, the first Monthly Rate Period shall
commence on the Issue Date and end on and include the last day
preceding the first Business Day of the next succeeding calendar
month, (ii) the first Monthly Rate Period following a conversion
from a Daily Mode, Weekly Mode or Term Mode to the Monthly Mode
shall commence on the Conversion Date of such conversion and end on
and include the last day preceding the first Business Day of the
next succeeding calendar month; and (iii) in the case of conversion
from the Monthly Mode to a Daily Mode, Weekly Mode or Term Mode,
the last Monthly Rate Period prior to such conversion shall end on
and include the last day immediately preceding the Conversion Date
of such conversion.
"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, the Remarketing Agent, the Bank, and
the Issuer.
"Nominal Term Rate Period" means, with respect
to a Term Mode, a period of two or more Semiannual
Periods.
"Office" of an entity means its office at the
address set forth in Section 11.5, or any other office designated
in writing by such entity to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying
Agent, the Remarketing Agent, the Company and the Bank as the
Office of such entity for purposes of this Indenture; provided
that, for the purposes of the definition of "Business Day" herein,
the Office of the Trustee shall be its designated corporate trust
office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as set forth in Section 11.5,
the "Payment Office" and the "Delivery Office" of the Paying Agent
shall be as set forth in Section 11.5 and the Office of the Bank
shall be its office at which drawing documents are required to be
presented under the Letter of Credit Facility (if any).
"Outstanding" when used with reference to 2008A
Bonds means all 2008A Bonds authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture as of the time in question, except:
(a) All 2008A Bonds
theretofore canceled or required to be canceled under
Section 2.11 hereof;
(b) On or after any
Purchase Date for 2008A Bonds to be purchased pursuant to Article
IIB, all Undelivered 2008A Bonds which are purchased on such date,
provided that funds sufficient for such purchase are on deposit
with the Paying Agent;
(c) 2008A Bonds for
the payment or redemption of which provision has been made in
accordance with Article X hereof; provided that, if such 2008A
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
(d) 2008A Bonds in
substitution for which other 2008A Bonds have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to Article II hereof.
In determining whether the Registered Owners of
a requisite aggregate principal amount of Outstanding 2008A Bonds
have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver under the provisions hereof, Pledged
Bonds and any 2008A Bonds which are owned of record by any
Affiliate 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 2008A Bonds which the Trustee knows to be
so owned or held shall be disregarded) unless all 2008A Bonds are
Pledged Bonds or 2008A Bonds owned by any Affiliate, in which case
such 2008A Bonds shall be considered outstanding for the purpose of
such determination.
"Paying Agent" means the Trustee which shall not
be a Disqualified Contractor.
"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.
"Pledged Bonds" means 2008A Bonds pledged and
assigned to the Bank in accordance with the Reimbursement
Agreement.
"Preference Opinion" shall mean an opinion of
nationally recognized counsel experienced in bankruptcy matters to
the effect that the payment of principal, interest and premium (if
any) on the 2008A Bonds made solely with drawings under the Letter
of Credit and the payment of the purchase price of any 2008A Bonds
made solely from the proceeds of the remarketing of the 2008A Bonds
or drawings under the Letter of Credit will not be considered an
avoidable "preferential transfer" by the Company or the Issuer
under the United States Bankruptcy Code in the event of the
commencement of a bankruptcy case under the United States
Bankruptcy Code by the Issuer or by or against the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company, as debtor.
"Prevailing Market Conditions" means, to the
extent relevant (in the professional judgment of the Remarketing
Agent) at the time of the establishment of an interest rate for the
2008A Bonds in accordance with this Indenture, (a) any past sales
of, or efforts to sell, the 2008A Bonds at a purchase price equal
to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon (if
any); (b) interest rates for comparable securities (i) with
interest rate periods and demand purchase options substantially the
same as the 2008A Bonds and bearing interest at a variable rate
intended to maintain their secondary market price at the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon (if any), and (ii)
rated by a national credit Rating Service in the same category as
the 2008A Bonds if rated at the time; (c) other financial market
rates and indices that may have a bearing on the rate of interest
(which may include either tax-exempt or taxable rates or indices
and may include, without limitation, rates and rate periods borne
by comparable securities, commercial paper and United States
Treasury obligations, commercial bank prime rates, federal funds
rates, the London Interbank Offered Rate, the J. J. Kenny Index and
the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index); (d) general financial market
conditions (including current forward supply) that may have a
bearing on the rate of interest; (e) the financial condition,
results of operations and credit standing of the Bank and/or the
Company to the extent such standing has a bearing on the rate of
interest of the 2008A Bonds; and (f) any other relevant factor
effecting the marketability of the 2008A Bonds.
"Purchase Date" means (a) with respect to any
optional tender for purchase pursuant to Section 2B.1 of 2008A
Bonds in the Daily Mode or Weekly Mode, any Business Day designated
as the date of such purchase pursuant to such Section; (b) with
respect to any optional tender for purchase pursuant to Section
2B.1 of 2008A Bonds in the Monthly Mode, the first Business Day of
the month designated as the date of such purchase pursuant to such
Section; (c) with respect to any mandatory tender for purchase
pursuant to Section 2B.2, (1) in the case of 2008A Bonds which are
to be purchased upon conversion from one Rate Mode to another Rate
Mode pursuant to Section 2A.5 or in connection with a proposed
conversion which has been rescinded by the Company, the Conversion
Date or proposed Conversion Date or, if such Conversion Date or
proposed Conversion Date is not a Business Day, the first Business
Day succeeding such Conversion Date or proposed Conversion Date,
and (2) in the case of 2008A Bonds which are to be purchased upon
expiration of a Term Rate Period, the first Business Day
immediately following the end of such Term Rate Period; (d) with
respect to any mandatory tender for purchase pursuant to Section
2B.3, (1) in the case of 2008A Bonds which are to be purchased in
anticipation of the expiration or replacement of a Letter of Credit
Facility, the mandatory tender date as defined in Section 2B.3(a),
and (2) in the case of 2008A Bonds which are to be purchased in
connection with the termination of the Letter of Credit Facility
due to default, the date specified by the Bank in its notice of
termination; and (e) with respect to any mandatory tender for
purchase pursuant to Section 2B.4 in the case of 2008A Bonds which
are to be purchased in anticipation of the provision or termination
of a Letter of Credit Facility by the Company, the mandatory tender
date as set forth in Section 2B.4(a).
"Rate Mode" means the Daily Mode, the Weekly
Mode, the Monthly Mode or a Term Mode.
"Rating Agency" or "Rating Service" means
S&P, if the 2008A Bonds are rated by such at the time, and its
successors and assigns, or if S&P shall be dissolved or no
longer assigning credit ratings to debt such as the 2008A Bonds,
then any other nationally-recognized entity assigning credit
ratings to debt such as the 2008A Bonds designated by the Company
and not unsatisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee.
"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 2008A Bond is registered
pursuant to Section 2.7(a) hereof.
"Record Date" means, as the case may be, the
applicable Regular or Special Record Date.
"Regular Record Date" means, while the 2008A
Bonds are in the Daily Mode, Weekly Mode or Monthly Mode, the close
of business on the last Business Day preceding an Interest Payment
Date, and while the 2008A Bonds are in a Term Mode, the close of
business on the fifteenth (15 th ) day of
the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in
which an Interest Payment Date occurs.
"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.
"Remarketing Agent" means PNC Capital Markets,
Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its successor for the time
being in such capacity as provided in Article IID.
"Remarketing Agreement" means the Remarketing
Agreement dated as of May 1, 2008 between the Company and the
Remarketing Agent or any subsequent remarketing agreement executed
by the Company and any subsequent Remarketing Agent appointed
pursuant hereto.
"Remarketing Proceeds Purchase Account" means
the special trust account so designated established by the Paying
Agent pursuant to Section 2B.1(f) which shall also be an Eligible
Account and which shall be for the benefit of the
Bondholders.
"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, any moneys paid to the Paying Agent under the terms of the
Letter of Credit Facility or the Remarketing Agreement 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, Paying Agent,
Remarketing Agent, Issuer and Local IDA under Sections 6.5,
6.6, 7.1 and 8.3, as the case may be, 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 Trustee, the Remarketing Agent, the Bank, and the
Issuer.
"Securities Depository" means any "clearing
agency" registered under Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Semiannual Date" means each April 1 and October
1.
"Semiannual Period" means a six month period
commencing on a Semiannual Date and ending on and concluding the
day (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding the next
Semiannual Date.
"SIFMA Municipal Swap Index" means the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal
Swap Index as of the most recent date for which such index was
published or such other weekly, high-grade index comprised of
seven-day, tax-exempt multimodal notes produced by Municipal Market
Data, Inc., or its successor, as otherwise designated by SIFMA;
provided, however, that if such index is no longer produced by
Municipal Market Data, Inc., or its successor, then "SIFMA
Municipal Swap Index" shall mean such other reasonably comparable
index selected by the Company.
"Special Mandatory Redemption" means any
redemption of 2008A Bonds made pursuant to Section 5.7
hereof.
"Special Record Date" means the Special Record
Date established by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.9(c)
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
2008A Bonds, and such other documents as Bond Counsel may require
to be executed and delivered in connection with the issuance of the
2008A Bonds relating to their tax status under the Code.
"Term Mode" means, with respect to the 2008A
Bonds, the mode of bearing interest thereon at Term Rates based on
a constant Nominal Term Rate Period.
"Term Rate" means the rate of interest borne by
the 2008A Bonds for a Term Rate Period determined pursuant to
Section 2A.4.
"Term Rate Calculation Date" means a Business
Day not more than 15 days and not less than one day prior to the
first day of the corresponding Term Rate Period.
"Term Rate Period" means a period of two or more
Semiannual Periods equal to the applicable Nominal Term Rate Period
determined pursuant to Section 2A.4 commencing on the Semiannual
Date immediately following the last day of the immediately
preceding Term Rate Period and running through and ending on the
day immediately preceding the Semiannual Date which follows such
commencement date by a period equal to such Nominal Term Rate
Period; except that the first Term Rate Period after conversion
from a Daily Mode, Weekly Mode or Monthly Mode to a Term Mode shall
commence on the Conversion Date of such conversion and end on the
day immediately preceding the Semiannual Date which follows the
Semiannual Date occurring on or immediately preceding the
Conversion Date of such conversion by a period equal to the
applicable Nominal Term Rate Period.
"Term Rate Period End Interest Payment Date"
means the Semiannual Date immediately following the last day of a
Term Rate Period.
"Trust Estate" means the trust estate as defined
in the granting clauses in this Indenture.
"Undelivered 2008A Bonds" means any 2008A Bonds
(or portions of 2008A Bonds) subject to purchase pursuant to
Section 2B.1, 2B.2, 2B.3 or 2B.4 which the Owner has failed to
deliver as described in Section 2B.1(k), 2B.2(j), 2B.3(k) or
2B.4(j).
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Purchase
Contract dated May __, 2008 among the Issuer, the Company and PNC
Capital Markets, Inc., as underwriter, providing for the purchase
and sale of the 2008A 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.
"Weekly Mode" means, with respect to the 2008A
Bonds, the mode of bearing interest thereon at a Weekly
Rate.
"Weekly Rate" means the rate of interest borne
by the 2008A Bonds determined and adjusted weekly for each Weekly
Rate Period pursuant to Section 2A.2.
"Weekly Rate Calculation Date" means Wednesday
in each calendar week or, if any Wednesday is not a Business Day,
the first Business Day preceding such Wednesday or the first
Business Day following such Wednesday (as determined by the
Remarketing Agent).
"Weekly Rate Period" means, while the 2008A
Bonds bear interest at a Weekly Rate, the weekly period which
begins on Thursday of each calendar week and ends at the close of
business on Wednesday of the immediately following calendar week;
except that (i) the initial Weekly Rate Period for the 2008A Bonds
shall commence on the Issue Date and end on and include the first
Wednesday occurring after the Issue Date, (ii) the first Weekly
Rate Period following a conversion from a Daily Mode, Term Mode or
Monthly Mode to the Weekly Mode shall commence on the Conversion
Date of such conversion and end on and include the first Wednesday
occurring after such date, and (iii) in the case of conversion from
the Weekly Mode to a Daily Mode, Term Mode or Monthly Mode, the
last Weekly Rate Period prior to such conversion shall end on and
include the last day immediately preceding the Conversion Date of
such conversion.
"2008A Bonds" means the Issuer’s
$12,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Exempt Facilities Revenue
Refunding Bonds, Series A of 2008 (The York Water Company Project),
authorized hereunder.
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, the Remarking
Agent, the Paying Agent 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, the Remarketing Agent, the Paying
Agent 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.
(j) References to any
time of the day in this Indenture shall refer to eastern standard
time or eastern daylight saving time, as in effect in the City of
New York, New York on such day, unless otherwise noted.
ARTICLE
II
THE 2008A BONDS
Section 2.1. Authorized
Amount and Issuance of 2008A Bonds; Disposition of 2008A Bond
Proceeds .
Upon the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall execute the 2008A Bonds and deliver
them to the Trustee for authentication. At the written
direction of the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate the 2008A
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 2008A Bonds pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting
Agreement by wire transfer of immediately available
funds. The proceeds of the 2008A Bonds shall be
deposited by the Trustee in a settlement account and disbursed or
transferred in amounts set forth in a Closing Statement executed by
the Issuer and the Company. The proceeds of the 2008A
Bonds, together with an equity contribution from the Issuer, shall
be used to redeem the 2004B 2008A Bonds and to pay Costs of
Issuance of the 2008A Bonds. The total principal amount
of the 2008A Bonds that may be issued hereunder is hereby expressly
limited to $12,000,000, except as provided in Section 2.8
hereof. No additional 2008A Bonds may be issued under
this Indenture.
Section 2.2. Terms of the
2008A Bonds .
The 2008A Bonds shall be designated
"Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Refunding 2008A Bonds, Series A of 2008 (The
York Water Company Project)" and shall be issuable only as fully
registered 2008A Bonds without coupons in Authorized
Denominations. Unless the Issuer shall otherwise direct,
the 2008A Bonds shall be numbered separately from 1
upward. The 2008A Bonds shall be dated their date of
delivery and shall mature, subject to prior redemption upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, on October 1,
2029. Interest on the 2008A Bonds shall be determined as
provided in Article IIA. Interest on 2008A Bonds bearing
interest at a Daily Rate, Weekly Rate or Monthly Rate shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable,
for the number of days actually elapsed. Interest on
2008A Bonds bearing interest at a Term Rate shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions hereof,
during any period in which a 2008A Bond is a Bank Bond, such 2008A
Bonds shall bear interest at the Bank Rate, which shall be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months
(unless otherwise agreed to by the Company and the
Bank). Each 2008A Bond shall bear interest (i) from
the date of authentication, if authenticated on an Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, or
(ii) 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. Each 2008A 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 2008A
Bonds.
The 2008A Bonds are subject to optional
redemption, mandatory redemption and special mandatory redemption
prior to maturity, and optional and mandatory tender for purchase
as set forth in Article IV and Article V, respectively,
hereof.
Section 2.5.
Form of 2008A Bonds; Execution;
2008A Bonds Equally and Ratably Secured; Limited Obligation of the
Issuer .
(a) The 2008A 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 terms of the 2008A
Bonds. 2008A Bonds authenticated and delivered while
such 2008A Bonds are in the Daily Mode, Weekly Mode, Monthly Mode
or Term Mode, as the case may be, shall set forth on the face side
thereof, in the place provided for designating the interest rate,
the word "Daily Rate", "Weekly Rate", "Monthly Rate" or "____% Term
Rate for Term Rate Period ending ________, ___",
respectively.
(b) The 2008A 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
2008A Bonds shall cease to be such official before the delivery of
such 2008A 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.
(c) The 2008A Bonds
shall be equally and ratably secured under the Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein. The 2008A 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 moneys attributable to the 2008A Bond proceeds or the
income from the temporary investment thereof) and shall be a valid
claim of the respective owners thereof only against the funds
(except the Rebate Fund) and accounts established hereunder and
other moneys held by the Trustee or Paying Agent and the Revenues,
which Revenues shall be used for no other purpose than to pay the
principal and purchase price of, and premium, if any, and interest
on, the 2008A Bonds, except as may be otherwise expressly
authorized in this Indenture. The 2008A Bonds are
limited obligations of the Issuer and are payable solely from
amounts drawn under the Letter of Credit. Neither the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania nor any political subdivision thereof
is or shall be obligated to pay the principal or purchase price of
or premium, if any, or interest on the 2008A Bonds, and the 2008A
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 or
purchase price of or premium, if any, or the interest on the 2008A
Bonds. The Issuer has no taxing power.
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 2008A Bonds or any other
amount payable hereunder or in connection herewith, or for any
claim based hereon or on the 2008A Bonds or the Loan Agreement,
against any such member, officer, employee or agent in his or her
individual capacity.
Section 2.6.
Authentication
.
No 2008A 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 2008A Bonds.
Any 2008A Bond authenticated and delivered after
the last Interest Payment Date preceding the termination of a
Letter of Credit Facility shall have noted on the face thereof that
the Letter of Credit Facility has expired and no longer supports
payment of such 2008A Bond and any other information which the
Issuer deems appropriate, unless an Alternate Credit Facility
meeting the requirements of Section 2C.7 has been delivered in
respect of such 2008A Bond.
Section 2.7. Registration,
Transfer and Exchange .
(a) The ownership of
each 2008A Bond shall be recorded in the registration books of the
Issuer which shall be kept by the Trustee (the "Bond Register"),
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) 2008A Bonds may be
transferred or exchanged as follows: Any 2008A 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 2008A Bond or 2008A Bonds in the
same denominations as the 2008A Bond surrendered for transfer or in
different Authorized Denominations equal in the aggregate to the
principal amount of the surrendered 2008A Bond.
(i) Any 2008A Bond or
2008A Bonds may be exchanged for one or more 2008A Bonds and in the
same principal amount, but in a different Authorized Denomination
or Authorized Denominations. Each 2008A 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 2008A Bond or
2008A Bonds shall be authenticated and delivered to the Registered
Owner.
(ii) In the case of any
2008A Bond properly surrendered for partial redemption, the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver a new 2008A Bond in exchange
therefor, such new 2008A Bond to be in an Authorized Denomination
equal to the unredeemed principal amount of the surrendered 2008A
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 2008A Bond and return such
surrendered 2008A 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 2008A Bond or portion
thereof, and the Trustee shall provide for the completion,
authentication, and delivery of the substitute 2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A Bonds .
(a) If any 2008A Bond
is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Registered Owner
thereof shall be entitled to the issuance of a substitute 2008A
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 2008A Bonds pursuant to this
Section;
(ii) in the case of a
mutilated 2008A Bond the Registered Owner shall surrender the 2008A
Bond to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(iii) in the case of a
lost, stolen or destroyed 2008A Bond, the Registered Owner shall
provide evidence, satisfactory to the Trustee, of the ownership and
the loss, theft or destruction of the affected 2008A
Bond.
Upon compliance with the foregoing, a new 2008A
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 2008A Bond is delivered. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and
deliver any substitute for a 2008A 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 2008A Bond without
substitution therefor.
(b) Every 2008A Bond
issued pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall constitute an
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the
2008A 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 2008A Bonds duly issued hereunder.
(c) All 2008A 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 2008A 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, Purchase Price and Interest; Persons
Entitled Thereto; Record Dates .
(a) The principal,
redemption price or purchase price of any 2008A Bond shall be
payable upon presentation and surrender of such 2008A Bond at the
Payment Office of the Paying Agent. Interest on any
2008A Bond on each Interest Payment Date in respect thereof shall
be payable by check mailed on the applicable Interest Payment Date
to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Bond Register; provided that at the written request
of the Owner of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
2008A Bonds (or the Bank to the extent the Bank owns any 2008A
Bonds regardless of the principal amount owned) received by the
Paying Agent at least one Business Day before the corresponding
Record Date, interest accrued on the 2008A Bonds will be payable by
wire transfer within the continental United States in immediately
available funds to the bank account number of such Owner specified
in such request and entered by the Paying Agent on the Bond
Register. The principal or redemption price and purchase
price becoming due with respect to 2008A Bonds shall, at the
written request of the Owner of at least $1,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of such 2008A Bonds (or the Bank to the extent the
Bank owns any 2008A Bonds regardless of the principal amount
owned), be paid by wire transfer within the continental United
States in immediately available funds to the bank account number of
such Owner appearing on the Bond Register, but only upon
presentation and surrender of such 2008A Bonds (subject to the
book-entry provisions of Section 2.13). The principal,
redemption price or purchase price of and interest on the 2008A
Bonds shall be paid in any coin or currency of the United States of
America which, at the time of payment, is legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
(b) Interest on any
2008A Bond which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
person in whose name that 2008A Bond is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
(c) Any interest on
any 2008A Bond which is payable on any Interest Payment Date but is
not paid or provided for on such date or within three Business Days
thereafter (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Owner on the relevant Regular Record
Date by virtue of having been such Owner, and such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid, pursuant to Section 7.10, to the Owner in
whose name the 2008A Bond is registered at the close of business on
a Special Record Date to be fixed by the Trustee, such date to be
not more than fifteen (15) nor less than five (5) days prior to the
date of proposed payment. The Paying Agent shall cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class postage
prepaid, to each Bondholder, at his address as it appears in the
Bond Register, not less than ten (10) days prior to such Special
Record Date.
(d) Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Section, each 2008A Bond delivered
under this Indenture upon transfer of or exchange for or in lieu of
any other 2008A Bond shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other 2008A
Bond.
(e) All 2008A 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 2008A
Bonds so that, subject as aforesaid, all 2008A 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 2008A
Bonds .
Pending preparation of definitive 2008A Bonds,
the Issuer may issue, in lieu of definitive 2008A Bonds, one or
more temporary printed or typewritten 2008A Bonds in Authorized
Denominations, of substantially the tenor recited
above. At the written request of the Issuer, the Trustee
shall authenticate definitive 2008A Bonds in exchange for and upon
surrender of an equal principal amount of
temporary 2008A Bonds. Until so exchanged,
temporary 2008A Bonds shall have the same rights,
remedies and security hereunder as definitive 2008A
Bonds. Temporary 2008A Bonds shall be numbered
consecutively upward from TR-1.
Section 2.11. Cancellation of
Surrendered 2008A Bonds .
The Trustee shall cancel (a) all 2008A
Bonds surrendered for transfer or exchange, for payment at maturity
or for redemption (unless the surrendered 2008A Bond is to be
partially redeemed and the Trustee elects to return the 2008A Bond,
certified as to the partial redemption, to the Registered Owner
thereof pursuant to Section 2.7(b)(iii)), and (b) all
2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A Bond shall bind all future Registered Owners of the same
2008A 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 2008A Bonds. The 2008A
Bonds shall be initially issued in the form of a single fully
registered 2008A Bond registered in the name of Cede & Co.
(DTC’s partnership nominee). So long as Cede &
Co. is the Registered Owner of the 2008A Bonds, as nominee of DTC,
references herein to Registered Owners, Bondholders or holders or
Owners of the 2008A Bonds shall mean Cede & Co. and shall not
mean the beneficial owners of the 2008A Bonds.
(b) The ownership
interest of each of the Beneficial Owners of the 2008A Bonds will
be recorded through the records of a DTC
Participant. Transfers of beneficial ownership interests
in the 2008A 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 2008A Bonds.
(c) With respect to
2008A Bonds registered in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s
partnership 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 2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A Bond is registered in the registration
books as the absolute owner of such 2008A Bond for the purpose of
payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to
such 2008A Bond, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption
and other matters with respect to such 2008A Bond, for the purpose
of registering transfers with respect to such 2008A Bond, and for
all other purposes whatsoever. The Trustee shall pay all
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A 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 2008A
Bonds at any time by giving reasonable written notice and all
relevant information on the Beneficial Owners of the 2008A Bonds to
the Issuer or the Trustee. If there is no successor
Securities Depository appointed by the Issuer, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver 2008A 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 2008A 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.
(i) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the provisions of this Section
2.13 are subject to the provisions of Section 2B.5 hereof (relating
to Pledged Bonds).
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 2008A 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 2008A Bond and all notices with
respect to such 2008A 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 IIA
INTEREST RATE ON 2008A
BONDS
Section
2A.1. Daily Rate .
(a) A Daily Rate shall
be determined for each Daily Rate Period as described
below. The Daily Rate for each Daily Rate Period shall
be effective from and including the commencement date of such
period and shall remain in effect through and including the last
day thereof. Each such Daily Rate shall be determined by
the Remarketing Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. on the Daily Rate
Calculation Date and shall be provided by the Remarketing Agent in
writing to the Paying Agent by 1:00 p.m. on that same
day. Each such Daily Rate so to be determined shall be
the lowest rate of interest which, in the judgment of the
Remarketing Agent, would cause the 2008A Bonds in the Daily Mode to
have a market value equal to the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued interest (if any), taking into account Prevailing Market
Conditions as of the date of determination; provided
that:
(i) if the Remarketing
Agent fails for any reason to determine and notify the Paying Agent
of the Daily Rate for any Daily Rate Period, such Daily Rate shall
be the same as the Daily Rate in effect for the immediately
preceding Daily Rate Period, except that if such failure continues
for more than one consecutive Daily Rate Period, the Daily Rate
thereafter shall be 135% of the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index
published for that Daily Rate Period by Munifacts Wire System, Inc.
(or a replacement publisher of the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index
designated in writing by the Issuer at the direction of the Company
to the Trustee and the Remarketing Agent); provided that if
Munifacts Wire System, Inc. or such replacement publisher does not
publish the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index on a day on which a Daily
Rate is to be set, the Daily Rate shall be 135% of a comparable
index selected by the Company published by Munifacts Wire System,
Inc. or such replacement publisher at such time; and
(ii) in no event shall
the Daily Rate for any Daily Rate Period exceed 12% per
annum.
(b) No notice of Daily
Rates will be given to the Company or the Owners of the 2008A
Bonds; however, the Company and the Owners may obtain Daily Rates
from the Remarketing Agent. All determinations of Daily
Rates pursuant to this Indenture shall be conclusive and binding
upon the Issuer, the Company, the Bank, the Trustee, the Paying
Agent and the Owners of the 2008A Bonds to which such rates are
applicable. The Issuer, the Company, the Bank, the
Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Remarketing Agent shall not be
liable to any Owner for failure to give any notice required with
respect to Daily Rates or for failure of any person to receive any
such notice.
Section
2A.2. Weekly Rate .
(a) A Weekly Rate
shall be determined for each Weekly Rate Period as described
below. The Weekly Rate for each Weekly Rate Period shall
be effective from and including the commencement date of such
period and shall remain in effect through and including the last
day thereof. Each such Weekly Rate shall be determined
by the Remarketing Agent on the Weekly Rate Calculation Date and
shall be provided by the Remarketing Agent in writing to the Paying
Agent by the close of business on that same day. Each
such Weekly Rate so to be determined shall be the lowest rate of
interest which, in the judgment of the Remarketing Agent, would
cause the 2008A Bonds in the Weekly Mode to have a market value
equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest (if
any), taking into account Prevailing Market Conditions as of the
date of determination; provided that:
(i) if the Remarketing
Agent fails for any reason to determine and notify the Paying Agent
of the Weekly Rate for any Weekly Rate Period, such Weekly Rate
shall be the same as the Weekly Rate in effect for the immediately
preceding Weekly Rate Period, except that if such failure continues
for more than one consecutive Weekly Rate Period, the Weekly Rate
thereafter shall be 135% of the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index
published for that Weekly Rate Period by Munifacts Wire System,
Inc. (or a replacement publisher of the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index
designated in writing by the Issuer at the direction of the Company
to the Trustee and the Remarketing Agent); provided that if
Munifacts Wire System, Inc. or such replacement publisher does not
publish the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index on a day on which a Weekly
Rate is to be set, the Weekly Rate shall be 135% of a comparable
index selected by the Company published by Munifacts Wire System,
Inc. or such replacement publisher at such time; and
(ii) in no event shall
the Weekly Rate for any Weekly Rate Period exceed 12% per
annum.
(b) No notice of
Weekly Rates will be given to the Company or the Owners of the
2008A Bonds; however, the Company and the Owners may obtain Weekly
Rates from the Remarketing Agent. All determinations of
Weekly Rates pursuant to this Indenture shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Issuer, the Company, the Bank, the Trustee, the
Paying Agent and the Owners of the 2008A Bonds to which such rates
are applicable. The Issuer, the Company, the Bank, the
Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Remarketing Agent shall not be
liable to any Owner for failure to give any notice required with
respect to Weekly Rates or for failure of any person to receive any
such notice.
Section 2A.3. Monthly Rate
.
(a) A Monthly Rate
shall be determined for each Monthly Rate Period as described
below. The Monthly Rate for each Monthly Rate Period
shall be effective from and including the commencement date of such
period and shall remain in effect through and including the last
day thereof. Each such Monthly Rate shall be determined
by the Remarketing Agent on the Monthly Rate Calculation Date and
shall be provided by the Remarketing Agent to the Paying Agent in
writing by the close of business on the same day. Each
such Monthly Rate so to be determined shall be the lowest rate of
interest which, in the judgment of the Remarketing Agent, would
cause the 2008A Bonds in the Monthly Mode to have a market value
equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest (if
any), taking into account Prevailing Market Conditions as the date
of determination; provided that:
(i) if the Remarketing
Agent fails for any reason to determine and notify the Paying Agent
of the Monthly Rate for any Monthly Rate Period, such Monthly Rate
shall be the same as the Monthly Rate in effect for the immediately
preceding Monthly Rate Period, except that if such failure
continues for more than one consecutive Monthly Rate Period, the
Monthly Rate thereafter shall be 135% of the 30-day tax-exempt
commercial paper rate published for that Monthly Rate Period by
Munifacts Wire System, Inc. (or a replacement publisher of a
tax-exempt commercial paper rate designated in writing by the
Issuer at the direction of the Company to the Trustee and the
Remarketing Agent), representing, as of the publication date, the
average of 30-day yield evaluations at par of tax-exempt securities
rated by the Rating Service in its highest commercial paper rating
category; provided that if Munifacts Wire System, Inc. or such
replacement publisher does not publish such a tax-exempt commercial
paper rate on a day on which a Monthly Rate is to be set, the
Monthly Rate shall be 85% of the interest rate for 90-day taxable
commercial paper (prime paper placed through dealers) announced on
such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and
(ii) in no event shall
the Monthly Rate for any Monthly Rate Period exceed 12% per
annum.
(b) No notice of
Monthly Rates will be given to the Registered Owners of the 2008A
Bonds; however, such Owners may obtain Monthly Rates from the
Remarketing Agent. All determinations of Monthly Rates
pursuant to the Indenture shall be conclusive and binding upon the
Issuer, the Company, the Bank, the , the Trustee, the Paying Agent
and the Registered Owners of the 2008A Bonds to which such rates
are applicable. The Issuer, the Company, the Bank, the
Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Remarketing Agent shall not be
liable to any Registered Owner for failure to give any notice
required with respect to Monthly Rates or for failure for any
person to receive such notice.
Section 2A.4. Term Rate
.
(a) A Term Rate shall
be determined for each Term Rate Period as described
below. Upon conversion to a Term Mode, a Nominal Term
Rate Period shall be fixed by the Company pursuant to Section 2A.5
as a term of two or more Semiannual Periods constituting the
nominal length of each Term Rate Period thereafter until the date
of a conversion to another Rate Mode. Each Term Rate
shall be determined by the Remarketing Agent on the Term Rate
Calculation Date as the lowest rate of interest which, in the
judgment of the Remarketing Agent taking into account Prevailing
Market Conditions, would be necessary to enable the Remarketing
Agent to arrange for the sale of the 2008A Bonds in the Term Mode
in a secondary market sale at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof on the first Business Day of the Term Rate Period; provided
that (1) if the Remarketing Agent fails for any reason to determine
the Term Rate for any Term Rate Period, such Term Rate shall be
equal to 90% of the average of the annual 2008A Bond equivalent
yield evaluations at par as provided by the Remarketing Agent as of
the first day of the corresponding Term Rate Period or, if such day
is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day, of United
States Treasury obligations having a term to maturity similar to
such Term Rate Period, and (2) in no event shall any Term Rate for
any Term Rate Period exceed 12% per annum or, if a Letter of Credit
Facility is in effect, the maximum interest rate set forth in the
Reimbursement Agreement for Pledged Bonds. Notice of
each Term Rate shall promptly be given by telephone (promptly
confirmed in writing) by the Remarketing Agent to the Issuer, the
Trustee, the Company, the Bank and the Paying
Agent. Determinations of Term Rates pursuant to this
Section shall be conclusive and binding upon the Issuer, the
Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Bank and the
Owners.
Section 2A.5. Conversion at
Option of Company .
(a) The Company shall
have the option to convert all (but not less than all) of the 2008A
Bonds from one Rate Mode to another Rate Mode (including without
limitation a conversion from one Term Mode to another Term Mode) as
herein provided on any Conversion Date the Company shall select;
provided that (i) each Conversion Date shall be an Interest Payment
Date and (ii) 2008A Bonds in a Term Mode cannot be converted to
another Rate Mode prior to the date on or after which such 2008A
Bonds may first be redeemed at the option of the Company at the
redemption price of par. The Company may exercise its
option to convert the 2008A Bonds regardless of the number of times
such 2008A Bonds have previously been converted pursuant to the
exercise of its option to convert. The Company shall
exercise such option by giving written notice to the Issuer, the
Trustee, the Remarketing Agent, the Bank, and the Paying Agent
stating its election to convert the Rate Mode of the 2008A Bonds to
another Rate Mode specified in such notice and stating the
Conversion Date therefor, in the case of 2008A Bonds in the Daily
Mode or Weekly Mode, not less than 35 days, and in the case of
2008A Bonds in the Monthly Mode or Term Mode, not less than 45
days, prior to such Conversion Date (or such shorter time as may be
agreed to by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the
Remarketing Agent). Such notice also shall state whether
or not the 2008A Bonds to be converted will be covered by a Letter
of Credit Facility following such conversion. Upon
receipt of such notice by the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively
assume that the Issuer, the Remarketing Agent, the Bank, and the
Paying Agent also received a copy of such notice and that such
condition has been complied with. In connection with
each conversion to a Term Mode, the Nominal Term Rate Period shall
be selected by the Company and designated in such
notice.
(b) The exercise of an
option to convert shall not be effective unless there shall have
been delivered to the Trustee:
(i) an opinion of Bond
Counsel addressed to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Issuer, the
Company, the Bank, and the Remarketing Agent stating that (i) such
conversion is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and the Act
and (ii) such conversion will not adversely affect the exclusion
from gross income of the interest on the 2008A Bonds for federal
income tax purposes, which opinion shall be confirmed by such Bond
Counsel on the Conversion Date;
(ii) in the case of a
conversion to a Term Mode, if a Letter of Credit Facility is in
effect, unless the Company elects not to provide a Letter of Credit
Facility for the 2008A Bonds following the Conversion Date, an
amendment to the Letter of Credit Facility securing the 2008A Bonds
to be converted or an Alternate Credit Facility which provides for
(i) an Expiration Date not earlier than the first to occur of (A)
the first anniversary of the Conversion Date or (B) the Term Rate
Period End Interest Payment Date of the first Term Rate Period
following the Conversion Date, and (ii) coverage of 193 days'
accrued interest on the 2008A Bonds at a rate not less than the
interest rate at which the then current Letter of Credit Facility
for such 2008A Bonds provides coverage, subject to adjustment on
the Conversion Date to the actual Term Rate as the same shall be
fixed immediately prior to the Conversion Date (or evidence
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Bank that the current Letter of
Credit Facility provides for sufficient coverage without an
amendment thereto);
(iii) in the case of a
conversion to the Daily Mode, Weekly Mode or Monthly Mode if the
2008A Bonds are covered by a Letter of Credit Facility, unless the
Company elects not to provide a Letter of Credit Facility for the
2008A Bonds following the Conversion Date, an amendment to the
Letter of Credit Facility or an Alternate Credit Facility which
provides for (i) an Expiration Date not earlier than one year from
the Conversion Date of such conversion and (ii) on and after such
Conversion Date, coverage for 47 days' accrued interest on the
2008A Bonds at a maximum rate of 12% per annum (or evidence
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Bank that the current Letter of
Credit Facility provides for sufficient coverage without an
amendment thereto); and
(iv) in the case of a
conversion to a Term Mode, evidence that the Company has complied
with the continuing disclosure requirements of SEC Rule 15c2-12 or
any successor rule or statutory provision unless the Company
provides the Trustee with an opinion of Counsel to the effect that
such compliance is not required.
(c) In the case of any
conversion, the Trustee shall give notice by first class mail
(postage prepaid) to the Owners of the 2008A Bonds being converted,
in the case of 2008A Bonds in the Daily Mode or Weekly Mode, not
less than 20 days, and in the case of 2008A Bonds in the Monthly
Mode or Term Mode, not less than 30 days, prior to the
proposed Conversion Date stating (i) that, in the case of a
conversion to a Term Mode, the current Rate Mode of such 2008A
Bonds is scheduled to be converted to a Term Mode and the Nominal
Term Rate Period of such Term Mode, or in the case of a conversion
to the Daily Mode, Weekly Mode or Monthly Mode, the interest rate
on such 2008A Bonds is scheduled to be converted to the Daily Mode,
Weekly Mode or Monthly Mode, (ii) the proposed Conversion Date,
(iii) that the Company, on or before the date three (3) days prior
to the proposed Conversion Date, may determine not to convert such
2008A Bonds in which case the Trustee shall notify the Owners in
writing to such effect, and (iv) that all Outstanding 2008A Bonds
will be subject to a mandatory purchase on the Conversion Date, or,
if such Conversion Date is not a Business Day, the first Business
Day following such Conversion Date, at a price of par plus accrued
interest (if any). The Issuer, the Company, the Trustee,
the Paying Agent, the Bank and the Remarketing Agent shall not be
liable to any Owner for failure to give any notice required above
or for failure of any Owners to receive such
notice. Upon each conversion under this Section, all
2008A Bonds being converted shall be subject to mandatory purchase
pursuant to Section 2B.2 on the Conversion Date, or, if such
Conversion Date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day
following such Conversion Date.
(d) On or before the
date three (3) days prior to the proposed Conversion Date, the
Company may determine not to convert the 2008A Bonds proposed to be
converted to a new Rate Mode pursuant to its election to convert
given under Section 2A.5(a) by giving written notice to the
Trustee, the Remarketing Agent, the Bank and the Paying Agent (with
a copy to the Issuer). In such event (i) the 2008A Bonds
shall not be converted to the new Rate Mode but shall remain in the
current Rate Mode and (ii) the Owners of the 2008A Bonds shall
nevertheless be required to tender their 2008A Bonds for mandatory
purchase pursuant to Section 2B.2.
Section 2A.6. Initial Interest
Rates and Subsequent Conversion .
The 2008A Bonds
shall initially bear interest at a Weekly Rate (determined pursuant
to this Article) for an initial Weekly Rate Period commencing on
the Issue Date. 2008A Bonds may be converted from one
Rate Mode to another Rate Mode as provided in Section
2A.5. All 2008A Bonds shall bear interest at the same
rate and shall be in the same Rate Mode at all times.
ARTICLE IIB
TENDER AND PURCHASE OF 2008A
BONDS
Section 2B.1. Optional Tender for
Purchase of Daily Rate, Weekly Rate and Monthly Rate 2008A
Bonds .
(a) Optional Tender
Rights . The Owners of 2008A Bonds (or while the
2008A Bonds are held pursuant to a book-entry system, the
Beneficial Owners) bearing interest at a Daily Rate, Weekly Rate or
Monthly Rate shall have the right to tender their 2008A Bonds (or
portions thereof in amounts equal to a minimum of $100,000 and
whole multiples of $5,000 in excess of $100,000) for purchase, at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or of such
portions) plus accrued interest (if any), in the case of 2008A
Bonds bearing interest at a Daily Rate or Weekly Rate, on any
Business Day, and in the case of 2008A Bonds bearing interest at a
Monthly Rate, on the first Business Day of the next succeeding
calendar month (each such date is referred to hereinafter as a
"Purchase Date") designated by written notice delivered to the
Paying Agent and the Remarketing Agent on a Business Day (i) in the
case of 2008A Bonds in the Daily Mode, by 10:30 a.m. on the
Purchase Date, (ii) in the case of 2008A Bonds in the Weekly Mode,
at least seven (7) days prior to the Purchase Date, or (iii) in the
case of 2008A Bonds in the Monthly Mode, at least fourteen (14)
days prior to the Purchase Date.
(b) Notice by Owner
of Tender . Each notice of tender pursuant to
Section 2B.1(a) shall:
(1) be delivered to
the Paying Agent at its Delivery Office and to the Remarketing
Agent at its Office and be substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit D to this Indenture or in other form satisfactory to
the Paying Agent;
(2) state (i) the
principal amount of the 2008A Bond to which the notice relates,
(ii) that the Owner irrevocably demands purchase of such 2008A Bond
(or a specified portion thereof in an amount such that each portion
thereof is equal to a whole multiple of $5,000 but not less than
$100,000), (iii) the Purchase Date on which such 2008A Bond (or
specified portion) is to be purchased, and (iv) payment
instructions with respect to the purchase price; and
(3) automatically
constitute (i) an irrevocable offer to sell the 2008A Bond (or
portion thereof) to which such notice relates on the Purchase Date
at a price equal to the principal amount of such 2008A Bond (or
portion thereof) plus any interest thereon (if any) accrued and
unpaid as of the Purchase Date, (ii) an irrevocable authorization
and instruction to the Paying Agent to effect transfer of such
2008A Bond (or portion thereof) upon payment of such price to the
Paying Agent on the Purchase Date, (iii) an irrevocable
authorization and instruction to the Paying Agent to effect the
exchange of such 2008A Bond in whole or in part for other 2008A
Bonds in an equal aggregate principal amount so as to facilitate
the sale of such 2008A Bond (or portion thereof), and (iv) an
acknowledgment that such Owner will have no further rights with
respect to such 2008A Bond (or portion thereof) upon payment of the
purchase price thereof to the Paying Agent on the Purchase Date,
except for the right of such Owner to receive such purchase price
upon surrender of such 2008A Bond to the Paying Agent endorsed for
transfer in blank and with guaranty of signatures satisfactory to
the Paying Agent, and that after the Purchase Date such Owner will
hold such 2008A Bond as agent for the Paying Agent.
The
determination of the Paying Agent as to whether a notice of tender
has been properly delivered pursuant to the foregoing shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Owner. Any notice of
tender that is determined by the Paying Agent to fail to comply
with the requirements of this Section 2B.1(b) shall be of no
further force and effect notwithstanding any contrary provision of
this Indenture.
(c) Notice by
Paying Agent of 2008A Bonds to be Remarketed . Not
later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day immediately following the
date of receipt of any notice of tender pursuant to this Section,
the Paying Agent shall notify by telephone promptly confirmed in
writing the Remarketing Agent of the principal amount of 2008A
Bonds (or portions thereof) to be purchased and the Purchase Date,
provided that in the case of 2008A Bonds bearing interest at the
Daily Rate, such notice shall be given as promptly as reasonably
practicable on the date of receipt of notice of tender.
(d) Remarketing of
Tendered 2008A Bonds . The Remarketing Agent shall
use its reasonable best efforts to find purchasers for and arrange
for the sale on the respective Purchase Date of all 2008A Bonds or
portions thereof in respect of which a notice of tender has been
received pursuant to Section 2B.1(a), at a price equal to 100% of
the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest thereon (if
any); provided that no 2008A Bonds shall be remarketed by the
Remarketing Agent to the Issuer, the Company or an Affiliate or an
affiliate of the Issuer. The terms of any such sale
shall provide for the payment of the purchase price for tendered
2008A Bonds to the Paying Agent (in exchange for new registered
2008A Bonds) in immediately available funds at or before 11:00 a.m.
on the Purchase Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Remarketing Agent shall not arrange for the sale of any 2008A Bond
as to which (i) there has been given to the applicable Bondholder a
notice of mandatory tender for purchase pursuant to Section 2B.2,
Section 2B.3 or Section 2B.4, a notice of replacement of the Letter
of Credit Facility pursuant to Section 2C.8, or a notice of
optional or special mandatory redemption pursuant to Sections 5.6
and 5.7, respectively, unless in each case the Remarketing Agent
has delivered to the person to whom the sale is made a copy of such
notice, and such person has acknowledged receipt and agreed to be
bound by the terms thereof, or (ii) provision for payment of such
2008A Bond has been made pursuant to Section 10.1.
(e) Certain Notices
by Remarketing Agent and Paying Agent .
(1) Notice by
Remarketing Agent of Remarketed 2008A Bonds . At or
before 3:00 p.m. on the third Business Day immediately preceding,
or, in the case of 2008A Bonds bearing interest at the Daily Rate,
by 11:00 a.m. on, the Purchase Date for purchase of
optionally tendered 2008A Bonds pursuant to this Section, the
Remarketing Agent shall give notice by telephone, telegram,
telecopy, telex or other similar communication to the Paying Agent
of (i) the principal amount of tendered 2008A Bonds which have been
remarketed and (ii) the principal amount of tendered 2008A Bonds,
if any, which have not been remarketed.
(2) Notice by
Paying Agent of 2008A Bonds Not Remarketed . Not
later than 5:00 p.m., or, in the case of 2008A Bonds bearing
interest at the Daily Rate, by 11:15 a.m., on the date of
receipt of any notice pursuant to Section 2B.1(e)(1) informing the
Paying Agent that tendered 2008A Bonds have not been remarketed,
the Paying Agent shall give notice by telephone, telegram, telecopy
or other similar communication to the Company and (if a Letter of
Credit Facility is in effect) the Bank specifying the principal
amount of tendered 2008A Bonds as to which the Remarketing Agent
has not found a purchaser at that time.
(3) Remarketing
Agent Notice of Amounts to be Drawn Under Letter of Credit
Facility . Prior to 10:00 a.m. on the second
Business Day immediately preceding, or, in the case of 2008A Bonds
bearing interest at the Daily Rate, by 11:30 a.m. on, the
Purchase Date for purchase of tendered 2008A Bonds pursuant to this
Section, the Remarketing Agent shall give telephonic notice,
promptly confirmed in writing, to the Paying Agent, the Company and
(if a Letter of Credit Facility is in effect) the Bank specifying
the amounts of principal and interest, if any, representing
purchase price of such 2008A Bonds, which the Remarketing Agent
does not hold, for the benefit of the persons entitled to receive
such purchase price, at the time such notice is given.
(4) Notice by
Remarketing Agent Identifying Purchasers of Remarketed 2008A
Bonds . At or before 12:00 Noon on the Business Day
prior to, or, in the case of 2008A Bonds bearing interest at the
Daily Rate, by 12:00 noon on, the Purchase Date for purchase
of tendered 2008A Bonds pursuant to this Section, the Remarketing
Agent shall give notice to the Paying Agent by telephone (promptly
confirmed in writing) of the names, addresses and taxpayer
identification numbers of the purchasers, the denominations of
2008A Bonds to be delivered as hereinafter provided to each
purchaser and the payment instructions for regularly scheduled
interest payments.
(f) Payment of
Remarketing Proceeds . The Remarketing Agent shall
cause to be paid to the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. on the date
fixed for purchase of tendered 2008A Bonds all amounts then held by
the Remarketing Agent representing proceeds of the remarketing of
such 2008A Bonds, such payments to be made in immediately available
funds. All moneys received by the Paying Agent as
remarketing proceeds shall be deposited by the Paying Agent in a
special trust account designated as the "Remarketing Proceeds
Purchase Account," which the Paying Agent shall establish and use
as provided in this Article, and shall not be commingled with other
funds held by the Paying Agent. All moneys in the
Remarketing Proceeds Purchase Account shall be held in trust,
uninvested and without liability for interest thereon, pending
application of such moneys by the Paying Agent pursuant to this
Article.
(g) Drawings on
Letter of Credit Facility for Purchase Price . If a
Letter of Credit Facility is in effect, following receipt by the
Paying Agent of the notice described in Section 2B.1(e)(3), the
Paying Agent shall draw on the Purchase Date the amount set forth
in such notice as not being held by the Remarketing
Agent under such Letter of Credit Facility in order for
the Paying Agent to make timely payments of purchase price of
tendered 2008A Bonds from remarketing proceeds or moneys drawn
under such Letter of Credit Facility. In the absence of
such notice, the Paying Agent shall be deemed to have received
notice from the Remarketing Agent specifying that no portion of the
purchase price of such 2008A Bonds is held by the Remarketing
Agent, in which case the Paying Agent shall draw the entire amount
thereof under the Letter of Credit Facility. Before
11:00 a.m. on the Purchase Date for purchase of tendered 2008A
Bonds pursuant to this Section, the Paying Agent shall take all
action necessary to draw on the Letter of Credit Facility securing
such tendered 2008A Bonds in accordance with Section 2B.5(a) the
amounts specified (or deemed specified) for receipt by the Paying
Agent on such Purchase Date. The Paying Agent shall
establish a special trust account designated as the "Letter of
Credit Purchase Account", into which the Paying Agent shall deposit
and hold in trust, uninvested and without liability for interest
thereon, all such amounts received by the Paying Agent from
drawings on the applicable Letter of Credit Facility for purchases
of tendered 2008A Bonds pending application of such amounts by the
Paying Agent pursuant to this Article. Any remaining
amounts in the Letter of Credit Purchase Account after any
application required by Section 2B.1(i) shall be paid over by the
Paying Agent to the Bank for the account of the Company as
reimbursement for the drawing on the Letter of Credit Facility from
which such amounts were derived; provided that such Letter of
Credit Facility shall be reinstated to the extent of such
reimbursement and the Paying Agent shall take all necessary action
on its part pursuant to such Letter of Credit Facility to effect
such reinstatement.
(h) Use of Funds in
the Company Debt Service Account for Purchase Price
. If sufficient funds for the payment of the purchase
price of tendered 2008A Bonds are not provided by draws on the
Letter of Credit by 3:00pm, New York City time, on the Purchase
Date, then the Paying Agent shall draw funds from the Company Debt
Service Account to the extent necessary to pay the purchase price
of such tendered 2008A Bonds in full.
(i) Payments of
Purchase Price by Paying Agent . The Paying Agent
shall pay the purchase price of 2008A Bonds tendered pursuant to
this Section to the selling Owners thereof at its Office not later
than 5:00 p.m. on the later of (i) the Purchase Date for the
purchase of such 2008A Bonds pursuant to this Section or (ii) the
date of surrender of such 2008A Bonds to the Paying Agent properly
endorsed for transfer in blank and with all signatures guaranteed
to the satisfaction of the Paying Agent. Such payments
shall be made in immediately available funds, but solely from the
following sources in the order of priority indicated:
(1) moneys held in the
Remarketing Proceeds Purchase Account representing proceeds of the
remarketing of such 2008A Bonds pursuant to Section 2B.1(d) to any
person other than the Issuer, the Company or an
Affiliate;
(2) moneys held in the
subaccount of the Letter of Credit Purchase Account representing
proceeds of a drawing by the Paying Agent under the Letter of
Credit Facility for such purpose; and
(3) moneys in the
Company’s Debt Service Account.
If sufficient
funds are not available for the purchase of all tendered 2008A
Bonds, no purchase shall be consummated.
(j) Registration
and Delivery of Tendered or Purchased 2008A Bonds
. On the Purchase Date for the purchase of tendered
2008A Bonds pursuant to this Section, the Paying Agent shall
register and make available (or hold) all 2008A Bonds purchased on
such date as follows:
(1) 2008A Bonds
remarketed by the Remarketing Agent shall be registered and made
available to the Remarketing Agent or the purchasers thereof (by
overnight mail or similar service) in accordance with the written
instructions of the Remarketing Agent; and
(2) 2008A Bonds
purchased with proceeds of a drawing on the Letter of Credit
Facility securing such 2008A Bonds shall be Pledged Bonds and shall
be pledged and assigned to the Bank in accordance with the
Reimbursement Agreement.
(k) Delivery of
2008A Bonds: Effect of Failure to Surrender 2008A Bonds
. All 2008A Bonds to be purchased on any date shall be
delivered to the Payment Office of the Paying Agent for receipt at
or before 11:00 a.m. on the Purchase Date. If the Owner
of any 2008A Bond (or portion thereof) that is subject to purchase
pursuant to this Section fails to deliver such 2008A Bond to the
Paying Agent for purchase on the Purchase Date, and if the Paying
Agent is in receipt of the purchase price therefor, such 2008A Bond
(or portion thereof) shall nevertheless be deemed tendered and
purchased on the Purchase Date fixed for purchase thereof and
registration of the ownership of such 2008A Bond (or portion
thereof) shall be transferred to the purchaser thereof as provided
in Section 2B.1(j). Any Owner of any 2008A Bond (or
portion thereof) that is subject to purchase pursuant to this
Section who so fails to deliver such 2008A Bond for purchase on (or
before) the Purchase Date (1) shall have no further rights
thereunder, except the right to receive the purchase price thereof
upon presentation and surrender of such 2008A Bond to the Paying
Agent properly endorsed for transfer in blank and with all
signatures guaranteed to the satisfaction of the Paying Agent, and
(2) shall thereafter hold such 2008A Bond as agent for the Paying
Agent. The Paying Agent shall, as to any tendered 2008A
Bonds (or portions thereof) which have not been delivered to it
("Undelivered 2008A Bonds"), (i) promptly notify the Remarketing
Agent of such non-delivery and (ii) place a stop transfer against
an appropriate amount of 2008A Bonds registered in the name of the
Owner(s) on the Bond Register. The Paying Agent shall
place such stop transfer(s) commencing with the lowest serial
number 2008A Bond registered in the name of such Owner(s) (until
stop transfers have been placed against an appropriate amount of
2008A Bonds) until the appropriate tendered 2008A Bonds are
delivered to the Paying Agent. Upon such delivery, the
Paying Agent shall make any necessary adjustments to the Bond
Register. The Paying Agent shall hold moneys
representing the purchase price of Undelivered 2008A Bonds in one
or more separate accounts or subaccounts for the sole benefit of
the former Owner(s) of such Undelivered 2008A Bonds.
Section 2B.2. Mandatory Tender
for Purchase on Each Conversion Date and at End of Each Term Rate
Period .
(a) Mandatory
Tender Upon Conversion or at End of Term Rate Period
. The 2008A Bonds shall be subject to mandatory tender
for purchase on (i) each Conversion Date for the 2008A Bonds, or,
if such Conversion Date is not a Business Day, the first Business
Day succeeding such Conversion Date, (ii) each proposed Conversion
Date for the 2008A Bonds designated by the Company for a conversion
election which the Company has rescinded pursuant to Section
2A.5(d), or, if such proposed Conversion Date is not a Business
Day, the first Business Day succeeding such proposed Conversion
Date, and (iii) and the first Business Day immediately following
the end of each Term Rate Period for the 2008A Bonds, at a price
equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest if the
Purchase Date is not an Interest Payment Date.
(b) Remarketing
. The Remarketing Agent shall use its reasonable best
efforts to find purchasers for and arrange for the sale on the
respective Purchase Date of all 2008A Bonds subject to mandatory
tender for purchase pursuant to Section 2B.2(a), at a price equal
to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to
the Purchase Date (if any); provided that (1) no 2008A Bonds shall
be remarketed by the Remarketing Agent to the Issuer, the Company
or an Affiliate or an affiliate of the Issuer and (2) if a Letter
of Credit Facility is in effect, the Letter of Credit Facility
coverage requirements of Section 2B.2(c) shall be
satisfied. The terms of any sale arranged by the
Remarketing Agent shall provide for the payment of the purchase
price to the Paying Agent of the 2008A Bonds being remarketed in
immediately available funds at or before 11:00 a.m. on the
Purchase Date.
(c) Letter of
Credit Facility Coverage . There shall be no
remarketing of the 2008A Bonds pursuant to Section 2B.2(b) unless
and until (1) in the case of a conversion, the applicable
requirements of Section 2A.5 regarding the delivery of an amendment
to the Letter of Credit Facility or an Alternate Credit Facility
(if any) have been satisfied to the extent applicable and (2)
in the case of a remarketing for a new Term Rate Period not in
connection with a conversion, if the Company has elected to provide
a Letter of Credit Facility for such 2008A Bonds for the new Term
Rate Period, there shall have been delivered to the Paying Agent an
amendment to the Letter of Credit Facility or an Alternate Credit
Facility which provides for (i) an Expiration Date not earlier than
the first to occur of (A) the first anniversary of the Purchase
Date or (B) the Term Rate Period End Interest Payment Date next
following the Purchase Date, and (ii) coverage of 193 days' accrued
interest on the 2008A Bonds at a rate not less than the interest
rate at which the then current Letter of Credit Facility provides
coverage, subject to adjustment on the Purchase Date to the actual
Term Rate as the same shall be fixed immediately prior to such date
(or evidence satisfactory to the Trustee and the Bank that the
current Letter of Credit Facility provides for sufficient coverage
without an amendment thereto).
(d) Certain Notices
by Remarketing Agent . Subject to the provisions of
Section 2B.2(b), the Remarketing Agent shall give the following
notices:
(1) Notice by
Remarketing Agent of Remarketed 2008A Bonds . At or
before 3:00 p.m. on the third Business Day immediately
preceding the Purchase Date for purchase of 2008A Bonds pursuant to
Section 2B.2(a), the Remarketing Agent shall give notice by
telephone, telegram, telecopy, telex or other similar communication
to the Paying Agent, the Company and the Bank of (i) the principal
amount of 2008A Bonds which have been remarketed and (ii) the
principal amount of 2008A Bonds, if any, which have not been
remarketed.
(2) Notice by
Paying Agent of 2008A Bonds Not Remarketed . Not
later than 5:00 p.m. on the date of receipt of any notice
pursuant to Section 2B.2(d)(1) informing the Paying Agent that
2008A Bonds have not been remarketed, the Paying Agent shall give
notice by telephone, telegram, telecopy or other similar
communication to the Company and the Bank, specifying the principal
amount of 2008A Bonds as to which the Remarketing Agent has not
found a purchaser at that time.
(3) Remarketing
Agent Notice of Amounts to be Drawn Under Letter of Credit
Facility . Prior to 10:00 a.m. on the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Date for purchase
of tendered 2008A Bonds pursuant to Section 2B.2(a), the
Remarketing Agent shall give telephonic notice, promptly confirmed
in writing, to the Paying Agent, the Company and the Bank
specifying the amounts of principal and interest, if any,
representing the purchase price of such 2008A Bonds, which the
Remarketing Agent does not hold, for the benefit of the persons
entitled to receive such purchase price, at the time such notice is
given.
(4) At or before 12:00
noon on the Business Day prior to the Purchase Date for the
purchase of 2008A Bonds pursuant to Section 2B.2(a), the
Remarketing Agent shall give notice to the Paying Agent by
telephone (promptly confirmed in writing) of the names, addresses
and taxpayer identification numbers of the purchasers and the
denominations of 2008A Bonds to be delivered to each purchaser and
the payment instructions for regularly scheduled interest
payments.
(e) Payment of
Remarketing Proceeds . The Remarketing Agent shall
cause to be paid to the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. on the Purchase
Date for purchase of 2008A Bonds pursuant to Section 2B.2(a) all
amounts then held by the Remarketing Agent representing proceeds of
the remarketing of such 2008A Bonds, such payment to be made in
immediately available funds. All such remarketing
proceeds received by the Paying Agent shall be deposited in the
Remarketing Proceeds Purchase Account and applied by the Paying
Agent pursuant to this Article.
(f) Drawings on
Letter of Credit Facility for Purchase Price . If a
Letter of Credit Facility is in effect, following receipt by the
Paying Agent of the notice set forth in Section 2B.2(d)(3), the
Paying Agent shall draw on the Purchase Date the amounts set forth
in such notice as not being held by the Remarketing Agent under
such Letter of Credit Facility in order for the Paying Agent to
make timely payments of purchase price of 2008A Bonds subject to
mandatory tender pursuant to Section 2B.2(a) from remarketing
proceeds or moneys drawn under such Letter of Credit
Facility. In the absence of such notice, the Paying
Agent shall be deemed to have received notice from the Remarketing
Agent specifying that no portion of the purchase price of such
2008A Bonds is held by the Remarketing Agent, in which case the
Paying Agent shall draw the entire amount thereof under such Letter
of Credit Facility. Before 11:00 a.m. on the
Purchase Date for purchase of 2008A Bonds pursuant to Section
2B.2(a), the Paying Agent shall take all action necessary to draw
on such Letter of Credit Facility in accordance with Section
2B.5(a) hereof the amounts specified (or deemed specified) for
receipt by the Paying Agent on such Purchase Date. The
Paying Agent shall deposit into the Letter of Credit Purchase
Account and hold uninvested and without liability for interest all
such amounts received by the Paying Agent from drawings on the
Letter of Credit Facility securing such tendered 2008A Bonds for
purchases of the 2008A Bonds pending application of such amounts by
the Paying Agent pursuant to this Article. Any remaining
amounts in the applicable subaccount of the Letter of Credit
Purchase Account after any application required by Section 2B.2(h)
shall be paid over by the Paying Agent to the Bank for the account
of the Company as reimbursement for the drawing on the applicable
Letter of Credit Facility from which such amounts were derived;
provided that the Letter of Credit Facility shall be reinstated to
the extent of such reimbursement and the Paying Agent shall take
all necessary action on its part pursuant to the Letter of Credit
Facility to effect such reinstatement.
(g) Use of Funds in
the Company Debt Service Account for Purchase Price
. If sufficient funds for the payment of the purchase
price of tendered 2008A Bonds are not provided by draws on the
Letter of Credit by 3:00pm, New York City time, on the Purchase
Date, then the Paying Agent shall draw funds from the Company Debt
Service Account to the extent necessary to pay the purchase price
of such tendered 2008A Bonds in full.
(h) Payments of
Purchase Price by Paying Agent . The Paying Agent
shall pay the purchase price of 2008A Bonds tendered pursuant to
this Section to the selling Owners thereof at its Payment Office
not later than 5:00 p.m. on the later of (i) the Purchase Date for
the purchase of such 2008A Bonds or (ii) the date of surrender of
such 2008A Bonds to the Paying Agent properly endorsed for transfer
in blank and with all signatures guaranteed to the satisfaction of
the Paying Agent. Such payments shall be made in
immediately available funds, but solely from the following sources
in the order of priority indicated, neither the Issuer, the
Trustee, the Paying Agent nor the Remarketing Agent having an
obligation to use funds from any other source:
(1) moneys held in the
Remarketing Proceeds Purchase Account representing proceeds of the
remarketing of the 2008A Bonds pursuant to Section 2B.2(b) to any
person other than the Issuer, the Company or any
Affiliate;
(2) moneys held in the
Letter of Credit Purchase Account representing proceeds of a
drawing by the Paying Agent under the Letter of Credit Facility for
such purpose; and
(3) moneys held in the
Company Debt Service Account.
If sufficient
funds are not available for the purchase of all tendered 2008A
Bonds, no purchase shall be consummated.
(i) Registration
and Delivery of Tendered or Purchased 2008A Bonds
. On the Purchase Date for the purchase of tendered
2008A Bonds pursuant to this Section, the Paying Agent shall
register and deliver (or hold) all 2008A Bonds purchased on such
date as follows:
(1) 2008A Bonds
remarketed by the Remarketing Agent shall be registered and made
available to the Remarketing Agent or the purchasers thereof (by
overnight mail or similar service) in accordance with the written
instructions of the Remarketing Agent; and
(2) 2008A Bonds
purchased with proceeds of a drawing on the Letter of Credit
Facility shall be Pledged Bonds and shall be pledged and assigned
to the Bank in accordance with the Reimbursement
Agreement.
(j) Delivery of
2008A Bonds: Effect of Failure to Surrender 2008A Bonds
. All 2008A Bonds to be purchased on the Purchase Date
shall be delivered to the Payment Office of the Paying Agent for
receipt at or before 11:00 a.m. on such date. If the
Owner of any 2008A Bond that is subject to purchase pursuant to
this Section fails to deliver such 2008A Bond to the Paying Agent
for purchase on the Purchase Date, and if the Paying Agent is in
receipt of the purchase price therefor, such 2008A Bond shall
nevertheless be deemed tendered and purchased on the Purchase Date
fixed for the purchase thereof, and registration of the ownership
of such 2008A Bond shall be transferred to the purchaser thereof as
provided in Section 2B.2(i). Any Owner who so fails to deliver such
2008A Bond for purchase on (or before) the Purchase Date (1) shall
have no further rights thereunder, except the right to receive the
purchase price thereof upon presentation and surrender of such
2008A Bond to the Paying Agent properly endorsed for transfer in
blank and with all signatures guaranteed to the satisfaction of the
Paying Agent and (2) shall thereafter hold such 2008A Bond as agent
for the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall, as to any
tendered 2008A Bonds which have not been delivered to it
("Undelivered 2008A Bonds"), (i) promptly notify the Remarketing
Agent of such non-delivery and (ii) place a stop transfer against
such 2008A Bonds until they are delivered to the Paying
Agent. Upon such delivery, the Paying Agent shall make
any necessary adjustments to the Bond Register. The
Paying Agent shall hold moneys representing the purchase price of
Undelivered 2008A Bonds in one or more separate accounts or
subaccounts for the sole benefit of the former Owner(s) of such
Undelivered 2008A Bonds.
Section 2B.3. Mandatory Tender
for Purchase Upon Letter of Credit Facility Expiration, Replacement
or Termination Due to Default .
(a) Mandatory
Tender Upon Expiration, Replacement or Termination Due to
Default . In the event the Company has elected to
provide a Letter of Credit Facility for the 2008A Bonds, the 2008A
Bonds shall be subject to mandatory tender for purchase on (1) the
Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the
expiration date of the Letter of Credit Facility then in effect but
not less than five days before such expiration date (or if such
Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the Business Day next
following such Interest Payment Date) in the event such Letter of
Credit Facility shall not have been extended effective on or before
such Interest Payment Date in accordance with Section 2C.6, (2) the
date of replacement of the Letter of Credit Facility with an
Alternate Credit Facility pursuant to Section 2C.7 or (3) the date
specified by the Bank in a written notice to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent, the Remarketing Agent and the Company (or if such
date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day)
stating that an Event of Termination, as defined in the Letter of
Credit Facility, has occurred and is continuing and the Bank has
exercised its option to terminate the Letter of Credit Facility
(except as otherwise provided in Section 2B.7 hereof, in which
event the 2008A Bonds will not be subject to mandatory tender for
purchase). Any such mandatory purchase shall be at a
purchase price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued
interest (if any); provided that if the 2008A Bonds are subject to
mandatory tender pursuant to Section 2B.2 on a date coinciding with
the Interest Payment Date on which the 2008A Bonds would otherwise
be subject to mandatory tender pursuant to this Section, then
mandatory tender for purchase shall be made pursuant to Section
2B.2 for purposes of this Indenture and the 2008A
Bonds. Each of the dates for purchase set forth in this
Section 2B.3(a)(1), (2) and (3) above shall be a "mandatory tender
date".
(b) Notice to
Registered Owners . On or before the 20th day prior
to any mandatory tender date, unless in the case of a mandatory
tender for purchase pursuant to Section 2B.3(a)(1) above the Letter
of Credit Facility shall have been extended in compliance with the
conditions of Section 2C.6, the Paying Agent shall promptly give
notice of mandatory tender for purchase pursuant to this Section by
first-class mail to the Owners of all 2008A Bonds. Such
notice shall state that all Outstanding 2008A Bonds are subject to
mandatory tender for purchase pursuant to the provisions thereof
and of this Section in anticipation of the expiration, replacement
or termination of the Letter of Credit Facility and will be
purchased on the mandatory tender date (which date shall be set
forth in such notice) by payment of a purchase price equal to the
principal amount thereof plus accrued interest (if any).
(c) No
Remarketing . Anything in this Indenture to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Remarketing Agent shall have no
obligation to remarket 2008A Bonds for purchase after notice of
mandatory tender has been given pursuant to Section 2B.3(b) with
respect to mandatory purchase under Section 2B.3(a)(1) or (3)
unless such Letter of Credit Facility is being replaced with an
Alternate Credit Facility or the Company has agreed to provide
liquidity for the 2008A Bonds itself in accordance with Section
2C.1 hereof. ›
(d) Remarketing of
2008A Bonds . The Remarketing Agent shall use its
reasonable best efforts to find purchasers for and arrange for the
sale on the respective Purchase Date of all 2008A Bonds subject to
mandatory tender for purchase pursuant to Section 2B.3(a)(2) (or,
in the case of a mandatory tender for purchase pursuant to Section
2B.3(a)(1) or (3), if the Letter of Credit Facility is being
replaced with an Alternate Credit Facility, Section 2B.3(a)(1) or
(3)) at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest thereon (if any), provided that (i) no 2008A Bonds
shall be remarketed by the Remarketing Agent to the Company or an
Affiliate or to the Issuer or to an affiliate of the Issuer, and
(ii) the Letter of Credit Facility coverage requirements of this
Indenture shall be satisfied. The terms of any sale
arranged by the Remarketing Agent shall provide for the payment of
the Purchase Price to the Paying Agent of the 2008A Bonds in
immediately available funds at or before 11:00 a.m. on the Purchase
Date.
(e) Certain Notices
by Remarketing Agent . The Remarketing Agent shall
give the following notices:
(1) Notice by
Remarketing Agent of Remarketed 2008A Bonds . At or
before 3:00 p.m. on the third Business Day immediately preceding
the Purchase Date for purchase of 2008A Bonds pursuant to Section
2B.3(a)(2) (or, in the case of a mandatory tender for purchase
pursuant to Section 2B.3(a)(1) or (3), if the Letter of Credit
Facility is being replaced with an Alternate Credit Facility,
Section 2B.3(a)(1) or (3)), the Remarketing Agent shall give notice
by telephone, telegram, telecopy, telex or other similar
communication to the Paying Agent, the Company and the Bank of (i)
the principal amount of 2008A Bonds which have been remarketed and
(ii) the principal amount of 2008A Bonds, if any, which have not
been remarketed.
(2) Notice by
Paying Agent of 2008A Bonds Not Remarketed . Not
later than 5:00 p.m. on the date of receipt of any notice
pursuant to Section 2B.3(e)(1) informing the Paying Agent that
2008A Bonds have not been remarketed, the Paying Agent shall give
notice by telephone, telegram, telecopy or other similar
communication to the Company and the Bank, specifying the principal
amount of 2008A Bonds as to which the Remarketing Agent has not
found a purchaser at that time.
(3) Remarketing
Agent Notice of Amounts to be Drawn Under Letter of Credit
Facility . Prior to 10:00 a.m. on the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Date for purchase
of tendered 2008A Bonds pursuant to Section 2B.3(a)(2) (or, in the
case of a mandatory tender for purchase pursuant to Section
2B.3