$58,000,000
PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCING
AUTHORITY
Water Facilities Revenue
Bonds
(Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project)
Series A of 2009
Bond Purchase Agreement dated June 30,
2009, (this “Bond Purchase Agreement”) among the
PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCING AUTHORITY (the
“Authority”), AQUA PENNSYLVANIA, INC., a Pennsylvania
corporation (the “Company”), and JEFFERIES &
COMPANY, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as representative of itself
and of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (the
“Underwriters”).
(a) The Authority proposes to enter into a
Financing Agreement (the “Financing Agreement”) dated
as of July 1, 2009 with the Company, under which the Authority
will agree to loan to the Company funds to (i) finance certain
capital costs of the construction, acquisition and installation of
modifications, expansions and replacements of water distribution,
treatment and related operating systems located in the counties of
Chester, Delaware and Montgomery in Pennsylvania (the
“Facilities”) that are part of the Company’s
system (the “System”) for the distribution of water to
its customers, and (ii) pay related financing costs
(collectively, the “Project”). To finance the loan
under the Financing Agreement, the Authority proposes to issue and
sell $58,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Water Facilities
Revenue Bonds (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Project), Series A of
2009 (the “Bonds”) to the Underwriters, who will in
turn reoffer the Bonds for sale to the public.
(b) The Bonds will be issued pursuant to
the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Law, Act of
August 23, 1967, P.L. 251, as amended and supplemented (the
“Act”), a resolution adopted by the Authority on
January 21, 2009 (the “Authority Resolution”) and
a Trust Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2009 (the “Trust
Indenture”), between the Authority and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Bonds will
have such terms as are set forth in Schedule I attached
hereto.
The Bonds will be payable out of payments by the
Company under the Financing Agreement, including payments under its
First Mortgage Bond, 5 % Series due October 1, 2039 in the
principal amount of $58,000,000 (the “First Mortgage
Bond”) issued with respect to the Bonds. The First Mortgage
Bond will be issued under and secured by the Company’s
Indenture of Mortgage dated as of January 1, 1941 (the
“Indenture of Mortgage”), from the Company to The Bank
of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (successor to
The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting
Annuities, The Pennsylvania Company for Banking and Trusts, The
First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Company, First
Pennsylvania
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Bank, N.A.,
CoreStates Bank, N.A., Mellon Bank, N.A., Chase Manhattan Trust
Company, National Association and J.P. Morgan Trust Company,
National Association) (the “Mortgage Trustee”), as
presently amended and supplemented and as to be further
supplemented by a Forty-fourth Supplemental Indenture of Mortgage
to be dated as of July 1, 2009 (the “Forty-fourth
Supplemental Mortgage”, which together with the Indenture of
Mortgage, as amended and supplemented, is referred to hereinafter
as the “Mortgage”). The First Mortgage Bond will be
issued in the same aggregate principal amount, and will mature on
the same date and bear interest at the same rate as the Bonds. All
of the Authority’s rights under the Financing Agreement to
receive and enforce repayment of its loan to the Company and to
enforce payment of the Bonds, including all of the
Authority’s rights to the First Mortgage Bond, and all of the
Authority’s rights to moneys and securities in the Project
Funds, the Revenue Funds and the Debt Service Funds (and the
accounts within all such Funds applicable to the Bonds) established
by the Trust Indenture, except for the Authority’s rights to
certain fees and reimbursements for expenses, indemnification and
notice thereunder and rights relating to amendments of and notices
under the Financing Agreement, will be assigned to the Trustee as
security for the Bonds pursuant to the Trust Indenture.
(c) The Project will finance the
acquisition, construction, installation and equipping of facilities
for the furnishing of water for purposes of Section 142(a)(4)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), so that the interest on the Bonds will not be
includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes under
the Code and the Underwriters may offer the Bonds for sale without
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“1933 Act”), or qualification of the Trust Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939
Act”).
(d) A Preliminary Official Statement dated
June 25, 2009 including the Appendices thereto and all
documents incorporated therein by reference (the “Preliminary
Official Statement”), has been supplied to the parties
hereto, and a final Official Statement to be dated the date hereof,
including the Appendices thereto and all documents incorporated
therein by reference, prepared for use in such offerings will be
supplied to the parties hereto as soon as it is available, subject
to Section 10 hereof (such final Official Statement, as it may
be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Authority, the
Underwriters and the Company, is hereinafter referred to as the
“Official Statement”).
Section 2. Purchase, Sale and
Closing . On the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters will buy from the
Authority, and the Authority will sell to the Underwriters, all
(but not less than all) of the Bonds at a purchase price equal to
$55,110,440.00 which is equal to the $58,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Bonds, less original issue discount of
$2,019,560, less the underwriting discount of $870,000. Payment for
the Bonds shall be made in immediately available funds to the
Trustee for the account of the Authority. Closing (the
“Closing”) will be at the offices of Ballard Spahr
Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(“Bond Counsel”), at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard
Time, on July 16, 2009 or at such other date, time or place or
in such other manner as may be agreed on by the parties hereto. The
Bonds will be delivered as one fully registered bond in the
principal amount of $58,000,000 in the name of Cede & Co., as
nominee for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), with
CUSIP numbers printed thereon, and shall conform in all respects to
DTC’s Book-Entry Only
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System.
Delivery of the Bonds to DTC will be made by delivering the Bonds
to the Trustee utilizing the DTC FAST system. If the Underwriters
so request, the Bonds shall be made available to the Underwriters
(prior to their delivery to DTC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at
least three full business days before the Closing for purposes of
inspection.
The Underwriters agree to make a bona fide
public offering of the Bonds at the initial offering prices or
yields set forth in the Official Statement; provided, however, that
the Underwriters reserve the right (and the Authority and the
Company hereby expressly acknowledge such right): to make
concessions to dealers; to effect transactions that stabilize or
maintain the market price of the Bonds above that which might
otherwise prevail in the open market and to discontinue at any time
such stabilizing transactions; and to change such initial offering
prices, all as the Underwriters shall deem necessary in connection
with the marketing of the Bonds.
Section 3. Authority’s
Representations. The
Authority makes the following representations on and as of the date
hereof, all of which shall survive Closing:
(a) The Authority is a body politic and
corporate, duly created and existing under the Constitution and
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the
“Commonwealth”), including the “Act”, and
has, and at the date of Closing will have, full legal right, power
and authority to: enter into this Bond Purchase Agreement; execute
and deliver the Bonds, the Trust Indenture, the Financing
Agreement, this Bond Purchase Agreement and the Authority’s
tax certificate and the other various certificates executed by the
Authority in connection therewith (collectively, with the Authority
Resolution, the “Authority Financing Documents”);
issue, sell and deliver the Bonds to the Underwriters as provided
herein; and carry out and consummate the transactions contemplated
by the Authority Financing Documents and the Official Statement to
be carried out and/or consummated by it.
(b) The Authority Resolution was duly
adopted at a public meeting of the Authority at which a quorum was
present and acted throughout; and the Authority Resolution is in
full force and effect and has not been amended, repealed or
superseded in any way.
(c) The sections entitled
“INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT” (insofar as it relates to the
Authority), “THE AUTHORITY” and “ABSENCE OF
MATERIAL LITIGATION” (solely insofar as the information set
forth therein relates to the Authority) contained in the
Preliminary Official Statement as of its date did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) The sections entitled
“INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT” (insofar as it relates to the
Authority), “THE AUTHORITY” and “ABSENCE OF
MATERIAL LITIGATION” (solely insofar as the information set
forth therein relates to the Authority) contained in the Official
Statement as of its date does not or will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
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(e) The Authority has complied, and will at
the Closing be in compliance, in all material respects with the
provisions of the Act.
(f) The Authority has duly authorized and
approved the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official
Statement; and has duly authorized and approved the execution and
delivery of, and the performance by the Authority of the
obligations on its part contained in, the Authority Financing
Documents.
(g) To the best of the knowledge of the
Authority after due inquiry, the Authority is not in material
breach of or in default under any applicable law or administrative
regulation of the Commonwealth or the United States; and the
execution and delivery of the Authority Financing Documents, and
compliance with the provisions of each thereof, do not and will not
conflict with or constitute a breach of or default under any
existing law, administrative regulation, judgment, decree, loan
agreement, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument to which
the Authority is a party or is otherwise subject.
(h) All approvals, consents and orders of
any governmental authority, board, agency or commission having
jurisdiction that would constitute a condition precedent to the
Authority’s legal ability to issue the Bonds or to the
Authority’s performance of its obligations hereunder and
under the Authority Financing Documents have been obtained or will
be obtained prior to the Closing.
(i) The Bonds, when issued, authenticated
and delivered in accordance with the Trust Indenture and sold to
the Underwriters as provided herein, will be validly issued and
will be valid and binding limited obligations of the Authority
enforceable against the Authority in accordance with their terms
(except as enforcement may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws or legal or equitable
principles affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
(“Creditors’ Rights Limitations”)).
(j) The terms and provisions of the
Authority Financing Documents when executed and delivered by the
respective parties thereto will constitute the valid, legal and
binding obligations of the Authority enforceable against the
Authority in accordance with their respective terms (except as
enforcement of remedies may be limited by Creditors’ Rights
Limitations).
(k) There is no action, suit, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any
court, or public board or body, pending or, to the knowledge of the
Authority after due inquiry, threatened against the Authority,
affecting the existence of the Authority or the titles of its
officers to their respective offices or seeking to prohibit,
restrain or enjoin the sale, issuance or delivery of the Bonds or
of the revenues or assets of the Authority pledged or to be pledged
to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds, or the pledge
thereof, or in any way contesting or affecting the validity or
enforceability of the Authority Financing Documents or contesting
in any way the completeness or accuracy of the Preliminary Official
Statement or the Official Statement, or contesting the power or
authority of the Authority with respect to the issuance of the
Bonds or the execution, delivery or performance of any of the
Authority Financing Documents, wherein an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding would affect in any way the validity or
enforceability of any of the Authority Financing
Documents.
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(1) The net proceeds received from the
Bonds and applied in accordance with the Trust Indenture and the
Financing Agreement shall be used in accordance with the Act as
described in the Official Statement.
(m) Any certificate signed by any of the
authorized officers of the Authority and delivered to the
Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the
Authority to the Underwriters as to the statements made
therein.
Section 4. Company’s Representations
and Warranties. The
Company makes the following representations and warranties on and
as of the date hereof and as of the date of Closing, all of which
will survive the Closing:
(a) The Company has not sustained, since
December 31, 2008, any material loss or interference with its
business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or
not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or
governmental action, order or decree; and since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Official Statement,
there have not been any material changes in the outstanding capital
stock or the long-term debt of the Company or any material adverse
change, or a development involving a prospective material adverse
change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial
position, stockholder’s equity or results of operations of
the Company, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Official Statement.
(b) The Company was organized, is in good
standing and subsists as a corporation under the laws of the
Commonwealth, with power (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Official
Statement.
(c) The First Mortgage Bond has been duly
authorized; and, when issued and delivered as contemplated by this
Bond Purchase Agreement, will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance
with its terms (except as may be affected by Creditors’
Rights Limitations) entitled to the benefits provided by the
Mortgage.
(d) The Indenture of Mortgage has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and the
Forty-fourth Supplemental Mortgage has been duly authorized by the
Company. When the Forty-fourth Supplemental Mortgage, in
substantially the form approved by the Underwriters and Bond
Counsel, has been executed and delivered by the Company and
assuming due authorization and execution by the Mortgage Trustee,
and recorded as required by law, the Mortgage will constitute a
valid and legally binding instrument enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may
be affected by Creditors’ Rights Limitations; will constitute
a direct, valid and enforceable first mortgage lien (except as
enforceability of such lien may be affected by Creditors’
Rights Limitations) upon all of the properties and assets of the
Company (not heretofore released as provided for in the Mortgage)
specifically or generally described or referred to in the Mortgage
as being subject to the lien
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thereof,
excepting permitted liens under the Mortgage and excepting property
and assets that the Mortgage expressly excludes from the lien
thereof; and will create a mortgage upon all properties and assets
acquired by the Company after the execution and delivery of the
Forty- fourth Supplemental Mortgage and required to be subjected to
the lien of the Mortgage pursuant thereto when so acquired, except
for permitted liens under the Mortgage. The Indenture of Mortgage
has been and the Forty-fourth Supplemental Mortgage will be duly
filed, recorded or registered in each place in the Commonwealth in
which such filing, recording or registration was or is required to
protect and preserve the lien of the Mortgage; and all necessary
approvals of regulatory authorities, commissions and other
governmental bodies having jurisdiction over the Company required
to subject the mortgaged properties and assets or trust estate (as
defined in the Mortgage) to the lien of the Mortgage have been duly
obtained.
(e) With only such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the conduct of the business of
the Company, the Company has good and marketable title to all of
its real property currently held in fee simple, and all of its
other interests in real property (other than certain rights of way,
easements, occupancy rights, riparian and flowage rights, licenses,
leaseholds and real property interests of a similar nature). In
each case such title is free and clear of all liens, encumbrances
and defects except such as may be described in the Official
Statement, the lien of the Mortgage, permitted liens under the
Mortgage or such as do not materially affect the value of such
property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property by the Company. Any real property and
buildings held under lease by the Company are held by it under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as
are not material and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the
Company.
(f) With only such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the conduct of the business of
the Company, the Company has all licenses, franchises, permits,
authorizations, rights, approvals, consents and orders of all
governmental authorities or agencies necessary for the ownership or
lease of the properties owned or leased by it and for the operation
of the business carried on by it as described in the Official
Statement, and all water rights, riparian rights, easements, rights
of way and other similar interests and rights described or referred
to in the Mortgage necessary for the operation of the business
carried on by it as described in the Official Statement. Except as
otherwise set forth in the Official Statement, all such licenses,
franchises, permits, orders, authorizations, rights, approvals and
consents are in full force and effect and contain no unduly
burdensome provisions. Except as otherwise set forth in the
Official Statement, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company after due inquiry,
threatened that would result in a material modification, suspension
or revocation thereof. The Company has the legal power to exercise
the rights of eminent domain for the purposes of conducting its
water utility operations.
(g) The issue and sale of the Bonds, the
issue and delivery of the First Mortgage Bond and the compliance by
the Company with all of the applicable provisions of the First
Mortgage Bond and the Mortgage and the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of the Forty-fourth Supplemental
Mortgage, the Financing Agreement, this Bond Purchase Agreement and
the Continuing Disclosure Agreement will not conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
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imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance (other than the lien of the
Mortgage) upon any of the property or assets of the Company
pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company are subject, nor will such
action result in a violation of the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, or the Bylaws of the Company or any
statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of its property. No consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any court or any such
regulatory authority or other governmental body (other than those
already obtained) is required to be obtained by the Company for the
issue and sale of the Bonds, the issue and delivery of the First
Mortgage Bond, the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Bond Purchase Agreement, the Financing Agreement,
the Forty-fourth Supplemental Mortgage, the First Mortgage Bond and
the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, or the consummation by the
Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Bond
Purchase Agreement or the Mortgage.
(h) The Company has obtained from the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission an order duly authorizing
the issuance and delivery of the First Mortgage Bond by the Company
and the incurring of the debt evidenced thereby, on terms not
inconsistent with this Bond Purchase Agreement.
(i) The Company is not a holding company, a
registered holding company or an affiliate of a registered holding
company within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, as amended.
(j) There are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which the Company is a party or to which any
property of the Company is subject, other than as set forth in the
Official Statement, wherein an unfavorable ruling, decision or
finding would have a material adverse effect on the financial
position, stockholder’s equity or results of operations of
the Company; and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge
after due diligence, no such proceedings are threatened by
governmental authorities or threatened by others.
(k) The Project consists of either land or
property of a character subject to depreciation for federal income
tax purposes and will be used to furnish water that is or will be
made available to members of the general public (including electric
utility, industrial, agricultural, or commercial users); the rates
for the furnishing or sale of the water have been established or
approved by a state or political subdivision thereof, by an agency
or instrumentality of the United States, or by a public service or
public utility commission or other similar body of any state or
political subdivision thereof; and all other information supplied
by the Company to the Underwriters with respect to the exclusion
from gross income pursuant to Section 103 of the Code of the
interest on the Bonds is correct and complete.
(l) The Company has not, within the
immediately preceding ten (10) years, defaulted in the payment
of principal or interest on any of its bonds, notes or other
securities, or any legally authorized obligation issued by
it.
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(m) The information with respect to the
Company and the Project and the descriptions of the First Mortgage
Bond and the Mortgage contained in the Preliminary Official
Statement and the Official Statement (including appendices A and B
thereto) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to be stated therein in
order to make such information and descriptions, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
Section 5. Authority’s
Covenants. The Authority
will:
(a) Furnish such information, execute such
instruments and take such other action in cooperation with the
Underwriters as the Underwriters may reasonably request to qualify
the Bonds for offer and sale under the Blue Sky or other securities
laws and regulations of such states and other jurisdictions in the
United States of America as the Underwriters may designate and will
assist, if necessary therefor, in the continuance of such
qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of
the Bonds; provided, however, that the Authority shall in no event
be required to file a general consent to suit or service of process
or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities
in any such state or other jurisdiction.
(b) Not, on its part, amend or supplement
the Official Statement without prior notice to and the consent of
the Underwriters and the Company and will advise the Underwriters
and the Company promptly of the institution of any proceedings by
any governmental agency or otherwise affecting the use of the
Official Statement in connection with the offer and sale of the
Bonds.
(c) Refrain from knowingly taking any
action (and permitting any action with regard to which the
Authority may exercise control) that would result in the loss of
the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of
interest on the Bonds.
Section 6. Company’s
Covenants. The Company
agrees that it will:
(a) Refrain from knowingly taking any
actions (and from permitting any action with regard to which the
Company may exercise control) that would result in the loss of the
exclusion from gross income for federal tax purposes of interest on
the Bonds.
(b) Indemnify and hold harmless the
Authority, its members, directors, officers, agents, attorneys, and
employees and the Underwriters, their respective officers,
directors, officials, agents, attorneys, employees, and each
person, if any, who controls each of the Underwriters within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934
Act”), from and against all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses, joint or several, to which the Authority
and the Underwriters, or either of them, or any of their respective
members, directors, officers, agents, attorneys, and employees and
each person, if any, who controls the Underwriters within the
meaning of the 1933 Act or 1934 Act as aforedescribed may become
subject, under federal laws or regulations, or otherwise, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:
(i) a breach of the Company’s representations included
in this Agreement; (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material
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fact pertaining
to the Project or the Company set forth in the Official Statement,
the Preliminary Official Statement or any amendment to either;
(iii) the willful or negligent omission of (or the alleged
omission to state) a material fact in the Official Statement, the
Preliminary Official Statement, or any amendment or supplement to
either, as such fact is required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein that pertain to the Company or the
Project not misleading in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made; (iv) or arising by virtue of the failure
to register the Bonds under the 1933 Act or the failure to qualify
the Trust Indenture under the 1939 Act; or (v) arising by
virtue of any audit or investigation conducted by a state or
federal agency, department or entity questioning, among other
things, the tax-exempt status of the Bonds.
(c) Undertake, pursuant to the Continuing
Disclosure Agreement dated as of July 1, 2009 to be entered
into between the Company and the Trustee (the “Continuing
Disclosure Agreement”), to provide annual reports and notices
of certain material events in accordance with Rule l5c2-l2 under
the 1934 Act, as amended
(“Rule 15c2-12”).
(d) Not amend or supplement the Official
Statement without prior notice to, and the consent of, the
Underwriters, and will advise the Underwriters and the Authority
promptly of the institution of any proceedings by any governmental
agency or otherwise affecting the use of the Official Statement in
connection with the offer and the sale of the Bonds.
(e) Take all actions reasonably necessary
to maintain in effect and to comply with the order of the
Commonwealth Public Utility Commission dated March 26, 2009,
registering the Securities Certificate for the issuance of the
First Mortgage Bond in support of the Bonds.
Section 7. Underwriters’ Covenant and
Compensation.
(a) By acceptance hereof the Underwriters
agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Authority, its members,
directors, officers, agents, attorneys, and employees and the
Company, its officers, directors, agents, attorneys, and employees
and each person if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of Section 15 of the 1933 Act against all or several claims,
losses, damages, liabilities and expenses asserted against them, or
any of them, at law or in equity, in connection with the offering
and sale of the Bonds on the grounds that the information under the
caption “UNDERWRITING” in the Preliminary Official
Statement or the Official Statement (or any supplement or amendment
to said information) contains an untrue or allegedly untrue
statement of a material fact or omits or allegedly omits to state
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made (it being understood that the Underwriters furnished only the
information under such “UNDERWRITING” heading), or
failure on the part of the Underwriters to deliver an Official
Statement to any purchaser. The Underwriters will reimburse any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by a party, person or
entity indemnifiable under this Section 7 in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability that the Underwriters may otherwise have. The
Underwriters shall not be liable for any settlement of, any such
action effected without its consent.
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(b) The Underwriters will be paid an
underwriting discount of $870,000 with respect to the
Bonds.
(c) The Underwriters acknowledge that the
Authority is relying upon the accuracy of the certification in
clause (b) above on the date hereof as a condition precedent
to lending the proceeds of the Bonds to the Company.
Section 8. Notice of Indemnification;
Settlement. Promptly
after a party, person or entity indemnifiable under Section 6
or 7 of this Bond Purchase Agreement (an “Indemnitee”)
receives notice of the commencement of any audit, investigation or
action against such Indemnitee in respect of which indemnity is to
be sought by the Indemnitee against the Company or any of the
respective Underwriters, as the case may be (the
“Indemnifying Party”), the Indemnitee will notify the
Indemnifying Party in writing of such action, and the Indemnifying
Party may assume the defense thereof, including the employment of
counsel and the payment of all expenses; but the failure so to
notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying
Party from any liability that it may have to the Indemnitee
otherwise than hereunder. The Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its
consent, but if settled with the consent of the Indemnifying Party
or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such
action, the Indemnifying Party will indemnify and hold harmless the
Indemnitee from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. The indemnity agreements contained in this
Bond Purchase Agreement shall include reimbursement for expenses
reasonably incurred by an Indemnitee in investigating the claim and
in defending it if the Indemnifying Party declines to assume the
defense and shall survive delivery of the Bonds. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event of an investigation or audit by the
Internal Revenue Service or the Securities and Exchange Commission
or any other state or federal agency, department, or entity with
respect to the Bonds, the Authority shall have the right and duty
to undertake its own defense, including the employment of counsel,
with full power to litigate, compromise or settle the same on its
own behalf, and the Company agrees that it will indemnify and hold
the Authority harness for all costs and expenses, including, but
not limited to, attorney fees and expenses and costs, of any such
settlement.
Section 9. Equitable
Contribution. If the
indemnification provided for in Section 6(b) of this Bond Purchase
Agreement is unavailable to either of the respective Underwriters
(or any controlling person thereof) in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then the
Company shall, in lieu of indemnifying each or one of the
respective Underwriters, contribute to the amount paid or payable
by each or any of the Underwriters as a result of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and each
of the Underwriters, respectively, from the offering of the Bonds.
If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then the Company shall
contribute to such amount paid or payable by the Underwriters in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative
benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and each of the
Underwriters, respectively, in connection with the statements or
omission which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefit received by the Company or the
Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total proceeds from the offering (before deducting issuance costs
and expenses other than
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underwriting
fees and commissions) received by the Company, on the one hand,
bear to the total Underwriting fees and commissions received by
each of the Underwriters, on the other hand. The relative fault
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact related to
information supplied by the Company or each of the Underwriters and
the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any
other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 9.
The amount paid or payable by each of the Underwriters as a result
of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to above in
this Section 9 shall be deemed to include any reasonable legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by each of the respective
Underwriters in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 9, the Underwriters shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount of the discount
allowed to each of the respective Underwriters as set forth in
Section 7(b) hereof.
Section 10. Official Statement; Public
Offering.
(a) In order to enable the Underwriters to
comply with Rule l5c2-l2, the Company has prepared (or caused to be
prepared) the Preliminary Official Statement, which the Company and
the Authority (in the case of the Authority, only with respect to
the information therein under the headings “THE
AUTHORITY” and, insofar as they relate to the Authority,
“INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT” and “ABSENCE OF MATERIAL
LITIGATION”) deem final and complete as of its date except
for certain permitted omissions as described in Rule l5c2-l2. The
Company shall provide to the Underwriters sufficient copies of the
Official Statement in sufficient time to accompany any confirmation
that requires payment from any customer and in any event within
seven (7) business days after the date of this Bond Purchase
Agreement. If the Company, during the period described in Section
l0(b) below, has or gains knowledge of a fact or circumstance that
would render the Official Statement misleading in any material
respect, then the Company shall promptly give the Underwriters
written notice thereof. The Authority and the Company hereby
authorize the use of the Preliminary Official Statement and the
Official Statement by the Underwriters in connection with the
offering of the Bonds.
(b) The Authority and the Company will not
adopt or distribute any amendment of or supplement to the Official
Statement, except with the prior written consent of the
Underwriters. If from the date hereof until the earlier of
(i) ninety (90) days after the end of the underwriting
period (as defined in Rule l5c2-12) or (ii) the time when the
Official Statement is available to any person from the Repository
with which it has been deposited, but in no case less than
twenty-five (25) days following the end of the underwriting period,
any event relating to or affecting the Authority, the Company or
the Bonds shall occur, the result of which shall make it necessary,
in the opinion of the Underwriters, to amend or supplement the
Official Statement in order to make it not misleading in the light
of the circumstances existing at that time, the Company shall
forthwith prepare, and the Company and the Authority shall approve
for distribution, a reasonable number of copies of an amendment of
or supplement to the Official Statement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, so that the
Official
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Statement then
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances existing at that time, not
misleading. The Authority shall cooperate with the Company in the
issuance and distribution of any such amendment or
supplement.
(c) Upon Closing, the Underwriters shall
promptly provide the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (which
as of July 1, 2009, is the only nationally recognized
municipal securities information repository) with a copy of the
Official Statement for filing in accordance with Rule 15c2-l2,
and inform the Authority and the Company in writing as to the date
and place of such filing and the date of the end of the
underwriting period.
Section 11. Conditions of
Underwriters’ and Authority’s Obligations
. The Underwriters’
obligations to purchase and pay for the Bonds and the
Authority’s obligation to issue and deliver the Bonds are
subject to fulfillment of the following conditions at or before
Closing:
(a) The representations of the Authority
and the Company herein, as applicable, shall be true in all
material respects on and as of the date of the Closing and shall be
confirmed by appropriate certificates at Closing.
(b) Neither the Authority nor the Company,
as applicable, shall be in default in the performance of any of
their respective covenants herein.
(c) The
Underwriters shall have received:
(i) An opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews
& Ingersoll, LLP, Bond Counsel, dated the date of Closing,
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto,
addressed to (or with reliance letters delivered in respect of) the
Authority, the Trustee, the Company and the
Underwriters.
(ii) An opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews
& Ingersoll, LLP, Bond Counsel, dated the date of Closing,
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto,
addressed to the Underwriters.
(iii) An opinion of the Office of Chief
Counsel of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic
Development, as counsel for the Authority, dated the date of
Closing, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C
hereto, addressed to the Underwriters, the Trustee, the Company and
Bond Counsel.
(iv) Opinions of Dilworth Paxson LLP,
counsel to the Company, and the Company’s Senior Vice
President-Law and Administration, dated the date of Closing,
substantially in the forms attached as Exhibit D hereto,
addressed to the Underwriters, the Authority and Bond
Counsel.
(v) An agreed upon procedures letter dated
the date of the Official Statement and addressed to the Company and
the Underwriters from the Company’s auditor with respect to
financial information set forth in Appendix A and
Appendix B to the Official Statement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Company’s auditor and the
Underwriters.
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(vi) A certificate dated the date of
Closing executed by the Executive Director of the Authority and
addressed to the Underwriters to the effect that, to the best of
his or her respective knowledge:
(A) the representations and warranties of
the Authority contained herein are true and correct in all material
respects as of the date of Closing; and
(B) the Authority has complied in all
material respects with all agreements executed by the Authority in
connection with issuance of the Bonds and satisfied in all material
respects the Authority’s covenants contained in
Section 5 herein and all of the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing.
(vii) A certificate dated the date of
Closing executed by the chief financial officer of the Company and
addressed to the Underwriters to the effect that, to the best of
his knowledge:
(A) the representations and warranties of
the Company in this Bond Purchase Agreement are true and correct in
all material respects as of the date of Closing;
(B) the Preliminary Official Statement and
the Official Statement, as of their respective dates, insofar as
they relate to the Company, do not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, under
the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading in any
respect; and
(C) no event affecting the Company has
occurred since the date of this Bond Purchase Agreement that is
required to be disclosed in the Official Statement or necessary in
order to make the statements and information therein not misleading
in any material respect.
(viii) Two executed copies of the Trust
Indenture, the Financing Agreement, the Bond Purchase Agreement,
the Forty-fourth Supplemental Mortgage and the Continuing
Disclosure Agreement and specimen copies of the First Mortgage
Bond.
(ix) Two copies of the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, as amended to the date of
Closing, and of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Company authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of
this Bond Purchase Agreement, the Financing Agreement, the First
Mortgage Bond, the Forty-fourth Supplemental Mortgage, the
Continuing Disclosure Agreement and the incurrence of indebtedness
with respect thereto and all transactions described in the Official
Statement and contemplated by this Bond Purchase Agreement, all
certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary.
(x) Two copies of the Authority
Resolution.
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(xi) One or more letters from the
Company’s auditor, dated the date of the Preliminary Official
Statement and the Official Statement and addressed to the Company
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