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EXHIBIT 4.2
CONFORMED COPY
TRUST INDENTURE
BETWEEN
CITY OF FORSYTH, MONTANA
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY,
N.A.
AS TRUSTEE
$17,000,000
CITY OF FORSYTH, MONTANA
POLLUTION CONTROL REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS
(AVISTA CORPORATION COLSTRIP PROJECT)
SERIES 2008
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION
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PAGE
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Recitals
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1
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Granting Clauses
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1
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
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Section 1.01.
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General Definitions
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Section 1.02.
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Rules of Construction
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ARTICLE II
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THE BONDS
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Section 2.01.
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Authorization and Terms of Bonds
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Section 2.02.
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Interest Rates and Rate Periods
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Section 2.03.
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Daily Interest Rate
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Section 2.04.
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Weekly Interest Rate
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Section 2.05.
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Term Interest Rate
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Section 2.06.
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Flexible Interest Rate
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Section 2.07.
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Rescission of Election
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Section 2.08.
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Form of Bonds
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Section 2.09.
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Execution of Bonds
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Section 2.10.
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Transfer and Exchange of Bonds
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Section 2.11.
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Bond Register
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Section 2.12.
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Bonds Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or
Stolen
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Section 2.13.
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Bonds; Limited Obligations
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Section 2.14.
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Disposal of Bonds
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Section 2.15.
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Book-Entry System
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Section 2.16.
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Credit Facility Provisions
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Section 2.17.
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CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE III
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PURCHASE AND REMARKETING OF BONDS
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Section 3.01.
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Owner’s Option to Tender for
Purchase
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Section 3.02.
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Mandatory Purchase
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Section 3.03.
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Payment of Purchase Price
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Section 3.04.
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Remarketing of Bonds by Remarketing
Agent
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Section 3.05.
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Limits on Remarketing
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Section 3.06.
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Delivery of Bonds; Delivery of Proceeds of
Remarketing Sale; Payments from Credit Facility
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Section 3.07.
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No Remarketing Sales After Certain
Events
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Section 3.08.
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Notice of Mandatory Purchase
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Section 3.09.
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Pledged Bonds
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SECTION
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ARTICLE IV
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REDEMPTION OF BONDS
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Section 4.01.
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Redemption of Bonds Generally
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Section 4.02.
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Redemption Upon Optional Prepayment
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Section 4.03.
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Redemption Upon Mandatory Prepayment
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Section 4.04.
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Selection of Bonds for Redemption
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Section 4.05.
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Notice of Redemption
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Section 4.06.
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Partial Redemption of Bonds
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Section 4.07.
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No Partial Redemption After Default
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Section 4.08.
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Payment of Redemption Price
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Section 4.09.
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Effect of Redemption
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ARTICLE V
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GENERAL COVENANTS; CREDIT FACILITY; AND
ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL
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Section 5.01.
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Payment of Bonds
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Section 5.02.
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Performance of Covenants by Issuer; Authority;
Due Execution
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Section 5.03.
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Immunities and Limitations of Responsibility of
Issuer; Remedies
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Section 5.04.
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Defense of Issuer’s Rights
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Section 5.05.
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Recording and Filing; Further
Instruments
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Section 5.06.
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Rights Under Agreement
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Section 5.07.
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Arbitrage and Tax Covenants
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Section 5.08.
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No Disposition of Trust Estate
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Section 5.09.
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Access to Books
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Section 5.10.
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Source of Payment of Bonds
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Section 5.11.
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Credit Facility
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Section 5.12.
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First Mortgage Bonds
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Section 5.13.
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Additional Collateral
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ARTICLE VI
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DEPOSIT OF BOND PROCEEDS; FUND AND ACCOUNTS;
REVENUES
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Section 6.01.
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Creation of Bond Fund and Accounts; Credit
Facility Fund; Rebate Fund
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Section 6.02.
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Disposition of Bond Proceeds and Certain Other
Moneys
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Section 6.03.
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Deposits into the Bond Fund; Use of Moneys in the
Bond Fund
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Section 6.04.
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Bonds Not Presented for Payment of
Principal
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Section 6.05.
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Payment to the Company
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ARTICLE VII
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INVESTMENTS
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Section 7.01.
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Investment of Moneys in Funds
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Section 7.02.
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Conversion of Investment to Cash
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SECTION
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PAGE
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Section 7.03.
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Credit for Gains and Charge for Losses
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ARTICLE VIII
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DEFEASANCE
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ARTICLE IX
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 9.01.
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Events of Default
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Section 9.02.
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Acceleration; Other Remedies
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Section 9.03.
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Restoration to Former Position
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Section 9.04.
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Owners’ Right to Direct
Proceedings
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Section 9.05.
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Limitation on Owners’ Right to Institute
Proceedings
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Section 9.06.
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No Impairment of Right to Enforce
Payment
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Section 9.07.
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Proceedings by Trustee Without Possession of
Bonds
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Section 9.08.
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No Remedy Exclusive
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Section 9.09.
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No Waiver of Remedies
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Section 9.10.
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Application of Moneys
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Section 9.11.
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Severability of Remedies
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ARTICLE X
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TRUSTEE; PAYING AGENT; REGISTRAR; REMARKETING
AGENT
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Section 10.01.
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Acceptance of Trusts
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Section 10.02.
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No Responsibilities for Recitals
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Section 10.03.
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Limitations on Liability
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Section 10.04.
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Compensation, Expenses and Advances
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Section 10.05.
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Notice of Events of Default and Determination of
Taxability
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Section 10.06.
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Action by Trustee
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Section 10.07.
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Good-Faith Reliance
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Section 10.08.
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Dealings in Bonds; Allowance of
Interest
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71
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Section 10.09.
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Several Capacities
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72
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Section 10.10.
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Resignation of Trustee
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Section 10.11.
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Removal of Trustee
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Section 10.12.
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Appointment of Successor Trustee
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Section 10.13.
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Qualifications of Successor Trustee
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Section 10.14.
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Judicial Appointment of Successor
Trustee
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Section 10.15.
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Acceptance of Trusts by Successor
Trustee
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Section 10.16.
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Successor by Merger or Consolidation
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Section 10.17.
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Standard of Care
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Section 10.18.
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Intervention in Litigation of the
Issuer
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Section 10.19.
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Remarketing Agent
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Section 10.20.
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Qualifications of Remarketing Agent
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Section 10.21.
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Registrar
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Section 10.22.
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Qualifications of Registrar; Resignation;
Removal
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Section 10.23.
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Paying Agents
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SECTION
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PAGE
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Section 10.24.
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Additional Duties of Trustee
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76
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ARTICLE XI
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EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS BY OWNERS AND PROOF OF
OWNERSHIP OF BONDS
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ARTICLE XII
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MODIFICATION OF THIS INDENTURE AND THE
AGREEMENT
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Section 12.01.
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Supplemental Indentures Without Owner
Consent
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Section 12.02.
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Supplemental Indentures Requiring Owner
Consent
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Section 12.03.
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Effect of Supplemental Indenture
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Section 12.04.
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Consent of the Company and the
Provider
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Section 12.05.
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Amendment of Agreement Without Owner
Consent
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Section 12.06.
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Amendment of Agreement Requiring Owner
Consent
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ARTICLE XIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 13.01.
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Successors of the Issuer
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Section 13.02.
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Parties in Interest
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Section 13.03.
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Severability
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Section 13.04.
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No Personal Liability of Issuer
Officials
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Section 13.05.
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Bonds Owned by the Issuer or the
Company
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Section 13.06.
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Counterparts
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84
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Section 13.07.
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Governing Law
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Section 13.08.
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Notices
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84
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Section 13.09.
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Holidays
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Section 13.10.
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Purchase of Bonds by Trustee and Remarketing
Agent
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Section 13.11.
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Notices to Moody’s and S&P
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85
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Section 13.12.
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Rights of Provider
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Signatures
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EXHIBIT A — FORM OF BOND
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TRUST INDENTURE
THIS TRUST INDENTURE is made and entered into as of
December 1, 2008, between the CITY OF FORSYTH, MONTANA, a
political subdivision duly organized and existing under the
Constitution and laws of the State and The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
RECITALS
A. In furtherance of its public purposes, the Issuer has entered
into a Loan Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2008, with
Avista Corporation, a Washington corporation, providing for the
issuance by the Issuer of the Bonds for the purpose of refunding,
in advance of stated maturity, the Prior Bonds.
B. The execution and delivery of this Indenture and the issuance
and sale of the Bonds have been in all respects duly and validly
authorized by proper action duly adopted by the governing authority
of the Issuer.
C. The execution and delivery of the Bonds and of this Indenture
have been duly authorized and all things necessary to make the
Bonds, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the
Trustee, valid and binding legal obligations of the Issuer and to
make this Indenture a valid and binding agreement have been
done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS TRUST INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
GRANTING CLAUSES
The Issuer, in consideration of the premises and the acceptance
by the Trustee of the trusts hereby created and of the purchase and
acceptance of the Bonds by the Owners thereof, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, in order to secure the payment of the principal of,
and premium, if any, and interest on, the Bonds according to their
tenor and effect and to secure the performance and observance by
the Issuer of all the covenants expressed or implied herein and in
the Bonds, does hereby grant, bargain, sell convey, mortgage and
warrant, and assign, pledge and grant a security interest in, the
Trust Estate to the Trustee, and its successors in trust and
assigns forever for the benefit of the Owners:
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the Trust Estate, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, to the Trustee and its respective
successors in trust and assigns forever;
IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, upon the terms and trusts herein set
forth for the equal and proportionate benefit, security and
protection of all present and future Owners of the Bonds issued
under and secured by this Indenture without privilege, priority or
distinction as to the lien or otherwise of any of the Bonds over
any of the other Bonds;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Issuer, its
successors or assigns, shall well and truly pay, or cause to be
paid, the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the
Bonds due or to become due thereon, at the times and in the manner
mentioned in the Bonds and as provided in Article VIII hereof
according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall cause
the payments to be made as required under Article V hereof, or
shall provide, as permitted hereby, for the payment thereof in
accordance with Article VIII hereof, and shall well and truly keep,
perform and observe all the covenants and conditions pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture to be kept, performed and observed by
it, and shall pay, or cause to be paid, the principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest on, the Bonds due or to become due in
accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, then and in that
case this Indenture and the rights hereby granted shall cease,
terminate and be void and the Trustee shall thereupon cancel and
discharge this Indenture and execute and deliver to the Issuer, the
Company and the Provider such instruments in writing as shall be
requisite to evidence the discharge hereof, otherwise this
Indenture shall be and remain in full force and effect.
THIS TRUST INDENTURE FURTHER WITNESSETH, and it is expressly
declared, that all Bonds issued and secured hereunder are to be
issued, authenticated and delivered, and all of the Trust Estate is
to be dealt with and disposed of, under, upon and subject to the
terms, conditions, stipulations, covenants, agreements, trusts,
uses and purposes hereinafter expressed, and the Issuer has agreed
and covenanted, and does hereby agree and covenant, with the
Trustee and with the respective Owners, from time to time, of the
Bonds, or any part thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 1.01. General Definitions . The terms
defined in this Section 1.01 shall have the meanings provided
herein for all purposes of this Indenture and the Agreement, unless
the context clearly requires otherwise.
"Act" means Sections 90-5-101 to 90-5-114,
inclusive, Montana Code Annotated, as from time to time
supplemented and amended.
"Additional Collateral" means any form of collateral
delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 4.09 of the
Agreement.
"Agreement" or "Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement,
dated as of December 1, 2008, between the Issuer and the
Company, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Authorized Company Representative" means each person at
the time designated to act on behalf of the Company by written
certificate furnished to the Issuer, the Provider and the Trustee
containing the specimen signature of such person and signed on
behalf of the Company by its President, any Vice President, its
Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, its Treasurer or any Assistant
Treasurer. Such certificate may designate an alternate or
alternates.
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"Authorized Denomination" means
(i) $100,000 or any integral multiple of $5,000 in excess of
$100,000 when the Bonds bear interest at a Daily Interest Rate, a
Weekly Interest Rate or a Flexible Interest Rate; and
(ii) $5,000 or any integral multiple of $5,000 when the Bonds
bear interest at a Term Interest Rate.
"Available Moneys" means (a) during such time as a
Credit Facility is in effect, (i) moneys on deposit in trust
with the Trustee as agent and bailee for the Owners of the Bonds
for a period of at least 123 days prior to and during which no
petition in bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding has been
filed by or against the Company or the Issuer (or any subsidiary of
the Company, any guarantor of the Company or any insider (as
defined in the United States Bankruptcy Code), to the extent that
such moneys were deposited by any of such subsidiary, guarantor or
insider) or is pending (unless such petition shall have been
dismissed and such dismissal shall be final and not subject to
appeal) and (ii) (A) proceeds of the issuance of refunding
bonds (including proceeds from the investment thereof), and
(B) any other moneys, if, in the written opinion of nationally
recognized counsel experienced in bankruptcy matters selected by
the Company (which opinion shall be in a form acceptable to the
Trustee, to Moody’s, if the Bonds are then rated by
Moody’s, and to S&P, if the Bonds are then rated by
S&P and shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
time of the deposit of such proceeds with the Trustee), the deposit
and use of such proceeds (referred to in clause (A) above) or
other moneys (referred to in clause (B) above) will not
constitute a voidable preference under Section 547 of the
United States Bankruptcy Code in the event either the Issuer or the
Company were to become a debtor under the United States Bankruptcy
Code, and (b) at any time that a Credit Facility is not in
effect, any moneys on deposit with the Trustee as agent and bailee
for the Owners of the Bonds and proceeds from the investment
thereof.
"Bank" means Bank of America, N.A., as the Provider of
the initial Credit Facility.
"Beneficial Owner" has, when the Bonds are held in
book-entry form, the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.15 hereof.
"Bond" or "Bonds" means the Issuer’s Pollution
Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Avista Corporation Colstrip
Project) Series 2008, issued pursuant to this Indenture.
"Bond Counsel" means Chapman and Cutler LLP or any other
firm of nationally recognized bond counsel familiar with the type
of transactions contemplated under this Indenture selected by the
Company.
"Bond Documents" means this Indenture, the Agreement and
the Bonds.
"Bond Fund" means the trust fund by that name created
pursuant to Section 6.01(a) hereof.
"Bond Payment Date" means any Interest Payment Date and
any other date on which the principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest on, the Bonds is to be paid to the Owners thereof, whether
upon redemption, at maturity or upon acceleration of maturity of
the Bonds.
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"Bond Resolution" means the resolution
duly adopted and approved by the City Council of the Issuer on
December 8, 2008, authorizing the issuance and sale of the
Bonds and the execution of this Indenture and the
Agreement.
"Business Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or
other day (a) on which commercial banks located in the cities
in which the Principal Office of the Provider, the Principal Office
of the Trustee, the Principal Office of the Company, the Principal
Office of the Remarketing Agent or the Principal Office of the
Paying Agent are located are required or authorized by law or
regulation to remain closed or are closed, or (b) on which The
New York Stock Exchange is closed.
"Change of Credit Facility" means (a) the delivery
of a Credit Facility (or evidence thereof) to the Trustee,
(b) the termination of an existing Credit Facility or
(c) a combination of (a) and (b), in each case in
accordance with Section 4.07 of the Agreement.
"Closing" and "Closing Date" means the date of the
first authentication and delivery of fully-executed and
authenticated Bonds under this Indenture.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. Each reference to a section of the Code herein shall be
deemed to include the United States Treasury Regulations, including
temporary and proposed regulations, relating to such section which
are applicable to the Bonds or the use of the proceeds thereof.
"1954 Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as
amended. Each reference to a section of the 1954 Code herein shall
be deemed to include the United States Treasury Regulations,
including temporary and proposed regulations, relating to such
section which are applicable to the Bonds or the use of the
proceeds thereof.
"Company" means Avista Corporation, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington
and formerly known as The Washington Water Power Company, or its
successors and assigns pursuant to Section 5.01 of the
Agreement.
"Company Mortgage" means (a) with respect to First
Mortgage Bonds, the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of
June 1, 1939, between the Company and the Company Mortgage
Trustee, as heretofore and hereafter supplemented and amended, and
(b) with respect to any Additional Collateral, references
herein and in the Agreement to the Company Mortgage shall instead
mean the mortgage and deed of trust or other agreement pursuant to
which the Additional Collateral is issued, except as may be
otherwise provided in a Supplemental Indenture entered into
pursuant to Section 12.01(q) hereof or a supplement to the
Agreement entered into pursuant to Section 12.05(l)
hereof.
"Company Mortgage Trustee" means Citibank, N.A., formerly
First National City Bank (successor by merger to First National
City Trust Company, formerly City Bank Farmers Trust Company), its
successors in trust and their assigns. Upon delivery of any
Additional Collateral that is not First Mortgage Bonds, references
herein and in the Agreement to the Company Mortgage Trustee shall
instead mean the trustee with respect to such Additional
Collateral,
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except as may be otherwise provided in a
Supplemental Indenture entered into pursuant to
Section 12.01(q) hereof or a supplement to the Agreement
entered into pursuant to Section 12.05(l) hereof.
"Company Supplemental Indenture" means a supplemental
indenture supplementing the Company Mortgage and providing for the
issuance of First Mortgage Bonds or Additional Collateral, as the
case may be.
"Credit Facility" means a facility provided in accordance
with Section 4.07 of the Agreement to provide security or
liquidity for the Bonds. The term "Credit Facility"
includes, by way of example and not of limitation, one or more
letters of credit, bond insurance policies, standby bond purchase
agreements, lines of credit, First Mortgage Bonds, other Company
mortgage bonds and other security instruments or liquidity devices.
A Credit Facility may have an expiration date earlier than the
maturity of the Bonds. The initial Credit Facility is the Letter of
Credit.
"Credit Facility Agreement" means any agreement between
the Company and the Provider and relating to the Credit Facility
then in effect. The initial Credit Facility Agreement is that
Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 2008 between Bank of America, N.A. and the
Company.
"Credit Facility Fund" means the trust fund by that name
created pursuant to Section 6.01(b) hereof.
"Daily Interest Rate" means the interest rate on the
Bonds established pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof.
"Daily Interest Rate Period" means each period during
which a Daily Interest Rate is in effect.
"Delivery Office of the Trustee" means the office
designated as such by the Trustee in writing to the Remarketing
Agent, the Registrar, the Issuer, the Provider and the Company.
"Determination of Taxability" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 8.03 of the Agreement. The Trustee shall give
notice of a Determination of Taxability as provided in
Section 10.05 hereof.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company and its
successors and assigns.
"DTC Participants" means those brokers, securities
dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain
other organizations from time to time for which DTC holds Bonds as
securities depository.
"DTC Representation Letter" has the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 2.15(c) hereof.
"Due for Payment" has the meaning specified in the Credit
Facility.
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"Eligible Account" means an account
that is either (a) maintained with a federal or
state-chartered depository institution or trust company that has a
S&P short-term debt rating of at least A-2 (or, if no
short-term debt rating, a long-term debt rating of at least BBB+);
or (b) maintained with the corporate trust department of a
federal depository institution, trust company 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 an
account required to be an "Eligible Account" no longer complies
with the requirement, the Trustee should 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 occurrence or event
specified in Section 9.01 hereof
"Executive Officer" means the Mayor of the Issuer.
"Exempt Facilities" means facilities which qualify as
"sewage or solid waste disposal facilities" or "air or water
pollution control facilities" as defined in the 1954 Code and which
qualify as a "project" under the Act.
"Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel" means an opinion of
Bond Counsel addressed to the Issuer and the Trustee to the effect
that the proposed action is not prohibited by the Act or the
Indenture or the Loan Agreement, as applicable, and will not
adversely affect the Tax-Exempt status of the Bonds. The Favorable
Opinion of Bond Counsel may be in such form and with such
disclosures that such opinion will not be treated as a "covered
opinion" for purposes of the Treasury Department Regulations
governing practice before the Internal Revenue Service (Circular
230), 31 CFR Part 10.
"First Mortgage Bonds" means a series of first mortgage
bonds issued and delivered under the Company Mortgage, and held by
the Trustee as Additional Collateral, a Credit Facility, or both,
as may be designated in writing to the Trustee by an Authorized
Company Representative at the time the Company delivers such First
Mortgage Bonds to the Trustee.
"Flexible Interest Rate" means, with respect to any Bond,
the interest rate or rates associated with such Bond established in
accordance with Section 2.06 hereof.
"Flexible Interest Rate Period" means each period
comprised of Flexible Segments during which Flexible Interest Rates
are in effect.
"Flexible Segment" means, with respect to each Bond
bearing interest at a Flexible Interest Rate, the period
established in accordance with Section 2.06(a) hereof.
"Government Obligations" means direct obligations of, or
obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed as to full and timely payment by, the
United States of America, which are not subject to redemption or
prepayment prior to stated maturity.
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"Indenture" means this Trust Indenture
between the Issuer and the Trustee relating to issuance of the
Bonds, as amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted
herein.
"Information Services" means Financial Information,
Inc.’s "Daily Called Bond Service," 30 Montgomery
Street, 10th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302, Attention:
Editor; Standard & Poor’s J. J. Kenny’s
"Called Bond Service," 55 Water Street, 45th Floor, New
York, New York 10041; Mergent’s "Municipal and Government
Manual," 60 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010,
Attention: Customer Service and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking
Board, CDI, 1900 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314,
Attention: MSIL Dept.; or, in accordance with then-current
guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such other
addresses and/or such other services providing information with
respect to called bonds, or no such services, as the Company may
designate in a certificate delivered to the Trustee.
"Interest Account" means the trust account by that name
established in the Bond Fund pursuant to Section 6.01
hereof.
"Interest Component" means the maximum amount stated in
the Credit Facility (as reduced and reinstated from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof), which may be drawn upon with
respect to payment of accrued interest in accordance with
Section 2.16(a) hereof or the portion of the purchase price of
Bonds delivered pursuant to Section 3.01 and Section 3.02
hereof corresponding to interest accrued on the Bonds on or prior
to the stated maturity thereof.
"Interest Coverage Rate" means the interest rate
specified in a Credit Facility as being the rate used to determine
the amount of interest on the Bonds covered by such Credit
Facility.
"Interest Coverage Period" means the number of days
specified in the Credit Facility, as the case may be, initially 35
days, which is used to determine the Interest Component.
"Interest Payment Date" means:
(a) with respect to any Daily or Weekly Interest Rate Period,
the first Business Day of each calendar month,
(b) with respect to any Term Interest Rate Period, any day in
the sixth month following the commencement of the Term Interest
Rate Period and any day in each sixth month thereafter, each as
designated by the Company,
(c) with respect to any Flexible Segment, the Business Day next
succeeding the last day of such Flexible Segment, and
(d) with respect to any Rate Period, the day next succeeding the
last day thereof.
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"Investment Securities" means any of
the following obligations or securities, to the extent permitted by
law and subject to the provisions of Article VII hereof, on which
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is the
obligor.
(a) Government Obligations;
(b) Obligations of any of the following federal agencies, which
obligations represent the full faith and credit of the United
States of America:
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(c) Direct obligations of any of the following
federal agencies which obligations are not fully guaranteed by the
full faith and credit of the United States of America:
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by Moody’s and "AAA" by S&P issued by the Federal
National Mortgage Association (FNMA) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (FHLMC)
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(d) U.S. dollar denominated deposit accounts,
federal funds, trust funds, trust accounts, interest bearing
deposits, interest bearing money market accounts, time deposits,
overnight bank deposits, demand deposits and bankers’
acceptances with domestic commercial banks (including the Trustee
or any of its affiliates) which have a rating on their short term
certificates of deposit on the date of purchase of "A-1" or "A-1+"
by S&P and "P-1" by Moody’s and maturing no more than 360
days after the date of purchase. (Ratings on holding companies are
not considered as the rating of the bank.);
(e) Commercial paper which is rated at the time of purchase in
the single highest classification, "A-1+" by S&P and "P-1" by
Moody’s and which matures not more than 270 days after the
date of purchase;
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(f) Investments in a money market mutual fund
rated having a rating in the highest investment category granted
thereby from S&P or Moody’s, 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 funds for services rendered,
(ii) the Trustee 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 an affiliate of the
Trustee;
(g) Pre-refunded Municipal Obligations defined as follows: Any
bonds or other obligations of any state of the United States of
America or of any agency, instrumentality or local governmental
unit of any such state which are not callable at the option of the
obligor prior to maturity or as to which irrevocable instructions
have been given by the obligor to call on the date specified in the
notice; and
(1) which are rated, based on an irrevocable escrow account or
fund (the "escrow" ), in the highest rating category of
S&P and Moody’s or any successors thereto; or
(2) (i) which are fully secured as to principal and
interest and redemption premium, if any, by an escrow consisting
only of cash or Government Obligations, which escrow may be applied
only to the payment of such principal of and interest and
redemption premium, if any, on such bonds or other obligations on
the maturity date or dates thereof or the specified redemption date
or dates pursuant to such irrevocable instructions, as appropriate,
and (ii) which escrow is sufficient, as verified by a
nationally recognized independent certified public accountant, to
pay principal of and interest and redemption premium, if any, on
the bonds or other obligations described in this clause (g) on
the maturity date or dates specified in the irrevocable
instructions referred to above, as appropriate;
(h) General obligations of states with a rating of at least
"A2/A" or higher by both Moody’s and S&P;
(i) Investment agreements approved in writing by the Provider
supported by opinions of counsel to the investment agreement
provider with notice to Moody’s and S&P; and
(j) Other forms of investments (including repurchase or reverse
repurchase agreements, including those of the Trustee or any of its
affiliates) approved in writing by the Provider with notice to
Moody’s and S&P.
"Issue Date" means the date of the initial authentication
and delivery of the Bonds, being December 30, 2008.
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"Issuer" means the City of Forsyth,
Montana, and its successors, and any political subdivision
resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it
or its successors may be a party.
"Letter of Credit" means an irrevocable letter of credit
issued by the Bank to the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the
initial Credit Facility Agreement.
"Loan Payments" means the payments required to be made by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of the Agreement.
"Mail" means by first-class mail postage prepaid.
"Maturity Date" means March 1, 2034.
"Maximum Interest Rate" means (a) while a Credit
Facility is in effect that specifies an Interest Coverage Rate, the
lesser of 18% per annum or the Interest Coverage Rate
specified in the Credit Facility, and (b) at all other times,
18% per annum.
"Moody’s" means Moody’s Investors Service, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, its successors and assigns, and, if such corporation
shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a
securities rating agency, "Moody’s" shall be deemed to
refer to any other nationally recognized rating agency designated
by the Company by notice to the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Remarketing Agent.
"Outstanding" or "Bonds Outstanding" or
"Outstanding Bonds" means, as of any given date, all Bonds
which have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under
this Indenture, except:
(a) Bonds canceled or purchased by or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(b) Bonds that have become due (at maturity or on redemption,
acceleration or otherwise) and for the payment, including premium
if any, and interest accrued to the due date, of which sufficient
moneys are held by the Trustee;
(c) Bonds deemed paid in accordance with Section 6.04 and
Article VIII hereof; and
(d) Bonds in lieu of which others have been authenticated under
Section 2.10 (relating to transfer and exchange of Bonds) or
Section 2.12 (relating to mutilated, lost, stolen, destroyed
or undelivered Bonds) or Bonds paid pursuant to
Section 2.12;
provided, however, that if the principal of or interest
due on Bonds is paid by the Provider pursuant to the Credit
Facility, such Bonds shall remain Outstanding for all purposes of
this Indenture until the Provider receives payment therefor as
contemplated by the Credit Facility.
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Bonds purchased by the Trustee or the Company
pursuant to Article III hereof will continue to be Outstanding
until the Company has paid or caused to be paid to the Trustee an
amount sufficient to provide for the payment of all accrued
interest on such Bonds and the Company has directed the Trustee to
cancel such Bonds. Bonds purchased pursuant to tenders and not
delivered to the Trustee for payment are not Outstanding, but there
will be Outstanding Bonds authenticated and delivered in lieu of
such undelivered Bonds as contemplated by Section 3.03
hereof.
"Owner" or "Owners" or "Owner of Bonds" or
"Owners of Bonds" means the registered owner of any
Bond; provided however, when used in the context of the
Tax-Exempt status of the Bonds, the term "Owners" shall
include a Beneficial Owner.
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent appointed as
provided in Section 10.23 hereof, or any successor
thereto.
"Person" means one or more individuals, estates, joint
ventures, joint-stock companies, partnerships, associations,
corporations, limited liability companies, trusts or unincorporated
organizations, and one or more governments or agencies or political
subdivisions thereof.
"Plant" means the Colstrip Plant Units 3 and 4 coal-fired
steam electric generating plant, located in Rosebud County,
Montana.
"Pledged Bonds" means Bonds purchased with moneys drawn
under the Credit Facility following the tender thereof pursuant to
Section 3.01 or Section 3.02 hereof to be deemed owned by
the Company for purposes of granting a first priority lien upon
Pledged Bonds hereunder, registered in the name of the Provider, as
pledgee, or in the name of the Trustee (or its nominee), as agent
for the Provider, delivered to or upon the direction of the
Provider pursuant to Section 3.06(a)(iii) hereof.
"Pollution Control Facilities" means those items of
machinery, equipment, structures, improvements, other facilities
and related property, which have been or will be acquired,
constructed and improved at the Plant and are particularly
described in Exhibit A to the Agreement, as said Exhibit
A may be from time to time amended.
"Principal Account" means the trust account by that name
established within the Bond Fund pursuant to Section 6.01
hereof.
"Principal Office of the Company" means the office of the
Company specified in or designated pursuant to Section 3.06(c)
hereof.
"Principal Office of the Paying Agent" means the office
designated in writing by the Paying Agent (which may or may not be
its principal corporate office) to the Trustee, the Issuer, the
Company, the Registrar, the Provider and the Remarketing Agent.
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"Principal Office of the Provider"
means the office of the Provider located in the United States of
America and designated as the Principal Office of the Provider by
the Provider in writing to the Company, the Issuer, the Registrar,
the Remarketing Agent and the Trustee.
"Principal Office of the Registrar" means the office or
offices designated as such by the Registrar (which may or may not
be its principal corporate office) in writing to the Trustee, the
Company, the Issuer, the Provider and the Remarketing Agent.
"Principal Office of the Remarketing Agent" means the
office designated in writing by the Remarketing Agent to the
Trustee, the Issuer, the Company, the Provider, the Registrar and
the Paying Agent.
"Principal Office of the Trustee" means the office
designated as such by the Trustee (which may or may not be its
principal corporate office) in writing to the Remarketing Agent,
the Registrar, the Provider, the Issuer and the Company.
"Prior Agreement" means the Loan Agreement between the
Issuer and the Company, dated as of September 1, 1999, as
amended and restated as of May 1, 2005, pursuant to which the
Company is obligated to provide for payment of the Prior Bonds.
"Prior Bond Fund" means the bond fund created under
Section 6.01(b) of the Prior Indenture from which payments of
principal and interest on the Prior Bonds are made.
"Prior Bonds" means the City of Forsyth, Montana,
Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Avista Corporation
Colstrip Project) Series 1999B which are being refunded pursuant to
the Refunding with the proceeds of the Bonds.
"Prior Indenture" means the Trust Indenture between the
Issuer and the Prior Trustee, dated as of September 1, 1999,
as amended and restated as of May 1, 2005, pursuant to which
the Prior Bonds were issued.
"Prior Trustee" means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as successor trustee under the Prior Indenture.
"Project" means the Company’s 15% undivided
interest in the Pollution Control Facilities.
"Project Certificate" means the Company’s
certificate or certificates, delivered concurrently with the
initial authentication and delivery of the Bonds, with respect to
certain facts which are within the knowledge of the Company to
enable Bond Counsel to determine whether interest on the Bonds is
includible in the gross income of the Owners thereof under
applicable provisions of the Code.
"Provider" and "Provider of the Credit Facility"
means the provider of the Credit Facility. The initial Provider is
the Bank.
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"Provider Default" means any of the
following events:
(a) the failure of the Provider to make any payment required
under the Credit Facility when the same shall become due and
payable or the Credit Facility shall for any reason cease to be in
full force and effect;
(b) a decree or order for relief shall be entered by a court or
insurance regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the
Provider in an involuntary case under an applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of the Provider or for any substantial part
of the property of the Provider or ordering the winding-up or
liquidation of the affairs of the Provider, and the continuance of
any such decree or order shall be unstayed and remain in effect for
a period of 60 consecutive days thereafter; or
(c) the Provider shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or the Provider shall consent to or
acquiesce in the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary
case under any such law, or the Provider shall consent to the
appointment of or taking of possession by a receiver, liquidator,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or similar official) of the
Provider or for any substantial part of its property, or the
Provider shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the Provider shall fail generally or admit in writing
its inability to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the
Provider shall take corporate action in contemplation or
furtherance of any of the foregoing.
"Rate" means any Daily Interest Rate, Weekly Interest
Rate, Flexible Interest Rate or Term Interest Rate.
"Rate Period" means any Daily Interest Rate Period,
Weekly Interest Rate Period, Flexible Interest Rate Period or Term
Interest Rate Period.
"Rating Category" means one of the generic rating
categories of either Moody’s or S&P, without regard to
any refinement or gradation of such rating category by a numerical
modifier or otherwise.
"Rebate Fund" means the trust fund by that name created
pursuant to Section 6.01(c) hereof.
"Record Date" means:
(a) with respect to any Interest Payment Date in respect of any
Daily Interest Rate Period, Weekly Interest Rate Period or Flexible
Segment, the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment
Date,
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(b) with respect to any Interest Payment Date in
respect of any Term Interest Rate Period (except as provided in
clause (d) below), the fifteenth day of the month preceding
such Interest Payment Date, and
(c) for any Interest Payment Date established pursuant to clause
(d) of the definition of "Interest Payment Date" in
this Section 1.01 in respect of a Term Interest Rate Period,
the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
"Redemption Date" means December 31, 2008, the date
upon which the Prior Bonds are to be redeemed.
"Refunding" means the series of transactions whereby the
Prior Bonds are refunded and cancelled with the proceeds of the
Bonds and other money provided by the Company.
"Registrar" means the Trustee or any successor Registrar
appointed in accordance with Section 10.22.
"Remarketing Agent" means any Person serving from time to
time as Remarketing Agent under this Indenture.
"Remarketing Agreement" means the remarketing agreement
between the Company and the Remarketing Agent pursuant to which the
Remarketing Agent agrees to act as Remarketing Agent for the Bonds,
as such remarketing agreement may be amended and supplemented from
time to time.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to
the Trustee, the president, any vice president, any assistant vice
president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer,
any assistant treasurer or any other officer of the Trustee within
the Principal Office of the Trustee (or any successor corporate
trust office) customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred at
the Principal Office of the Trustee because of such person’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and having
direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
"Revenues" means all moneys pledged hereunder and paid or
payable to the Trustee for the account of the Issuer in accordance
with the Agreement, the First Mortgage Bonds and the Credit
Facility, and all receipts credited under the provisions of this
Indenture against such payments; provided however, that
"Revenues" shall not include moneys held by the Trustee in
the Rebate Fund or to pay the purchase price of Bonds subject to
purchase pursuant to Article III hereof.
"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 assigns, and, if such corporation
shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a
securities rating agency, "S&P" shall be deemed to refer
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recognized securities rating agency designated by
the Company by notice to the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Remarketing Agent.
"Securities Depositories" The Depository Trust Company,
Call Notification Department, 55 Water Street, 50th Floor, New
York, New York 10041-0099, Fax: (212) 855-7232, -7233,
-7234, or -7235; or, in accordance with then-current guidelines of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, such other addresses and/or
such other securities depositories, or no such depositories, as the
Company may designate in a certificate delivered to the
Trustee.
"SIFMA Swap Index" means, on any date, a rate determined
on the basis of the seven-day high grade market index of tax-exempt
variable rate demand obligations, as produced by Municipal Market
Data, Inc., and published or made available by the Securities
Industry & Financial Markets Association (formerly the
Bond Market Association) ( "SIFMA" ) or any person acting in
cooperation with or under the sponsorship of SIFMA and effective
from such date; provided, however, that if such index is no
longer provided by Municipal Market Data, Inc. or its successor,
the "SIFMA Swap Index" shall mean such other reasonably comparable
index selected by the Remarketing Agent.
"State" means the State of Montana.
"Supplemental Indenture" means any indenture supplemental
to this Indenture entered into between the Issuer and the Trustee
pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.01 or
Section 12.02 hereof.
"Tax Certificate" means the Tax Exemption Certificate and
Agreement relating to the Bonds to be executed by the Company, the
Issuer and the Trustee on the date of the initial authentication
and delivery of the Bonds, as amended and supplemented from time to
time.
"Tax-Exempt" means, with respect to interest on any
obligations of a state or local government, including the Bonds,
that such interest is excludable from in gross income of the owners
of such obligations for federal income tax purposes, except for
interest on any such obligations for any period during which such
obligations are owned by a person who is a "substantial
user" of any facilities financed or refinanced with such
obligations or a "related person" within the meaning
Section 103(b)(13) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954,
whether or not such interest is includible as an item of tax
preference or otherwise includible directly or indirectly for
purposes of calculating other tax liabilities, including any
alternative minimum tax or environmental tax under the Code.
"Term Interest Rate" means the interest rate on the Bonds
established in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof.
"Term Interest Rate Period" means each period of six
months or more during which a Term Interest Rate is in effect.
"Treasury Regulations" means the United States Treasury
Regulations dealing with the tax-exempt bond provisions of the
Code.
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"Trustee" means The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under this Indenture, and
any successor Trustee appointed hereunder.
"Trust Estate" means all right, title and interest of the
Issuer in and to the Agreement (except for amounts payable to, and
the rights of, the Issuer under Section 4.04,
Section 4.06(a), Section 5.03, Section 5.06,
Section 5.07, Section 5.08 and Section 7.05 thereof,
and, prior to an Event of Default, the Issuer’s right to give
approvals and consents thereunder, and the Issuer’s right to
receive notices, certificates, requests, requisitions, directions
and other communications thereunder), including, without
limitation, all right, title and interest of the Issuer in the
Revenues, any Credit Facility and any Additional Collateral held by
the Trustee, all moneys and other obligations which are, from time
to time, deposited or required to be deposited with or held or
required to be held by or on behalf of the Trustee in trust in the
Bond Fund under any of the provisions of this Indenture (except
moneys or obligations deposited with or paid to the Trustee for
payment or redemption of Bonds that are deemed no longer
Outstanding hereunder), the Credit Facility, and all other rights,
title and interest which are subject to the lien of this Indenture;
provided , however , that the "Trust Estate"
shall not include (a) moneys held by the Trustee in the Rebate
Fund or to pay the purchase price of Bonds subject to purchase
pursuant to Article III hereof or (b) the Plant, the
Pollution Control Facilities, the Project or any part thereof.
"Wall Street Journal" means The Wall Street
Journal or any other newspaper or journal printed in the
English language and customarily published on each business day
devoted to financial news and selected by the Trustee, whose
decision shall be final.
"Weekly Interest Rate" means the interest rate on the
Bonds established in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof.
"Weekly Interest Rate Period" means each period during
which a Weekly Interest Rate is in effect.
Section 1.02. Rules of Construction . Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(a) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(b) references to Articles and Sections are to the Articles and
Sections of this Indenture or the Agreement, as the case may
be;
(c) words importing the singular number shall include the plural
number and vice versa and words importing the masculine shall
include the feminine and vice versa; and
(d) the headings and Table of Contents herein are solely for
convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of this
Indenture nor shall they affect its meanings, construction or
effect.
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ARTICLE II
THE BONDS
Section 2.01. Authorization and Terms of Bonds .
(a) There is hereby authorized and created under this
Indenture an issue of bonds designated as City of Forsyth, Montana,
Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Avista Corporation
Colstrip Project) Series 2008. The total aggregate principal amount
of Bonds that may be issued and Outstanding under this Indenture is
expressly limited to $17,000,000 exclusive of Bonds executed and
authenticated as provided in Section 2.07 hereof; provided
however , that no Bonds shall be delivered hereunder until the
Trustee receives a request and authorization of the Issuer signed
by the Executive Officer to authenticate and deliver the principal
amount of the Bonds therein specified to the purchaser or
purchasers therein identified upon payment to the Prior Trustee,
for the account of the Issuer, of the sum specified in such request
and authorization.
(b) The Bonds shall be issued as registered Bonds, without
coupons, in Authorized Denominations and shall all be dated as of
the Issue Date. The Bonds shall mature, subject to prior redemption
as provided in Article IV hereof, upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, on the Maturity Date. The Bonds shall bear
interest at the rate or rates determined as provided in this
Article II.
(c) The Bonds shall be numbered consecutively from 1 upward.
Each Bond shall bear interest from the Interest Payment Date next
preceding the date of registration and authentication thereof
unless it is registered and authenticated on or prior to the first
Interest Payment Date, in which event it shall bear interest from
the Issue Date; provided, however, that if, as shown by the
records of the Paying Agent, interest on the Bonds shall be in
default, Bonds issued in exchange for Bonds surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall bear interest from the
last date to which interest has been paid in full or duly provided
for on the Bonds, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided
for on the Bonds, from the Issue Date. Payment of the interest on
any Bond shall be made to the person appearing on the bond
registration books of the Registrar as the registered Owner thereof
on the Record Date, such interest to be paid by the Paying Agent to
such registered Owner, as follows:
(1) in respect of any Bond which is registered in the book-entry
system pursuant to Section 2.15 hereof, in immediately
available funds by no later than 2:30 p.m., New York, New York
time, and
(2) in respect of any Bond which is not registered in the
book-entry system pursuant to Section 2.15 hereof, (i) by
bank check mailed by first-class mail on the Interest Payment Date,
to such Owner’s address as it appears on the registration
books of the Registrar or at such other address as has been
furnished to the Registrar in writing by such Owner, or
(ii) during any Rate Period other than a Term Interest Rate
Period, in immediately available funds on the Interest Payment Date
(by wire transfer or by deposit to the account of the Owner of any
such Bond if such account is maintained with the Paying Agent), but
in respect of any Owner of Bonds during a Daily Interest Rate
Period,
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a Weekly Interest Rate Period or a Flexible
Interest Rate Period, only to any Owner which owns Bonds in an
aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000 on the Record
Date, according to the written instructions given by such Owner to
the Paying Agent or, if no such instructions have been provided as
of the Record Date, by bank check mailed by first-class mail on the
Interest Payment Date to the Owner at such Owner’s address as
it appears as of the Record Date on the registration books of the
Registrar, except, in each case, that, if and to the extent that
there shall be a default in the payment of the interest due on such
Interest Payment Date, such defaulted interest shall be paid to the
Owners in whose name any such Bonds are registered as of a special
record date to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be
given to such Owners not less than ten (10) days prior
thereto.
Both the principal of and premium, if any, on the Bonds shall be
payable upon surrender thereof in lawful money of the United States
of America at the Principal Office of the Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest on any Bond bearing a
Flexible Interest Rate and not registered in the book-entry system
pursuant to Section 2.15 hereof shall be paid only upon
presentation to the Trustee of the Bond on which such payment is
due.
Section 2.02. Interest Rates and Rate Periods
. (a) General. The Bonds shall bear interest from and
including the Issue Date until final payment of the principal or
redemption price thereof shall have been made or provided for in
accordance with the provisions hereof, whether at maturity, upon
redemption or otherwise, at the lesser of (A) the Maximum
Interest Rate or (B) the interest rate or rates determined as
provided in this Article II. Such rate or rates shall be effective
for the periods set forth in this Article II. During any Rate
Period other than a Term Interest Rate Period, interest on the
Bonds shall be computed upon the basis of a 365- or 366-day year,
as applicable, for the number of days actually elapsed. During any
Term Interest Rate Period, interest on the Bonds shall be computed
upon the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30-day
months. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, it
shall not be required that all Bonds bear interest at the same
rate, provided that only one Rate Period may apply to the
Bonds. Not later than 11:15 a.m. (New York, New York time) on
the Business Day immediately following the day on which there has
been a change in the rate of interest applicable to the Bonds, the
Remarketing Agent shall give notice of such change to the Trustee
by facsimile or electronic mail. The Trustee hereby agrees to give
telephonic notice to the Company, promptly confirmed in writing
(which may be by electronic mail or facsimile), on each Record Date
of the amount of interest to be due and payable on the Bonds on the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(b) Rate Periods. The term of the Bonds shall be divided
into consecutive Rate Periods during which the Bonds shall bear
interest at the Daily Interest Rate, Weekly Interest Rate, Term
Interest Rate or at Flexible Interest Rates. During the initial
Rate Period, the Bonds shall bear interest at a Daily Rate.
(c) Initial Rate Period. The Bonds shall initially bear
interest at the Daily Rate of 1.25%. Thereafter, the Bonds shall
bear interest as provided herein.
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(d) Determination Conclusive . The
determination of each Flexible Interest Rate, Daily Interest Rate,
Weekly Interest Rate and Term Interest Rate and each Flexible
Segment by the Remarketing Agent shall be conclusive and binding
upon such parties, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Issuer, the
Company, the Owners of the Bonds and the Provider.
(e) Adjustment or Continuation of Rate Period. At any
time, the Company, by written notice to the Issuer, the Trustee,
the Paying Agent, the Provider and the Remarketing Agent may,
subject to Section 2.02(g), elect that the Bonds shall bear
interest at a different Rate or, in the case of a Term Interest
Rate Period, shall continue to bear interest at a Term Interest
Rate. Such notice (A) shall specify the effective date of such
adjustment to a different Rate, which shall be (1) a Business
Day not earlier than the fifteenth day following the fifth Business
Day after the date of receipt by the Trustee and the Paying Agent
of such notice (or the fifteenth day following such shorter period
after the date of such receipt as shall be acceptable to the
Trustee), and (2) a day on which the Bonds would be permitted
to be redeemed at the option of the Company pursuant to
Section 4.02(b) hereof, and; provided, however, that if
prior to the Company’s mailing of notice of such election,
any Bonds shall have been called for redemption and such redemption
shall not have theretofore been effected, the effective date of the
new Rate Period shall not precede such redemption date; and
(B) if the adjustment is (1) from a Term Interest Rate
Period having a duration in excess of one year or (2) to a
Term Interest Rate Period, unless such Term Interest Rate Period
immediately succeeds a Term Interest Rate Period of the same
duration and is subject to the same optional redemption rights
under Section 4.02(b)(iii) hereof, shall be accompanied by a
Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel with respect to such adjustment;
provided that, in the case of an adjustment to a Flexible
Interest Rate Period, the Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel
described in clause (B) above, if required, shall be
reaffirmed as of the effective date of such adjustment.
(f) Notice of Adjustment or Continuation of Rate Period.
The Trustee shall give notice by Mail of an adjustment to a
different Rate Period or the continuation of a Term Interest Rate
Period to the Owners not less than 15 days prior to the effective
date of such Rate Period. Such notice shall state (A) that the
interest rate on the Bonds will be adjusted to a different Rate or,
in the case of a Term Interest Rate Period, will continue to bear
interest at a Term Interest Rate (subject to the Company’s
ability to rescind its election as provided in Section 2.07
hereof), (B) the effective date of such adjustment or
continuation, (C) that such Bonds are subject to mandatory
purchase on such effective date, (D) the procedures for such
mandatory purchase, (E) the purchase price of such Bonds on
such effective date (expressed as a percentage of the principal
amount thereof), and (F) that the Owners of such Bonds do not
have the right to retain their Bonds on such effective date.
(g) Adjustments Subject to Compliance With Credit Facility
Agreement. The Bonds shall not be adjusted from one Rate Period
to a different Rate Period unless any applicable conditions
precedent to such adjustment specified in the Credit Facility
Agreement (unless a Provider Default shall have occurred and be
continuing) have been satisfied.
Section 2.03. Daily Interest Rate . During
each Daily Interest Rate Period, the Bonds shall bear interest at
the Daily Interest Rate determined by the Remarketing Agent on each
Business Day for such Business Day. The Daily Interest Rate shall
be the rate determined by the
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Remarketing Agent (based on an examination of
Tax-Exempt obligations comparable to the Bonds known by the
Remarketing Agent to have been priced or traded under
then-prevailing market conditions) to be the lowest rate which
would enable the Remarketing Agent to sell the Bonds on the
effective date of such rate at a price (without regard to accrued
interest) equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof. If the
Remarketing Agent shall not have determined a Daily Interest Rate
for any day by 9:30 a.m., New York, New York time, the Daily
Interest Rate for such day shall be 100% of the most recent SIFMA
Swap Index. The Remarketing Agent shall notify the Company, the
Trustee, the Provider and the Paying Agent of each Daily Interest
Rate on the date of the determination thereof by written notice
communicated by electronic mail, by facsimile or by other means
acceptable to the Company, the Trustee, the Provider and the Paying
Agent.
Section 2.04. Weekly Interest Rate . During
each Weekly Interest Rate Period, the Bonds shall bear interest at
the Weekly Interest Rate determined by the Remarketing Agent no
later than the first day of such Weekly Interest Rate Period and
thereafter no later than Tuesday of each week during such Weekly
Interest Rate Period, unless any such Tuesday shall not be a
Business Day, in which event the Weekly Interest Rate shall be
determined by the Remarketing Agent no later than the Business Day
next preceding such Tuesday. The Weekly Interest Rate shall be the
rate determined by the Remarketing Agent (based on an examination
of Tax-Exempt obligations comparable to the Bonds known by the
Remarketing Agent to have been priced or traded under then
prevailing market conditions) to be the lowest rate which would
enable the Remarketing Agent to sell the Bonds on the effective
date of such rate at a price (without regard to accrued interest)
equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof. If the Remarketing
Agent shall not have determined a Weekly Interest Rate for any
period, the Weekly Interest Rate shall be 110% of the most recent
SIFMA Swap Index. The first Weekly Interest Rate determined for
each Weekly Interest Rate Period shall apply to the period
commencing on the first day of such Weekly Interest Rate Period and
ending on the next succeeding Tuesday. Thereafter, each Weekly
Interest Rate shall apply to the period commencing on each
Wednesday and ending on the next succeeding Tuesday, unless such
Weekly Interest Rate Period shall end on a day other than Tuesday,
in which event the last Weekly Interest Rate for such Weekly
Interest Rate Period shall apply to the period commencing on the
Wednesday preceding the last day of such Weekly Interest Rate
Period and ending on such last day. The Remarketing Agent shall
notify the Company, the Trustee, the Provider and the Paying Agent
of each Weekly Interest Rate on the date of the determination
thereof by written notice communicated by electronic mail, by
facsimile or by other means acceptable to the Company, the Trustee,
and the Paying Agent.
Section 2.05. Term Interest Rate . (a)
Determination of Term Interest Rate. During each Term
Interest Rate Period, the Bonds shall bear interest at the Term
Interest Rate determined by the Remarketing Agent on a Business Day
selected by the Remarketing Agent, but not more than 60 days prior
to and not later than the effective date of such Term Interest Rate
Period. The Term Interest Rate shall be the rate determined by the
Remarketing Agent on such date as being the lowest rate (based on
an examination of Tax-Exempt obligations comparable to the Bonds
known by the Remarketing Agent to have been priced or traded under
then prevailing market conditions) which would enable the
Remarketing Agent to sell the Bonds on the effective date of such
Term Interest Rate Period at a price (without regard to accrued
interest) equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof ,
provided however, that if, for any reason, a Term Interest Rate
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any Term Interest Rate Period shall not be
determined or become effective, then (A) in the event the
then-current Term Interest Rate Period is for one year or less, the
Rate Period for the Bonds shall automatically adjust to a Daily
Interest Rate Period and (B) in the event the current Term
Interest Rate Period is for more than one year, the Rate Period for
the Bonds shall automatically adjust to a Term Interest Rate Period
of one year and one day; provided, however, that if the last
day of any successive Term Interest Rate Period shall not be a day
immediately preceding a Business Day, then such successive Term
Interest Rate Period shall end on the first day immediately
preceding the Business Day next succeeding such day or, if such
Term Interest Rate Period would end after the day prior to the
final maturity date of the Bonds, the next succeeding Rate Period
shall be a Term Interest Rate Period ending on the day prior to the
final maturity date of the Bonds; provided further that in
the case of clause (B) above, if the Company delivers to the
Trustee a Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel prior to the end of the
then-effective Term Interest Rate Period, the Rate Period for the
Bonds will adjust to a Daily Interest Rate Period. If the Daily
Interest Rate for the first day of a Daily Interest Rate Period
described in clause (A) above is not determined as provided in
Section 2.03(a) hereof the Daily Interest Rate for the first
day of such Daily Interest Rate Period shall be 110% of the most
recent SIFMA Swap Index. If a Term Interest Rate for any such Term
Interest Rate Period described in clause (B) above is not
determined as described in the first sentence of this
Section 2.05(a), the Term Interest Rate for such Term Interest
Rate Period shall be 110% of the most recent One-Year Note Index
theretofore published in The Bond Buyer (or, if The Bond
Buyer is no longer published or no longer publishes the
One-Year Note Index, the one-year note index contained in the
publication determined by the Remarketing Agent, or, if the
Remarketing Agent is the Trustee, determined by the Company, as the
most comparable to The Bond Buyer ). The Remarketing Agent
shall notify the Company, the Trustee, the Provider and the Paying
Agent of each Term Interest Rate on the date of the determination
thereof by written notice communicated by electronic mail, by
facsimile or by other means acceptable to the Company, the Trustee,
the Provider and the Paying Agent.
(b) Automatic Adjustment to Daily Interest Rate Period or
Continuation of Term Interest Rate Period. If, by 15 days prior
to the end of the then-current Term Interest Rate Period, the
Trustee shall not have received notice of the Company’s
election that the Bonds shall bear interest at a Daily Interest
Rate, a Weekly Interest Rate, a Term Interest Rate or a Flexible
Interest Rate, (A) in the event the then-current Term Interest
Rate Period is for one year or less, the Rate Period for the Bonds
shall automatically adjust to a Daily Interest Rate Period and
(B) in the event the current Term Interest Rate Period is for
more than one year, the Rate Period for the Bonds shall
automatically adjust to a Term Interest Rate Period of one year and
one day, provided however, that if the last day of any
successive Term Interest Rate Period shall not be a day immediately
preceding a Business Day, then such successive Term Interest Rate
Period shall end on the first day immediately preceding the
Business Day next succeeding such day or, if such Term Interest
Rate Period would end after the day prior to the Maturity Date, the
next succeeding Rate Period shall be a Term Interest Rate Period
ending on the day prior to the Maturity Date; provided
however, that in the case of clause (B) above, if the
Company delivers to the Trustee a Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel
prior to the end of the then-effective Term Interest Rate Period,
the Rate Period for the Bonds will adjust to a Daily Interest Rate
Period. If the Daily Interest Rate for the first day of a Daily
Interest Rate Period described in clause (A) above is not
determined as provided in Section 2.03(a) hereof, the Daily
Interest Rate for the first
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day of such Daily Interest Rate Period shall be
110% of the most recent SIFMA Swap Index. If a Term Interest Rate
for any such Term Interest Rate Period described in clause
(B) above is not determined as described in the first sentence
of this Section 2.05(a), the Term Interest Rate for such Term
Interest Rate Period shall be 110% of the most recent One-Year Note
Index theretofore published in The Bond Buyer (or, if The
Bond Buyer is no longer published or no longer publishes the
One-Year Note Index, the one-year note index contained in the
publication determined by the Remarketing Agent, or, if the
Remarketing Agent is the Trustee, determined by the Company, as the
most comparable to The Bond Buyer ).
(c) Successive Term Interest Rate Periods; Alternate Optional
Redemption Provisions. At the same time that the Company elects
to have the Bonds bear interest at a Term Interest Rate or to
continue to bear interest at a Term Interest Rate, the Company may
also elect that such Term Interest Rate Period shall be
automatically renewed for successive Term Interest Rate Periods
each having the same duration as the Term Interest Rate Period so
specified; provided however, that such election must be
accompanied by a Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel with respect to
such continuing automatic renewals of such Term Interest Rate
Period. If such election is made, no Favorable Opinion of Bond
Counsel shall be required in connection with the commencement of
each successive Term Interest Rate Period determined in accordance
with such election. Further, at the same time that the Company
elects to have the Bonds bear interest at a Term Interest Rate or
continue to bear interest at a Term Interest Rate, subject to the
provisions of Section 4.02(c) hereof the Company may also
specify to the Trustee optional redemption prices and periods
different from those set out in Section 4.02 hereof during the
Term Interest Rate Period(s) with respect to which such election is
made.
(d) Consecutive Term Interest Rate Periods. At the time
the Company so elects an adjustment to or continuation of a Term
Interest Rate Period, the Company may specify two or more
consecutive Term Interest Rate Periods.
Section 2.06. Flexible Interest Rate .
(a) Determination of Flexible Segments and Flexible
Interest Rates. During each Flexible Interest Rate Period, each
Bond shall bear interest during each Flexible Segment for such Bond
at the Flexible Interest Rate for such Bond as described herein.
Each Flexible Segment and Flexible Interest Rate for each Bond
shall be the Flexible Segment and Flexible Interest Rate determined
by the Remarketing Agent. Each Flexible Segment for any Bond shall
be a period of not less than one nor more than 270 days (subject to
any limitations set forth in the Remarketing Agreement), determined
by the Remarketing Agent to be, in its judgment, the period which,
together with all other Flexible Segments for the Bonds then
outstanding, is likely to result in the lowest overall net interest
expense on the Bonds; provided however, that (A) any
such Bond purchased on behalf of the Company and remaining unsold
in the hands of the Remarketing Agent as of the close of business
on the effective date of the Flexible Segment for such Bond shall
have a Flexible Segment of one day or, if such Flexible Segment
would not end on a day immediately preceding a Business Day, a
Flexible Segment of more than one day ending on the day immediately
preceding the next Business Day and (B) each Flexible Segment
shall end on a day which immediately precedes a Business Day and no
Flexible Segment shall extend beyond the final maturity date of the
Bonds.
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The Flexible Interest Rate for each Flexible
Segment for each Bond shall be the rate determined by the
Remarketing Agent (based on an examination of Tax-Exempt
obligations comparable to the Bonds known by the Remarketing Agent
to have been priced or traded under then prevailing market
conditions) no later than the first day of such Flexible Segment
(and in the case of a Flexible Segment of one day, no later than
12:30 p.m. New York, New York time, on such date) to be the
lowest rate which would enable the Remarketing Agent to sell the
Bonds on the effective date of such rate at a price (without regard
to accrued interest) equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof.
If a Flexible Segment or a Flexible Interest Rate for a Flexible
Segment is not determined or effective, the Flexible Segment for
such Bond shall be a Flexible Segment of one day, and the interest
rate for such Flexible Segment of one day shall be 110% of the most
recent SIFMA Swap Index. The Remarketing Agent shall notify the
Company, the Trustee, the Provider and the Paying Agent of each
Flexible Interest Rate and Flexible Segment on the date of the
determination thereof by written notice communicated by electronic
mail, by facsimile or by other means acceptable to the Company, the
Trustee, the Provider and the Paying Agent.
(b) Special Provisions for an Adjustment From Flexible
Interest Rates. If at any time during a Flexible Interest Rate
Period, the Company elects, pursuant to Section 2.02(e) that
the Bonds shall no longer bear interest at Flexible Interest Rates
and shall instead bear interest as otherwise permitted under this
Indenture, the Company shall notify the Issuer, the Trustee, the
Paying Agent, the Provider and the Remarketing Agent of such
election by Mail and shall instruct the Remarketing Agent to
determine Flexible Segments of such duration that, as soon as
possible, all Flexible Segments shall end on the same date, not
earlier than the day that would permit the notice required by
Sections 2.02(f) to be given, and such date shall be the last day
of the then current Flexible Interest Rate Period. Upon the
establishment of such Flexible Segments, the day next succeeding
the last day of all such Flexible Segments shall be the effective
date of the Rate Period elected by the Company. The Remarketing
Agent, promptly upon the determination thereof, shall give written
notice of such last day and such effective dates to the Issuer, the
Company, the Trustee and the Paying Agent.
Section 2.07. Rescission of Election .
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company may
rescind any election by it to adjust to or, in the case of a Term
Interest Rate Period, continue a Rate Period pursuant to
Section 2.02(e) hereof prior to the effective date of such
adjustment or continuation, by giving written notice thereof to the
Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Provider and the
Remarketing Agent prior to such effective date. At the time that
the Company gives notice of rescission, it may also elect in such
notice to continue the Rate Period then in effect; provided
however, that if the Rate Period then in effect is a Term
Interest Rate Period, the subsequent Term Interest Rate Period
shall not be of a different duration than the Term Interest Rate
Period then in effect unless the Company provides to the Trustee a
Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel prior to the expiration of the
then-current Term Interest Rate Period. If the Trustee receives
notice of such rescission prior to the time the Trustee has given
notice to the Owners of the Bonds of the change in or continuation
of Rate Periods pursuant to Section 2.02(f) hereof, then such
notice of change in or continuation of Rate Periods shall be of no
force and effect and shall not be given to the Owners. If the
Trustee receives notice of such rescission after the Trustee has
given notice to the Owners of the Bonds pursuant to
Section 2.02(f) hereof of an adjustment from any Rate Period
other than a Term Interest Rate
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Period in excess of one year or if an attempted
adjustment from one Rate Period (other than a Term Interest Rate
Period in excess of one year) to another Rate Period does not
become effective for any other reason, and if the Company does not
elect to continue the Rate Period then in effect, then the Rate
Period for the Bonds shall automatically adjust to or continue in a
Daily Interest Rate Period and the Trustee shall promptly give
notice thereof to the Owners of the Bonds. If the Trustee receives
notice of such rescission after the Trustee has given notice to the
Owners of the Bonds pursuant to Section 2.02(f) hereof of an
adjustment from a Term Interest Rate Period in excess of one year
to another Rate Period (including a Term Interest Rate Period of a
different duration), or if an attempted adjustment from a Term
Interest Rate Period in excess of one year to another Rate Period
(including a Term Interest Rate Period of a different duration)
does not become effective for any reason and if the Company does
not elect to continue the Rate Period then in effect, then the Rate
Period for the Bonds shall continue to be a Term Interest Rate
Period of the same duration as the immediately preceding Term
Interest Rate Period, subject to the second proviso contained in
Section 2.05(a); provided that if the Company delivers
to the Trustee a Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel prior to the end
of the then-effective Term Interest Rate Period, the Rate Period
for the Bonds shall be as directed by the Company in writing. If a
Daily Interest Rate for the first day of any Daily Interest Rate
Period to which a Rate Period is adjusted under this
Section 2.07 is not determined as provided in
Section 2.03(a) hereof, the Daily Interest Rate for the first
day of such Daily Interest Rate Period shall be 110% of the most
recent SIFMA Swap Index . The Trustee shall promptly give
written notice of each such automatic adjustment to a Rate Period
pursuant to this Section 2.07 to the Owners in the form
provided in Section 2.02(f) hereof.
Notwithstanding the rescission by the Company of any notice to
adjust to or from or continue a Rate Period, if notice has been
given to Owners pursuant to Section 2.02(f), the Bonds shall
be subject to mandatory purchase as specified in such notice.
Section 2.08. Form of Bonds . The Bonds and
the certificate of authentication to be executed thereon shall be
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A ,
with such appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as are
permitted or required by this Indenture. Upon adjustment to a Term
Interest Rate Period, the form of Bond may include a summary of the
mandatory and optional redemption provisions to apply to the Bonds
during such Term Interest Rate Period, or a statement to the effect
that the Bonds will not be optionally redeemed during such Term
Interest Rate Period; provided that the Registrar shall not
authenticate such a revised Bond form prior to receiving a
Favorable Opinion of Bond Counsel that such Bond form satisfies the
requirements of the Act and of this Indenture and that
authentication thereof will not adversely affect the Tax-Exempt
status of the Bonds.
Section 2.09. Execution of Bonds . The Bonds
shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Issuer with the
manual or facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested by the
manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk. The Bonds shall
then be delivered to the Registrar for authentication by it. In
case any officer who shall have signed any of the Bonds shall cease
to be such officer before the Bonds so signed or attested shall
have been authenticated or delivered by the Registrar or issued by
the Issuer, such Bonds may nevertheless be authenticated, delivered
and issued and, upon such authentication, delivery and issuance,
shall be as binding upon the Issuer as though those who signed and
attested the same had continued to be such officers of the
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Issuer. Also, any Bond may be signed on behalf of
the Issuer by such persons as on the actual date of the execution
of such Bond shall be the proper officers although on the nominal
date of such Bond any such person shall not have been such
officer.
Only such of the Bonds as shall bear thereon a certificate of
authentication in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto,
manually executed by an authorized signatory of the Registrar,
shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture, and such certificate of the Registrar
shall be conclusive evidence that the Bonds so authenticated have
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and are entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture.
Upon authentication of any Bond, the Registrar shall set forth
on such Bond (1) the date of such authentication and
(2) in the case of a Bond bearing interest at a Flexible
Interest Rate and not registered in the book-entry system pursuant
to Section 2.15 hereof, such Flexible Interest Rate, the last
day of the applicable Flexible Segment, the number of days
comprising such Flexible Segment and the amount of interest to
accrue during such Flexible Segment.
Section 2.10. Transfer and Exchange of Bonds
. Registration of any Bond may, in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture, be transferred at the Principal Office of the
Registrar, upon the books of the Registrar required to be kept
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.11 hereof, by the
Person in whose name it is registered, in person or by its attorney
duly authorized in writing, upon surrender of such Bond for
cancellation, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in a
form approved by the Registrar, duly executed. The Registrar shall
require the payment by the Owner of the Bond requesting such
transfer of any tax or other governmental charge required to be
paid and there shall be no other charge to any Owners for any such
transfer. Whenever any Bond shall be surrendered for registration
of transfer, the Issuer shall execute and the Registrar shall
authenticate and deliver a new Bond or Bonds of the same tenor and
of Authorized Denominations. Except with respect to Bonds purchased
pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 hereof, no registration of
transfer of Bonds shall be required to be made for a period of
fifteen (15) days next preceding the date on which the Trustee
Mails any notice of redemption, nor shall any registration of
transfer of Bonds called for redemption be required, except the
unredeemed portion of any Bond being redeemed in part.
Bonds may be exchanged at the Principal Office of the Registrar
for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of the same tenor
and of Authorized Denominations. The Registrar shall require the
payment by the Owner of the Bond requesting such exchange of any
tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect
to such exchange, and there shall be no other charge to any Owners
for any such exchange. Except with respect to Bonds purchased
pursuant to Section 3.01 and Section 3.02 hereof, no
exchange of Bonds shall be required to be made for a period of
fifteen (15) days next preceding the date on which the Trustee
provides notice of redemption in accordance with Section 4.05
hereof, nor shall any exchange of Bonds called for redemption be
required, except the unredeemed portion of any Bond being redeemed
in part.
The Issuer, the Registrar, the Trustee and any agent of the
Issuer, the Registrar or the Trustee may treat the person in whose
name the Bond is registered as the owner thereof for the purpose of
receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes,
whether or not the
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Bond be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the
Registrar, the Trustee, any paying agent nor any such agent shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 2.11. Bond Register . The Registrar
will keep or cause to be kept at its Principal Office sufficient
books for the registration and the registration of transfer of the
Bonds, which shall at all times, during regular business hours, be
open to inspection by the Issuer, the Trustee, the Provider, the
Remarketing Agent and the Company; and, upon presentation for such
purpose, the Registrar shall under such reasonable regulations as
it may prescribe, register the transfer or cause to be registered
the transfer, on said books, Bonds as hereinbefore provided.
Section 2.12. Bonds Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or
Stolen . If any Bond shall become mutilated, the Issuer,
upon the request and at the expense of the Owner of said Bond,
shall execute, and the Registrar shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver, a new Bond of like tenor and number in exchange and
substitution for the Bond so mutilated, but only upon surrender to
the Registrar of the Bond so mutilated. Every mutilated Bond so
surrendered to the Registrar shall be canceled by it and delivered
to the Company. If any Bond issued hereunder shall be lost,
destroyed or stolen, evidence of such loss, destruction or theft
may be submitted to the Issuer, the Company and the Registrar, and
if such evidence shall be satisfactory to them and indemnity
satisfactory to them shall be given, the Issuer, at the expense of
the Owner, shall execute, and the Registrar shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver, a new Bond of like tenor in lieu of and
in substitution for the Bond so lost, destroyed or stolen (or if
any such Bond shall have matured or shall be about to mature,
instead of issuing a substitute Bond the Registrar may pay the same
without surrender thereof). The Issuer may require payment of a
reasonable fee for each new Bond issued under this Section and
payment of the expenses which may be incurred by the Issuer and the
Registrar. Any Bond issued under the provisions of this Section in
lieu of any Bond alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation on the
part of the Issuer whether or not the Bond so alleged to be lost,
destroyed or stolen be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall
be equally and proportionately entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture with all other Bonds secured by this Indenture.
To the extent permitted by law, the provisions of this Section
are exclusive and shall preclude all other rights and remedies with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed
or stolen Bonds.
Section 2.13. Bonds; Limited Obligations .
The Bonds, together with premium, if any, and interest thereon,
shall be limited and not general obligations of the Issuer not
constituting or giving rise to a pecuniary liability of the Issuer
nor any charge against its general credit or taxing powers nor an
indebtedness of or a loan of credit thereof within the meaning of
any provision or limitation of the State Constitution or laws,
shall be payable solely from the Revenues and other moneys pledged
therefor under this Indenture, and shall be a valid claim of the
respective Owners thereof only against the Bond Fund, the Revenues
and other moneys held by the Trustee as part of the Trust Estate.
The Issuer shall not be obligated to pay the purchase price of
Bonds from any source.
THE BONDS SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE A DEBT, LIABILITY OR
GENERAL OBLIGATION OF THE ISSUER, THE STATE OR OF ANY POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION THEREOF, OR A
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PLEDGE OF THE FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE ISSUER, THE
STATE OR OF ANY SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, BUT SHALL BE PAYABLE
SOLELY FROM THE REVENUES AND PROCEEDS PROVIDED THEREFOR. THE ISSUER
SHALL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO PAY THE SAME NOR INTEREST THEREON EXCEPT
FROM THE REVENUES AND PROCEEDS PLEDGED THEREFOR, AND NEITHER THE
FAITH AND CREDIT NOR THE TAXING POWER OF THE ISSUER, THE STATE OR
OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF IS PLEDGED TO THE PAYMENT OF
THE PRINCIPAL OF OR THE INTEREST ON THE BONDS.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on any of the Bonds or for any claim
based thereon or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture, the Bonds, the Agreement or any other
related documents, against any past, present or future officer,
elected official agent or employee of the Issuer, or any
incorporator, officer, director or member of any successor
corporation, as such, either directly or through the Issuer or any
successor corporation, under any rule of law or equity, statute or
constitution or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise, and all such liability of any such incorporator,
officer, director or member as such is hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of and in consideration for the execution
of this Indenture and the issuance of any of the Bonds.
Section 2.14. Disposal of Bonds . Upon
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
represented thereby or transfer or exchange pursuant to
Section 2.10 hereof or, replacement pursuant to
Section 2.12 hereof, any Bond shall be canceled and such Bond
shall be disposed of by the Registrar in accordance with its
customary procedures and the Registrar shall provide evidence
satisfactory to the Company of such cancellation and
disposition.
Section 2.15. Book-Entry System .
(a) Unless otherwise determined by the Issuer, the Bonds shall
be issued in the form of a single certificated fully-registered
Bond, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of
DTC, or any successor nominee (the "Nominee" ). The actual
owners of the Bonds (the "Beneficial Owners" ) will not
receive physical delivery of Bond certificates except as provided
herein. Except as provided in paragraph (d) below, all of the
outstanding Bonds shall be so registered in the registration books
kept by the Registrar, and the provisions of this Section shall
apply thereto.
(b) With respect to Bonds registered on the registration books
kept by the Registrar in the name of the Nominee, the Issuer, the
Company, the Paying Agent, the Registrar, the Trustee and the
Remarketing Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to any
DTC Participant or the Beneficial Owners. Without limiting the
immediately preceding sentence, the Issuer, the Company, the Paying
Agent, the Registrar, the Trustee and the Remarketing Agent shall
have no responsibility or obligation to DTC, any DTC Participant or
any Beneficial Owner with respect to (1) the accuracy of the
records of DTC, the Nominee or any DTC Participant with respect to
any ownership interest in the Bonds, (2) the delivery by DTC
or any DTC Participant of any notice with respect to the Bonds,
including any notice of redemption, or (3) the payment to any
DTC Participant or Beneficial Owner of any amount with respect to
principal or purchase price of, or premium, if any, or interest on,
the Bonds. The Issuer, the Company, the Paying Agent, the
Registrar, the Trustee and the Remarketing Agent may treat and
consider the person in whose name each Bond is registered in the
registration books kept by the Registrar as the owner and
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absolute owner of such Bond for the purpose of
payment of principal purchase price, premium and interest with
respect to such Bond, for the purpose of giving notices of
redemption and other matters with respect to such Bond, for the
purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Bond, and for
all other purposes whatsoever. The Paying Agent shall pay all
principal of and premium if any, and interest on, the Bonds only to
or upon the order of the respective Owners, as shown in the
registration books kept by the Registrar, 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,
and premium, if any, and interest on, the Bonds to the extent of
the sum or sums so paid. No person other than an Owner, as shown in
the registration books kept by the Registrar, shall receive a
certificated Bond evidencing the obligation of the Issuer to make
payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest pursuant to
this Indenture.
(c) The Issuer, the Paying Agent, the Remarketing Agent and the
Trustee shall execute and deliver to DTC a letter of
representations in customary form with respect to the Bonds in
book-entry form (the "DTC Representation Letter" ), but such
DTC Representation Letter shall not in any way limit the provisions
of the foregoing paragraph (b) or in any other way impose upon
the Issuer, the Trustee or the Paying Agent any obligation
whatsoever with respect to persons having interests in the Bonds
other than the Owners, as shown on the registration books kept by
the Registrar. The Trustee, the Remarketing Agent and the Paying
Agent shall take all action necessary for all representations of
the Issuer in the DTC Representation Letter with respect to the
Trustee, the Remarketing Agent and the Paying Agent to be complied
with at all times, including but not limited to, the giving of all
notices required under the DTC Representation Letter. The Trustee
and Paying Agent are hereby authorized by the Issuer to enter into
the DTC Representation Letter.
(d) DTC may determine to discontinue providing its services with
respect to the Bonds at any time by giving reasonable notice to the
Issuer or the Trustee and discharging its responsibilities with
respect thereto under applicable law. The Issuer, with the consent
of the Company, may terminate the services of DTC with respect to
the Bonds. Upon the discontinuance or termination of the services
of DTC with respect to the Bonds, unless a substitute securities
depository is appointed to undertake the functions of DTC
hereunder, the Issuer, at the expense of the Company, is obligated
to deliver Bond certificates to the Beneficial Owners of such
Bonds, as described in this Indenture, and such Bonds shall no
longer be restricted to being registered in the registration books
kept by the Registrar in the name of the Nominee, but may be
registered in whatever name or names Owners transferring or
exchanging Bonds shall designate, in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture to the
contrary, so long as any Bond is registered in the name of the
Nominee, all payments with respect to principal or purchase price
of or, premium if any, and interest on such Bond and all notices
with respect to such Bond shall be made and given, respectively, in
the manner provided in the DTC Representation Letter. Owners shall
have no lien or security interest in any rebate or refund paid by
DTC to the Paying Agent which arises from the payment by the Paying
Agent of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the
Bonds in immediately available funds to DTC.
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(f) So long as any Bond is held in book-entry
form a Beneficial Owner (through its DTC Participant) shall give
notice to the Trustee to elect to have its Bonds purchased, and
shall effect delivery of such Bonds by causing such DTC Participant
to transfer its interest in the Bonds equal to such Beneficial
Owner’s interest on the records of DTC to the Trustee’s
participant account with DTC. The requirement for physical delivery
of the Bonds in connection with any purchase pursuant to
Section 3.01 and Section 3.02 hereof shall be deemed
satisfied when the ownership rights in the Bonds are transferred by
DTC Participants on the records of DTC to the Trustee’s
participant account.
Section 2.16. Credit Facility Provisions . So
long as the Credit Facility shall be in effect, the Trustee,
Registrar and Paying Agent shall observe the following provisions
respecting the Credit Facility:
(a) During such time as a Credit Facility is in effect, the
Trustee shall draw upon the Credit Facility in accordance with its
terms in an amount which, together with moneys referred to in
Section 6.03(c)(i) and 6.03(d)(i) hereof, will be sufficient,
together with any moneys then on deposit in the Credit Facility
Fund, to pay, on any Bond Payment Date, principal of and interest
on the Bonds. The Trustee shall draw moneys under the Credit
Facility in accordance with Section 3.06(c) hereof and in
accordance with its terms to ensure timely payment thereof to the
extent necessary to pay to the Trustee the purchase price of Bonds
delivered or deemed to be delivered to the Trustee in accordance
with Sections 3.01 or 3.02 hereof. In no event shall the
Trustee draw upon the Credit Facility to make any payment of
principal or purchase price of or interest on Pledged Bonds or
Bonds held of record by or, to the extent that the Company notified
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in writing of such ownership,
on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the
Company.
Immediately following a drawing under the Credit Facility and
not as a condition to such drawing, the Trustee shall give
telephonic, electronic mail or facsimile notice to the Company that
such a drawing under the Credit Facility was made.
(b) If at any time there shall cease to be any Bonds Outstanding
hereunder, the Trustee shall promptly surrender the Credit Facility
then in effect to the Provider thereof in accordance with the terms
thereof and of this Indenture for cancellation. Following a Change
of Credit Facility, the Trustee shall promptly after such Change
surrender the Credit Facility which has been changed to the
Provider thereof, in accordance with the terms thereof and of this
Indenture, for cancellation; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall only surrender such Credit Facility after all draws
on such Credit Facility pursuant to Section 3.02(c) hereof
have been honored by the Provider thereof.
(c) In the event Bonds are to be purchased pursuant to
Section 3.02(a)(iii) hereof due to a Change of Credit
Facility, the notice of mandatory purchase shall be given by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof. If, prior to
the fifth day next preceding the date fixed for a mandatory
purchase pursuant to Section 3.02(a)(iii) hereof, subsequent
to the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof,
the term of the existing Credit Facility shall have been extended
or the Company notifies the Trustee that
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the delivery of an alternate Credit Facility or
the termination of the then existing Credit Facility pursuant to
Section 4.07 of the Agreement shall not occur, then the
Trustee shall give notice of such extension of the term of the
existing Credit Facility or that the delivery of an alternate
Credit Facility or the termination of the then existing Credit
Facility pursuant to Section 4.07 of the Agreement shall not
occur, which notice shall specify (w) that the notice of a
Change of Credit Facility has been given, (x) that subsequent
to the giving of such notice the term of the existing Credit
Facility has been extended or the Company has notified the Trustee
that delivery of an alternate Credit Facility or the termination of
the existing Credit Facility pursuant to Section 4.07 of the
Agreement shall not occur, (y) the date that the term of the
Credit Facility will expire and (z) that the mandatory
purchase for which notice was given will not occur. Such notice
that the term of the Credit Facility has been extended or that the
Company has notified the Trustee that delivery of an alternate
Credit Facility or the termination of the then existing Credit
Facility pursuant to Section 4.07 of the Agreement shall not
occur, shall be given by the Trustee by Mail to the Owners of the
Bonds not more than five days following such extension or the
receipt by the Trustee of such notice from the Company.
(d) The Trustee shall not sell, assign or otherwise transfer the
Credit Facility or any interest in the Revenues except to a
successor Trustee hereunder and in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Facility or the Agreement, as the case may be.
(e) While a book-entry system is in effect for the Bonds, the
Trustee shall give written notice of a Change of Credit Facility to
DTC at least twenty (20) days prior to the effective date of
the Change of Credit Facility. In the event that notice cannot be
given within such twenty-day period, the Trustee shall provide such
notice as soon as practicable.
(f) If the Credit Facility then in effect shall be an insurance
policy, in addition to those rights granted the Provider under this
Indenture, the Provider shall, to the extent it makes payment of
principal of or interest on the Bonds, become subrogated to the
rights of the recipients of such payments in accordance with the
terms of the Credit Facility, and to evidence such subrogation
(i) in the case of subrogation as to claims for past due
interest, the Registrar shall note the Provider’s rights as
subrogee on the registration books of the Issuer maintained by the
Registrar upon receipt from the Provider of proof of the payment of
interest thereon to the Owners, and (ii) in the case of
subrogation as to claims for past due principal, the Registrar
shall note the Provider’s rights as subrogee on the
registration books of the Issuer maintained by the Registrar upon
surrender of the Bonds by the Owners thereof, together with proof
of the payment of principal thereof.
Section 2.17. CUSIP Numbers . The Issuer in
issuing the Bonds may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally
in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Owners; provided that any
such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Bonds or as
contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Bonds, and any such redemption shall not be affected by
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any defect in or omission of such numbers. The
Issuer or the Company will promptly notify the Trustee and the
Registrar of any change in any CUSIP number(s).
Neither the Issuer, the Registrar nor the Trustee shall have any
responsibility for any defect in the CUSIP number that appears on
any Bond, check, advice of payment or redemption notice, and any
such document may contain a statement to the effect that CUSIP
numbers have been assigned by an independent service for
convenience of reference and that neither the Issuer, the Registrar
nor the Trustee shall be liable for any inaccuracy in such
matters.
ARTICLE III
PURCHASE AND REMARKETING OF BONDS
Section 3.01. Owner’s Option to Tender for
Purchase . (a) Daily Interest Rate Period . During
any Daily Interest Rate Period, any Bond or portion thereof in an
Authorized Denomination shall be purchased at the option of the
Owner thereof on any Business Day at a purchase price equal to 100%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from
the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of purchase to
the date of purchase (unless the date of purchase shall be an
Interest Payment Date, in which case the purchase price shall be
equal to the principal amount thereof), upon (i) delivery to
the Trustee at the Delivery Office of the Trustee and to the
Remarketing Agent at the Principal Office of the Remarketing Agent,
by no later than 10:00 a.m., New York, New York time, on such
Business Day, of an irrevocable written notice (which may be by
facsimile or other writing) which states the principal amount and
certificate number (if the Bonds are not then held in book-entry
form) of such Bond and the date on which the same shall be
purchased, and (ii) subject to Section 2.15(f) hereof and
the last paragraph of Section 3.03 hereof, delivery of such
Bond tendered for purchase to the Trustee at the Delivery Office of
the Trustee, accompanied by an instrument of transfer thereof in a
form satisfactory to the Trustee, executed in blank by the Owner
thereof with the signature of such Owner guaranteed by a member or
participant in a "signature guarantee program" as provided
in the form of assignment attached to such Bond, at or prior to
1:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on the purchase date. The
Trustee shall keep a written record of each notice described in
clause (i) above.
(b) Weekly Interest Rate Period . During any Weekly
Interest Rate Period, any Bond or portion thereof in an Authorized
Denomination shall be purchased at the option of the Owner thereof
on any Business Day at a purchase price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from the
Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of purchase to the
date of purchase (unless the date of purchase shall be an Interest
Payment Date, in which case the purchase price shall be equal to
the principal amount thereof), upon (i) delivery to the
Trustee at the Delivery Office of the Trustee of an irrevocable
written notice (which may be by facsimile or other writing), by
5:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on any Business Day, which
states the principal amount of such Bond and the certificate number
(if the Bonds are not then held in book-entry form) and the date on
which the same shall be purchased, which date shall not be prior to
the seventh day next succeeding the date of the delivery of such
notice to the Trustee, and (ii) subject to
Section 2.15(f) hereof and the last paragraph of
Section 3.03 hereof,
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delivery of such Bond to the Trustee at the
Delivery Office of the Trustee, accompanied by an instrument of
transfer thereof in a form satisfactory to the Trustee, executed in
blank by the Owner thereof with the signature of such Owner
guaranteed by a member or participant in a "signature guarantee
program" as provided in the form of assignment attached to such
Bond, at or prior to 1:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on
the purchase date. The Trustee shall keep a written record of each
notice described in clause (i) above.
(c) Term Interest Rate Period . Any Bond or portion
thereof in an Authorized Denomination shall be purchased at the
option of the Owner thereof on the first day of any Term Interest
Rate Period which is preceded by a Term Interest Rate Period of
equal duration at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof upon (x) delivery to the Trustee at the
Delivery Office of the Trustee of an irrevocable notice in writing
by 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on any Business Day not
less than fifteen days before the purchase date, which states the
principal amount and certificate number (if the Bonds are not then
held in book-entry form) of such Bond to be purchased, and
(y) subject to Section 2.15(f) hereof and the last
paragraph of Section 3.03 hereof delivery of such Bond to the
Trustee at the Delivery Office of the Trustee, accompanied by an
instrument of transfer thereof in a form satisfactory to the
Trustee, executed in blank by the Owner thereof with the signature
of such Owner guaranteed by a member or participant in a
"signature guarantee program" as provided in the form of
assignment attached to such Bond, at or prior to 1:00 p.m. New
York, New York time, on the purchase date. The Trustee shall keep a
written record of each notice described in clause
(x) above.
(d) If any Bond is to be purchased in part pursuant to
Section 3.01(a), Section 3.01(b) or Section 3.01(c)
hereof, the amount so purchased and the amount not so purchased
must each be an Authorized Denomination.
Section 3.02. Mandatory Purchase .
(a) The Bonds shall be subject to mandatory purchase at a
purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued interest, if any, to the purchase date described below,
upon the occurrence of any of the events stated below:
(i) as to any Bond, on the effective date of any change in a
Rate Period with respect to such Bond, other than the effective
date of a Term Interest Rate Period which was preceded by a Term
Interest Rate Period of the same duration;
(ii) as to each Bond in a Flexible Interest Rate Period, on the
Business Day next succeeding the last day of any Flexible Segment
with respect to such Bond;
(iii) as to any Bond, on the date set forth in any notice of a
Change of Credit Facility given by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.07(b) of the Agreement, which shall be a date that
is on or before the effective date of such Change of Credit
Facility; provided, however, that if such Change of Credit
Facility consists of the termination of the then existing Credit
Facility, the purchase date shall be the Business Day immediately
preceding such termination; provided, further, that if the
Bonds are then subject to optional redemption pursuant to
Section 4.02(b)(iii), the purchase price shall include any
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premium that would have been payable upon such
redemption had the Bonds been redeemed;
(iv) as to any Bond, if a Credit Facility is in effect, on the
second Business Day following the day that the Trustee receives
notice from the Provider that, following a drawing on the Credit
Facility on an Interest Payment Date for the payment of unpaid
interest on the Bonds, the Credit Facility will not be reinstated
in accordance with its terms;
(v) as to any Bond, if a Credit Facility is in effect, on the
second Business Day following the day that the Trustee receives
notice from the Provider directing such mandatory purchase upon the
occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the Credit
Facility Agreement; or
(vi) as to each Bond in a Daily Interest Rate Period or a Weekly
Interest Rate Period, on any Business Day designated by the
Company, with the consent of the Provider and the Remarketing
Agent.
(b) When Bonds are called for redemption pursuant to
Section 4.02(b)(iii) hereof and if the Company gives notice to
the Trustee on or before the Business Day prior to the redemption
date that the Company elects to have the Bonds purchased in lieu of
redemption, all or any portion of the Bonds that the Company elects
to purchase shall be subject to mandatory purchase on such
redemption date at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof plus an amount equal to any premium that would have
been payable upon such redemption had the Bonds been redeemed. If
the Bonds are purchased in lieu of redemption on or prior to the
applicable Record Date, the purchase price shall include accrued
interest from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of
purchase to the date of purchase (unless the date of purchase shall
be an Interest Payment Date, in which case the purchase price shall
be equal to the amount specified in the preceding sentence). If the
Bonds are purchased in lieu of redemption after such Record Date,
the purchase price shall not include accrued interest.
(c) The Trustee shall by 3:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on
the Business Day preceding the day that the Bonds are subject to
mandatory purchase pursuant to Section 3.02(a)(iii) draw on
the then existing Credit Facility in an amount sufficient to pay
the principal and interest which will be due on the purchase date
and hold such amount uninvested and without any liability for
interest until the purchase date when such amount shall be applied
to pay the amounts due to the Owners of the Bonds on the purchase
date.
(d) The Trustee shall (i) immediately following receipt of
notice from the Provider pursuant to Section 3.02(a)(iv) or
(ii) by 3:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on the Business
Day preceding the day that the Bonds are subject to mandatory
purchase pursuant to Section 3.02(a)(v), draw on that Credit
Facility in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest
which will be due on the purchase date and hold such amount
uninvested and without any liability for interest until the
purchase date when such amount shall be applied to pay the amounts
due to the Owners of the Bonds on the purchase date.
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Section 3.03. Payment of Purchase
Price . If Bonds are to be purchased pursuant to
Section 3.01 or Section 3.02, the Trustee shall pay the
purchase price of such Bonds but solely from the following sources
in the order of priority indicated, and the Trustee shall not have
any obligation to use funds from any other source:
(a) moneys which constitute Available Moneys and are furnished
by the Company to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.02 of the
Agreement for purchase of Bonds;
(b) proceeds of the remarketing and sale of such Bonds (other
than Bonds sold to the Company, any subsidiary or guarantor of the
Company, or the Issuer or any "insider" (as defined in the United
States Bankruptcy Code)) pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof and
which proceeds are on deposit with the Trustee prior to 12:00 noon
New York, New York time, on the purchase date;
(c) moneys (which constitute Available Moneys or moneys provided
pursuant to the Credit Facility for the payment of the purchase
price of the Bonds) furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Article
VIII hereof, such moneys to be applied only to the purchase of
Bonds which are deemed to be paid in accordance with Article VIII
hereof;
(d) moneys furnished to the Trustee representing moneys provided
pursuant to a Credit Facility for the payment of the purchase price
of the Bonds; and
(e) any other moneys furnished by or on behalf of the Company to
the Trustee for purchase of the Bonds, including, without
limitation, any moneys from Additional Collateral;
provided, however, that funds for the payment of the
purchase price of Bonds which are deemed to be paid in accordance
with Article VIII hereof shall be derived only from the sources
described in Section 3.03(c); provided, further, that
if the Credit Facility then in effect consists of a direct pay
letter of credit, the Trustee shall pay the purchase price of the
Bonds, first, from moneys described in clause
(b) above, second, and only to the extent such moneys
were provided pursuant to the Credit Facility, from moneys
described in clause (c) above, third, from moneys
described in clause (d) above, and last, from the
remaining sources and in the order of priority of such remaining
sources described above.
Subject to Section 2.15 hereof, the Registrar shall
register new Bonds as directed by the Remarketing Agent and make
such Bonds available for delivery on the date of such purchase.
Payment of the purchase price of any Bond shall be made in
immediately available funds for Bonds in a Flexible, Daily, Weekly
or Term Interest Rate Period (subject to Section 2.15(f)
hereof) in each case only upon presentation and surrender of such
Bond to the Trustee.
If moneys sufficient to pay the purchase price of Bonds to be
purchased pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.02 hereof
shall be held by the Trustee on the date such Bonds are to be
purchased, such Bonds shall be deemed to have been purchased and
shall be purchased according to the terms hereof, for all purposes
of this Indenture, irrespective of whether or not such Bonds
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shall have been delivered to the Trustee, and the
former Owner of such Bonds shall have no claim under this Indenture
or otherwise, for any amount due with respect to such Bonds other
than the purchase price thereof.
Section 3.04. Remarketing of Bonds by Remarketing
Agent . (a) Whenever any Bonds are subject to purchase
pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.02 hereof, the
Remarketing Agent shall offer for sale and use its best efforts to
remarket such Bonds to be so purchased, any such remarketing to be
made at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued interest, if any, to the purchase date. The Company may,
with the consent of the Provider, direct the Remarketing Agent from
time to time to cease and to resume sales efforts with respect to
some of or all of the Bonds.
(b) The Remarketing Agent shall continue its efforts to remarket
any Pledged Bonds without the Provider having tendered such Bonds,
and any failure to timely pay principal of and interest on such
Pledged Bonds to the Provider shall not constitute an Event of
Default hereunder. Upon the remarketing of Pledged Bonds, the
Remarketing Agent shall immediately provide telephonic notice,
promptly confirmed in writing, of such remarketing to the Company
and the Provider and electronic mail or facsimile notice to the
Trustee, specifying in said notice the aggregate principal amount,
the purchase price (which shall include any accrued interest), the
purchase date and the purchaser thereof, and thereupon the Trustee
or the Provider, whichever has possession of such Bonds, shall,
subject to Section 3.06(a)(iii) hereof, immediately release
such Bonds to the Trustee.
(c) If the Remarketing Agent is remarketing the Bonds after the
date notice has been given of the redemption of such Bonds pursuant
to Section 4.02 or 4.03 hereof (and prior to the redemption
date thereof), the Remarketing Agent shall provide to the Trustee
the names of the Persons to whom the Bonds are being remarketed so
that the Trustee can provide the notice required by
Section 3.05(a) hereof.
(d) Promptly, but in no event later than 11:30 a.m., New
York, New York time, on the Business Day following the day on which
the Trustee receives notice from any Owner of its demand to have
the Trustee purchase Bonds pursuant to Section 3.01(b) or
Section 3.01(c) hereof, the Trustee shall give facsimile,
electronic mail or telephonic notice, confirmed in writing
thereafter, to the Remarketing Agent specifying the principal
amount of Bonds which such Owner has demanded to have purchased and
the date on which such Bonds are demanded to be purchased.
Section 3.05. Limits on Remarketing . Any
Bond purchased pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 hereof from
the date notice is given of redemption pursuant to
Sections 4.02 and 4.03 hereof through the date of such
redemption shall not be remarketed unless the Person buying such
Bonds has been given notice in writing by the Trustee that such
Bonds are to be redeemed. Furthermore, in addition to the
requirements of the preceding sentence, if the Bonds are subject to
redemption pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof, the Person buying
such Bonds shall also be given notice in writing by the Trustee
that a Determination of Taxability has occurred and that such Bonds
are subject to mandatory redemption pursuant to Section 4.03
hereof.
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Section 3.06. Delivery of Bonds;
Delivery of Proceeds of Remarketing Sale; Payments from Credit
Facility .
(a) DELIVERY OF BONDS. Bonds purchased pursuant to
Section 3.01 or Section 3.02 hereof shall be delivered as
follows:
(i) Delivery of Remarketed Bonds. Subject to
Section 2.15 hereof, Bonds remarketed by the Remarketing Agent
pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof shall be delivered to the
purchasers thereof upon payment of the purchase price therefor.
(ii) Delivery of Bonds Purchased by the Company. Bonds
delivered to the Trustee and purchased with moneys furnished by the
Company shall at the direction of the Company, be (A) held by
the Trustee for the account of the Company, (B) delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation or (C) delivered to the
Company.
(iii) Delivery of Pledged Bonds . Bonds delivered to the
Trustee and purchased with moneys provided pursuant to the Letter
of Credit shall constitute Pledged Bonds, and shall be held by the
Trustee for the benefit of the Bank in a separate and segregated
account to be designated as the "City of Forsyth, Montana,
Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Avista Corporation
Colstrip Project), Series 2008 — Custody Account" (the
"Custody Account" ). Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if the Trustee holds Pledged Bonds in the Custody Account
as agent of the Provider, the Trustee shall not release to the
purchaser thereof or to the Remarketing Agent Pledged Bonds
remarketed pursuant to Section 3.04(b) hereof unless the
Trustee shall have received written notice (which may be given by
electronic mail or facsimile) from the Provider that it has been
paid in full for the Pledged Bonds and that the Credit Facility has
been reinstated. The Trustee will comply with any DTC procedures
applicable to the Pledged Bonds.
(iv) Delivery of Defeased Bonds. Bonds purchased by the
Remarketing Agent with moneys described in Section 3.03(c)
hereof shall not be remarketed and shall be delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
(b) REGISTRATION OF DELIVERED BONDS. Bonds delivered as provided
in this Section 3.06 shall be registered in the manner
directed by the recipient thereof.
(c) NOTICE OF FAILED REMARKETING. In the event that any Bonds
are not remarketed, the Remarketing Agent shall notify the Company
by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing by facsimile, and the
Trustee in writing (which may be delivered by facsimile) no later
than 11:15 a.m., New York, New York time, on any day on which
Bonds are delivered or deemed delivered for purchase under this
Indenture, of the aggregate principal amount of Bonds not
remarketed on such date and the aggregate principal amount of Bonds
remarketed on such date but for which the purchase price has not
been paid (which Bonds for purposes of this Indenture shall be
considered to not be remarketed), as follows:
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(i) Such notice to the Company shall be given to
the Principal Office of the Company, as follows:
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Avista Corporation
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1411 East Mission Avenue
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Spokane, Washington 99220
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Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
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Treasurer
(509) 495-8045
(509) 495-4879
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The Company may, by notice given in accordance
with Section 13.08 hereof to the Remarketing Agent and the
Trustee, designate any further or different addresses to which
subsequent such notices may be given.
(ii) Such notice to the Trustee shall be given to the Trustee,
as follows:
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A.
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Two Union Square, Suite 520
601 Union Street
Seattle, Washington 98101-2321
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Attention:
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Corporate Trust Administration
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Telephone:
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(206) 667-8902
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The Trustee may, by notice given in accordance
with Section 13.08 hereof to the Company and the Trustee,
designate any further or different addresses to which subsequent
such notices may be given.
After the receipt of such notice or if the Trustee has not
received such notice by such time, the Trustee shall, by 12:00
noon, New York, New York time, on the purchase date, take the
action specified in the Credit Facility to the extent necessary,
after taking into account moneys referred to in
Section 3.03(a), Section 3.03(b) and Section 3.03(c)
hereof, as the case may be, to receive the moneys required to pay
the purchase price of such Bonds.
(d) PROCEEDS OF SALE HELD FOR SELLER OF BONDS. Moneys deposited
with the Trustee for the purchase of Bonds pursuant to
Section 3.01 and Section 3.02 hereof shall be held
uninvested in trust in one or more separate accounts, which shall
be Eligible Accounts, and shall be paid to the former Owners of
such Bonds upon presentation thereof. The Trustee shall notify the
Company in writing within five days after the date of purchase if
the Bonds have not been delivered, and if so directed by the
Company, shall give notice by Mail to each Owner whose Bonds are
deemed to have been purchased pursuant to Section 3.01 and
Section 3.02 hereof stating that interest on such Bonds ceased
to accrue on the date of purchase and that moneys representing the
purchase price of such Bonds are available against delivery thereof
at the Delivery Office of the Trustee. Bonds deemed purchased
pursuant to Section 3.01 and Section 3.02 hereof shall
cease to accrue interest on the date of purchase. The Trustee shall
hold moneys deposited for the purchase of Bonds without liability
for interest thereon, for the benefit
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of the former Owner of the Bond on such date of
purchase, who shall thereafter be restricted exclusively to such
moneys for any claim of whatever nature on its part under this
Indenture or on, or with respect to, such Bond. Any moneys so
deposited with and held by the Trustee not so applied to the
payment of Bonds within six months after such date of purchase
shall be paid by the Trustee to the Company upon the written
direction of the Authorized Company Representative, and thereafter
the Trustee shall have no further liability with respect to such
moneys and the former Owners shall be entitled to look only to the
Company for payment, and then only to the extent of the amount so
repaid to the Company, and the Company shall not be liable for any
interest thereon and shall not be regarded as a trustee of such
money.
Section 3.07. No Remarketing Sales After Certain
Events . Anything in this Indenture to the contrary
notwithstanding, there shall be no sales of Bonds pursuant to a
remarketing in accordance with Section 3.04 hereof, if
(a) there shall have occurred and not have been cured or
waived an Event of Default described in Section 9.01(a),
Section 9.01(b) or Section 9.01(c) hereof of which an
authorized officer in the Principal Office of the Remarketing Agent
and an authorized officer of the corporate trust department of the
Trustee have actual knowledge or (b) the Bonds have been
declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to
Section 9.02 hereof and such declaration has not been
rescinded pursuant to Section 9.02(d) hereof.
Section 3.08. Notice of Mandatory Purchase .
(a) The Trustee shall give notice by Mail of a proposed Change
of Credit Facility pursuant to Section 4.07(b) of the
Agreement and mandatory purchase of the Bonds to the Owners not
less than 15 days prior to the effective date of such Change of
Credit Facility. In addition to the requirement of
Section 3.08(f), the notice of mandatory purchase shall
(i) describe the proposed Change of Credit Facility (subject
to the Company’s ability to rescind its election to make such
Change of Credit Facility) and (ii) state the effective date
of such Change of Credit Facility.
(b) The Trustee shall, as soon as practicable, but in no event
later than one Business Day prior to the date the Bonds are subject
to mandatory purchase pursuant to Section 3.02(a)(iv) or (v),
give written notice by electronic mail, by facsimile or by
overnight mail service of a mandatory purchase of Bonds pursuant to
Section 3.02(a)(iv) or (v) to the Remarketing Agent and
to the Owners.
(c) The Trustee shall give notice by Mail of an election by the
Company to trigger a mandatory purchase pursuant to
Section 3.02(a)(vi) hereof to the Owners not less than 15 days
prior to the date designated by the Company for such mandatory
purchase.
(d) The Trustee shall give notice by Mail of a mandatory
purchase pursuant to Section 3.02(a)(ii) hereof to the Owners
not less than 15 days prior to the last day of the applicable
Flexible Segment.
(e) The Trustee shall give notice by Mail of a mandatory
purchase in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.02(f).
(f) Each notice of a mandatory purchase shall (i) state the
purchase date, (ii) identify the particular clause of
Section 3.02(a) that triggers the mandatory purchase,
(iii) describe the
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procedures for such mandatory purchase,
(iv) state the purchase price of such Bonds on such date
(expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof),
(v) state that the Owners of such Bonds do not have the right
to retain their Bonds on such date, and (vi) state such other
matters as the Company may direct.
Section 3.09. Pledged Bonds . If a beneficial
interest in a Bond is purchased with moneys drawn under the Credit
Facility pursuant to the provisions hereof, that beneficial
interest shall be designated on the books of the Remarketing Agent
as a Pledged Bond until released as herein provided. Provided there
is no Event of Default under this Indenture, the Remarketing Agent
shall use its best efforts to remarket beneficial interests in
Pledged Bonds. If the Remarketing Agent remarkets any beneficial
interest in a Pledged Bond, the Remarketing Agent shall give notice
by electronic mail or facsimile to the Provider of such
remarketing, and shall direct the purchaser of such beneficial
interest to transfer, by 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, on
the purchase date, the purchase price of such remarketed beneficial
interest to the Trustee for deposit into the Custody Account. The
Trustee shall immediately give notice by electronic mail or
facsimile to the Provider and the Remarketing Agent of the receipt
of the purchase price for such beneficial interest in such Pledged
Bond, which notice shall also request the Provider promptly advise
the Trustee and the Company of amounts that remain due and owing to
the Provider pursuant to the Credit Facility Agreement as a result
of a draw on the Credit Facility. Upon receipt by the Trustee of
such purchase price and written notice (which may be given by
electronic mail or facsimile) from the Provider of the
reinstatement of the Credit Facility, such Pledged Bond shall be
considered released from the pledge to the Provider. The Trustee
shall immediately transfer such purchase price to the Provider upon
receipt thereof to the extent that amounts remain due and owing the
Provider pursuant to the Credit Facility Agreement as a result of a
draw on the Credit Facility and give all required notices, in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Facility. If moneys remain
on deposit with the Trustee in the Custody Account after payment is
made to the Provider of all amounts due and owing to the
Provider
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